The culmination of my externship at Sustainable Sandhills was receiving word from a local philanthropy organization that they would be supporting our endeavors at the North Carolina Turkey Festival. We are planning a two-part project for the Festival. First, we will be utilizing my student Green Team to work as a recycling team at the Festival. They are going to be encouraging festival-goers to use the recycling bins we will provide rather than the trash. The second part of the project will be hosting a sustainable energy table at the Festival for students to take part in mini-labs.

I am really excited to be a part of such an innovative project. Receiving funding just re-emphasized that we are going to be able to really implement a fabulous set of activities!