A brief summary of the 2008 Grant Awardees includes:

SchoolProject

• Coxsackie-Athens High School       Coxsackie Creek Water Quality Study
  

• Hawthorne Valley School Hawthorne Valley Water Quality Assessment
  

• San Miguel Academy     San Miguel Academy is “Going Green!”
  

• Averill Park High School  Wynants Kill Watershed Study
  

• Gayhead Elementary School          Waste Free Lunch
  

• Greenville FFA                               Basic Creek & Water Quality Assessment
  

• Public School #12                          Attend NYSDEC Earth Day Fair at Five Rivers
  

• Farnsworth Middle School              Composting in the FMS Community Garden
  

• Robert Graves Elementary              Vermicomposting Without Plastic
  

• Cold Spring Elementary School       Help The Trees
  

• Bethlehem Central Middle School   Vermicomposting Pilot Program
  

• Malta Montessori                           Vermicomposting Worm Bin
  

• Pine Hills Elementary School          A Barrel of Learning
  

• Schoharie Jr./Sr. H.S. Builders ClubTrees Warming Homes
  

• Chateaugay C.S. Environmental Club      Recycling Plastic
  

• Beekmantown Central School         Environmental Eagles Paper Recycling Contest
  

• Berlin Central School                     Say Yes to Recycling at BCS!
  

In 2010, the ENY Chapter will once again be asking for applications from all schools in the  "12_ _ _" zip code area.  We are now an IRS 501(c)(3) organization, and all donations will be fully tax deductible. Please consider making a contribution to the Earth Day Grant Program.  Contibutions can be made at any time to AMWA by contacting Keith Cowan, Chapter Treasurer.

This page was last updated on: February 5, 2010

Students from the Farnsworth Middle School talked about their composting project at the regular monthly lunch meeting of the AWMA,  at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel, 1228 Western Avenue, Albany, NY. 

2008 EARTH DAY GRANT PROGRAM

Students from School 12 in Troy attended Earth Day Fair at FIve Rivers Environmental Center.

Greenville Central School students on a water quality field trip.

The Eastern New York Chapter's Earth Day Grant Program has provided grants for environmental projects since 2002 to encourage awareness in students of all levels.  The program funds projects that will provide hands-on involvement to students and foster environmental interest, awareness, and education. In 2008, approximately 30 applications were received by the ENY Chapter.  Of these, 17 grants were awarded totaling $4,700.