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government professional of the year sheri faust, port huron protecting the environment by Patti Samar Some people spend their entire lives trying to figure out what they want to be when they grow up. Sheri Faust of Port Huron was not one of those people. She just always knew she wanted to work in the sciences and work toward solving environmental problems. And so she does. Faust is the environmental health educator for the St. Clair County Health Department. She is responsible for promotion and outreach for the health department’s environmental health division. On any given day, her job might take her into classrooms, where she teaches children of all ages about the importance of caring for the environment, or wading into rivers and streams. Additionally, she spends her free time outside of work volunteering for a number of environmental organizations. Her passion for the subject is unmeasurable and for that, Faust has been named the Blue Water Woman Government Professional of the Year. She was nominated by her friend Chris Gearheart. Outside of her official work life, Faust serves as president of the nonprofit Friends of the St. Clair River, whose mission is to provide meaningful experiences that engage the community in the protection of their water resources through water quality monitoring, stewardship activities and advocacy. Faust has also been instrumental in the establishment and organization of the Blue Water Sturgeon Festival, the anuual Earth Fair, the Stream Leaders (Adopt-a-Stream) program, and River Day, among many other volunteer activities. “Sometimes I get things done through a nonprofit angle and sometimes I get them done from a government angle,” said Faust regarding the overlap between her work life and her volunteer life. “But either way, I’m a better advocate for our water resources.” Faust also understands that the water in the Blue Water Area is not only critical for all of the obvious reasons, but that it impacts the “big picture” in the community as well. “All this water that we have is what draws people to this community,” she said. “So much of our economy depends on water and our lives depend on it, too.” And with a water crisis in Flint taking place not far from the Blue Water Area, Faust notes what she shares with elementary school students: “This is what I tell third and fourth graders: If we drink polluted water, we are not going to be healthy; if we breathe polluted air, we are not going to be healthy. “If our environment is sick, we’re going to be sick.” And the students soak up her words. “My focus is always on environmental education,” she said. “I have this real desire to engage girls in science. There are not as many girls interested in science and I like to encourage them.” A wife and mother of two young daughters, Faust involves her own children in many of her environmental endeavors. “I put them to work at the Earth Fair and I put them to work at the Sturgeon Festival,” she said. Faust noted “there is no other position like mine in any other health department in the state. In other counties, my position would fall under the drain commissioner. “I like the platform that the health department gives me to bring the environmental message to the citizens.” 10 spring 2016 BlueWaterWoman.com
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