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e Alabama Power Foundation is also marking the 15th year of renew Our rivers with the launch of the "Students to Stewards" program, designed to encourage conservation education. e program supports proj- ects that educate youths about the importance of the state's ecosystems – encouraging students to become better stewards of the environment. "is grant program is a natural next step of our dedication to transforming and helping improve the quality of life in our state," Bowden says. "By reach- ing students, we want to transform prevention into building better habits at a young age." e Foundation will award 15 teacher grants and several larger class- room grants to educators who are focused on teaching future generations about maintaining and improving Alabama's abundant resources. Submissions will focus on developing a lifelong interest in protecting these resources through unique, hands-on or research-and technology-based lessons. School groups will partner with a 501(c)3 public charity in their commu- nity with an interest in water or environmental stewardship. "By partnering with volunteer organizations and learning through these hands-on projects, the Students to Stewards program will look to inspire students and positively impact the environment in the communities where they live," Bowden says. For contact information, how to help with each cleanup and an up-to- date listing of renew Our rivers cleanups visit renewOurrivers.com or go to AlabamaPower.com and click on "Lakes & recreation." 9 PowerofGood.com | 2014 Vol. 1 March 29: Chattahoochee River (Gordon Boat Landing) April 5: Lay Lake at E.C. Gaston Steam Plant (Coosa River) *April 5: Cahaba River (upper) April 12: Cahaba River (lower) April 12: Lake Mitchell (Coosa River) *April 14-19: Lay Lake (Coosa River) April 18: Lakes Yates and Thurlow (Tallapoosa River) *April 26: Lake Jordan (Coosa River) April 29-May 1: Lake H. Neely Henry (Coosa River) May 9: Gorgas Steam Plant (Mulberry Fork) May 10: Weeks Bay *May 19-20: Smith Lake (Walker County) May 31: Bankhead Lake (Black Warrior River) June 3-5: Plant Barry (Mobile River) *June 6: Smith Lake (Cullman County) *June 18-19: Smith Lake (Winston County) Aug. 9: Holt Lake (Black Warrior River) Aug. 9: Upper Tallapoosa River Aug. 23: Valley Creek Sept. 6: H. Neely Henry (Calhoun County) Sept. 12: Plant Miller (Locust Fork) Sept. 18-20: Village Creek Sept. 19: Smith Lake (Cullman County) *Oct. 9: Smith Lake (Winston County) Oct. 10-11: Lake Demopolis *Oct. 18: Lake Eufaula (Chattahoochee River) Oct. 22-25: R.L. Harris (Tallapoosa River-Lake Wedowee) Nov. 1: Lake Mitchell (Coosa River) Nov. 7-8: Lake Martin (Tallapoosa River) *These cleanups provide volunteer hours for student-anglers participating in the Service Hours Grant Program through the Alabama Bass Trail and the Alabama Student Angler Bass Fishing Association. RENEW OUR RIVERS CLEANUP SCHEDULE Hayden High School is awarded $300 from Alabama Power and the Alabama Bass Trail after winning the Cleanup Classic by collecting 2,598 pounds of trash.