Pennies for Your Thoughts aids Red Cross relief
Carterville Grade School third and fourth graders collected change for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund after the September 11 attacks. The campaign raised 952.72 dollars as students learned how funds help. The Red Cross supplied safety booklets and spoke to classes about the fund’s use.
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American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
New York City
Washington, D.C
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Red Cross
Rend Lake Cleanup Adds Shape to Lakeside Aesthetic
On September 22 2001 volunteers from Kiwanis Division 33 Modern Woodmen of America Lesser sixth grade class and Southern Illinois Tire gathered for the 15th Rend Lake Cleanup. By 1 pm they filled a 30 cubic yard roll off dumpster and sorted trash for recycling while providing meals for over 500 volunteers and promoting the Adopt A Shoreline program.
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Kiwanis Club
Division 33
Modern Woodmen of America Club
Lesser
Larry Massie
Christopher
Southern Illinois Tire
Kiwanis
Woodmen of America
Benton
Rend Lake Project
Conservation Fair engages 3600 children in hands on nature lessons
Teacher Mark Woodside calls the Conservation Fair excellent and notes it offers about 50 learning stations through Thursday. Nearly 3,600 children from Franklin to Williamson counties attended, learning about tracking wetlands air motion apple varieties and fish shocking with hands on activities and mapping tools.
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Mark Woodside
Franklin
Jackson
Perry
Randolph
Washington
Williamson
Perry County
Martha Morgenstern
Alan Woolf
Southern Illinois University Cooperative Wildlife Research
Jack Nawrot
Nancy Timpner
Richard Walter
Chris Bickers
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Matt McCauley
Natural Resources Conservation Service
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Illinois State Geological Survey
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Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Teacher Bitner Champions Life Skills In Ava Classroom
Bitner leads seven teachers including principal and counselor teaching adult living skills alongside math and science. In her class she covers budgeting and checking accounts and runs the Baby Think It Over program with a computerized baby for 48 hours to show care tasks. She holds degrees from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and says the goal is to help students adapt to changing careers and find happiness. Bitner and her husband Dan raise a 14 year old son and 12 year old daughter in Ava.
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Dan
Ava
Du Quoin Girls Honored for 100 plus Hours of Volunteer Work
Du Quoin high school students Ashley Jackson and Ashley Fleming were named HEROS honorees for dedicated volunteer service to elderly residents. Nominated by Erin Kroeger, they logged over 100 hours through Girl Scouts, organized ice cream socials and matinees at nursing homes, and received certificates and gifts from HEROS sponsor Teresa Stacey and local businesses.
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DU Quoin
Ashley Jackson
Ashley Fleming
Erin Kroeger
Robert L. Phipps Complex
HEROS
Teresa Stacey
Walter
Josephine Jackson
Michael
Vanessa Fleming
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