Mid-Columbia Earth Month
"Building a Better Community Through Environmental Education, Volunteerism, and Stewardship"
Upcoming events
- 42 Years of Favorite Hikes in the Washington Cascades with Olaf Rassmussen and the Inter-Mountain Alpine Club(4 days)
- Hike Upper Palouse Falls (8 days)
- Community Garden Work Days(8 days)
- Spring Equinox Hike on Badger Mountain(8 days)
- DISCOVERY CLASS - "SPRING IS HERE"(13 days)
- Hike--Snow Mountain Ranch (15 days)
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Mid-Columbia Earth Month Impact Reports
THANK YOU to all sponsors, supporters and participants of the Mid-Columbia Earth Month and Community Clean-up!
2009 Earth Month Report
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Download 2009 Thank You Ad
Project Info & Photos:
City of Pasco
City of Connell
Over 160 environmental projects & activities took place
Over 12,000 participated activities, pledges, can contests, solar car races, Disney EARTH Movie, SEE Expo, clean up projects & MORE!
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. View photos
2,366 Pounds of aluminum cans collected & recycled
1,000 pledged to reuse canvas bags when shopping
~12,000+ Total Participants~
Congratulations to the winners of the aluminum can contest!
1st Place – Ki-Be Middle School (45 lbs/participant, 540 lbs total)
2nd Place – Country Christian School (11.2 lbs/participant, 540 lbs total)
3rd Place – Bethlehem Lutheran School (2.7 lbs/participant, 540 lbs total)
Honorary Mention – Lewis & Clark Elementary School (most pounds - 666 lbs total!)
2008 Earth Month Report
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Download 2008 Thank You Ad
240: Number of Individuals/families who took the Earth Pledge
1,222: Number in groups who took the Earth Pledge
14,118: Students participated in Earth Month Contests
- 17 Schools participated in the Aluminum Can Contest (7,144 students) View full can contest results
- 12 Schools participated in the Reuse-A-Shoe Contest (6,974 students) View full reuse-a-shoe results
525 Children participated in RSC-Americorp Wild for Reading
90 Participated in Recycled Bookends Contest
1,500 Estimated participated in an activity throughout the month (70 activities)
552 ShareFest Volunteers adopted 92 yards
50 Volunteers stenciled storm drains (211 street drains completed) View full storm drain project results
~18,297 Total Participants~
1,212 Pairs of shoes collected – Reuse-A-Shoe (12 schools)
573 Cell phones collected (265 from area libraries)
2,653 Pounds of aluminum cans collected (17 schools)
92 Yards cleaned up by Tri-Cites ShareFest
A note on our numbers
Congratulations to Christ the King School, winner of the Reuse-A-Shoe Contest sponsored by Washington State University Tri-Cities
Congratulations to the winners of the aluminum can contest sponsored in part by Pacific Recycling, and to Columbia Burbank Elementary School (Overall winner).
2007 Earth Month Report
156 Total Projects Completed in April
- 107 in Richland (71 storm drains stenciled)
- 20 in Kennewick
- 9 in Connell
- 8 in Benton City
- 1 in Benton County
- 2 in West Richland
- 2 in Finley
- 1 in Kahlotus
- 5 in Pasco
- 1 in Prosser
121 additional yards cleaned up by Tri-Cites ShareFest in March
66 Teams Registered
60 Earth Related Activities were held
~1,750 Volunteers~
540 Pairs of shoes collected by Nike Reuse-A-Shoe
421 Cell phones collected
Although it can be difficult to calculate, organizers for Earth Month estimated about 20,000 Mid-Columbia residents participated in Earth Month 2008. For example, the number of students in schools that participated in either the athletic shoe recycling or aluminum can contest in April is about 14,000, but that doesn’t include school staff or parents that may have dropped off recyclables. 1,212 pairs of used athletic shoes were collected from 12 schools and 2,653 pounds of aluminum cans were collected from 17 schools. Additionally, 1,462 participants made an Earth Pledge to either help beautify our community, recycle more, drive less, reduce energy and water and more. 573 cell phones were collected for domestic violence and ShareFest volunteers lent a huge hand and adopted and cleaned all 92 Earth Month yard projects for senior or disabled citizens.
