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Once again the Department is looking for imaginative city students
to participate in the 2006 Golden Apple Awards. The Golden Apple
Awards consist of three contests:TrashMasters! Team Up to Clean Up,
which since 1978 has encouraged students to clean up and beautify
their schools and neighborhoods; TrashMasters! Reduce and Reuse
Challenge, which rewards innovative waste-prevention practices
and TrashMasters! Super Recyclers, which recognizes model school
recycling programs.
Schools must submit completed contest entries by no later than
April 10th.
Commissioner Doherty said: “Sanitation’s Golden Apple
Awards challenge schools to incorporate multi-discipline projects
focusing on neighborhood beautification, waste prevention,
reuse, recycling, and community service into their school year.
Hands-on learning has proven to be the most effective way to
teach, whether students are in Kindergarten or high school. The
innovative projects these teachers and students develop are a
great way for our youngest citizens to learn about their civic
responsibilities.”
The New York Restoration Project (NYRP), a non-profit organization
founded by actress/ singer/environmentalist Bette Midler, also supports
the Golden Apple Awards with their annual Rose Award that recognizes
a school’s beautification efforts, from among Team Up to Clean Up contestants.
For more information visit the DSNY website at
www.nyc.gov/sanitation or call 3-1-1.
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