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2019 Eastern NY Chapter Air & Waste Management Association (18th Annual) Earth Day Grant Program Summary
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School Name |
Location |
Project Name |
Grant |
| Algonquin Middle School | Averill Park | Exploring Insect Ecosystems | $750.00 |
| Arlington High School | LaGrangeville | Measuring & Reducing Energy Use in Our Homes | $599.97 |
| Averill Park CSD (3 Schools) | Various |
Next Generation Science Kit (3 Elementary Schools) | $750.00 |
| Berlin Middle High School | Cherry Plains |
Gardening of the Fittest | $544.00 |
| Bradt Primary School | Schenectady |
Bradt "Green Team" |
$500.00 |
| Coxsackie-Athens
Elementary School |
Coxsackie |
Coxsackie-Athens Aqua Lab |
$750.00 |
| Jackson
Heights Elementary School |
Glens Falls |
Jackson Heights Sprouts (Tower Garden) |
$593.00 |
| Lake Pleasant Central School | Speculator |
Indoor Garden |
$750.00 |
| Liberty High School | Liberty |
Let it Rain! |
$750.00 |
| Maimonides Hebrew Day School | Albany |
WOW Discovery Learning Center |
$740.00 |
| Maplebrook Academy High School | Amenia |
Weather Station |
$630.00 |
| Mooers Elementary School | Mooers |
Sup-herb Classroom Garden |
$746.00 |
| Niskayuna High School | Niskayuna |
The Incredible European Honeybee/Backyard Beekeeping |
$640.00 |
| Northern Adirondack Elementary School | Ellenburg Depot |
Packaging Design |
$739.44 |
| Oak Hill School | Scotia |
The Oak Hill Community Garden |
$700.00 |
| Orchard View Alternative High School | Hopewell Jct. |
Testing Water Pollution in Local Water Sources |
$615.00 |
| Orville A. Todd Middle School | Poughkeepsie |
Biodiversity on the Hudson River |
$750.00 |
| Orville A. Todd Middle School | Poughkeepsie | Dehydration Education |
$350.00 |
| Questar III-Rensselaer Educational Center | Troy |
Sustainability and "Menus for Change" in Food Service Program |
$750.00 |
| Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School | Ravena |
Composting and Community Garden for Middle School Science |
$743.13 |
| Schoharie River Center at Country Classroom School | Esperance |
What is in our Watershed? A day of stream exploration &monitoring |
$600.00 |
| Shaker Road Elementary School | Colonie |
Water, Tortoise and Ducklings. Oh! My! |
$750.00 |
| St. Jude the Apostle School | Wynantskill |
Reducing Plastic Waste While Promoting Health |
$750.00 |
| St. Mary's School | Ticonderoga |
It's a "Bee-utiful" World |
$711.57 |
| Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology and Woodlawn Elementary School | Albany and Schenectady |
Replacing Trees that have been killed by the Invasive Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) |
$500.00 |
| Ticonderoga High School | Ticonderoga |
Sentinel Growers |
$750.00 |
Total Amount Funded (26 Grants) = $17,452
Sources of Funding for 2019 Grant Program (Earth Day Sponsors):
|
Platinum Level ($1,000+) |
Silver Level ($250-$999) |
Bronze Level ($50-$249) |
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Eastern New York AWMA Chapter Foundation for Engineering Education ($5,000) |
Stewart's Shops Holiday Match
Dave Roecker |
Sander Bonvell Bob Duff Cris Hine Paul Rappleyea Andrea Simmons |
As
part of our fundraising efforts for the 2019 Grant Program, proceeds from the 7th
Annual Peter B. Desrochers Memorial Golf Tournament held September 21, 2018
included sponsorships from Adirondack Environmental Services, Inc.; ACV Enviro;
Alpha Analytical; APTIM; Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C.; Civil &
Environmental Consultants, Inc.; CHA Companies; Chemtech Consulting Group,
Inc.; Con-Test Analytical Laboratory; Corbett Industrial Cleaning Services; Covanta
Environmental Solutions; C.T. Male Associates; EDR; Environmental Risk
Information Services; Eurofins Eaton Analytical, Inc.; Geotech Environmental
Equipment, Inc.; Harris Beach, PLLC; Highground Industrial; Kubricky
Construction Corp.; Nixon Peabody; O’Brien & Gere; Pace Analytical;
Paradigm Environmental Services; Parratt Wolff, Inc.; TestAmerica; Trinity
Consultants; Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP; Young/Sommer LLC; and Bob Duff.
2019 Education Committee Members
Rod Aldrich, Sterling Environmental Engineering, P.C.
Dina Ayers, ALS Environmental
Sander Bonvell, Earth View Environmental
Bob Duff, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Joe Farron, C.T. Male Associates
Cris Hine, O’Brien & Gere
Dan Lang, NYSDOH (Chairperson)
Mona Larkin, AECOM
Tom Seguljic, HRP Associates