04/07/10

Story by Julie Haas

JCCC students celebrate Earth Day by “Going Green 2010”

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Students in the Student Environmental Alliance at Johnson County Community College are planning an Earth Day Celebration, "Going Green 2010," from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21 on the college campus.

Participants will staff tables outside the Student Center with information about their organizations.  The musical group Glass Axe will perform at 1 p.m., and there will be drawings for green gift baskets and a 50-gallon rain barrel from Bridging the Gap.

Participating organizations include:

• Johnson County Environmental Department
• Al Pugsley, electric cars
• Robert Jones, Shiloh Farms
• Tom Gorby, AMSOil
• Julie Xiong, Girl Scouts of Kansas and Missouri
• Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance
• Sharon Rodriguez, certified private lead tester
• J.C. Alonzo, JCCC Center for Business and Technology
• JCCC Horticulture Club
• JCCC L.U.NA. (Latinos United Now and Always) student group
• Mid-America Regional Council and the Jo: Johnson County Transit
• Habitat For Humanity Restore, Kansas City Kansas
• Habitat for Humanity Restore, Kansas City Missouri
• Evolving Magazine
• Ann Suellentrop, Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Stephanie Hawkins, Beauty Alfresco Soaps
• M.O.T.U.V (Sustainability Sunday Community)
• JCCC Queers and Allies
• Straw Sticks and Bricks
• Interior Design Student Association
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Dynamic Earth
• Sierra Club Kansas Chapter
• JCCC Student Environmental Alliance

For more information, contact Steven Giambrone, faculty sponsor for SEA, 913-469-8500, ext. 4779, sgiambrone@jccc.edu.

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