CONGRATULATIONS! PVSD received the 2023 PA Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence in recognition of the PV WOODS- Lenape Arboretum and Muhlenberg Woods
The Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence are awarded each year by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. These awards highlight the best in environmental innovation and expertise throughout the Commonwealth. Each year the Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence provide statewide recognition to businesses and organizations involved in a cross-section of environmental initiatives from cleaning up watersheds, saving energy, eliminating pollution, reducing waste and more. Learn more: Department of Environmental Protection
PVSD was the only school district recognized as part of the 2023 awards! Other recipients included several outstanding non-profits, businesses, and government agencies.
The awards dinner in Harrisburg included Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, PA DCNR (Dept. Conservation & Natural Resources), President Davitt Woodwell, PEC (Pennsylvania Environmental Council) and Acting Secretary Richard Negrin, PA DEP (Dept. of Environmental Protection). Jeremy Johnson, Delaware Tribe of Indians (Oklahoma) was part of the PVSD delegation.