The Michigan Association of Conservation Districts is pleased to announce the arrival of
our new Michigan Envirothon Coordinator! Recently, Ben Wickerham, our
program coordinator for the last two years moved on to another position
in the field of natural resource conservation with the Pheasants Forever
organization. Even more recently, the Michigan Envirothon steering
committee happily discovered the perfect candidate to take on the role
of Envirothon Coordinator and to take the Michigan Envirothon program to
the next level: Angela Sandusky.
In Ben's words: "Leaving the Michigan Association of
Conservation Districts in my role as Envirothon Coordinator was a very
difficult and bittersweet decision. Over the past two years, I have
fallen in love with the core mission of Envirothon and the impact it has
on young people. I hope some of our volunteers' amazing traits of
dedication, creativity and passion have rubbed off on me during this
time! For the time spent working with the outstanding educators and
supporters of Michigan Envirothon, I know I leave the position richer in
life experiences and with a greater passion for environmental
stewardship than when I began. I hope to continue 'inspiring
environmental stewardship in Michigan's high school students' from my
new position and hope to stay in touch with the Envirothon community.
I've seen wonderful signs that indicate the best years of Michigan
Envirothon are yet to come! Best wishes to Angela and best wishes to all
in the coming 2012 Michigan Envirothon Competition!"
In Angela's words:"I caught my first fish with my
bare hands (it was more of a minnow really) in the creek that flowed
through my family's farm in southeast Michigan. This memory and others
like it have fueled my life long love of and passion for Michigan's
natural resources. I spent the last five years as a non formal, outdoor
and environmental educator with the Michigan DNR. I'm passionate about
inspiring stewardship and believe that for Michigan's future we must
empower and educate our youth. By engaging young people through
activities such as the Michigan Envirothon we not only create future
stewards, we also strengthen Michigan for all its citizens. Michigan
Envirothon has the potential to reach every high school student in the
state giving them hands on, real life and life changing opportunities to
experience their world and make them engaged citizens and leaders in
their community. This is awesome potential and I am honored to have the
opportunity to work with such a great program and dedicated bunch of
educators, sponsors and team leaders!"
In addition to Angela's ME Coordinator responsibilities, Angela will also be assisting MACD on various programs of the association.
Angela may be contacted at (517) 930-7449 or via email at angela.sandusky@macd.org and mienvirothon@macd.org
Welcome Angela!