Community outreach

DID YOU KNOW?

Young Friends has completed eleven years of Water Conservation Programs having educated over 80,000 fourth grade aged students in classroom settings, scout meetings, Earth Day events and other environmental gatherings. 

Teachers, parents, scout leaders and students, Young Friends of the Everglades will give a Water Conservation Program to your group. Here are the requirements for requesting a presentation:

Group must be based in Miami-Dade County as our sponsor is a Community based grant sponsored by DERM [Department of Environmental Resourse Management] 

To request a presentation, contact:

Jim McMaster, Lead Environmental Education

Friends of the Everglades Office –

7800 Red Road, Suite 215K
Miami, Florida 33143

Email: eglades@bellsouth.net

phone: 305 669 0858

fax: 305 669 4108  

There is no cost for the program and each presentation teaches the following information: 

• Marjory’s Echo pg1
• Marjory’s Echo pg2
• Marjory’s Echo pg3
• Certificate of Appreciation
• Conserve Water – The Water Cycle
• Why should we protect our water?
• So how can we protect our water?
• 
  

Follow-up: We hope to hear from your class after the presentation with a letter, picture or poem like these…….. 

Poem 1, Poem 2, Poem 3

Now send us your picture, letter or poem to: 

Young Friends of the Everglades

7800 Red Road, Suite 215K,

South Miami, FL 33143 

Or scan and send to: eglades@bellsouth.net