Ron Zima, Public Relations and Major Gift Representative in the Maritime Division, was recently awarded a "leadership in communications & community" award for his work with the Children's Clean Air Network in Halifax.

The message children want adults to get is that idling your vehicle needlessly around them is no longer acceptable behaviour, just like second-hand cigarette smoke. The news and science regarding greenhouse gas and air pollution (like cigarette smoke) grows grimmer each day while nearly one in five kids in Nova Scotia now has asthma (Lung Association of Nova Scotia).

Congratulations, Ron, for your efforts toward saving the environment along with saving dollars.

Click here for more information on the Children's clean air network.

Click here for The Salvation Army's positional statement on the environment.