THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 24, 1995 TAG: 9508220111
SECTION: NORFOLK COMPASS PAGE: 05 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
Schools and nonprofit community groups can apply for grants of up to $5,000 to develop ``hands-on'' projects that promote environmental stewardship.
This is the third year that Phillips Petroleum Co. has offered the Phillips Environmental Partnerships awards, based on a philosophy that the best way to attack environmental problems is for local communities to work together to solve them.
The company has contributed nearly $500,000 to 130 local environmental projects since 1993.
Selected schools receive direct money grants, while community groups are given ``challenge'' awards that must be matched.
Past grants in Virginia went to Montgomery County School in Christianburg to start a pilot composting program at three elementary schools; to a Charlottesville elementary school to develop an arboretum, nature trail and outdoor classroom; and to the Virginia Museum of Natural History Foundation in Martinsville for garden start-up costs for 10 public schools.
The deadline to apply for a grant is Sept. 15. Entries will be judged by the Center for Environmental Education at Oklahoma State University.
To obtain an application write to: Phillips Petroleum Co., PEP Program, 16 D1 PB, Bartlesville, Okla. 74004. by CNB