Diane Minick presents Martha Hout from the Funk Heritage Center with the Partnership Award.
Diane Minick presents Duncan Cottrell with the Stan Hall Award.
Melissa Rottenberg and Lori Forrester, holding daughter Carolyn, share a laugh after receiving the Chairperson's Award.
The Upper Etowah River Alliance has been busy begininng our new 319 grant and investigating various ways to educate folks about water pollution. One of the projects funded by the grant is a raingarden at the Funk Heritage Museum at Reinhardt College. The building had drainage problems with the water coming from the roof and the new series of raingardens addresses this issue. In addition, it adds a beautiful, educational tool to the museum's grounds. Many of the plants were donated by the Georgia Native Plant Society, and much of the landscaping planning and work was donated by Bill Ross. Many thanks to Martha Hout and Joe Kitchens of the Funk Center, for their hard work on this project.
Pictured: A butterfly garden next the Funk Heritage Museum
Kids from R.M. Moore Elementary show off dragonflies they made with the help of Alliance volunteers, Lori Forrester and Jennifer Lowe. The students got to spend time learning more about the amazing creatures of the watershed. Thanks to MACTEC for the dragonfly kits!
Congratulations! To Diane Minick, the Alliance's Board Chair, who was chosen as Volunteer of the Year by the Georgia River Network. Diane was given her well-deserved award at the GRN Annual Conference
in Milledgeville.
The Upper Etowah River Alliance has been busy begininng our new 319 grant and investigating various ways to educate folks about water pollution. One of the projects funded by the grant is a raingarden at the Funk Heritage Museum at Reinhardt College. The building had drainage problems with the water coming from the roof and the new series of raingardens addresses this issue. In addition, it adds a beautiful, educational tool to the museum's grounds. Many of the plants were donated by the Georgia Native Plant Society, and much of the landscaping planning and work was donated by Bill Ross. Many thanks to Martha Hout and Joe Kitchens of the Funk Center, for their hard work on this project. 
