Charitable Project Grant Winner Announcement 2022
Laurel Stack and Jane Ellison
Our winner is.....
West Creek Conservancy Morgana Bluffs Preserve!!
For invasives clearing and native plantings - $5000
Though actually, due to your stellar generosity this year, there were many winners. Your donations of $21,075 were also able to fund:
The Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland Novak and Aurora Sanctuaries: Invasives clearing and step-building projects (which received about 1/3 of your votes) - $4800
The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes: Head Start Outreach Program for 23 preschool classes - $2000
The Friends of Lower Lake: Plantings at the trail entry points on the west side of North Woodland Road connecting trails between NCSL and Lower Lake where two new crosswalks are to be installed - $2500
The Doan Brook Watershed Partnership: Cleveland Public Library, Harvey Rice Branch Rain Garden - $2450
Buster’s Bird Nerds (a group of Cleveland Metropolitan School District students led by a science teacher on birding expeditions): Raincoats - $1000
AND the Grosscup Scholarship Fund received an unprecedented $3325
Tours of these projects will be scheduled this summer and fall as the projects are completed. Watch for the dates and join in the fun as we roam round our city, seeing what a small group of dedicated individuals can accomplish when they work together to support Conservation, Education, Horticulture and Gardening in our community.
Brava ladies, we are making a difference in Greater Cleveland!
Click here to see the list of donors to this year’s Charitable Projects.
