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CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION ENCOURAGED BY EPA: WHITMAN TO LAUNCH NEW PEN PAL PROGRAM

Contact: Alice Kaufman, EPA New England Press Office, 617-918-1064
Steffanie Bell 202-564-6976; Cell phone: 202-320-7851

For immediate release: October 3, 2001; Release # 01-10-12

 
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EPA Pen Pal Partners for
the Environment Region 6

  
     

EPA Administrator Christie Whitman on Thursday, Oct. 4, will join a Texas fourth grade class and sixth graders from Medway (Massachusetts) Middle School (by Internet) to kick off a new EPA program encouraging children to learn more about protecting the environment by collaborating with other students across the nation. The event is part of EPA's Children's Health Month, launched Monday, Oct. 1 in Washington.

A live feed of Administrator Whitman's remarks will be heard In Mrs. Burnham's class at Medway Middle School. Students from Texas and Massachusetts will begin an environmental pen pal relationship using the Internet.

WHERE: Medway Middle School Elementary
45 Holliston St.
Medway, MA

WHEN: Thursday, October 4
1:15 p.m.

Please call Alice Kaufman at 617-918-1064 to confirm your attendance.

 

  1. TITLE: CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION ENCOURAGED BY EPA: WHITMAN TO LAUNCH NEW PEN PAL PROGRAM

  2. ABSTRACT: EPA Administrator Christie Whitman on Thursday, Oct. 4, will join a Texas fourth grade class and sixth graders from Medway (Massachusetts) Middle School (by Internet) to kick off a new EPA program encouraging children to learn more about protecting the environment by collaborating with other students across the nation. The event is part of EPA's Children's Health Month, launched Monday, Oct. 1 in Washington.

  3. ORIGINATOR: Regional Administrator's Office

  4. PUBLICATION DATE: 10/03/2001

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  9. POINT OF CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
    Alice Kaufman
    Office of the Regional Administrator
    EPA New England
    1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 (RAA)
    Boston, MA 02114-2023
    617-918-1064

  10. RESPONSIBLE PARTY:
    Alice Kaufman, EPA Press Office, 617-918-1064
    Office of the Regional Administrator

  11. DATE OF CREATION: 10/03/2001

  12. AGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: N/A

  13. EXPIRATION DATE: 11/03/2001

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