FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 7, 2001:

Environmental Research and Education Foundation to
Bestow "Environmentalist of the Year" Award

Washington, D.C. - On June 26, 2001, the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) will bestow its first "Environmentalist of the Year" Award upon Earth Force, a national non-profit based in Alexandria, Virginia. The purpose of this annual gala event is to recognize individual or organizational achievement in developing environmental solutions for the future.

Earth Force is committed to young people changing their communities while developing life-long habits of active citizenship and environmental stewardship. Their programs currently provide 25,000 youth with knowledge and skills that foster creativity and encourage participation in community development and improvement.

Earth Force will receive a cash award of $50,000, and the Honorable Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, has been invited to attend. Other invited guests are Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman. According to Ronald McCracken, Chairman of EREF, "This black tie, invitation only event will include legislators, chief executive officers, spouses and guests from U.S. and European waste service companies, senior executives from corporations that support the activities of the honoree Earth Force, and representatives from the financial community." It will be held at The Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC. Allied Waste Industries of Scottsdale, Arizona will sponsor the dinner and recording artist Crystal Gayle accompanied by her band will provide the evening's entertainment.

"The Environmentalist of the Year Award will become a coveted and sought after recognition," says Michael J. Cagney, EREF President. "It will receive international acclaim and bring significant visibility to the vital work performed by my foundation." The foundation's mission is to develop environmental solutions for the future through research and education, and its endowment provides the financial base for a sustainable series of significant projects and scholarships.

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