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CNN Hero of the Year to Visit WKCTC Sept. 9

CNN Hero of the Year to Visit WKCTC Sept. 9
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By West KyStarStaff
Aug. 31, 2014 | PADUCAH, KY
By West KyStarStaff Aug. 31, 2014 | 03:16 PM | PADUCAH, KY
Chad Pregracke, CNN’s 2013 Hero of the Year, will visit West Kentucky Community and Technical College September 9 to share his experiences with students and the community. “Helping to Clean America’s Rivers: From the Bottom Up,” will begin at 7 pm in WKCTC’s Crounse Hall 101.  Admission is free and open to the public. 

Pregracke grew up on the river and those experiences led to his work to clean up the Mississippi. At age 23, he founded the river cleanup organization, Living Lands & Waters. Since then, Pregracke and aproximately 70,000 volunteers have collected more than seven million pounds of debris along the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio rivers. He and his crew spend up to nine months each year living and traveling on a barge hosting river cleanups, watershed conservation initiatives, workshops, tree plantings and other important conservation efforts.

From underwater shell-diving to open-air community cleanups, Pregracke’s presentation will teach the importance of setting goals, one river and one piece of garbage at a time, and illustrates how determination pays off.

Pregracke’s presentation at WKCTC will follow several days of educational and river cleanup work in Paducah, including a cleanup project with WKCTC ecology students and other local organizations.

In addition to being named a CNN Hero of the Year, Pregracke accepted the Jefferson Award for Public Service in 2012 alongside Bill and Melinda Gates, Rudolph Giuliani, and Lilly Tartikoff.

For more information, visit www.artsinfocus.org, or contact the Clemens Fine Arts Center box office at 270-534-3212.




Info for this article provided by Gail Robinson Butler, WKCTC.

 

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