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PRIDE is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Lisa C. Davis, Whitley County

Congratulations to Lisa Davis, the PRIDE Volunteer of the Month for May. She is a shining example of the volunteers making a difference in their communities with PRIDE.

St. Camillus Academy's “Be Excited About the Environment” Mentoring Program

Abel Abraham, a Montessori student, posed with his PRIDE Club mentor, 6th-grader Lyndsey Noland. After reading From a Seed to a Plant, which illustrated how plants grow from different seeds, they decorated a pot and planted seeds in it.

PRIDE Club members in 4th-8th grades read environmental books to younger students. The mentors wore costumes and led activities that brought the books to life.

PRIDE Education Grants: Applications due May 16

Apply by May 16 for the 2008 Environmental Education Grant Program, which awards up to $5,000 to schools, nonformal educators and nonprofits for hands-on learning projects. To learn more and print an application, click here.

Green Month awards given at Earth Day Celebration

Making friends with a snake at Earth Day celebration. Photo by Wes Brown.

Somerset Community College hosted an Earth Day Celebration on Sunday, April 20. At the event, local schools learned the results of their conservation practices during Green Month, which was February.

Eastern Kentucky PRIDE is a nonprofit organization funded by federal grants to encourage and assist citizens, local governments, schools and others in 38 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky to:
1. Improve water quality in the region.
2. Clean up illegal trash dumps and other solid waste problems.
3. Promote environmental awareness and education.