<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:8.0pt;
margin-left:0in;
line-height:105%;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle22
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle24
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
<b>From:</b> Schwartz, Myra [mailto:Schwartz.Myra@epa.gov] <b>On Behalf Of </b>SoakUptheRain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SoakUptheRain <SoakUptheRain@epa.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Please help spread the word: Soak Up the Rain New England Webinar Series: Back To School: Soaking up the Rain at K-12 Schools- Making the Connections with Teachers & Students on Green Infrastructure
<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black"><img width="330" height="162" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01D209BF.E31121C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black">Soak Up the Rain New England Webinar Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black">Thursday, October 6th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black"> 3:00-4:30 EST </span><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8510552427765166082"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">To Register</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">
<b><i> <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Join us for the third webinar in our 2016 series:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white">
<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Back To School: Soaking up the Rain at K-12 Schools- Making the Connections with Teachers and Students on Green Infrastructure
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white">
<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Presentations include</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white">
<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Peter Coffin, Coordinator of both the Blackstone Headwaters Coalition and the Blackstone River Coalition.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Peter will highlight green infrastructure
projects in public schools in Worcester, MA and Woonsocket, RI. Outreach to urban schools includes lesson plans for K-6 at McGrath School, the Little School-House in the Woods, hands-on projects with the Worcester Technical High School, planting trees with
the Worcester Tree Initiative, and planting rain gardens at Clark University, Midland St School, Worcester Youth Center and RiverzEdge Arts in Woonsocket.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Peter Hinrichs, Learning Prep School in Newton, Massachusetts.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Peter will talk about connecting green infrastructure and sustainable horticulture practices with academic subjects through experiential learning opportunities and getting teachers to think ‘outside the box’ through
lesson plan development. Formerly with YouthBuild Boston in Roxbury, Peter currently runs a horticultural program at the Learning Prep School-an innovative school for students with language and learning disabilities.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Molly Allard, Water Resources and Outreach Coordinator, Northern Rhode Island Conservation District and</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> the
<b>Scituate Reservoir Watershed Education Program (SRWEP).</b> Molly will present how green infrastructure projects and education have been integrated into SRWEP's educational efforts at both the elementary and high school levels. SRWEP actively engages elementary
and high school students in both educating their communities about green infrastructure and implementing projects such as rain gardens and tree planting efforts, placing an emphasis on coordination with teachers and correlating content with state and national
standards so that they assist teachers with meeting curriculum requirements. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Next Webinar:
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Latest and Greatest EPA Tools for Implementing Green Infrastructure</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Wednesday, November 30th, 1-2:30 EST.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For details and to register- visit the Soak Up the Rain website at
</span></b><a href="https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.epa.gov/soakuptherain</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For questions about the webinar series or if you have ideas for additional webinar topics, please send an email to<i>
</i></span></b><a href="mailto:soakuptherain@epa.gov"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">soakuptherain@epa.gov</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">*See attached flyers to post & circulate.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>