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Toxic Free NC depends on a talented and devoted crew of volunteers and interns who make many areas of our work successful! >>Find out more about current volunteer needs and internship opportunities.

Interns and ongoing volunteers
(updated 9/11)

	Tommy Anderson Office Management & Special Projects Intern, December 2011 - present
	Sean Barker Sustainable Pest Management Intern, Fall 2011 - present Sean is working on a new series of fact sheets on organic pest management for home, community and school gardeners in NC. He is a recent graduate of the certificate program in Sustainable Agriculture at Central Carolina Community College, and has started his own small farming business in Raleigh: Part and Parcel Farm. Photo by Raymond Goodman
	Michele Dupper Children's Environmental Health Writer, Fall 2011 - present Michele is a Raleigh local and mother of two young children who's volunteering some of her precious evening hours to help us compile a series of ready-to-use newsletter articles for use in child care newsletters, parenting blogs, and more.
	Schree Antoinette Greene Community Leadership Intern, Fall 2011 - present Schree is originally from Creedmoor, North Carolina. She graduated from Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, NC with a degree in Africana Women's Studies and Entrepreneurship. In summer 2011, Schree served as an Environmental Justice Corps Fellow for the Louisiana Bucket Brigade in New Orleans, Louisiana. This fall, she'll be working to support Toxic Free NC's Community Leadership Council.
	Alison MacLennan Office Management Volunteer, Winter 2011 - present
	Leigh Messenger Toxics Research & Outreach Intern, Summer 2011 - present Leigh is is a Louisiana native pursuing a Master of Environmental Management at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment. She is helping to launch a new emphasis in Toxic Free NC's work relating to reducing pollution from disinfectants and other cleaning products by researching and compiling fact sheets on the health risks of conventional products, and safe, cost-effective alternatives.
	The Worms: Mr. Robot, Wally, Wilhelmina, Wanda, Willie, Winky, Pinky, Stinky, George, Chuck, and so on... Vermicomposting Coordinators These lovely red wiggler worms are the newest addition to Toxic Free NC's team. They help turn our coffee grounds, apple cores, and assorted office lunch leftovers into organic fertilizer for our office plants, and our home gardens.