Green Schools Program Community Roots Award Nomination 2019-2020

Thank you for nominating a candidate for the Madison County Resource Education Program's Community Roots Award!
This award recognizes a school whose efforts towards environmental stewardship and waste reduction have positively impacted the community beyond school campus. Activities that qualify include:

off-campus community clean-up dates
collaboration with local businesses or non-profit organizations with related missions
community information campaigns
donations of goods as a waste-diversion effort
recycling drives open to the community
public gardens and plantings and more.

The award consists of $150 for the winning to school to spend on furthering its efforts and a $150 donation to a local non-profit (501c3) organization of the school's choosing.

Nominated school must currently be enrolled in the Resource Education Program.
Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged.
Entries must represent efforts (ongoing or completed) during the 2018-2019 school year.
Participation in official program collections, such as clothing or shoes for USAgain/Shoeman do not qualify for the Community Roots Award. School efforts must be outside the scope of regular program collections to qualify.

No nominations can be accepted after 5 pm on Friday, April 26th.

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* 1. Please complete the information below.

Your Name *

Your School *

City/Town

Email Address *

Phone Number

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* 2. Your relationship to nominated school:

Coordinator, principal, paraprofessional, parent, etc.

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* 3. Please describe the nominated school's efforts as they relate to environmental education, recycling, and/or the reduction of waste and conservation of energy.

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* 4. What positive impact do/will these activities or practices have on the community beyond the school campus? Impacts may be anecdotal/qualitative, but nominees are encouraged to include quantitative data (60 pounds of trash collected from city park, 200 gallons of water diverted through rain barrel collection, etc.).

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* 5. What groups, besides the school community, will be/are positively impacted by the actions of the nominated school? This may include park visitors, church congregations, wildlife and nature advocacy groups, etc. Please be as specific as possible by including the names of any organizations impacted.

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* 6. If desired, use the space below to describe any additional information that you feel supports your nominated school's qualification for the Community Roots award.

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* 7. The winner of the Community Roots Award will receive $150 to continue school sustainability efforts and $150 will be donated to a non-profit organization of the winner's choosing.
Please provide information on the non-profit of your choosing below.

Name of Non-Profit

Contact Information or website

Optional: Use the space below to upload any supporting materials, including letters or testimonials from members of impacted groups/organizations, fliers, newsletters, photos, newspaper articles, or website links.