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Left: Miles Courson, Jeffersonville High School; Caiden White, Jeffersonville High School; Breanna Billups, New Washington High School, and Vanessa Gogel, Charlestown High School. All entered and won a part of the $11,000 scholarship pool from Clark County Recycling.
Cans and other scrap metal was collected all last year so Clark County Recycling could raise money for local seniors to enter in the scholarship competition.
Left: Miles Courson, Jeffersonville High School; Caiden White, Jeffersonville High School; Breanna Billups, New Washington High School, and Vanessa Gogel, Charlestown High School. All entered and won a part of the $11,000 scholarship pool from Clark County Recycling.
CHARLESTOWN — Clark County Recycling District on Tuesday awarded $11,000 in sustainability scholarships to five Clark County high school seniors.
Seniors around the county entered the competition by creating 30-second videos that promoted the importance of recycling. The ceremony was at the Clark County Recycling District office, 112 Industrial Way, Charlestown.
Money for the scholarships comes from the collection of aluminum cans and scrap metal at the office. The scholarships are not funded through the recycling fee on the residential property tax statement.
This is a way for the recycling district to celebrate Earth Day. The scholarships ranged from $1,000 to $5,000 for the students.
Winners of the scholarships this year are:
• $5,000 Best Video: Miles Courson, Jeffersonville High School
• $3,000 Runner Up: Breanna Billups, New Washington High School
• $1,000 Contender: Ayden Carver, Henryville High School (who was unable to attend)
• $1,000 Contender: Caiden White, Jeffersonville High School
• $1,000 Contender: Vanessa Gogel, Charlestown High School
“We appreciate the creativity and raising awareness of recycling and encouraging more residents to recycle,” said Debby McGrath, Clark County Recycling District director. “These videos, especially this year, they really grabbed your attention and that’s wonderful.”
With the attention-grabbing videos, it will ideally increase more recycling habits in Clark County, McGrath added.
Miles Courson of Jeffersonville High School, won the best video for this year. In his video, he’s sitting in a recycling bin floating down the Ohio River.
“I’m paddling, picking trash and saying facts about recycling,” Courson said.
After winning the scholarship, Courson will use it to go to Florida Tech to help him achieve his dream of being an aerospace engineer.
Cans and other scrap metal was collected all last year so Clark County Recycling could raise money for local seniors to enter in the scholarship competition.
Courson and his father worked together on ideas for the video and his father recorded the video for him, “I couldn’t have done it without him.”
“I’d like to thank Clark County Recycling, it’s a big help and it’ll really help me go to college,” Courson said.
The videos are available to watch on the Clark County Recycling District’s website, https://www.recycleclarkcounty.org/ or on the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CCRDIN
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