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Jessamine Goes Green. “How We Have Impacted Our Community!”. Members. Levi Fairchild Angel Fowler Joshua Grigsby Daniel Hardy Andy Hitch Jake Terry. Mission Statement. Enlighten- To bring “Going Green” to attention. . Educate- To teach about it.
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Jessamine GoesGreen “How We Have Impacted Our Community!”
Members • Levi Fairchild • Angel Fowler • Joshua Grigsby • Daniel Hardy • Andy Hitch • Jake Terry
Mission Statement • Enlighten- To bring “Going Green” to attention.. • Educate- To teach about it. • Encourage- To be there, and support. • To Excute – To get the job done!
Our Objective • Inform • Many • People • About • Community • Transition (by going GREEN)
Mayor Russ Meyer-Nicholasville Creative Care-Wilmore Duane McCuddy-Parks & Recreation Mike Cassidy-Solid Waste Division Neal Cassity-Executive Judge Lynn Albanese-Independent Recycler David Lafferty-Storm Water Drains Bluegrass Pride-Kentucky Organization Officer Cravens/Fish & Wildlife-Kentucky Roy Honican-Blue Grass Energy Millard & Boo Blakey-WreckCreations & 100% Energy Efficient Home Pam Whitaker-L.F.U.C.G. Bobby Clark- Clark Publishing Connecting with Communities
How We Impacted Our Community Bethel Christian Church- • The six members Enlightened the church about energy consumption. • We Educated them with an electric consumption guide, a 4-H checklist, office checklist, and worked with Bluegrass Energy to do an energy audit. • We Encouraged them to reduce electric use, and recycle with our suggestion sheet. • We Executed by training the “Green Leader” to make sure changes are continued.
How We Impacted Our Community Lake Mingo Park- • Duane McCuddy, Head of Parks and Recreation, wanted us to Enlighten him. • We Educated him by giving him a green building guide for the new shelter house. • The team Encouraged him with our own outdoor checklist. • We Executed by doing the Lake Mingo clean-up.
How We Impacted Our Community Storm Water Drainage System- • David Lafferty was Enlightened when he saw us in the Jessamine Journal. • He Educated the team about dumping in Storm Drains and how it affects the wildlife. • We Encouraged him when we told him we would place some storm drain stickers on for him. • The team Executed in two days, placing almost one thousand stickers on the drains.
Advocating to the Communities • The World Wide Web (Internet)- Our own Website (wiki)-Jessamine Goes Green Linked to Jessamine co. schools Facebook Group-Jessamine Goes Green over 150 members
Advocating to the Communities • News and Newsletters- • The Jessamine Journal- Jessamine Goes Green • The Jessamine Chamber of Commerce- Introduction to the Businesses
Continuing After We Are Finished • The team is very interested in keeping the Jessamine Goes Green team as a volunteer group for use by other people as a support system. We already have a list of growing resources that would come in handy for any individual that would contact us. We are also trying to set up a group with the Jessamine County Public Library for more support.