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LMHS Senior, Wynnewood Groups, Honored at "Go For The Green" Awards

The awards were presented by Lower Merion Township's Environmental Advisory Council at Villanova's Appleford Estate on May 15.

Lower Merion High School senior Bobby Lundquist and two Wynnewood groups were honored at Lower Merion's “Go For The Green” Environmental Awards, presented by Lower Merion Township’s Environmental Advisory Council, at Villanova's Appleford Estate on May 15.

The EAC's "Go For The Green" awards honor local people, organizations and businesses working toward environmental sustainability and green practices.

Residents Award: Pasture Partners

Pasture Partners, a group of 11 individuals who banded together to buy the 4.5-acre Toland Farm pasture in Wynnewood, were honored with the 2012 Residents Award. The Pasture Partners received a conservation easement from the Lower Merion Conservancy and worked to protect the land, which had been owned by the Toland family for over a hundred years.

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"At settlement, we made Polly [Toland] a promise that we would do well by her and that their pasture  … would be maintained in perpetuity," Scott Cook-Sather, a Pasture Partner member, said. 

Business Award: Terren Landscaping

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Terren Landscaping, based in Wynnewood, received the business award for their work to redesign a resident's property to create a rain garden. The new rain garden slows stormwater, creates habitat, uses native wetland plants and makes the yard look nicer, too, said Kate Galer, chair of the EAC.

"We all realize, being in this field, that every little bit helps," Galer said. "If everybody could do a little bit—get a rain barrel, build a rain garden—it would make a big difference."

Sandy Drayer Scholarship: Bobby Lundquist

Lower Merion High School senior Bobby Lundquist received the eighth annual Sandy Drayer scholarship award, given to a graduating LMHS senior who exhibits a passion for environmental issues.

Lundquist, who will attend the University of Pennsylvania in fall, was selected on the basis of his extracurricular participation and an essay he wrote in response to the prompt: "Name an environmental concern and state how you would address it using social media to address it locally, nationally and globally." Lundquist's essay focused on America's food system.

Lundquist spent also a week on a local farm as part of his senior project, and will return to spend another week on the farm soon, Drayer said.

Lundquist, who lives in Wynnewood, said it was an honor to receive the $1,000 scholarship.

"It’s very inspirational to see kids from the school I used to go to and teachers I used to have—it’s a continued mission," he said.

Other Recipients

Other award recipients were Norah Goldfine, who received the Joseph M. Manko Lifetime Achievement Award, Penn Valley Elementary School, and Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail.

For more details on the award winners, view the presentation PDF, attached to this article.


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