The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
Nonprofit organization receives grant
Western Reserve Conservation and Development Council in Painesville was one of 15 Ohio organizations to receive a Dominion Energy Environmental Education and Stewardship Grant.
The Western Reserve Resource Conservation and Development Council, a nine-county Northeast Ohio nonprofit tax exempt organization, was awarded $1,000 for its Envirothon environmental education program. Western Reserve RC&D serves Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit and Trumbull counties.
Envirothon is an academic outdoor team competition for students in grades 9-12.
Students gain teambuilding skills and knowledge of science and the environment. Each year the competition has a theme. Council helps winning schools with travel expenses so they can participate, the website states.
Dominion Energy, through the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, is awarding $72,000 for 15 Ohio projects, part of an overall $1 million in grants presented to nearly 130 organizations in 12 states working to improve natural spaces or encourage environmental stewardship, according to the news release.
Other Ohio grant recipients include:
• Ohio and Erie Canalway Coalition, Akron, received $10,000 for two beautification projects enhancing the historic Towpath Trail used by 2.5 million hikers and bikers each year.
• Land Studio, Cleveland, received $10,000 for developing an urban park in the Irishtown Bend area of Cleveland’s near West Side.
• Kent State University at Stark, North Canton, received $10,000 for its “Plants through the Ages” garden project.
• Seiberling Elementary School, Akron, received $5,000 for its Exploring the Cuyahoga River Watershed educational initiative.
• Lawrence School, Broadview Heights, received $5,000 for developing its Think-Go-GrowGreen curriculum.
• Malone University, Canton, received $5,000 for developing its Ecosystems Adventure Projects program.
• Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center, Cleveland, received $5,000 for creating a Woodland Habitat Interpretive Area for visitors.
• Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, received $5,000 for its volunteer forest restoration project of removing invasive species and replacing them with native trees.
• Keep Akron Beautiful, Akron, received $4,000 for its Flowerscaping program, which plants flowerbeds on downtown traffic islands, street corners and expressway ramps, among other locations.
More grant recipients can be found at www.MorningJournal.com/news