GoodShop for PACD
GoodSearch, the search engine that earns money for
PACD each time you use it (see News & Notes September 2007),
also offers Internet shoppers the opportunity to earn money for PACD
while they shop. Using GoodShop costs you nothing and using it is
easy.
To use GoodShop to benefit PACD follow these steps:
1. Go to http://www.goodshop.com
2. In the "who do you goodsearch for" box, type Pennsylvania
Association of Conservation Districts or PACD.
3. Click "Verify."
4. Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts - PACD (Harrisburg,
PA) should appear in the box.
5. Using the links on this page, shop at your favorite store online
and the retailer will donate a percentage of your sale to PACD. The
money you earn for PACD will automatically be added to the PACD account.
The amount donated is different for each retailer but it averages
approximately 3% of the total sale and can go up to 20% and beyond
(the percentage donated is indicated below the merchants logo).
We hope you will use GoodShop for all of your Internet
shopping from now on and tell your friends, family and co-workers
so they start using GoodShop to support PACD's mission of supporting,
enhancing and promoting Pennsylvania's conservation districts and
their programs.
All funds generated will boost non-restrictive income and therefore
used for such activities as increased lobbying efforts, the PACD Capital
Fund, the PACD Endowment Fund, etc.
"Water is Life" Chosen
as NACD Poster Contest Theme
The theme of the National Association of Conservation
Districts (NACD) Annual Poster Contest is "Water is Life."
Each conservation district will be responsible for judging at the
county level and for recognizing their local winners. The district
may send the county's first place winning posters, one per division,
to the PACD office along with an entry form for each student signed
by a parent or guardian. PACD will facilitate the state level judging
and send those winners on to the national competition.
New for this year, NACD has tools available for promoting the conservation
district's local poster contest including a flyer, PowerPoint presentation,
and information on National Visual Arts Standards. These tools can
be downloaded from http://nacdnet.org/education/contests/poster/.
Poster contest entries must be received by the PACD office no later
than June 30, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.pacd.org/about/poster_contest_rules.htm.
Sue Moon Receives NACDE Award
For her service to the Somerset County Conservation
District (SCCD) and the Northeast Association of Conservation District
Employees (NACDE), assistant district manager Susan Moon was awarded
the 2007 NACDE Outstanding Conservation District Employee Award -
Local.
In the twenty years she has been with the district, Moon held the
positions of clerk, administrative assistant, assistant manager, and
interim manager. From 1999 through 2006, Moon handled the printing
and mailing of the NACDE's newsletter. "This was an invaluable
service to the Association, and we certainly appreciated her and her
district's willingness to handle that responsibility for us,"
said Rick Mickowski, NACDE president.
"The award was very much an unexpected surprise. The effort I
contributed to the publication of the outstanding newsletter was minimal.
Everyone who took the time to submit articles and prepare the publication
should be commended. Their effort produced a welcomed, quality newsletter
for district employees to showcase projects and share well deserved
successes. I appreciate NACDE's recognition," said Moon. To recognize
her contributions, NACDE presented her with an engraved mantel clock.
