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Petey Giroux

Anyone who knew Petey knew how committed she was to making the world a better place. Her enthusiasm for people and the planet was so great she developed an enormous and diverse network of friends and fans.

Some people knew her as the dedicated parent who created entertaining and educational characters to teach kids about environmental issues.

Others learned how to bring Petey's creative teaching strategies to their indoor and outdoor classrooms through the almost countless workshops she conducted across the state as the first ever chair of environmental education for Georgia PTA, then as the first state coordinator for Georgia Project WET and River of Words.

Still others knew Petey as a Twilight Twirler (majorettes at least 45 years old) strutting her stuff and spinning her baton up and down parade-filled streets.  The there was the African Drum Corps with whom she played while wear Dashiki.

Petey once summed up her life philosophy when her daughter, Lynne, asked her for career advice: "It's finding the path that allows you to give the best of yourself to others and the Earth, and sharing your time and talents with others in a way that makes positive change. It's love."

In her short life, Petey found her path, shared of herself and made positive change.

In honor of her life of service and legacy of environmental education through the arts, the Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia has established the Petey Giroux Dragonfly Grants program.  Please visit eealliance.org for details on the grant.