CALHOUN FALLS FFA CHAPTER
RECEIVES GRANT
The Calhoun Falls High School FFA Chapter has
received a $1900 PalmettoPride Challenge for the Environment Grant, according
Calvert Sherard, Agricultural Education Teacher. The grant recipients were
honored at a luncheon at the Adams Mark Hotel in Columbia, SC, recently.
Keynote speaker Edward Falco, Environmental
Education Specialist with the State Department of Education, said, "the grants
give school the opportunity to focus on the importance of Jitter prevention and
beautification and gets the students out of the classroom and into the
communities.
State Senator David Thomas, Chairman of
PalmettoPride, said," our education grant program gives students the opportunity
to play an active role in making South Carolina litter free". PalmettoPride has
recently entered into a partnership with the State Department of Education to
launch a K-12 anti-litter curriculum called, Keeping South Carolina
Beautiful.
"The FFA chapter will use the grant to
landscape the front of the high school and to provide a one main entrance
for beautification and security", Mr. Sherard said.
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Shown at the PalmettoPride Grant Recipients Luncheon (left to right) is
Calvert Sherard (left), Agricultural Education Teacher at Calhoun Falls;
Jonathan Dorn, FFA Chapter President; Michael Burdette, FFA Chapter Vice
President for Student Development; Clint Burden, Chapter Vice President
for Community Development; and Senator David Thomas, Chairman of
PalmettoPride |
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Branchville and Calhoun
Falls FFA Members, Advisors and School Officials at the PalmettoPride
Grant Awards Luncheon in Columbia. |
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