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Advocates teach green to the next generation

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Can you imagine not having any undeveloped land for your children to explore nature and play
on? Amy Marasco Newton can’t. She founded the Newton Marasco Foundation, an
environmental stewardship based in Loudoun County to help preserve land for future
generations. Since 2004, the foundation has reached out to local businesses in the area to help
provide nature outlets for everyone.

One recent project is the Chapman DeMary Trail in Purcellville. The land was donated by John
Chapman and developed by John DeMary, a former teacher at Loudoun Valley High School,
and his students. DeMary and many Loudoun Valley students volunteered their time to make
the trail, which broke ground in October 2009. The trail, about a mile long, is on 10 acres of
land. It should be finished by spring.

Newton said that environmental issues are important. To be more sustainable, what better way
is there than getting the next generation involved in solving environmental problems, she asked.

“If we can get kids to fall in love with nature, and if we can get kids to be curious with nature
then it will be in their DNA,” Newton said. “As they get older, they will be making better choices.
They can go forward with any line of business and make good decisions.”

The organization also offers other programs, including one called enGauge It. This service
provides free tire-pressure gauges to the public. Checking your tire pressure each month cuts Most Popular in News
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“They are explained the concept and they research native plants and pollinators. They vote for COOK h as Ashburn residents sizzling
the plants and they come out and plant them. It’s neat when you give them that responsibility
and a little bit of direction and they figure it out.”

“It’s kid-designed and kid-driven, not adult-designed and adult-driven. There’s a difference,”
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Jeanne Brown, national communications manager, said it’s great to see everyone involved.

“Y ou get these high school kids and they volunteer and get out,” Brown said.

One goal of the foundation is to provide segments of land between western Loudoun and the Follow Us
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“I think people who are donating believe in the cause and are defining things for the next
generation,” Newton said.

For more information and volunteer opportunities, visit newtonmarascofoundation.org.

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