May 16th

By Mutt Mulligan

TurfMutt Announces ‘Spruce Up Your School’ Sweepstakes Winner

Discovery Education and the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) announced today the Grand Prize winner and two runners up of the ‘Spruce Up Your School’ sweepstakes. The national sweepstakes is part of the TurfMutt program, a dynamic digital curriculum designed to encourage kids to protect the environment around them and foster appreciation of green space in their own communities.

Ms. Mary Anne Arabia’s fifth grade class from Palomar Elementary School in Chula Vista, Calif., has been named the Grand Prize winner and received a $5,000 grant to create and build more green space around school grounds and play areas. Ms. Arabia entered the TurfMutt sweepstakes because her school playground lacked sufficient shade, and to help spark science and environmental curiosity through hands-on learning.

Discovery Education and OPEI presented Ms. Arabia and Palomar Elementary School with the Grand Prize check yesterday after students viewed a special congratulations video from Lucky, a real-life rescue dog and TurfMutt spokesdog.

See the video here.

See full release here.

Palomar Elementary Wins $5,000 Grand Prize Award