WCTA Launches First Green ‘Links as Labs’ Program
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Western Canada Turfgrass Association Launches First Green ‘Links as Labs’ Program
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (April 7, 2014)
The Western Canada Turfgrass Association (WCTA), in partnership with the First Green Foundation, is launching the first program in Canada that brings environmental education to grade school students using golf courses as environmental learning labs. The inaugural event, hosted by Golf Course Superintendent Dave Kennedy and Assistant Pete Rodrigues, takes place May 5, 2014 at the Vancouver Golf Club, host of the 2012 CN Canadian Women’s Open. Heidi Gawehns, Grade 8 teacher from Pitt River Middle School, will be leading her students in the very first, 'First Green' event held in Canada.
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