PEP Member
Happy New Year!
Due to the surge in Covid and the fact that many of our member companies have reinstated strict protocols, we have canceled our January Membership Breakfast. But I am hopeful this will be the only blip in the year. We are planning our scheduled events, so please take a look at our event calendar and save the dates!
Our Golf, Membership and Policy and Issues Committees are meeting during the next few weeks. If you are interested in getting more involved, or if there is someone in your company that would be interested in serving on a committee, please let me know. We appreciate our volunteers who share their time, talent and experience!
I hope you and your company plan to renew your membership for 2022! The renewal deadline is February 28th. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Jennifer Denson, Executive Director
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2022 PEP SCHOLARSHIP
Applications are now open until March 18, 2022! If you or your children are attending college or graduate school, be sure to consider the PEP scholarship program! This $2,500 scholarship is designated for local employees of PEP member companies and dependents. The application for the 2022 PEP Scholarship is open through March 18, 2022. More information can be found at this link.
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PEP’s 2022 Membership Renewal deadline is February 28th! PEP benefits: member-only events, advertising and sponsorship opportunities, reduced tickets to the Reverse Trade Show and more, education seminars about sustainability. Your membership helps to protect and enhance the environment of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
After you renew, please keep an eye out for your 2022 Member Window Cling to arrive in the mail. We hope you will proudly display it at your business.
If you are aware of a company that would benefit from PEP membership, please share our newsletter and refer them to our website for an application.
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The 2022 PEP Environmental Stewardship Awards application is live on our website. Please be sure to nominate a member company – or your own company – no business or project is too small. The focus of the awards is on best practices and innovation, and not simply overall environmental impact. Quality, creativity and commitment count!
Application Deadline: Monday, March 15, 2022, at 5:00pm
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PEP Gulf Coast Environmental Foundation (PEP-GCEF) is a new 501(c)(3) charitable organization created to develop innovative projects and solutions to support and enhance the environmental stewardship of local business and community leaders along the central Gulf Coast. PEP-GCEF will work closely with Partners for Environmental Progress (PEP) to achieve their mutual missions.
Our Mission: Engage business to create and support innovative programs and projects along the central Gulf Coast that demonstrate best environmental practices to enhance the natural resources that make our area a unique and desirable place to live, work and raise a family.
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JOIN A COMMITTEE
The success of PEP’s activities hinges upon our members. If you or any of your employees would like to participate in PEP’s planning committees, please let us know. We will explore the many possibilities with you. If you are interested in serving, please email Jennifer at jdenson@pepmobile.org.
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We are specifically looking for members to join the PEP Membership Committee, which plans and executes PEP’s membership development and retention strategies.
We have an excellent committee, led by PEP Board members Hayden Olds, Olds Filtration and Ritchie Hurt, Thompson Engineering. But, we can never have too many good ideas and helping hands. The committee meets several times a year to develop and carry out activities to recruit and retain members and provide ideas and feedback on enhancing the PEP membership experience.
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PEP'S Recycling Resource list is now on our website! If your company is interested in learning more about our Recycling Task Force or offering a service that should be on this spreadsheet, please email Jennifer at jdenson@pepmobile.org.
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2021 PEP COMMUNITY PARTNER AWARD
PEP Board of Directors honors The Nature Conservancy with the 2021 Community Partner award for the Lightning Point Shoreline Restoration. PEP also recognizes PEP member Moffat & Nichol for their engineering leadership and management of this project. Other PEP members involved in this broad project include Alabama Power and Rowe Engineering.
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Please join us in congratulating all of our 2021 award recipients for their environmental stewardship along our Gulf Coast! You can read more about each company and the individual projects at this link: 2021 Environmental Stewardship Awards. |
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TRASH BLOWS
PEP developed and implemented a truck-bed trash outreach education program for PEP’s member businesses. The pilot project increased awareness of pick-up truck owners and drivers about the litter problems by engaging PEP businesses and providing them with the tools they needed to educate their employees about truck bed trash. We are proud that the City of Mobile has decided to use the materials in an end-of-year public campaign as part of the Litter Free Mobile program.
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BASF AWARDED MORE THAN $21K IN STEM GRANTS TO WASHINGTON CO SCHOOLS
BASF recently awarded science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) grants to seven science education programs within Washington County schools, totaling $21,000. The grants will support STEM-related learning for students in grades K-12. LEARN MORE AT THIS LINK.
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Over the past six months, WKRG's Colleen Peterson and Caroline Carithers have highlighted many Gulf Coast companies that go above and beyond to help the environment.
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