Solomon-Plains Elementary 6th grade to Construct First Ever Solar Kilns to Dry Iron Oxide for EPCAMR

February 13th, 2012 rhughes

Solomon-Plains Elementary school recently was awarded a $2,000.00 grant from PPL Corporation’s Empowering Educators Grant program.  The grant will allow 6th grade students at Solomon-Plains to take a Wyoming Valley Watershed tour of abandoned mine lands and streams impacted by Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) within and near the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.

The goal is to educate students about local environmental health and quality of life issues which have a direct impact on their neighborhoods, the Susquehanna River and its tributary streams in the N. Anthracite coal fields.

 

Students will learn about problems AMD causes in our local watersheds, solutions on how to treat AMD, the history on anthracite mining, local organizations that are working to restore and reclaim abandoned mine lands in the Wyoming Valley, and ways to recycle and reuse the iron-oxides found in many of the tributaries of the Susquehanna River.  They will also learn about solar energy and how a solar kiln operates. In addition, students will compare electric usage from a standard electrical outlet used to dry the iron oxide in EPCAMR’s soil dryer to drying the iron oxide in the solar powered kiln.
As a follow up to participation on the tours and the construction of two to three solar kilns, students will recycle iron oxide by drying it using the solar kilns, then creating iron oxide chalk and tie dye t-shirts.  The kilns will be mobile and can be used throughout the Wilkes-Barre Area school district for various science and art projects. One kiln will be donated to EPCAMR for its use at their office to cut down on their utility costs.

The project will be led by Robert Hughes-Executive Director, who prepared the majority of the grant with the assistance of Mike Corcoran, and Mike Hewitt from EPCAMR.  Amy Pascale and Holly Harowicz, 6th grade science teachers at Solomon-Plains, and Mike Corcoran, elementary Science Coordinator for Wilkes-Barre Area School District will be leading the project as advisors.

EPCAMR Brings On Board 3 Winter Watershed Education Interns from King’s College to Gain Experience in the Field of Abandoned Mine Reclamation

February 7th, 2012 rhughes

(Ashley, PA)—January 19, 2012  – Undergraduate Students, Dan Gilbert, Zach Yodis & Ryan Lawrence will be interning with EPCAMR over the tepid winter months.  Two of the three students will be working part-time, fulfilling 15-20 hours/week, working with EPCAMR in partnership with the King’s College Internship Program, while Ryan is looking for some on the ground experience with a local non-profit environmental group in his field of interest.

Dan Gilbert is a senior environmental studies major with a minor in political science and geography. He is from Shavertown, Pennsylvania in the Back Mountain. Dan said, “I hope to gain plentiful real world environmental work experience in a hands-on setting. Doing field work like we do here allows me to see the Anthracite Coal Region in a way that is not by street names, but by geographic features and watershed boundaries and impairments.”

Zach Yodis is a senior environmental science major with a minor in biology. He is a Phoenixville native, which is located in Chester County. Zach stated, “With this internship, I hope to gain a lot of hands on experience as well as to see how one of the most organized and environmentally sought after non-profit organization in the field of abandoned mine reclamation is operated, with EPCAMR. The field work that I will be doing here will give me a better comprehensive perspective on the history and environmental conditions of the Coal Region.”

Ryan Lawrence is a senior environmental studies major with minors in biology and geography.  A resident of White Haven, PA, Ryan stated, “I hope to implement the skills and knowledge gained through my education to relevant environmental situations, and what better place to start than with one of the most respected and active environmental organizations in the Coal Fields that deals with issues that have had such a significant impact to the very region I grew up in.”

They all will be assisting with our Spring Environmental Education Programs that may come up and with processing, harvesting, drying, packaging, and marketing our recycled iron oxide that is for sale and distribution. They will also become certified in AMD, Visual Habitat Assessment, and Biological Monitoring to assist the Staff with completing a Coldwater Heritage Conservation Assessment Plan for the Solomon Creek Watershed, Luzerne County.

The guys will also assist with monitoring boreholes throughout the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys for mine pool elevations and will get the opportunity to learn how to use sophisticated flow monitoring equipment on very large, high volume discharges contributing AMD to both the Lackawanna River at the Old Forge and Duryea Outfalls, as well as in the Wyoming Valley at Solomon Creek Boreholes, Buttonwood AMD Shaft discharge, Askam AMD Boreholes, and the Susquehanna #7 Shaft AMD discharge.

Robert goes on to say…”put it this way, any opportunity that comes up for them to get some hands-on, up close experiences in the abandoned mine reclamation field, and it’ll be up to them to make the most out of their experience with EPCAMR and make some integral connections with our partners that might lead them to future  full time jobs.”

 

15 Year Watershed Congress related to the Delaware River and Its Tributaries Accepting Registrations

January 25th, 2012 rhughes

Join the 2012 Watershed Congress. We’re celebrating 15 years of sharing information, tools, and practices on watershed protection and restoration.

With a focus on networking across disciplines, the Watershed Congress melds science, policy and practical applications into one program. As a result, the annual Watershed Congress is a highly anticipated event for people interested in understanding, protecting and restoring their local streams.

Our 2012 program features sessions on: Native Plants; Green Infrastructure; Monitoring and Evaluating in the Hopewell Big Woods; Schuylkill Watershed Geology; Dam Removal; Next Steps in American Shad Restoration; Sustainable Stormwater Management; Pennsylvania Delaware River Basin Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program; Chemical-Free Lawn Management; Constructed Wetlands for On-Lot Waste Water Treatment and more!

For complete details on all sessions being offered, go to:    www.delawareriverkeeper.org/Pdf/2012_WC_Online_Detail.pdf.

Register online:    http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e5gnyccf7557df45&llr=ese8e9iab.

Or download registration forms to register offline:    www.delawareriverkeeper.org/Pdf/2012_WC_RegistrationForm.pdf.

Register by Friday, February 17th, 2012, to qualify for the $40 Early Registration Fee. From February 18th to March 2nd, the Registration Fee is $50. After March 2nd, the Registration Fee increases to $60 per person.

The 2012 Watershed Congress is made possible in part by grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation’s Environmental Stewardship Fund, and Pennsylvania Sea Grant. EPCAMR is a conference supporter and has been for many, many years.

Please contact Chari Towne with questions about the Watershed Congress or how to register.

Schuylkill Programs

Delaware Riverkeeper Network

925 Canal Street, Suite 3701

Bristol, PA 19007

 

Phone: 215-369-1188, ext. 109

Cell: 610-469-6005

Fax: 215-369-1181

 

Remember the River

To remind us all to Remember the River in every decision we make; And to hold our elected officials accountable to do the same.

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Lack of enthusiasm when it comes to Mine Land Reclamation in the Region

December 28th, 2011 hardcoal

There is a lack of enthusiasm in the region when it comes to mine land reclamation.  Most people see the sites as garbage dumps, ATV havens and party spots.  Ask anybody here about “bush parties” on abandoned mine sites or in old breakers and they will tell you stories about all sorts of drunken debauchery.

Case and Point

Earth Conservancy, our landlord and a non-profit we share office space with, is one of the largest land owners here in Luzerne County.  They have been attempting to clean up their “mostly” mine scarred properties since the early 1990s.   They have had many successes on their slow and steady trudge.  See their Reclamation page http://www.earthconservancy.org/html/reclamation.html and  a link to the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce site related to business/industrial parks http://wilkesbarre.org/ed/index.php?a=6&b=0&c=0&d=0&e=0&.  4 out of 5 of these sites were built on former mine lands owned by the Earth Conservancy.  The Hanover Industrial Estates was one of their bigger success stories and they are still working on it.  Huber 4 is their newest expansion, recently completed and trashed by vandals on ATVs.  They tore up the grass, destroyed fences and cut jute matting covering the steep slopes.  Probably out of anger because their “ATV fun park and mud bog” was “destroyed” (I use the quotes because it was, in all reality, a real mess of an abandoned mine site and a real good project once completed).  Some people will specifically want to keep these sites trashed.

The apathy (and sometimes downright selfishness) is not all due to the SMCRA law, but that has a big play.  SMCRA was enacted in 1977, so mine lands that were abandoned before then, “pre-act,” are exempt from liability to be cleaned up, that includes discharges as well.  Landowners (usually mining companies) don’t have to do a thing.  That is a vast majority of sites in PA and especially in this region.  Also, it’s advantageous for the owners to leave the sites unreclaimed, since it is that much less work that they will have to do, if the energy market ever comes back to the point where it favors coal.  Community groups (like ours) are the ones that push for reclamation and stream cleanup.  There are many more reasons to reclaim a site than reasons not to for the local community.

Yes, there is still a whole lot of coal left unmined, some virgin coal as well, but it is too deep under the valleys.  Some spots are more than 5,000 feet under the ground and they really only explored 1/5 of the way down (as far down as they could pump back then).  Are they really ever going to go back and mine the site again?  That is the question.  Don’t get me wrong, re-mining and “daylighting” mines is great for the environment and should continue.  I am all for mining with today’s standards.  Right now it is only marginally profitable to mine and sell coal in the region mainly due to pumping costs.  Underground machine mining is very profitable in the Western PA Bituminous region where the veins of coal are flat, at a low pitch and are only slightly below or above the groundwater table.

The geology in the Anthracite Region makes it more difficult for machines.  Where bituminous coal is found about 1/2 the way up the mountain, anthracite coal lies under the valleys and ends about 1/2 the way up the mountain.  Most of the veins are below the groundwater table.  Anthracite veins undulate with deep troughs (synclines), high peaks (anticlines), and faults galore.  Some veins are so twisted by the mountain building pressure that they folded over themselves several times.  One pit in the Southern Field is about is about 400 feet deep where they mined a 200′ foot thick section of the Mammoth Vein.  There is still more than 1/2 of the original coal in the southern field, but it is so deep or that it is almost impossible to reach without improved technology.  Believe it or not, but the Appalachian Mountains were believed to be as high or higher than the Rockies and have eroded over time.

Back to the Mining Laws

Any “post-act” mines are liable for cleanup.  Companies will post a bond, that can be forfeited, if they decide to fold and not reclaim the site.  Then the state has money to clean up the site.  The federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and PA’s Clean Stream Law (PA CSL) may sound tough on “point source” pollution and require NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) permits, but abandoned mine drainage is considered a “nonpoint source” discharge.  Nonpoint source discharges cannot be tied to a responsible party, therefore it cannot be regulated.  See http://epcamr.org/home/content/amd-amr-and-more-alphabet-soup/nonpoint-source-pollution-nps/.  The PA CSL was enacted in 1937 and most recently amended in 1980.  The CWA was enacted in 1948 and was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the Act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. “Clean Water Act” became the Act’s common name with amendments in 1977.  The SMCRA law trumps both these laws in most cases, but now with better understanding of mine pool complexes, mining companies that are mining within a specific mine pool are required to monitor abandoned mine discharges to make sure they are not making water quality worse.  A small victory for the environment.  

There were a ton of federal environmental acts that were enacted or amended in the 1970′s in addition to these. RCRA, CERCLA, NEPA, and others all have a tie in to projects we do today, but are usually still trumped by SMCRA since the mining lobbyists have had (and still have) such a strong choke hold on Washington.  Their choke hold is not as tight these days, but they are still there as we found out in 2006 (during the SMCRA Reauthorization).  There are some sites that qualify as “superfund sites” or “brownfields” (from CERCLA) and get cleanup money, but again the vast majority of them are not considered toxic.  Culm is considered an inert mining by product, science may sometimes prove otherwise, but it’s wrong… SMCRA says so.  The SMCRA law is a balance of environmental and economic policies, the OSM’s logo says it all.  The balance is good, but is always in jeopardy.  The battle still wages on.

These views stated herein are the views of the EPCAMR Program Manager and not necessarily the views of the board or our funding sources.  The article is intended for discussion.  

Secretary Salazar and Director Pizarchik Announce $485 Million in Grants to States and Tribes to Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines

December 19th, 2011 hardcoal

December 2011 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joe Pizarchik have announced nearly half a billion dollars in grants for states and tribes to eliminate health and safety hazards caused by past coal mining. This year’s funding – a $90 million increase over last year – will generate more than $1 billion in economic activity and support thousands of  jobs across the country.

Funding for Abandoned Mine Land (AML) grants comes from coal receipts and is distributed through a congressionally mandated formula under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA).  Fiscal year 2012 grants will total more than $485 million, the highest amount ever awarded.

“When our nation enacted mining reform in 1977, we made a simple and bold promise that the revenues from coal extraction today should help clean up the legacy of coal mining many years ago,” said Secretary Salazar. “These grants help fulfill that promise while putting men and women to work across the country on restoration projects that will bring lands back to life, clean up rivers, and leave a better legacy for our children and grandchildren.”

A recently issued Interior report estimated that the $369 million in AML grants made available for fiscal year 2010 delivered an economic impact of $1.1 billion dollars and was directly responsible for more than 8,600 jobs. With an increase of $90 million over fiscal year 2011 funding levels, the economic impact of the $485 million in grants announced today is expected to exceed that of last year’s funding.

“OSM’s AML grants announced today will have a significant impact on the health, safety and economic growth of communities across the country,” said OSM Director Joe Pizarchik. “With this and previous funding, our state and tribal AML partners will continue to produce a cleaner environment, well-paying jobs, and stronger local economies.”

Among the leading state recipients of 2012 AML grants are Wyoming ($150 million); Pennsylvania ($67.2 million); West Virginia ($66.5 million); Kentucky ($47 million); and Illinois ($24 million). Indian tribal governments receiving the grants include the Navajo Nation ($7.2 million); Crow Tribe ($2.2. million); and Hopi Tribe ($1.4 million).

The fiscal year 2012 AML funding available to eligible coal-producing states and tribes is as follows:
Alabama $9,439,875      New Mexico $5,538,041
Alaska $3,000,000      North Dakota $3,921,596
Arkansas $3,000,000      Ohio $16,485,743
Colorado $8,655,603      Oklahoma $3,000,000
Illinois $24,080,075      Pennsylvania $67,152,3678
Indiana $16,141,131      Tennessee $3,000,000
Iowa $3,000,000      Texas $5,413,781
Kansas $3,000,000      Utah $4,939,010
Kentucky $46,998,225      Virginia $11,330,795
Louisiana $426,215      West Virginia $66,495,521
Maryland $3,000,000      Wyoming $150,018,677
Mississippi $257,477      Crow Tribe $2,164,911
Missouri $3,000,000      Hopi Tribe $1,435,253
Montana $13,402,468      Navajo Nation $7,216,702

OSM provides grants to 28 coal-producing states and tribes based on their past and present coal production. The bureau will make these awards throughout the current fiscal year, which ends on September 30, 2012. The $485 million available in fiscal year 2012 caps a four-year phase-in of increased funding mandated by Congress when it amended SMCRA in 2006.  Since 1977, OSM has provided more than $7.2 billion to reclaim more than 295,000 acres of hazardous high-priority abandoned mine sites and for other purposes.  For more information, visit www.doi.gov or www.osmre.gov.

Source: OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION & ENFORCEMENT PITTSBURGH FIELD DIVISION NEWSLETTER December 2011

EPCAMR Executive Director becomes a Participating “Natural Teacher” with the Children & Nature Network

October 12th, 2011 rhughes

NTN Badge

 

EPCAMR Executive Director becomes a participating “Natural Teacher” with the Children & Nature Network!

 

EPCAMR makes Cover Story of Local Magazine on Ultimate Recycling of our Iron Oxide

October 12th, 2011 rhughes

EPCAMR was able to provide a staff reporter and a photographer from THE WEEKENDER Magazine, with a 2 hour tour of AMD in the Wyoming Valley a few weeks ago to inform them of our efforts to reclaim abandoned mines and recycle mine drainage that has been polluting our local waterways for decades. They did a wonderful job of covering the story just in time for the Halloween and Fall Festival season using the black, orange, yellow, and reddish colored hues that are typically seen on trees and pumpkins in the Fall, but this year, instead chose to make the front cover out of local mine drainage discharges, stained roadways, orange creeks, yellow boreholes, and out of the stylish and always color coordinated Executive Director, Robert E. Hughes.  You’ll find the article and cover story  at many newstands where the Times-Leader is found and best of all it is FREE. You can also find the article on FaceBook on THE WEEKENDER’s website. Click here for the store—->http://www.theweekender.com/cover/Ultimate_recycling_10-11-2011.html

EPCAMR Awards $5000 in Community Grants to Regional Projects throughout the Anthracite Region supporting Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation in partnership with the Anthracite Region Independent Power Producers Association (ARIPPA)

September 7th, 2011 rhughes

For more information, contact Robert E. Hughes-EPCAMR Executive Director at 570-371-3523

September 7, 2011

(Ashley, PA)  For the second year in a row, EPCAMR and its regional partners, WPCAMR, and ARIPPA, have been able to award $5000 in grant funding to community projects supporting abandoned mine land reclamation throughout the Anthracite Region that leveraged another $160,000 in other funding sources.

Three projects were successfully selected and reviewed by a Technical Review Committee made up of a representative from the PA DEP Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation and the EPCAMR Staff. A presentation was made at the ARIPPA Annual Technical Convention in Harrisburg, on August 24th.

Huber Breaker Preservation Society-Construction of a Pedestrian Access Man-gate to the Huber Breaker Miner’s Memorial Park, Ashley, PA-$1000; Luzerne County

  • Build a gate for pedestrian access in the existing wrought iron fence at the front of the Huber Memorial Park Site along S. Main Street in Ashley
  • Promote eco-tourism and recreational opportunities to explore the grounds of the Huber Breaker Colliery from a distance
  • Provide a means for reading the interpretive signage about the history of the last standing Huber Coal Breaker in the Northern Anthracite Coal Fields and the surrounding abandoned mining landscape

The HBPS has been working to build a Miner’s Memorial Park on the 3.1 acres of land in front of the remaining structures of the Huber Breaker. While the fate of the original structure of the Breaker itself is uncertain, the HBPS wish to photograph, document and share their findings with generations to come.  The Memorial Park will provide an educational landscape for community members, students, and travelers to learn about the importance of what was once the largest coal breaker in the world.

The Huber Breaker Preservation Society strives to educate and preserve the heritage of the Anthracite Coal Region.  HBPS has been in contact with Ironworkers Local #489 apprentices from, Scranton, PA, who have volunteered to provide the labor to cut the fence, construct & mount the gate but need supplies & materials.

 

The Park will include the pedestrian gate & a driveway gate to allow access to a parking area, & feature a black granite monument visible to South Main Street honoring the memory of the Breaker & the thousands of miners & laborers who worked there between 1939 & 1977.

The park will also include walking trails, informational kiosks highlighting history of the breaker & the coal mining industry, picnic tables, & gardens planted with indigenous, non-invasive vegetation. The remaining culm will be filled with topsoil in order to beautify the space & make it ready to grow plants & trees other than the white birch currently covering much of the area.

Project partners include:  Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR), Earth Conservancy, #1 Contracting, Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Commission, Ashley Borough, Live Well, Luzerne County PA!, ARIPPA, & the Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center, Horticultural & Landscaping Class

 

Schuylkill Headwaters Association-Wagner Run Stream Relocation Project, W. Branch Schuylkill River-$3000; Schuylkill County

  • Wagner Run, is a tributary of the West Branch Schuylkill River.
  • The primary goal of the Wagner Run Restoration Project is to reduce recharge to the Pine Knot Mine Pool, and in turn its discharge to the West Branch Schuylkill River and the Schuylkill River.
  • The stream is on property owned Reading Anthracite, Inc. & by the Minersville Municipal Authority, with whom the Schuylkill Headwaters Association and EPCAMR have a good working relationship in planning the proposed project.
  • The objectives will be met by evaluating and implementing the construction of a berm to keep water from leaving the stream channel of Wagner Run, thereby keeping the surface water away from abandoned mining slopes and preventing its degradation within the mine pool.
  • This project will reduce the volume of water entering the Pine Knot Mine Pool, and therefore improve water quality by reducing AMD loadings from the Pine Knot Discharge to the West Branch Schuylkill River.

 

 

During high flow events, Wagner Run overtops its bank.  The water that leaves the stream channel, then flows into an abandoned stripping pit and enters the mine pool below, later exiting as AMD at the Pine Knot discharge

The Wagner Run Area remediation will result in the restoration of approximately 900 linear feet of stream.

The completed project will consist of a constructed berm along the stream that will have a clay center.   Rip-rap with minimum R-6 stone will line the side of the berm to prevent erosion in high flow events.  The berm will contain the water to the stream channel, preventing water from entering the mine pool and contributing to the Oak Hill/Pine Knot AMD discharge.

Project partners include: Schuylkill Conservation District (SCD), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Reading Anthracite Company, RETTEW Associates, Inc., Minersville Municipal Authority, Schuylkill River Heritage Area, ARIPPA, EPCAMR, and WPCAMR.

 

Eastern Middle Anthracite Regional Recovery Inc. (EMARR)-Raw Water In-take Retrofit Construction Project at the Audenreid AMD Treatment System, Catawissa Creek-$1000 ; Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties

The Audenreid AMD Treatment System, which had been treating the largest Anthracite abandoned mine discharge at an average of 8,000 gpm was dedicated in the Summer of 2006 in June. 3 Days later, after the dedication, a lingering rain storm dropped 10 inches of rainfall over the watershed in a very short period of time. The tunnel portal blew out and covered the entire intake structure and piping that had transported the mine water into the AMD Treatment System, leaving a clogged treatment system and an intake that would not take in sufficient mine water for treatment. It is now up and running once again. This funding supported a portion of the retrofit costs to the raw water intake construction system.

Existing Intake & Proposed Bypass (in black drawing) at the Audenreid AMD Tunnel Discharge in the Catawissa Creek

 

Flow Control By-Pass Construction Completed 

 Project Partners included: EPCAMR, EMARR, SCCD, CCRA, PPL, Hazleton Environmental, and an Anonymous Foundation Donor. EPCAMR, WPCAMR, and ARIPPA are planning a 2012 Summer Golf Outing Fundraiser to generate additional income that will allow us to provide more funding and administrative support to the Coalitions to continue to provide funding for such great projects as these above. Stay tuned!

EPCAMR Staff partner with the Newport Township Community Organization to host FUN DAY in Wanamie

August 25th, 2011 rhughes

On August 24th, EPCAMR Staff, Community Service Volunteer John Karpien, Greater Nanticoke Elementary Student Volunteer Dawson A. Hughes, son of Robert,  and Wilkes University volunteers hosted an AMD Tie Dye Workshop for nearly 50  youth in partnership with the Newport Township Community Organization in Wanamie, PA, in the Southern portion of the Wyoming Valley. EPCAMR has worked with Newport Township Community Organization for many years on illegal dump site cleanups throughout the southern portion of the Valley. Nearly 20 Wilkes University Resident Assistants offered a few hours of community service to EPCAMR to help local youth make AMD Tie Dyes. Special guest at the event was SpongeBob Squarepants, who happened to be on most of the T-shirts before they were Tie-Dyed. So it is definitely true that SpongeBob can live in AMD!!

 

EPCAMR Selected as a 2011 CreatAthon Marketing Project Recipient by cds creative inc. & Dawe Consulting, LLC

August 25th, 2011 rhughes

EPCAMR has been selected as one of the 2011 NEPA CreateAthon projects! Northeastern Pennsylvania non-profit organizations will be the beneficiaries of free marketing and creative services provided by cds creative, inc. and Dawe Consulting, LLC along with a growing team of creative services volunteers in the 10th annual NEPA CreateAthon. CreateAthon is a 24-plus-hour event in which agencies across North America develop creative and strategic marketing materials for non-profit organizations in their area, pro-bono. Locally, they received so many applications that it was hard to choose just a few.  Locally, the NEPA CreateAThon team provides marketing and creative services to nonprofit organizations in Luzerne, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe and Wyoming counties (other counties can be considered on a special needs basis.) The CreateAthon volunteers include local artists, writers, web designers and coders and others. They are very excited about our Marketing and Branding project and look forward to working with us in mid-September. EPCAMR has accepted our slot and will be scheduling a meeting with cds creative inc. & Dawe Consulting, LLC by the end of August in order to gather more information, logos, current marketing materials, etc. and to determine exactly what EPCAMR will need to move forward with getting the word out about the great work that we do in the region.

“Catherine Shafer brought CreateAThon to Northeastern Pennsylvania ten years ago, and it has grown every year,” said John Dawe, president of Dawe Consulting. “Last year, cds creative’s CreateAThon event provided marketing services to fifteen nonprofit organizations. The market value of the work produced during the event  is estimated at $50, 000.”

Shafer will be out of the area CreateAthon day, but will be helping out with all the preparation work.  “CreateAthon is a way for us to support our community by providing marketing materials that will help nonprofits reach new donors and sources and create more awareness of their organizations,” she added. “The group who works on CreateAthon is tremendously talented.”

Then on the 15th of September the free marketing consultants, graphic designers, web designers, and others will start bright and early and  -– 24 hours later they’ll be presenting mock ups of the projects to all of the nonprofits they have chosen to work with this year.  EPCAMR has marked its calendar for Friday September 16th at 9 a.m. and will be joining the team at the Wyoming Seminary Upper School Stettler Learning Resource Center conference room for the unveiling!

Many thanks to John Dawe, CFRE-CreateAthon Coordinator and his colleagues for selecting EPCAMR to participate in this great opportunity!

 

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