The Great Debate Film
at the Center check our calendar for time and place)
and click here to see our pdf poster with contact info
May 31, 2008
2006 Environmental Science
2006 AP Graduation class.
Clarence Armbrister, Sr. VP of Temple University, giving words of
encouragement to the graduates
(from right to left) Mrs Jackie Williams, President of CCCEEC's President's
Advisory Council; James Barbis, AP Instructor; Brittany McClain, Recipient
of the the CCCEEC President's Advisory Council Senior Scholars Award;
Rachel Dooley - Tucker, AP Coordinator.
(from right to left) Mrs Carole Williams Green; Johnnie Geathers, recipient of
a senior internship with the Wistar Institute; Christopher Collins, recipient of
a senior internship at the Philadelphia Zoo.
George Washington Carver Science Fair Award Winners
CCCEEC’s 2005-2006 AP Environmental Science Class
George Washington Carver Science Fair Awards
Amber Lathem, Grade 12, Parkway West High School,
2nd place in Environmental Science Category
Desirae Lloyd, Grade 12, Parkway West High,
Honorable Mention in Medicine & Health Category, and
MedImmune Award ($100 & 6 week paid internship at Bensalem facility)Brittany McClain, Grade 12, Parkway West High,
3rd place in Zoology CategoryChris Collins, Grade 11, Motivation High,
1st place in Botany CategoryJohnnie Geathers, Grade 11, Motivation High,
3rd place, Naval Science Award ($50 & medal), and
Phila. School District Award (TI-84 calculator
CCCEEC’s 2005-2006 AP Environmental Science Class
Delaware Valley Science Fair Awards
Amber Lathem: Project Title – “Which Water Is More Polluted, Urban or Suburban?
Third Place in the Environmental Science Category for the 58th Delaware Valley Science Fair (12th Grade)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award
Brittany McClain: Project Title – “Crawling Towards Growth”
Category – 12th Grade Zoology
USDA Eastern Regional Research Center’s Future Scientist Award
Johnnie Geathers: Project Title – “Is Our Water Good”
Third Place in the Environmental Science Category for the 24th Marie Curie Science Fair (11th Grade
February 9, 2006
15th Year Anniversary Celebration and "Passing the Torch" event:
State Senator Anthony Williams addressing audience - left to right - Judge John Young,
Judge of Common Please Court, Philadelphia - Mrs Carole Williams-Green, President
and Founder Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center - Mr. Chitwood,
CCCEEC Board Member - Ms. Sharon Losier, Esq, CCCEEC Board Member - Mr. John
Armstead, EPA, Deputy Division Director, Mid-Atlantic States Region
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend of Service Jan 14 – Jan 16
Saturday, Sunday and Monday (127 total youth and adult volunteers)
Discussions of Dr. King's legacy and environmental connections to our lives.
• 69 bags of trash removed from Riparian buffer - approx. 1,800 lbs
• 3 tons of wood debris removed from Cobbs Creek Wildflower
..Meadow as result of 2004/2005 floods.
• 69 bags of trash removed from Riparian buffer - apprx 1,800 lbs.
• 3 shopping carts
• 10 tires removed
November 19, 2005
Philadelphia Inquirer Article: "Changing awareness" :
click HERE to download article content
Inquirer Images reproduced below:
Announcements
Newsletters/Archives
GOVERNOR AUTOHORIZES HALF MILLION DOLLAR APPROPRIATION
SPONSORED BY STATE SENATOR ANTHONY H. WILLIAMS
Thanks to Governor Tom Ridge and to Senator Anthony Williams, two giant voids will
soon be filled at the site of the future home of the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental
Education Center (CCCEEC). Renovations are currently underway to convert an historic
stable building in Fairmount Park, at 63rd and Catherine Streets, into an environmental
education center. The current budget, however, did not include two essential items to
provide access to the second floor, where classrooms and laboratories are planned.
The current scope of work includes an elevator shaft,but no elevator and a stairwell with no staircase. An appropriation of one half million dollars
in Capital Redevelopment Assistance was sponsored by Senator Williams and authorized
by Governor Ridge to fill the gaps, so to speak, and to provide finished space on the second
floor. On Wednesday, July 12, 2000 Governor Ridge came to Cobbs Creek to announce
this significant investment in West Philadelphia. The capital campaign continues to raise
funds for completion of the laboratories, construction of caretaker?s quarters and other
planned improvements.
Photo: Mrs Carole Williams-Green, president, CCCEEC (at podium) thanks Governor Ridge (2nd from left) and Senator Anthony Williams (far right) for $500,000. grant toward completion of environmental education center. Also looking on are Alan Fastman, executive director, CCCEEC, State Rep Ron Waters (3rd from left)..
President's message:
FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
DURING GOVERNOR RIDGE'S VISIT ON JULY 12, 2000:
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center, Incorporated I want to say how truly grateful I am that the efforts of a grass roots community organization have been so generously acknowledged by so many of our good and trusted friends ? and Governor Ridge we are proud to count you among our good and trusted friends.
You are in good company. Our success has been the result of the partnerships we have enjoyed with many good people, organizations and institutions who believed in what this community was trying to do for itself – create a world class institution –in an African American neighborhod – to help community members establish a personal connection with our natural environment and to improve environmental education and science education in urban schools.
Many of our partners are represented here today...They – like you – believe that our students deserve the same high quality, high tech programs as students in wealthy suburban districts. They understand, as I know you do, that far too few African American youngsters are choosing careers in science. Fewer than three percent of our scientists are African American. They – like you – are supporting our commitment to a content rich science curriculum for Philadelphia school children and to providing a point of entry to rewarding careers in science for people of color and to building a greater awareness among city residents of the importance of a healthy natural environment.
Thank you Governor Tom Ridge.
Thank you Senator Anthony Williams.
JOIN US . .
And thank you to all of our good and trusted friends.
God bless you.
As a member of the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center, Incorporated
(CCCEEC) you join our grass-roots effort to establish and maintain a world-class institution in
West Philadelphia?s Cobbs Creek neighborhood. You express your commitment to our natural environment. You help community members establish a personal connection with the local
ecology. You expose our children to rewarding careers in science and you strengthen
environmental education in urban schools through hands-on activities, research and teacher
training. Additional benefits of membership include:Quarterly newsletter.
Special invitation to members-only events throughout the year.Free or discount rates for facility rental and program registration.
Guided nature tours.
Members-only keepsake.
.THANK YOU . . .
The directors gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions of the following agencies and foundations that have supported the Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center,
Inc. in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000:
Communities in Schools of PhiladelphiaFairmount Park Commission
Friends Central School
Natural Lands Restoration & Environmental Education Program
William Penn Foundation
PA Dept of Community & Economic DevelopmentPenn State University
Philadelphia / Camden Informal Science Education Collaborative
The Philadelphia Foundation
Philadelphia Water Department
School District of Philadelphia
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Park Management Program for Youth
Summer 2000 - Student Newsletter
Download this pdf file: Summer2000.pdf
Newsletter of the Cobbs Creek Community
Environmental Education Center, July, 1999
Published by the 1999 Park Management students
Download this pdf file: July_1999
Cobbs Creek Environmental Bulletin
Volume No. 1 Issue No. 2 July 28, 1998
Download this pdf file: July28_1998
Questions, Comments? Are there other environmental or social topics you would
like to read in our newsletters? If so, please write ....
CCCEEC
700 Cobbs Creek Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19143 [ click here ]
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