Green Communities Program Announces Grant Recipients

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (June 02, 2008) - A record number of grants have been awarded as part of the 2008 Rockwell Collins Green Communities Program. Started in 2004, Green Communities has helped fund numerous projects that have benefited the environment in locations where Rockwell Collins operates.

"Each year, this program gets more popular among our employees," said Cindy Dietz, manager of Community Relations at Rockwell Collins. "We've awarded a total of 134 grants since the program began and we're seeing a real impact in our communities."

This year, grant awards range from $500 to $2,500 and only projects conducted or sponsored by qualified non-profit organizations were eligible.

The company selected projects based on criteria including:

  • Tangible environmental benefits of the project
  • Sustainability of the project benefits
  • Participation in the project by Rockwell Collins Employees
  • Completion of the project within the calendar year of the grant award

In 2008, Rockwell Collins increased the number of recipients to 44, up from 35 last year. These recipients represent more than 33 different locations in five countries:

 $2,500 awards

  • Project AWARE (A Watershed River Expedition), Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Sioux City, Iowa
  • Roadside Plantings, Regent Honeyeaters Project Incorporated, Benalia, Victoria, Australia
  • 2008 Wildfire Recovery Program for the San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains Wildlife Society "Wildhaven Ranch," Lake Arrowhead, Calif.

$2,000 awards

  • Rehabilitation of Soils and Reforestation Project, Association Nomade, Villeneuve les Bouloc, France
  • Erosion and Sedimentation Control and Habitat Improvement for Wetlands, E.L. Rose Conservancy of Susquehanna County, Inc., Brackney, Pa.
  • Earth Day Ottawa Education Programs, Earth Day Ottawa Environmental Events, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
  • East Side School Reclamation Materials Management, East Side Schools Development Committee, Decorah, Iowa
  • Global Youth Service Day, Hands On Miami, Miami, Fla.
  • Cycling Bus Development, Organisation Bus Cyclistes, Cornebarrieu, France

$1,500 awards

  • Boyer Hall, Bellevue Pioneers 4H Club, Bellevue, Iowa
  • Neighborhood Energy Conservation Project, Connecting Caring Communities, Abilene, Texas
  • Going Green in the Greenhouse, Decorah Community School District, Decorah, Iowa
  • Linn County Water Monitoring Project: McKinley Middle School Pilot, Friends of the Linn County Conservation Department, Marion, Iowa
  • Natural Area Restoration Program, Friends of Trees, Portland, Ore.
  • Rochester Park Wetland Plant Restoration Project, Groundwork Dallas, Dallas, Texas
  • Planting Native Species in Reconstructed Wetlands, Indian Creek Nature Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Native Prairie Reconstruction on Lake MacBride's south shore, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Lake MacBride State Park, Solon, Iowa
  • Improving Recycling at Community Events, Iowa Recycling Association, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Litter Control and Invasive Plant Removal/Control, Keep Brevard Beautiful, Cocoa, Fla.
  • School Environmental Pond, The Grove Primary School, Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom

$1,250 awards

  • Anamosa's Arboretum, Anamosa Parks and Recreation Department, Anamosa, Iowa
  • Demonstration Gardens for Texas Native Species, Blackland Prairie Raptor Center, Dallas, Texas
  • Perennial Gardens Project, Bowman Woods Elementary School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Graham Park Arboretum, City of Springville Parks Board, Springville, Iowa
  • Common Ground Demonstration Garden, Common Ground Supply Store and Education Center, Palo Alto, Calif.
  • Sowing Seeds of Significance: The Teaching Greenhouse, Friends of Marion Parks, Marion, Iowa
  • Butterfly Garden and Outdoor Classroom, Indian Creek Elementary School, Marion, Iowa
  • Tilford Outdoor Classroom, Izaak Walton League, Red Cedar Chapter, Vinton, Iowa
  • Urban Youth Corps 2008, Mayor's Youth Empowerment Program, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Wheelchair Accessible Monarch Way Stations, Van Allen Elementary School, North Liberty, Iowa

$1,000 awards

  • Coppell Nature Park Sign Project, Friends of Coppell Nature Park, Coppell, Texas
  • Birder's Tour of the Iowa and Cedar River Corridors, Iowa Valley Resource, Conservation Department, Amana, Iowa
  • Erosion Prevention and Prairie Savannah Redevelopment, LAND Foundation, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
  • Rain Garden Project, Lovely Lane United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Shoreline Improvement, Maquoketa River Water Quality Team, Delhi, Iowa
  • Shoreline Restoration, Marine Resource Council, Palm Bay, Fla.
  • It's Not Plastic, Keep Cedar Rapids Plastic Bag Free!, Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center, Hiawatha, Iowa
  • Go Green for Summer!, Summer of the Arts, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Tecumseh Acres Outdoors Classroom Project Native Prairie, Tecumseh Acres Elementary School, Tecumseh, Mich.
  • Marion Street Tree Inventory, Trees Forever, Marion, Iowa

$500 awards

  • Building Tomorrow's Neighborhoods, Keep Iowa Beautiful, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Plant Trees Michigan, Michigan Citizens Against Toxic Substances, Milan, Mich.
  • For the Love of Nature, Rockwell Collins Child Development Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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