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Fremont Lions Club Receives District 11E1’s “Outstanding Community Environmental Project” Award  At the Lions District 11-E1 Cabinet Meeting in White Cloud on March 12, 2006 Lion Wally Ewing received the “Outstanding Community Environmental Project” Award from District 11E1.  Lion Wally is a member of the Fremont Lions Club.  He was the planner, organizer, and coordinator of this great project.  Not only is he an outstanding environmental science teacher, he lives his work.  He brought together several organizations within the community to work jointly on an Adopt-a-Stream project.  The project involved members from the: Fremont Middle School and Quest Alternative Education High School Science Classes, Fremont Lions Club, MSU Extension Office, and Newaygo Conservation District Office. This project provided Fremont students with an opportunity to combine science lessons with civic service as they studied and cleaned the Daisy Brook (stream) in Fremont, Michigan.  The students not only developed a sense of stewardship for the environment, but also conducted field studies and surveys, thanks to the help of area professionals.  Highlights for participating students included: collecting and identifying water “’bugs”, getting in the water to measure water discharge, and surveying physical characteristics of the stream.  These studies taught students how to use surveys to determine the quality level of the stream. In the words of eighth grader, Scott Pekel: “This informed us all more on how clean our streams are, how clean they could and should be, and how we can help make them cleaner, thus protecting us and the organisms that live in all of our Michigan streams.  This was a great experience for all of the classes, and the students are all a lot more informed now on streams and what lives in and around them.” Lion Wally, with the help of a grant from the Fremont Area Community Foundation, continues to include the “Adopt-a-Stream” program in his school curriculum and looks forward to providing this “service-learning” experience to many more students. Congratulations Wally!

The photo shows Wally accepting the award from  Environmental Committee Chairperson Andy Wuotila, of the Mesick Lions Club.and District Governor Janalee McClure of the White Cloud Lions Club. (above left to right) The wording on the plaque is:

District 11-E1 Outstanding Community Environmental Project Name of Recipient: Walter E. Ewing, Fremont Lions Club   Adopt-A-Stream Project   Lion Walter E. Ewing is the planner, organizer and coordinator of this great project.  Not only is Walter E. Ewing an outstanding environmental science teacher, he lives his work.  He organized the Fremont Middle School, Fremont Alternative School and Fremont Lions Club along with the M.S.U. County Extension and Newaygo Conservation Office to work jointly on the Adopt-A-Stream Project.  This has been an outstanding community service project! Thank you, Walter E. Ewing. You make a difference in your community.   Signed:  Janalee McClure, District Governor        March 12, 2006