CHARLESTON, WV – Scholarships can be found for the forty seventh annual West Virginia Youth Environmental Convention, scheduled for October 7-9 at Twin Falls State Park in Wyoming County.
Sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Environmental Safety’s Youth Environmental Program, the convention is open to youth ages 13-18 and their chaperones without charge with a scholarship. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served foundation. As soon as all scholarships have been allotted, members can nonetheless register at a value of $200 every.
The registration deadline is Wednesday, September 28 at 3 p.m.
Among the many actions deliberate for this yr is a Saturday subject journey with stops on the Raleigh County Recycling Middle and Landfill, in addition to the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine and Youth Museum. Convention members additionally will study careers in environmental fields from plenty of audio system and might share environmental challenge concepts with different youth from across the state.
For extra scholarship data or to register, go to https://dep.wv.gov and kind “Youth Environmental Convention” within the search bar. Or contact Annette Hoskins at 304-414-9759 or Annette.L.Hoskins@wv.gov.