(Updated 6/19/10)
Bob Thompson, a wonderful friend to the Illick’s Mill Partnership (IMP), died on July 4 at his family farm in Wellsboro, Pa. In the 1960s, Bob led a group of students in renovating and operating Illick’s Mill as a youth art’s center. The popular center closed in 1973, but in 2001 Bob joined the IMP’s first Board of Directors.
The IMP’s current President Rocky Bayer wrote, “Bob did more in one weekend at the Mill than most people do in a lifetime. His wisdom and compassion were always startling in their depth and precision.” The Illick’s Mill Partnership mourns the death of Bob Thompson and celebrates his life. At the Mill, Bob Thompson will never die; his spirit lives on in every young person who will work to make our community healthier, safer, and kinder.
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has awarded the Illick's Mill Project with the highest honor that can be given to any youth-run environmental project in the United States: The President's Environmental Youth Award. The students of IMP traveled to Washington D.C. to receive this honor at the White House, meet congressional representatives, tour the Mall and other D.C. attractions, and become acquainted with other PEYA winners from across America.
Congratulations to the Illick's Mill Project and to the other PEYA winners across America. It is because of the commitment of youth across this country to protect the future of our environment, that we can have hope that our planet's safety will become a higher priority as this generation gains power in the world.
The PEYA award recipients pose with President Barack Obama and EPA administrator Lisa Jackson.
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