AWARDS

Ayla Oceanna Kanow, was a founding member of Seas of Trees when she helped start the organization in 2020, during her Junior years of high school. She helped to organize tree planting projects At home and abroad during Covid and managed to get 2,000 sapling trees in the ground.

She was recognized for this effort when she received the Youth Epa Award.

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), has announced the recipients of the Presidential Youth Award - having a recipient of this award is a first for THS.

From across the country, 32 students and 15 educators are recognized for their leadership and commitment to environmental education.

I am honored to recognize Ayla Kanow for her starting of the non-profit Seas of Trees.”