April 13th-Abby Williams

Throughout the past year, we have worked with Project Aware to help educate school-aged children about the importance of clean water.  We have improved our communication and educating skills by working with the Boys and Girls clubs in Springfield, local Girl Scout troops, and local 4-H clubs.  I have learned that the youth of this generation are eager to learn and make a difference.  Even though Project Aware's main focus is to stop pollution in the ocean, we have made it our goal to educate others on the importance of keeping local waters clean.  88% of water pollution comes from runoff of smaller waterways.  This is how we have made a connection between our community partners larger goal, and our local community issues on a smaller scale.