Re: Help for teachers

From: Joe Cumbee (acumbee@surfsouth.com)
Date: Tue Nov 24 1998 - 16:47:08 PST


Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 19:47:08 -0500
From: Joe Cumbee <acumbee@surfsouth.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3706$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Help for teachers

Madeleine,
I live in South Central Georgia. I will be glad to help in any way. Just let
me know.
Joe Cumbee

Madeleine Groves wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have been locked in a workshop with 24 teachers for the last three days
> so I've only just read the comments about ex-pats not keeping in touch.
> Check your e-mails to see if the guilt trip worked or not!!
>
> The above workshop is part of an in-school endangered plant propagation
> project set up by the Georgia Endangered Plant Stewardship Network (GEPSN)
> which in turn was established by the GA Endangered Plant Conservation
> Alliance of which ABG is a member (this makes it sound like everything is
> endangered in Georgia, which is not far from the truth - correction,
> chickens are pretty prolific here).
>
> Anyway, many of these teachers need materials, such as cut pitchers full of
> bugs, to teach classes on endangered plants and science inquiry lessons. If
> anyone with a cp collection in GA would be willing to send these teachers a
> few pitchers once in a while or provide a plant or two for their bogs and
> terrariums, please let me know and I'll put you in touch with a school near
> you Alternatively, I could arrange for them to come and collect
> plants/pitchers. The teachers have very few resources and I can only cut so
> many pitchers from the bog here at ABG before they cotton on and decide to
> ship me home. The teachers would really appreciate it, and using cps is a
> great way of teaching kids about ecology, endangered plants, etc, etc.
>
> Let me know if anyone is interested.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Madxx
>
> ________________________________________________________
> Madeleine Groves
> Conservation Programme Coordinator
> Atlanta Botanical Garden
> P.O. Box 77246
> Atlanta
> Georgia
> 30357
> Tel:(404) 876 5859 (voicemail 503)
> Fax:(404) 876 7472
> E-mail: m.groves@mindspring.com



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