Greetings!!! We share exciting news!!! Green Ambassadors of Houston East End Greenbelt are heading to the nation’s capital! The team will be sharing their experiences and stories of the green movement at The 2015 National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program at The Howard University School of Law. The team is super excited to connect! The Friends of the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (FriendsNFGT) is excited to sponsor 8 Houston East End High School students (The Green Institute at Furr High School, Austin High School and Jackson Middle School) and 4 youth and adult leaders for a 10 day trip to our nation’s capital. The selected participants have been invited to make a special presentations at the National Environmental Justice Conference. These presentations will highlight their work in their schools and their community as East End Greenbelt-GreenSchools! Green Ambassadors. As well, these dynamic youth leaders will be spending 7 days visiting, presenting and learning from various partner organizations that include National Project Learning Tree-GreenSchools!, USDA U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, NRCS, and many others.
The funding to cover the expenses related to this once in a lifetime opportunity are being raised by each participant with an individual goal of $1200 each. Your generous support will make this experience possible. If you wish, your donation will be a tax deductible contribution to the FriendsNFGT for Green Ambassadors. Checks should be made payable to FriendsNFGT with the recipients name noted on the check. You may mail your check to FriendsNFGT, PO Box 631512, Nacogdoches, TX 75963. Or, if you prefer to make a donation using a credit card, this is available through the following PayPal link:
http://bit.ly/1y34Qtu
We invite you to visit EastEndGreenBelt.com to see the Green Ambassadors journey of greening their community and their plans for the future. Thank you so much for your support in making this program a powerful and successful path for youth to represent the finest of our youth leaders and aid them in discovering the possibilities that await them in careers that focus upon caring for our natural resources. smile emoticon
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Project Learning Tree GreenSchools! Houston East End Greenbelt
Fruit Orchard Participants:
Furr High School, Austin High School,
Lantrip Elementary, Edison Middle School
and Jackson Middle School
EastEndGreenbelt.com
Perspectives/Gonna Start
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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