After a 3-year hiatus and despite the cold, windy, & then rainy ending, the Earth Fest today (Monday 4/18) was a success in bringing students, faculty, staff, and community members together to learn, educate/inform, encourage to take action, have fun, and simply be able to hang out and discuss important topics related to sustainability. Visitors received freebies (eco-friendly straws and plantable pencils with seeds) and we had 3 rounds of raffle drawings and gave away more than a dozen prizes thanks to funding available from the Penn State Sustainability Institute.
A huge THANK YOU to all the volunteers, station leaders, M&O, IT, community organizations, and visitors that made today a memorable day.
Berks Faculty & Staff Volunteers/Station Leaders: Jayné Park-Martinez, Paula Plageman, Barb Lessig, John Rost, Sandy McEwen, Kathy Cavanaugh, Gail Chiriani, Jaxon Dierker, Bryan Wang, Tara Beecham, Hannah Fassbender & Thun Library Student Workers, Erica Kunkel, Lisa Weaver, Shiyoung Lee, Marietta Scanlon, Pam Eisenhart, Russel Pepper, Mark Dawson, Tom & Gene from IT, Donna Chambers, Keith Hillkirk, M&O crew
Student/Youth Volunteers: Lyra & Altair Martinez-Park, Howra Amirshokoohi (Kazempour), Lohitaksha Ananthula, Amelia & Katalina Kasper, Elise Wang, MaryKate Cotter, Cassidy Grebe, Brandon Mustapher, Luke Shirk, Jessica Babich, Sam Acker,, Sam Pickwood, Erik Peterson Smith, Muslim Students Association members, Trey Kilpatrick, Josh Breton, Lion Ambassadors, Michelle Mart’s Hist 109 students
Community Organizations/Station Leaders: League of Women Voters Berks County, Earth Day Berks, City of Reading Public Works Dept- Sustainability Division & EAC, Citizens Climate Lobby Reading-Berks, Schuylkill River Greenways, US Army Corps of Engineers at Blue Marsh Lake, Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.
Thank you,
Mahsa Kazempour (Sustainability Team Leader)