Marine Pollution Control Corporation Co-Hosts Detroit Science Fair Mentoring Event

March 24, 2014

Marine Pollution Control Corporation (MPC), a member of the Environmental Management Association (EMA), co-hosted the EMA's annual Science Fair Mentoring event.  This is an event for students in the Metro-Detroit area to better themselves as Detroit Science Fair Participants, improving their chances as Detroit Science Fair Scholarship recipients. The EMA Science and Education Committee Chairs, EMA Secretary Elizabeth Gibbons of MPC and EMA President Kevin O’Mara of Midwest Analytical, facilitated a day at Sam’s Club where students from Metro-Detroit had opportunities to brainstorm and improve their science projects by interacting face to face with environmental scientists and professionals. The EMA worked with Sam’s Club to provide each student with free materials and a potential $25 gift certificate for tools to use in their science project creation.

This year for the first time in EMA history, transportation for both the Detroit and Hamtramck Public School districts were provided, allowing more students the opportunity to attend the Science Fair Mentoring Event. MPC not only sponsored a significant portion of the transportation costs, but was able to bring the metro-Detroit environmental community together to obtain additional sponsorship for this effort (additional sponsors included: Midwest Analytical, EnviroSolids, ERG, Disposal Management, and Inland Industrial). As a direct result of these efforts, one of the students that attended the Mentoring Event, after asking questions and getting ideas, went home and updated their science fair project. As a 6th grader, who did his project on sound proofing, he became a JUNIOR GRAND AWARD WINNER.

Marine Pollution Control Corporation's involvement in the scientific and environmental community is and always has been strong; we are honored to put our resources toward future generations, motivating any aspiring environmental scientists. We are an active and distinguished part of our environmental community.