Town Meeting Proclamation Honors Natick High School Earth Club

Hi Friends, 
Sorry for the late notice. At the beginning of Natick Town Meeting, Tues., 4/8, 7:30 pm, I will read a Proclamation honoring the work of the Natick HS Earth Club over the past four years. It's something I drafted at the request of Martha White. She then revised it into a Proclamation. (attached) 
Faculty Advisors Doug Milch and Susan Haverstick, plus current officers, Raghu Bhardwaj and Linda Nguyen, plus other students will be there for the reading. --Pat
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Since 2009 the Natick High School Earth Club has participated in innumerable clean-up projects in Natick parks, open spaces and other areas throughout the community in collaboration with community groups including Big Heart Little Feet, led by B. Patrick Conaway, to whom the 2010 Annual Town Report was dedicated, and
WHEREAS, under the direction of faculty advisor Susan Haverstick, the Earth Club such clean-up projects included the upper Charles River, several Dug Pond efforts including the shoreline, the notorious “Mud Lot” and Campus Drive, and the hard and tedious work of sweeping broken glass from the summit of Coolidge Hill, and
WHEREAS, In the past three year years, under the direction of faculty advisor Doug Milch, the Earth Club has distinguished itself through the development of formidable student leaders, including past President Samantha Primm, current President Raghu Bhardwaj, and Vice President Linda Nguyen, among many others, and
WHEREAS, One could not overestimate the contributions of these young residents and many others, some of whom have participated in over two dozen efforts since their freshman year, and 
WHEREAS, Members of the Earth Club have led eight additional clean-ups of Dug Pond and “Blueberry Island,” four more “big sweeps” of the Coolidge Hill Summit, three times raked leaves and picked up trash for the Natick Housing Authority at West Hill Park and Cedar Gardens, twice helped build the Recycle Buddy Bins located at parks and open spaces throughout the community, twice worked for a full day with Town Trails Committees on Natick Trails Day, and 
WHEREAS, Members of the Earth Club have been key players in promoting and reviving the Natick Earth Day Festival and have coordinated children’s activities and sold earth-friendly items to raise funds for their initiatives, and
WHEREAS, the NHS Earth Club has established itself as the authentic “Steward of Dug Pond,” and
WHEREAS, with community donations, the Earth Club purchased two canoes, paddles, and life vests to better facilitate their clean-up efforts in the Town’s waterways.
NOW, THEREFORE, The Town of Natick recognizes and expresses its great appreciation to the Natick High School Earth Club for its many efforts to heal the earth and continuously give back to the community.