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| Earth Hero Program
Meet our November & December 2000 Corporate Earth Hero! Puget Sound Car Wash
Association “The Puget Sound Car Wash Association serves as a model for what businesses can do to protect and conserve water, salmon and our environment,” said Sims. “This organization proves that with innovation, strong partnerships, and creativity this can be achieved." The Puget Sound Car Wash Association has been a leader in the industry and a model for its peers. In 1995, Victor Odermat, past president and founder, launched an innovative way to host charity car washes while sharing a valuable environmental message. The Charity Car Wash Program allows qualifying non-profit organizations to raise money for their group without polluting Puget Sound. Over 60 commercial car wash locations in the Puget Sound region partner with this effort to encourage environmentally friendly car wash fundraisers that reduce pollution, protect the salmon and save the environment. Tickets are sold to supporters and can be redeemed at participating car wash facilities. Professional car washes conserve water, treat wastewater and then recycle it. Wastewater from parking lot car washes contains toxic hydrocarbons and other organic compounds like oils, grease, nutrients, heavy metals and suspended solids, which get dumped directly into local water ways and the Puget Sound untreated. This serves as a threat to salmon and other aquatic life. Since its inception, over 120 non-profits have used the Charity Car Wash Program. |
(Dec. 14, 2000)King County Executive Ron Sims and Councilmember Larry Phillips pose with (left to right) Clark Judkins, who accepted the Earth Hero of the Year award in memory of his mother Ursula; and Earth Heroes of the Month Victor Odermat, Puget Sound Car Wash Association; Carol James and Clare Henson. [Enlarged view, 109 KB] |
| Updated: Feb. 25, 2003
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