Laura Kleppe deserves a lot of credit, praise

I am writing in response to the article in the April 22 Redmond Reporter regarding the ongoing wetlands project at Dickinson/Explorer School. It is a great program, but you forgot to mention one of the driving forces behind it — Laura Kleppe. Laura organizes the volunteers and assignments for each of the Dickinson/Explorer classes when they spend their period in the wetlands and fits this in with her overall vision for the wetlands. This week she is taking a week off from her landscaping business to work with each of the classes coming through, starting with an introduction on sustainability and how our little patch of wetlands and our daily habits really affects the entire Puget Sound region. And she has been doing this for years.

April 28, 2011 5:30 pm

I am writing in response to the article in the April 22 Redmond Reporter regarding the ongoing wetlands project at Dickinson/Explorer School.

It is a great program, but you forgot to mention one of the driving forces behind it — Laura Kleppe. Laura organizes the volunteers and assignments for each of the Dickinson/Explorer classes when they spend their period in the wetlands and fits this in with her overall vision for the wetlands.  This week she is taking a week off from her landscaping business to work with each of the classes coming through, starting with an introduction on sustainability and how our little patch of wetlands and our daily habits really affects the entire Puget Sound region.  And she has been doing this for years.

Both my sons have been through the program many times, and I have had the chance to be a parent volunteer for the past few years. It’s great to see Laura work with the kids and share her passion.

Ken Boyer, Redmond