2021 Keepin’ It Clean Community Member of the Year - Sara Clarke
This year we are so very proud to be recognizing Sara Clarke as the 2021 Keepin' it Clean Community Member of the Year!
Here is what her nominators had to say:
"Sara brings neighborhood students and families to work with the Barrow school grounds, she is inspiring students to create their own gardens and environmental projects. She currently works as a gifted teacher, but when she taught Kindergarten, staff often said, "You can't graduate from Mrs. Clarke's class without caring deeply about our Earth."
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"Sara is passionate about gardening and composting and the beauty of grounds, schools, and public spaces. She is seemingly indefatigable! She not only teaches and reaches kids, she organizes and inspires volunteers to come help out. And during the summer and school breaks, she comes over to the school weekly to water and weed, pick vegetables or have kids pick them and have tastings! In inspiring others, she is changing not only our school, but our community and beyond for years to come!"
Past Community Members of the Year Winners:
- 2020 Cameron Winter
- 2019 Allen Jones
- 2018 Lewis Shropshire
- 2017 Ken Taylor
- 2016 Minnie Craddick
- 2015 Geoffrey Tull
- 2014 Josh Koons
- 2013 Dan Lorentz
- 2012 Matthew Epperson
- 2011 Jared Harper
- 2010 Thomas Gosnell
