March 2021 Press Release

Green Camp: Summer 2021 Academic Enrichment Program

The City of Memphis Storm Water Department is offering a FREE Academic Enrichment Program (Green Camp) which invites high school students to participate in virtual field trips with hands-on learning in relation to the topics of environmental engineering, chemistry, environmental issues, urban development, and storm water pollution awareness/prevention. By participating, each student will receive a Certificate of Participation with up to 35 hours of community service credits.

Green Camp is scheduled Monday through Friday of July 12th-16th and July 19th-23rd this year. Students will be given the option of choosing one of those weeks to attend from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Weeks will be assigned on a “first-come-first-approved” basis with enough space for 30 participants (15 students per week). You can find the applications here. Applications are due by April 16, 2021.

For more information or to apply, please visit our website at MemphisStormWater.com or email the Program Coordinator, Y. Sonia Holmes, at Yvette.Holmes@MemphisTN.gov.

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