Mid-Columbia Earth Month

Celebrate Earth Day's 40th Anniversary

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Planning for Earth Month 2010 is underway!
Want to get involved?

Volunteer: Mid-Columbia Earth Month is looking for energetic, environmentally minded individuals to join our team of community leaders. Earth Month volunteers help to coordinate the Earth Month environmental celebration in April. Volunteers are needed to assist the following teams with 2010 activities:

Sponsor: Consider donating or being a sponsor of the 2010 Earth Month effort! Get More Info...

If you are interested in getting involved contact Tracy Roberts (Tri-City Events) at (509) 396-7340 or admin@SEEnetwork.us.

Thank you to those who participated in
Mid-Columbia Earth Month 2009!
~ 2009 Community Impact Report ~

THANK YOU to our 2009 sponsors!

Congratulations 2009 Can Contest Winner Ki-Be Middle School!
Click here for full can contest results

2009's theme was "Choose to Reuse, and make a difference in our world!" Participants pledged to reduce the amount of trash generated. Ideas were to refill water bottles, reuse grocery bags, repair broken items and reroute useable items.
Click Here to see who took the pledge

For more information on how you can help, see Earth Pledge Community Resource Guide at SEEnetwork.us.
 

View Earth Month 2009 Community Impact Report
Between groups, individuals, and schools, over 12,000 participated in Earth Month 2009 activities, pledges, can contests, solar car races, Disney EARTH Movie, SEE Expo, clean up projects & MORE!

● More than 160 environmental projects & activities took place
● 4,328 Students participated in Earth Month Contest & Solar Car Race
● 1255 Cell phones collected for Domestic Violence Services
● 60 Yards cleaned up by Tri-Cites ShareFest
● 24 Pasco city employees and friends spent a combined total of 67 hours cleaning up senior yards. View photos
● 16+ Yards were cleaned up by volunteers in Connell.
● 2,366 Pounds of aluminum cans collected & recycled
● 1,000 pledged to reuse canvas bags when shopping

Click here to view the full report
Our community made a huge difference, all thanks to people like YOU! Thanks for another great Earth Month. We'll see you again next year!

Click Here to see who took the pledge 
Submit Your Pledge Results!

Thanks to SEEnetwork for their efforts as lead organizer of Earth Month

Mid-Columbia Earth Month recieved the Washington State Recycling Association's 2007 Recycler of the Year Award for Outstanding Public Education. Also honored were: - City of Richland   - City of West Richland - City of Pasco   - Benton City - City of Kennewick   - City of Connell Click Here for a larger picture of the award!