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NEWS/AWARDS
2006 Recipient - U.S. EPA Children's Environmental Health Recognition Award
. The Children's Environmental Health Excellence Awards are designed to
recognize ongoing and sustainable dedication to, and notable leadership in,
protecting children from environmental health risks at the local, regional,
national, and international level.
Executive Director Julie Childers and family chosen
as first place prize winners for their volunteer efforts with at-risk children
by Family Fun Magazine and experts at the Points of Light Foundation and
DisneyHand, worldwide outreach group for The Walt Disney Company.
2005 member-recipient of Safe Kid Coalition of
the year by Safe Kids Worldwide
The Catalog of Philanthropy identified
TFK Metro DC as being one "sof the
best small charities in Greater Washington". TFK Metro DC is honored
to be among those chosen. The catalog's opening letter stated
"In a time of anxiety and danger, and in the midst
of global problems whose enormity can be overwhelming indeed, philanthropy—the
love of mankind—is an antidote. We invite you to help others as they introduce
young people to mountain biking and healthy living"
TFK volunteer chosen as Unsung Hero by the Unites States
Environmental Protection Agency- Trips
for Kids Metro DC volunteer Pat Childers was chosen to be a recipient of EPA's
unsung hero award for his work with inner city children and the
environment. Congratulations Pat!!!!
LINKS LINKS LINKS
Learn about the
importance of Physical Activity and how it helps in the battle against
childhood obesity and diabetes- http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/
Learn about environmental risks
to your children's health and how to protect them - http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage
Trips for Kids Metro DC is an
independent chapter of
Trips for Kid National. Trips for Kids chapters are found across North
America. To find out more about the national program and the model TFK
program, please visit www.tripsforkids.org.
Trips for Kids Metro DC *
6109 Fox Hill Street * Springfield, VA 22150
Phone:
703-209-5721 * Email: tfkmetrodc@tfkmetrodc.org |
