Garden State Green Awards to honor 'greenest citizens'
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The Garden State Green Awards, also known as the “Boggies,” honor individuals and organizations that have made a significant contribution to the environment, demonstrating that we can indeed “Save the Planet, One Person at a Time.”
Garden State Green Awards will honor nine of the state’s “greenest citizens” and organizations at the sixth annual Greenfest to be held May 17-18 at Kean University in Union.
Individual Student: Lindsey Van Zile, Toms River High School South, for her tireless efforts at school and in her community. She has volunteered as a Beach Sweep Captain for Clean Ocean Action and formed a “Pine Beach Clean Team”. Lindsey introduced the TerraCycle program to the Borough of Pine Beach and the elementary school. She also secured a grant to fund a Native Plant Garden on vacant borough land which is scheduled for completion this spring.