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2015 Green Footprint Awards for Student Environmental Leadership
For the sixth consecutive year, the James and Anne Robinson Foundation bestowed its Student Environmental Leadership Award.
The Foundation presented the 2015 awards to graduating seniors from 11 out of the 12 Howard County public high schools.The Award recognizes outstanding work on behalf of the natural environment by some of Howard County’s youngest community leaders.
Each recipient was nominated for the award by his or her high school, based on the student’s commitment, creativity, and leadership in efforts to protect the natural world. Honorees received a certificate, a $50 honorarium, and a signed copy of “Saving the Places We Love: Paths to Environmental Stewardship” by local author and environmental advocate, Ned Tillman.
In describing the award, Marianne Pettis, Executive Director of the Foundation, said, “Once again, we are delighted to present these awards to the students as our way of thanking them and recognizing their good work.”
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2015 Green Footprint Honorees
The 2015 honorees are:
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Teresa Cotter, Atholton High School; Rebecca Doermann, Glenelg High School; Kaitlyn Murphy, Hammond High School; Katharine Elicker, Howard High School; Julia Conley, Long Reach High School; Zachary Spickler, Marriotts Ridge High School; Kate Noonan, Mt. Hebron High School; Desiree Mbangu, Oakland Mills High School;
Taylor Turner, Reservoir High School; Nathalie Eegholm, River Hill High School; and Edward Williams, Wilde Lake High School.
About the James and Anne Robinson Foundation
Before her death in 2005, long-time Howard County resident Anne Robinson established the James and Anne Robinson Foundation to ensure that her 18.4 acre property, immediately adjacent to the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, would become a nature center. Anne wanted the nature center to ”…serve as a source of inspiration, education and beauty for the general public.”
Today, the primary mission of the Foundation is to support the Robinson Nature Center and its mission to connect people with the outdoors.
More information about the James and Anne Robinson Foundation is available on the Foundation’s website: www.robinsonfoundation.org.
You can read more about the Foundation’s membership organization, the Friends of the Robinson Nature Center, on its website: www.friendsoftherobinsonnaturecenter.org.
You may also contact Marianne Pettis, Executive Director, by calling 240-755-0124 or by email: mpettis@robinsonfoundation,org.
