RSO Spotlight: Green Highlands
Green Highlands is a environmental and conservationist club that strives to raise awareness and action towards a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle with emphasis being placed on mind and body well-being and environmental concerns.
It is currently active on the Floyd, Paulding, and Cartersville campus locations.
Faculty Advisors: Billy Morris, bmorris@highlands.edu (Floyd), Alexandra Reiter, amacmurd@highlands.edu (Paulding), and Jackie Belwood, jbellwood@highlands.edu (Cartersville).
Student Leaders: Ridge Abernathy, mabern1@student.highlands.edu (Floyd President); Brittany Skeen, bskeen@student.highlands.edu (Paulding President). There are several officer positions open and available at several locations. Please contact an advisor or student leader if you are interested in filling one of the roles.
Pre-COVID:
Meetings were held on different days/times for the various campus locations. Floyd meetings were held weekly on Wednesdays at 4pm in the Student Center conference room. Paulding meetings were held twice a month on Thursdays at 2pm in the Student Lounge.
Before the pandemic, the group participated in the Great Lake Alatoona Cleanup and camped out on-site for the event. The Paulding chapter had our America Recycles Day event in the Fall, and Brittany came up with the fabulous idea to do a holiday fundraiser for the Paulding County Animal Shelter (this was co-sponsored with Students Without Borders) and we raised $100 cash and collected a large assortment of supplies. We had a hot cocoa bar and cookie decorating station there. We had plans for a huge 50th anniversary Earth Day celebration, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic. During the quarantine, we held Zoom meetings and promoted a recycling challenge contest on Instagram. Campus garden space is also typically used by the club to grow vegetables for open gathering, but the quarantine halted that practice this year.
Post-Covid:
Meetings for the Fall Semester are undetermined at this time, but will likely involve a mix of small in-person, social-distanced gatherings and virtual meetings on Zoom. We try to cater meeting days/times to what works best for the most interested members.
Preliminary plans include America Recycles Day, lake or roadside cleanup projects, and a holiday collection drive.
Green Highlands Paulding Holiday Donation Drive
