Awards
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IPM Pride™ Award Program is Back and ready for you to apply!
2008 IPM Pride Award Application!
After a brief hiatus, the school IPM Pride Award Program is back and even better. The IPM Pride Award honors Texas school districts making a successful transition from traditional pest control programs to integrated pest management.
The goal of school facilities management is to provide a safe, attractive, and efficiently run place for children to learn and grow. Pest management is a critical component of facilities management. By monitoring and reporting sanitary conditions, preventing pest invasion, and correcting pest problems as they appear, pest management professionals make valuable contributions to safer schools.
Pests pose serious economic and health problems for schools. Stinging insects, cockroaches, and rodents can transmit disease, contribute to poor air quality in buildings, and result in potentially serious health threats to kids and adults. Weeds increase the cost of maintaining an attractive campus. Plant disease contributes to playground tree hazards and lead to costly plant replacement.
A goal of the IPM Pride Award is to encourage a sense of pride by schools in their IPM programs. The award program is available to all public schools in Texas. In addition to a special plaque and media recognition, cash awards of $1,000 and $500 will be given to schools with outstanding IPM programs. The goal is to award two schools this summer and re-open the application process in early 2009. Winners will be recognized at the first annual IPM Coordinator Symposium slated for summer of 2009.
To submit your district for nomination click on the apply for award link and complete the application. Remember you must also submit a copy of your IPM policy statement, a sample of your recordkeeping documents, supporting documents for your best IPM story, and a copy of your parent notification separately either via email to schoolipm@tamu.edu or by U.S. Mail to:
Southwest Technical Resource Center for IPM in Schools
2008 IPM Pride Awards
Texas Cooperative Extension
17360 Coit Road
Dallas, Texas 75252-6599
For more information about the awards program and about ways you can put IPM to work for your schools, visit our web site at http://schoolipm.tamu.edu , or call toll-free 877-747-6872.
Support for the IPM Pride™ Award is made possible through a grant from Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE), Washington, DC.
