Keep Nassau Beautiful
Press Release
Contact: Lynda Bell
Executive Director
[email protected]
May 6, 2019 1:00 p.m.
More than 1,300 Fernandina Beach students participate in Earth Day Education and Beautification Events
Earth Day is a global event which is celebrated each year on observance in the world. Keep Nassau Beautiful coordinated two events in Fernandina Beach schools in recognition of Earth Day; the first at Emma Love Hardee Elementary, and later in the day at Southside Elementary.
Emma Love Hardee Elementary Assistant Principal, Bryce Cubbal, scheduled assemblies for more than 600 third, fourth and fifth grade students to participate in a Keep Nassau Beautiful educational event on the 4 R’s; refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle. Ashley Powell, KNB board member, led the interactive educational event where students learned about recycling and the impact of single use plastic. Student volunteers were asked to identify items for recycling and during the process learned the “Do’s and Don’ts” of recycling to avoid contamination of the recycle bin.
Emma Love Hardee Elementary Assistant Principal, Bryce Cubbal, introduces Keep Nassau Beautiful for an educational program on Recycling and Waste Alternatives.
Student volunteers identify items that should be included in the recycle bin.
Southside Elementary Principal, Marlene Palmer, coordinated with Keep Nassau Beautiful for an Earth Day event for just under 700 students in grades K – 2. The Amelia Island Newcomers Club, Garden Group joined KNB to assist teachers and students in transplanting strawberries and tomato plants into take home pots.
Liberty Landscape Supply helped make the Earth Day project possible through their generous donation of plants and potting soil. Digital Village donated paper which was used for drop cloths. And Lowe’s, Fernandina Beach assisted with the supply of terra cotta pots.
Students were able to enjoy transplanting their own fruit or vegetable plant and then taking it home to grow over the summer and later harvest for strawberries or tomatoes.
Principal Marlene Palmer, KNB Board Members and Amelia Island Newcomers Club, Garden Group volunteers assist teachers and students in planting project for Earth Day.
“Earth Day is a chance to consider how your actions impact the planet and think about what steps you can take to help make our environment better,” said Lynda Bell, Keep Nassau Beautiful Executive Director, “which is why we are so grateful to the administration and teachers for raising awareness about environmental issues through Earth Day events. It is great to see students think about how they can reduce pollution, impact recycling, and enjoy tending a plant.”
Keep Nassau Beautiful, Inc. is working to inspire, educate, and equip individuals, groups, businesses and governments to take action to make Nassau County a place where residents, visitors and wildlife can thrive and experience the beauty of Nassau County. www.keepnassaubeautiful.org