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Meghan Glavin wins $1,000 student award

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Dave Frayne presents $1,000 Student Environmental Award to Meghan Glavin

 

Meghan Glavin is tenth winner of $1,000 Student Environmental Award from Conservation Foundation
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation first presented $1,000 student bursary prize in 2010; Ten local students have benefitted in past decade

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) has presented the $1,000 Student Environmental Award for the tenth year. The tenth local student to benefit from this student bursary prize is Meghan Glavin, of the Mt. Carmel area. Conservation Foundation Chair Dave Frayne presented the $1,000 prize to the 2019 winner at a brief ceremony on August 15, 2019. The award winner is also recognized at an annual partner appreciation event.

“The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation is supporting youth in our local area by offering this award,” said ABCF Chair Dave Frayne. “I want to thank the students for being interested in this bursary and taking time to pursue their goals.” He said he hopes the Foundation will be able to offer this award for years to come. “The Conservation Foundation is local and we believe addressing environmental concerns in the future is important and this is a way to support the future environmental education of our young people.”

Meghan is entering post-secondary studies at the University of Guelph this autumn studying geography and agriculture and she hopes to pursue a career that combines both those interests. She is working this summer at Pinery Provincial Park with the discovery team at the Visitors’ Centre, and teaching people about local ecosystems. 

“On behalf of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, I’m happy to present to you this cheque for $1,000 as a bursary for your future education,” said Chair Frayne, in presenting the award.

“I’m very honoured to be receiving this award,” the winner said at the presentation ceremony. “I’m very honoured that I was even considered for this award and I will be using this award to help me out with my education,” she said. 

She said she learned about water and soil issues during her secondary school co-op placement at Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). “It was a great experience,” she said.

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation recognized Ryan Finnie in 2010 with the first Student Environmental Award. Other winners have included: Raina Vingerhoeds (2011); Greg Urquhart (2012); Ryan Carlow (2013); Connor Devereaux (2014); Barb Alber (2015); Samantha Bycraft (2016); Marina Lather (2017); Ethan Quenneville (2018); and Meghan Glavin (2019).

The entire amount of the bursaries is raised through community fundraising and donations. People can get a charitable gift receipt, for income tax purposes, for their donations to the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation. People can also support the student award, and other Foundation charitable activities, through fundraising events such as the Conservation Dinner and annual South Huron Trail Golf Tournament.

The Conservation Foundation awards this bursary to the winner of an application process. The successful applicant must be a graduating secondary school student or student currently enrolled in university or college pursuing education in a conservation-related (environmental) course of study such as biology, ecology, geography, forestry, fish and wildlife, agriculture, or outdoor education. Interested students write a creative two-page essay on their personal involvement with a conservation or environment-based project or organization. Eligible students are between the ages of 17 and 25, and have a permanent address in a municipality of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) watershed. Municipalities in the ABCA watershed are: Adelaide Metcalfe; Bluewater; Central Huron; Huron East; Lambton Shores; Lucan Biddulph; Perth South; Middlesex Centre; North Middlesex; South Huron; Warwick; and West Perth.

To learn more about this award visit the website at abca.ca

MEGHAN GLAVIN WINS $1,000 STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD FOR 2019: Dave Frayne, Chair of Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF), presents the $1,000 Student Environmental Award bursary to Meghan Glavin, of the Mt. Carmel area. She is the tenth local student in the past decade to benefit from this award given to the winning candidate pursuing post-secondary studies in a conservation-related field. This award is only possible thanks to the community people who donate to the Foundation and who support its charitable fundraising activities.

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