Community Outreach is an intrinsic part of the Think About Personal Pollution (TAPP) Campaign. Since the summer of 2004, TAPP has personally reached more than 4000 individuals at over 60 presentations and through displays at local events.
The TAPP Outreach program has made an effort to reach a diversity of audiences. TAPP presenters have talked to neighborhood associations from Lakewood to Miccosukee, met with groups in churches as well as government buildings, been active in events supporting Wakulla Springs, and helped build two demonstration rain gardens, one of which is a research garden located on the FAMU campus. This summer, thirty people took advantage of the rain garden grant program offered by the City of Tallahassee. TAPP has applied for funding for a similar grant program in 2008.
Outreach presenters have found the groups with which TAPP works to be enthusiastic and receptive to the message of personally protecting water quality, and the success of the TAPP campaign would not be possible without the involvement and support of community leaders.
If you are interested in a TAPP presentation to your community group, please contact SarahKeith Valentine at 891-6806 or Nancy Miller at 445-4026.