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Pine Street Elementary School has been chosen to receive a $500 grant from Champions of the Environment for its approach to teaching others about the environment, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced recently.
“A cast of nearly 400 of Pine Street’s students, teachers, parents and grandparents sang to their community, informing them about environmental problems and solutions,” said Lynne LaSalle, coordinator for Champions of the Environment. “Many of the musical’s songs, were popular songs revised to cover issues such as global warming, recycling and other environmental topics,” LaSalle said. “The Hollywood Global Awards musical was performed three times for a combined audience of more than 1,000 people.” In addition to the $500 grant, these Champions of the Environment will receive Champions giveaway items and a commercial will be made about the project to air on WIS-TV in Columbia and WCSC-TV in Charleston. Champions of the Environment is celebrating its 15th year of rewarding environmental action and awareness in South Carolina’s kindergarten through 12th grade students. Champions is sponsored by DHEC, International Paper, Eastman Chemical Company, WCSC-TV and WIS-TV. Ten grants are awarded during the school year over two grant cycles. Applications for Champions’ next round of grants are due September 15. For more information on the competition, visit the Champions Web site at: http://www.scdhec.gov/champions, call LaSalle at (803) 898-4394, or email her at: lasallli@dhec.sc.gov. The Champions of the Environment program recognizes and rewards students and teams who are protecting the environment and sharing environmental knowledge. The program is supported by Eastman Chemical Company, International Paper, WIS-TV and DHEC. (Image provided by Palmetto Pride.)
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