An interactive journal for SCA Alumni and Friends, July 2008
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The Million Dollar Challenge
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Here’s a chance for your gift to multiply immediately, even if you’ve never given to SCA before. The National Park Service will match every dollar given by at least THREE when you make a gift to SCA this month. Every dollar you donate means four dollars in Conservation work. We challenge you to join us today and help SCA send thousands of volunteers out into the parks this season.
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Serving Parks throughout the Capital
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 by Daniel Parr, ’07, ’08; and Becca Brown, '06, '07, '08
At SCA’s EarthVision: Actions for a Healthy Planet, we’ll not only be talking about critical conservation issues – we’ll be acting on them! Summit attendees will tackle conservation service projects in six popular Washington, D.C. parks. Join the fun!
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Reinvesting in our National Parks
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 by Daniel Parr, ’07, ’08
Protecting our national parks is a high priority for many of us, but Tom Kiernan, President of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) can tell you why it should be an utmost priority for all. Kiernan is one of many top speakers SCA is convening at EarthVision: Actions for a Healthy Planet in Washington, DC this April.
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From Cornell to Russia via SCA
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 by Emily Sloan, ’05, ’06
Laura Williams got her first position in the Russian conservation field through an international program with SCA in 1991. Seventeen years later, she is still in Russia, married to a local naturalist and photographer, raising two sons, and devoted to a tiny community in the western part of the country and the nature reserve adjacent to it.
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 Spring? Yes. Break? Not so much…
With equal amounts of energy and spirit, 100 college students are enjoying Alternative Spring Breaks at Padre Island National Seashore and Grand Canyon National Park accomplishing critical conservation projects. We've got lots of photos and first-hand accounts from the field.
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 by Laura Williams, ’91
Last night I dreamt I was back in college at Cornell. I’d overslept and was late for Russian.
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SCA is planning Earth Day celebrations in San Francisco, Seattle, New Hampshire, and more, in addition to four service projects in Washington, DC as a part of our EarthVision Summit. Get dirty. Have fun. Save the Planet. Join us!
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PCTA Volunteer Work Projects
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Join SCA and the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) for a week of fun and service in the Sierra Nevada!
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