Citgo "Fueling Good" Contest -- Please Vote for the Friends of Blackwater
Citgo is holding a contest to reward good community neighbors by giving away $120,000 in gas prizes during their "2012 Fueling Good Program," where 24 charities will win gas throughout the year.
The Friends of Blackwater NWR have entered the "Fueling Good" contest to help us win gas for our environmental education program, which brings Dorchester County students to Blackwater Refuge so they can learn about wildlife and habitat protection.
You can find out more about the environmental education program at Blackwater by reading the information below, but we need you to vote on the "Fueling Good" contest page once a day from now until February 9, so that we can win gas to help bring students to Blackwater Refuge. Please vote and support our environmental education program at Blackwater Refuge.
Environmental Education Program at Blackwater NWR
In October of each year, 4th grade students from Dorchester County travel to Blackwater Refuge to participate in four different hands-on activities that assist in their school's curriculum concerning the importance of habitat, food chains, wetlands, and wildlife. In the spring, 6th grade students also travel to the Refuge to practice using a GPS unit like a biologist, to view wildlife in their natural habitat on tours throughout the Refuge, and to plant trees to help restore a forest wildlife habitat. The project not only fits in with their curriculum, but also helps fulfill part of their Volunteer Service Learning requirement for graduation. Students connect with what they learn and how they can help in their ever-changing world. The response from the students and teachers has been outstanding.
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Now in its 5th year, the major expense for the environmental education program is paying for the travel to bring the students to the Refuge. The buses bring the students in the morning, travel around the Refuge with them throughout the day, and return them to their schools at the end of the day. It takes 22 buses traveling a minimum of 1,105 miles. Helping with this expense will go a long way towards keeping this program going.
In addition to educating students to the importance of our environment and the need to help restore habitats for wildlife and for humans, the students get their parents involved as well. There have been many opportunities for students and adults to be involved in forest and wetland restoration at Blackwater Refuge in the last 15 years with more projects planned in the future.
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