On Friday March 27th Carly (LEEP volunteer) went to an all day workshop on behalf of LEEP. The following is her write up. Thanks so much Carly!!
I wanted to thank the Carolinas Chapter of SETAC for inviting LEEP to join them at their annual meeting. It was a fantastic learning opportunity showcasing intriguing scientific work currently undertaken […]

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On March 13th LEEP had the opportunity to meet with the Governor’s Education Policy Advisor, Ashlei Stevens in Columbia. We were able to talk with her about issues concerning children getting outdoors more often. Topics such as childhood obesity, the No Child Left Inside Act and the Environmental Education Alliance were discussed. Ms. Stevens suggested that […]

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I wanted to write about this week’s phone call session because it turned out to be especially successful.  We called our standard politicians and left messages as usual, but on this day, we decided to go outside of Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester County and decided to call Ed Falco who is a consultant […]

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March 7th-10th Ian Sanchez and I attended the Blue Vision Summit in Washington, DC.  The main focus of the summit was about ocean conservation and preservation.   I learned that even though the world’s oceans seem vast, they are very delicate.   One speaker that I found very interesting was Roz Savage.  In the […]

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Today (March 11,2009) Rebecca and Carly both are LEEP’s volunteers went to Fox Music House to meet with Governor Sanford at his press release for the stimulus package. They were both able to speak to Gov. Sanford and give him a little information on LEEP.
Thanks Rebecca and Carly for representing LEEP!!

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            On February 27th we took students from James Island Middle School in the LEEP bus to Wannamaker Park in North Charleston for a festival celebrating African-American heritage.  Students were offered a variety of activities to interact in ranging from Brazilian dance to a lecture on the role of African Americans in the […]

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