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CEC
News
Click
on the newspaper article above to read about CEC's ""down to
earth environmentalism."
Cope Environmental Center named Non-Profit
of the Year!
The Richmond-Wayne County Chamber of Commerce each year selects businesses
and individuals to receive awards for outstanding services to the Wayne
County community. At the annual awards dinner on January 21st, held at
the Kuhlman Center, awards were given to these community leaders. Cope
Environmental Center (CEC) shared the prestigious Achievement of Excellence
- Non-Profit Award with the Wernle Children’s Home (www.wernle.org).
“It’s a tremendous honor”, says Lina Gordy, Cope Environmental
Center’s Executive Director, “receiving this award truly demonstrates
the support we have from our community”. As a local not-for-profit,
CEC relies on the generosity of the community. The positive publicity
brought on by the award is an enormous benefit to the organization. “We
are grateful to the Chamber for choosing Cope Center for this award”,
says Development Director Alison Zajdel. “We are also proud of Wernle’s
accomplishments and are pleased to share the award with them”, Alison
says.
To learn about the Richmond-Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, visit www.rwchamber.org.
To view the press release, please click here.
SCHOOL PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY WARM
GLOW CANDLE COMPANY!
Teachers!
Click
the link below for a 2005 Teacher Guide containing information about school
program opportunities.
2005
Teacher Guide
CEC Adopts Internal
Sustainablity Policy
Andrew Hoffman,a
senior at Richmond High School, started volunteering at Cope Environmental
Center the summer of 2005. He is a talented photographer and has great
appreciation for wildlife. Andrew has made his own educational website
and wanted to share it with our community! Click here
to go to Andrew's webpage.
CEC
gets endowment boost
Sally Reahard,
long
time donor to CEC and philanthropist, has left a bequest of $416,000.00
to CEC that will help start our Operational Endowment. The money will
be invested, and the interest will be used to help CEC pay operating expenses.
Sally was a good friend of the late Jim Cope. He and his wife Helen, and
their friend, the late Francis Parks, established Cope Environmental Center
in 1992. Reahard had made regular gifts to the center during her lifetime.
The legacy she has left us will allow the center to continue its efforts
to provide quality environmental education to the community.
American
Discovery Trail
Richmond's
A.D.T Hiking Club* invites all hikers to join them on the nature trails
of the Richmond area and elsewhere. There is no charge, and hikers of
all ages are welcome to join them!
*for more information call CEC @ 765-855-3188
Click here
to learn about our Sustainable
products sponsors.
"Second
Nature" Gift Shop
Cope
Environmental Center's gift shop, Second Nature, is now open!!!
Events & Programs
Click
on the pen to sign up for any of the following CEC programs! This will
allow you to send an email to our Resource Coordinator for reservation
purposes. Please provide the program name, desired date, number of participants,
and contact information (name, adress, phone). Due to limited space, you
will NOT be officially registered until you receive a confirmation email
from the program department.
Toddler
Time
Calling
all parents with toddlers or pre-school aged children!! CEC is continuing
this popular pre-school program. Come and join us for all new stories,
hikes, songs and crafts! Space is limited. Please register the by the
Tuesday before each class.
Wednesday, May 17th: "Strawberries Strike"
Wednesday, June 21st: "Bluegills Begin"
Wednesday, July 19th: "Humming Birds Hooray"
Wednesday, August 16th: "Wetland Wonders"
Wednesday, September 13th: "Apple Cider"
Wednesday, October 18th: "Jewelweed's Jewels"
Wednesday, November 15th: "Hibernation Initiation"
Wednesday, December 6th: "Curious Conifers"
Time: 10:00
AM - 11:00 AM
Cost: $2.00 per child
CEC Sustainability
Programs 2006
Do your part to save resources
and money! These stewardship programs are designed to make environmentally-responsible
living a reality for the average homeowner. Call 765-855-3188 for information
and registration. Programs take place at CEC.
Upcoming
workshops
Saturday, June 24th
Overall Energy Efficiency in the Home, 9am-12pm
Green Remodeling of Existing
Homes and Structures, 1-4pm
Saturday, August 12th
Energy Efficiency for New Buildings,
9am-12pm
Green Building for New
Home Construction, 1-4pm
Saturday, October 28th
Increasing the Electrical Energy
Efficiency in Your Home, 9am-12pm
Alternative Energy Options
for Residential and Small Business Owners,
1-4pm
"Hike
Yourself Healthy" Time!
Hike Yourself Healthy 2006 is just around
the corner! (Can you believe the time has come AGAIN?) The kick off for
this program will be at the Family Earth Day Celebration at Kuhlman Center
on April 29th and will last until early fall.
The CEC Staff has pledged to hike 500 miles on the CEC trails and challenges
YOU to double it. Don’t worry, you’ll have lots of help! Other
CEC members from around the world will be hiking as well all in support
of CEC Community and Youth Programs. This is a community collaboration,
so the more people that we can get involved, the closer we’ll get
to the community's goal of 1000 miles! Here’s how it works:
Step
1: Call us!
CEC will send you an information packet about Hike Yourself Healthy for
you to share with your group or family.
Step
2: Talk, talk, talk!
The more people we get involved, the better! So tell everyone what you’re
doing this summer to get healthy and support education.
Step 3: Gather pledges!
Ask friends, neighbors, and family members to sponsor your “Hike
Yourself Healthy” experience at CEC. They can pledge
per mile, per 1/4 mile, or per hike!
Step
4: Walk, walk, walk at CEC!
You can hike on your own schedule (although it’s always more fun
to hike with others!) and come back whenever you want. The CEC trails
are open from dawn to dusk every day. You’ll be asked to log your
hike so that we know how far we’ve been and how far we need to go!
So, how can
your group get involved??
Simple…get excited! You will be a part of a community-wide effort
to get healthy and support
education. Pledge forms will be distributed to each participant along
with special instructions to get you started.
At the end of
this program, CEC will host a Healthy Celebration to congratulate you
on your success. "Stay Active" Prizes will be given for most
miles hiked, largest group of hikers, and more! Don’t miss out on
this opportunity to have a great summer with CEC! The staff at CEC is
ready to answer questions about this experience and encourage you along,
so give us a call and get hiking!
So, why should
you Hike Yourself Healthy??
The proceeds
of “Hike Yourself Healthy” will fund youth
and community programs at Cope Environmental Center.
Participating in “Hike Yourself Healthy” helps everyone...including
you!
You and/or your
group can compete for GREAT "Stay Active" prizes including bikes,
health club memberships, backpacks, camping gear and more!
It’s
good for you- hiking relieves stress,
increases energy, and helps you
manage your weight!
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I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.
- G. M. Trevelyan
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he
seeks.
- John Muir
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Of all exercises walking is the best.
- Thomas Jefferson
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an
unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the
medicine and psychology in the world.
- Paul Dudley White
CEC
Thanks
- Thank
you to Centerville Kiwanis for making recycing a part of this year's
Archway Days Celebration!
- Thank
you to Reid Hospital for their involvement in the Hike YourselfHealthy
program this summer! Read more about other Reid Hospital programs
on their website at www.ReidHosp.com.
Richmond
Power & Light named first recipient of the
CEC
Environmental Stewardship Award!
“RP&L is really encouraging
environmental stewardship with this commitment. We hope others follow
in their footsteps.” said Executive Director, Lina Gordy.
Centerville, Ind. - Cope Environmental
Center (CEC), a local non-profit environmental education center, likes
to reward good stewardship choices that make east-central Indiana a better
place to live. In a series of recognitions, the CEC Environmental Stewardship
Award will highlight businesses, organizations, public entities, groups
or individuals who proactively work for environmental sustainability.
First in line to receive the award is Richmond Power & Light (RP&L),
who recently became an Energy Star partner with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. "Energy Star is a valuable and informative program.
RP&L is proud to be a representative of the program. Our web site
RP-L.com has valuable Energy Star information and a direct link to Energy
Star for more comprehensive energy efficiency ideas and strategies,"
said Dave Osborn of RP&L. As a partner in the Energy Star program,
RP&L has agreed to promote energy efficiency in both new and existing
homes, as well as products that are Energy Star labeled. Energy Star products
meet specific energy efficiency criteria, and thus curb energy consumption
and help lower electric bills. RP&L is one of only a few utility providers
in Indiana with an Energy Star partnership. "We would like to thank
Cope Environmental Center for this award. It is quite an honor to not
only receive the CEC Environmental Stewardship Award but to be the first
recipient is very special indeed," said Harry Phillips of RP&L
after receiving the award.
CEC will use this award to recognize
a regional business, organization, public entity, group, or individual
every other month. If you have suggestions for recipients that have demonstrated
outstanding environmental stewardship, you may submit suggestions to Lina
Gordy, at l.gordy@copeenvironmental.org.
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