Water Awareness
Training in Montgomery County
By Rory Stephens, Soil
Conservation Technician, NRCS, Montgomery, Alabama
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Students learn about water quality from Rory Stephens and Ruby Raindrop. |
In April, the Montgomery SWCD/NRCS Field Office conducted Water Awareness
training at the MacMillan International Academy in Montgomery, Alabama.
The objective of the training was to inform youth about the importance of
preserving and conserving limited natural resource.
More than 80 1st and 2nd graders learned about the water cycle and its
relationship to their daily lives. Home water use and ways to protect our
streams, rivers and oceans was discussed. Students received a "Ruby Raindrop"
coloring book and signed a "Promise Sheet," stating that they will help keep our
water clean.
Included in the training was the ballet of "Ruby Raindrop," and her never
ending quest to teach children about clean water. The students applauded and
hugged Ruby Raindrop (played by NRCS DC April Jones) as she greeted them after
the training.
Principal Edward Drozdowski, applauded and asked that the training become an
annual event.
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