14 February 2011

Woodstock State School is set to receive a funding boost to further their environmental activities.

 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Reef Guardian Schools Education Officer Carolyn Luder said students and teachers from Woodstock State School will be presented with $500 as part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's Ripples of Change seed funding grants on Tuesday, 15 February 2011.

 "The school has been an active participant in the Reef Guardian Schools program and will use this funding to further its environmental activities including improving biodiversity in their school grounds and installing an interpretive trail in their Centenary Plot," Ms Luder said.

 "Other worthy recipients include Annandale Christian College, Townsville Community Learning Centre, St Patrick's College, Weir State School, Townsville State High School, and St Michael's Catholic School and Bwgcolman Community School on Palm Island."

 The Reef Guardian Schools Ripples of Change grants consist of 20 x $500 grants which provide an opportunity for Reef Guardian Schools to undertake small environmental projects within their schools. Schools nominate a project that they would like to initiate and present a project plan to the GBRMPA. The selected schools are presented with their project funds early in the school year to allow them to complete their projects within the school year cycle.

 Reef Guardian Schools is an environmental education program run by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

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