Elizabeth Grieco

I'm originally from Quebec, Canada, from the city
of Sherbrooke, married and went on to settle in Brooklyn, New York. We lived in Bensonhurst, New York for thirteen years then moved to the Poconos in 1990. My late husband and I raised my six children in this beautiful land but was eventually faced with the fact that this is like the Wild Wild West! Two years after building a new home, I was awakened to the environmental movement, because our planners wanted to place a chemical plant in wetlands and potentially could have polluted hundreds of ground wells. I went on to form the Pocono Environmental Coalition and Wildlife Society, Inc. 501c3 tax-exempt not for profit org. RR 5, Box 5570F, Saylorsburg, PA. for donations, to combat that intrusion in the village of Saylorsburg, PA and won after a protracted 2 year battle. Then went on to focus on trying to raise awareness about our ground water, wetlands and protection of our eco-systems. Now we are looking at the negative impacts on our ground water concerning Gas drilling, or fracking for gas as they say! I have written over one hundred letters to the editor in the Pocono Record and have a following in this area for saying things the way they should be said. After raising my six children and being exposed to other children, I realized quickly there is a heroin epidemic in our area and country that local and state officials of Pennsylvania are refusing to look at. Our banks are being robbed almost weekly by heroin addicts and yet barely anyone writes about it. I will continue to dedicate my life to helping fight for a clean environment and helping young people with addiction problems. The Afghanistan war is helping to perpetuate the distribution of this drug into our country! Education is key to help stop heroin distribution and without it we are a society of hopeless souls with no direction. Please contribute to help our cause! Send your comments to email forestgirl57@gmail.com thanks!