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Youth Environmental Education

Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl Poster Contest

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the National Garden Clubs, Inc. are giving students the opportunity to demonstrate through original drawings of Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl their understanding of wildfire prevention and basic environmental conservation principles. The National Poster Contest winners, in grades 1-5, are announced in May at the National Garden Clubs Convention in Washington, DC. This photo is an entry from a student at Cochise Elementary School in Scottsdale that was selected to compete at the state level.

 

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Youth Gardening

During the 2010-2011 school year, club member Aurien Preiss worked with Mrs. Kimberly Redhage's second grade class at Cochise Elementary School. They planted nearly 100 daffodil bulbs in pots and the children took care of them over the winter. Member Lucy Samuels worked with first graders at Larry C. Kennedy Elementary School where they planted bulbs for Mother's Day.

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The above photos show the children getting ready and planting the bulbs in pots they had decorated earlier. The bulbs were all blooming in March - perfect timing for the Scottsdale Garden Club's spring flower show!
 
 
Aurien Preiss, Youth Gardening Chairman, accepts $50 and a blue ribbon for her 2nd graders' projects. Aurien Preiss, Youth Gardening Chairman, accepts $50 and blue ribbons for her 2nd graders' projects. They placed first in two categories of the AFGC "Dilly of a Daffodil" contest.