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2019 Eastern NY Chapter Air & Waste Management Association (18th Annual) Earth Day Grant Program Summary


School Name

Location

Project Name

Grant

Algonquin Middle School Averill Park Exploring Insect Ecosystems $750.00
Arlington High SchoolLaGrangeville
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 SchoolColonie
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)

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

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