Last Month’s Conservation Grant Winner Announced!
For Earth Day, ClassB decided to award one camp with a grant to help them complete a planned conservation project. There were many wonderful proposals submitted, and while we hope that all of them get completed this year, the one that ClassB decided to sponsor was Cherokee Scout Reservation’s “Life Cycle Environmental Impact Project.”
The camp submitted the step-by-step plans of their composting project, whereby the trash going into dumpsters will be reduced by 20%, while everything able to be composted will be incorporated back into the camp’s two large vegetable gardens.
This project will provide a leadership role for Scouts interested in soil and water conservation management and environmental science. They may even be able to earn additional merit badges not usually acquired at camp.
The grant from ClassB will supply the necessary tools, materials, and resources required to establish and operate this project continously.
Cherokee Scout Reservation realized they were spending over 3,000 dollars a year in waste removal. With this project in place, these operating costs should be drastically reduced.
ClassB salutes Cherokee Scout Reservation and all of the Scout camps across the country who have made ecology and conservation a top priority.
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The camp submitted the step-by-step plans of their composting project, whereby the trash going into dumpsters will be reduced by 20%, while everything able to be composted will be incorporated back into the camp’s two large vegetable gardens.
This project will provide a leadership role for Scouts interested in soil and water conservation management and environmental science. They may even be able to earn additional merit badges not usually acquired at camp.
The grant from ClassB will supply the necessary tools, materials, and resources required to establish and operate this project continously.
Cherokee Scout Reservation realized they were spending over 3,000 dollars a year in waste removal. With this project in place, these operating costs should be drastically reduced.
ClassB salutes Cherokee Scout Reservation and all of the Scout camps across the country who have made ecology and conservation a top priority.