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2007 President's Award
Don Baugh and Linda Rhoads Receive Award for Leading NCLI Advocacy Efforts
Don Baugh of the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation and Linda Rhoads, chair of NAAEE's EE Advocacy Committee, have received the President’s Award from Martha Monroe, 2006-2007 president. The award is given each year to
an individual, organization, or team of people that the NAAEE president finds
noteworthy.
“There
is usually lots of competition for this award, because the category is so
broad,” said NAAEE President Martha Monroe. “This year it was an easy choice
because of the phenomenal effort that has gone into designing the No Child Left
Inside Act and campaign, which has captured hearts and minds and galvanized
action across the country.”
Over 120 organizations, representing some 17
million people, have signed on to the NCLI campaign, designed to address one of the unintended
consequences of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) – the elimination or
scaling-back of environmental education and field investigations in schools
throughout the nation.
Baugh and Rhoads attended the NAAEE conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
on November 17, to accept the award, where they helped organize a
“contact your legislator” effort to motivate people to take action while at the
conference.