Harckham Announces Earth Day Poster Campaign For 40th District

PEEKSKILL, NY — State Sen. Pete Harckham, D-40th District, is calling for school children to submit original posters to commemorate the Senate's annual Earth Day Celebration.

Harckham said creating the posters is designed to help children develop an awareness of the environment.

"This annual celebration for schools in the 40th Senate District and throughout the state is such a great way for children to learn more about the environmental challenges that we are facing," he said.

"Teaching tomorrow's leaders about the importance of recycling and waste reduction benefits us all," Harckham said, "and this celebration makes it fun as well."

The celebration is for school children in kindergarten through sixth grade.

"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" is the theme this year and is aimed to engage students and stimulate creative problem solving on waste reduction.

Students should create a poster that could be used as part of this campaign.

All submissions must be uploaded to the Earth Day page on Harckham's Senate website by April 19.

The posters will be on display on the website after that date.