Dr. Robert Williams, Dr. Bob, was the creator of the Illinois Rivers Project.
In 1993, the Sun Foundation collaborated with Dr. Bob and the Illinois Rivers Project and the Sun Foundation Clean Water Celebration was created to share high school students' work, experts and more with upper elementary and middle school students in Central Illinois on the Monday following the annual Rivers Project Student Congress.
He connected so many people in his love for our rivers! Thank you Dr. Bob!
Read MoreEvery year during the Clean Water Celebration, the Sun Foundation bestows the Making Waves Award on those going above and beyond to protect clean water and the environment. Learn more about the 2024 winners.
Read MoreSun Foundation is offering a scholarship for Art & Science in the Woods 2024 in memory of Joseph Augustyn Callenes-Sloan was a former beloved ASIW intern. A drawing will be held at the Sun Foundation 31st Clean Water Celebration.
Read MoreThank you American Water Charitable Foundation! The $20,000 awarded will increase STEM offerings, support supplies for STEM activities and teacher resources, showcase student STEM projects in our communities as well as increase the number of rural and urban schools attending by increasing funds for transportation.
Read MoreEvery year during the Clean Water Celebration, the Sun Foundation bestows the Making Waves Award on those going above and beyond to protect clean water and the environment. Learn more about the 2023 winners.
Read MoreThank you Aaron Amstutz for sharing your message that we value and love the things that belong to us, but need to develop a value for the resources that sustain us, that are borrowed from our planet and ever need renewing.
Read MoreThank you American Water Charitable Foundation!
As we return to an in-person event in 2023, the $15,000 awarded will increase STEM offerings, support supplies for STEM activities and teacher resources as well as increase the number of rural and urban schools attending by increasing funds for transportation.
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