Air & Waste Management Association

Air & Waste Management Association

January 2007
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February2017

Dear Educator:

Since 2002, the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) has awarded over$95,000 to motivated teachers like you. In 2016, qualifying projects received grants up to $750 per school. Additional information can be found at our web site:

As members of AWMA, we would like to introduce ourselves and announce the 16thAnnual Earth Day Grant program. The AWMA is an international organization of environmental professionals. The main purpose of our organization is to share knowledge about the environment, pollution, and ways to eliminate or reduce pollution. To this end, we would like to announce that the Eastern New York Chapter of AWMA is sponsoring several grants in honor of Earth Day 2017. We would like to assist you in promoting environmental awareness by supporting environmental projects in your school.

If you have an environmental project or event that you would like to have funded, please complete and submit the attached Earth Day Grant Application by WednesdayMarch 29, 2017. Partial or full grants will be awarded for qualifying projects or events based on technical and educational merit as determined by our Education Committee when we meet the 1st week in April. We will consider funding project equipment (such as water testing kits, microscopes, and alternative energy kits), or an event (such as a special program presentation). Preference will be given to projects involving scientific studies (water quality studies, alternative energy projects, projects requiring data collection and analysis, etc.); however, all requests will be given consideration. A list of the 2016 grant winners is attached.

Please refer to the attached Grant Application for the details and deadlines. All grade levels at schools with zip code starting with “12” are eligible. We look forward to hearing from you, and hope that we can assist you in teaching our youth the role we all play in keeping our environment healthy.

Sincerely,

The 2016-2017Eastern New York Chapter AWMA Education Committee:

Dan Lang (Chairman), Arcadis, Inc.

Joe Farron, C.T. Male Associates

Rod Aldrich, Sterling Environmental Engineering, P.C.

Robert Duff, SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Dina Ayers, ALS Environmental

Cris Hine, O’Brien & Gere

Georgie Lussier, Foit-Albert Associates

Tom Puchner, Phillips Lytle, Inc.

Air & Waste Management Association - Eastern New York Chapter

2016 Earth Day Grant Awards

School Name / Location / Project Name
Arlington High School / LaGrangeville / Students “Daylighting” Schools using Data from Light Meters
Averill Park CSD / Averill Park / Regional Acid Rain Analysis Study
Capital Region BOCES, Rotterdam Academy I / Rotterdam Jct. / Students and Gardens Growing Together
Castleton Elementary / Castleton / Observation Bee Hive at Castleton Elementary
Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County / Lake Katrine / Life cycles in our world
Coxsackie- Athens CSD / Coxsackie / Mobile Aqua Lab Outreach Carts
Forest Park Elementary / Albany / Milk Carton Recycling Brigade
Gloversville Middle School / Gloversville / ​GrowingUpOutdoors­ExperimentsinGardening
Knickerbacker Middle School / Lansingburgh / Knights Kale Garden Expands at KMS
Malone Middle School / Malone / Going Green with Hydroponics
McNulty Academy for International Studies / Amsterdam / SeedtoSaladtoSoil:InspiringEnvironmental Stewardship& WasteReduction
Niskayuna High School / Niskayuna / Long-Term Stream Monitoring of Alplaus Kill
North Country School and Camp Treetops / Lake Placid / Egg Mobiles: An Educational Tool for Pasture Management
Pinewood Elementary / Schenectady / Energy Efficient House Project
Poughkeepsie High School / Poughkeepsie / The Fallkill Creek Classroom
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School / Ravena / PBL in Your Schoolyard: Native Plants & Grass roots Involvement - Working Towards Solutions
Shaker High School Environmental Club / Latham / Bring Back the Pollinators!
Shaker Road Elementary / Colonie / Take the Shaker Road to STEM 2016
St. Denis-St. Columba School / Hopewell Jct. / From Dirt to Dirt Composting Project
St. Mary’s School / Ticonderoga / We are All Connected (STEM Project)
The Storm King School / Cornwall on Hudson / Wind Turbine Design and Analysis

Grants were awarded to a diverse group of schools and for a wide variety of environmental projects. Representatives of Coxsackie Elementary School and Gloversville Elementary School attended AWMA’s November 2016 meeting and presented their projects. In addition to members seeing the benefits of the grant program, our annual meeting presents an opportunity for students to speak in a professional forum.

In 2016, generous donations were received from:

Platinum Level ($1,000+) / Gold Level
($500-$999) / Silver Level
($200-$499) / Bronze Level
($50-$199)
Foundation for Engineering Education ($3,000) / O’Brien & Gere / C.T. Male Associates / Mark & Margaret Corey / Steven Myers
Eastern New York AWMA Chapter ($3,000) / Consulting for Health, Air, Nature, & a Greener Environment, LLC / Dina Ayers / Crandall Library
Daniel Lang / Andrea Simmons

In addition, as part of our fundraising efforts for the 2017Earth Day Grant program, proceeds from the 5thAnnual Peter B. Desrochers Memorial Golf Tournament included sponsorships from: Adirondack Environmental Services, Arcadis, Security Integrations, Pace Analytical, C.T. Male Associates, Barton & Loguidice, Chemtech, CB&I, Geotech Env. Equipment, Harris Beach PLLC, In-Situ, Lockwood Remediation Technologies, MJ Engineering & Land Surveying, O’Brien & Gere, Parratt Wolff, Alpha Analytical, CHANGE, Norlite/Tradebe Environmental Services, Phillips Lytle, Spectra Environmental Group, Sterling Env., Young/Sommer, Sharon Desrochers, Bob Duff, and Bud Hovey.

Air & Waste Management Association

Eastern New York Chapter

2017Earth Day Grant Application

The Air & Waste Management Association - Eastern New York Chapter - is sponsoring multiple grants in honor of Earth Day 2017. The purpose of the grants is to promote environmental awareness through educational activities.

Applications may be submitted by e-mail (preferred) or by mail:

AWMA 2017 Earth Day Grant Program
c/o Dan Lang, ARCADIS US, Inc.

855 Route 146, Suite 210, Clifton Park, NY 12065

• An electronic version of this application can be obtained from our web site at

• Applications must be received by WednesdayMarch 29, 2017.

• Maximum award not to exceed $750.00.

Any questions regarding the Earth Day Grant should be directed to:

• Dan Lang- Phone (518) 250-7358 ore-mail ,or
• Joe Farron – Phone (518) 786-7471 or e-mail

Application conditions:

• All applications will be reviewed and the grants awarded by AWMA-Eastern NY Chapter Education Committee. All decisions are final. Grant winners will be announced in early April 2017.

• Grant winners are expected to submit a brief report to AWMA-ENY Chapter Education Committee after completion of the Earth Day project. This report is informal and has no specific format, but should include general details of the project / event with pictures where appropriate. The Education Committee would like to follow your progress and share in your accomplishments. Earth Day Grant submissions to the AWMA including photographs, exhibits, videos, etc. become the property of the AWMA and may be used to publicize the Earth Day grant program, including posting on the web, at public events, or by other means. Submissions will not be returned.

• 2008 and later Grant winners must submit a final report in order to be eligible for future grants.

• The award must be used during the 2017 / 2018 academic school year unless the application proposes an alternative schedule.

• Grant winners may be invited to attend an AWMA meeting and present the results of their project. This is a great opportunity for students to participate in a professional forum and interact with environmental professionals. See photos of previous meetingsat

Air & Waste Management Association

Eastern New York Chapter

2017 Earth Day Grant Application

Application information:(Feel free to supply additional sheets. The more detail, the better.)

MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750.00

Project name:

Organization name:

Street:

City: Zip Code:

Project Coordinator name:

Telephone number:______E-Mail address______

Number of students directly involved in the project:______Total Amount Requested $______

Brief project description (include purpose, schedule, location, itemized cost estimate, timing, etc.):

(For AWMA use only) Date Application Received: ______