Additionally, AE will promote SCA and its anniversary events in 900+ stores across the country.
SCA’s 50th anniversary commemoration will engage thousands of young people and others in action, dialogue and outreach designed to protect our natural resources and inspire a lifetime of stewardship. Special events include:
- A multimedia essay contest seeking new ideas for involving young people in conservation. The contest will honor SCA Founding President Elizabeth Titus Putnam, whose senior thesis in the mid-1950s first proposed a “Student Conservation Corps.” Submissions will be reviewed by a prestigious national panel and top entries will be awarded cash prizes.
- Dozens of alumni reunions and service projects at national parks and in local communities around the nation.
- A landmark youth in conservation summit (Earth Vision: Actions for a Healthy Planet) in Washington, DC., that will link contemporary and future conservation leaders in a visionary dialogue about climate change, endangered species, and sustainable living designed to form effective, collaborative environmental solutions.
SCA President Dale Penny notes that the Pittsburgh-based American Eagle has been a long-time sponsor of SCA’s local conservation programs for high school students. AE has also provided t-shirts for thousands of SCA’s national participants.
Other sponsors of SCA’s 50th Anniversary Events will be signing on soon and will be announced on the SCA at 50 [2] section of the website.