Foundation Awards Five Grants
July 29, 2014
Five grants worth nearly $7,700 have been approved by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Foundation (MWCF) for environmental education, law enforcement equipment, and park amenities.
Grant assistance has been approved by the MWCF Board of Trustees for the following projects:
- $600 to the Buckeye Hills Resource Conservation and Development Council for updating and printing the Ohio Mineland Partnership informational brochure.
- $1,080 to Charles Mill Lake Park to purchase patrol and surveillance binoculars for Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) rangers at Charles Mill Lake Park and Pleasant Hill Lake Park.
- $498 to Charles Mill Lake Park to purchase safety steps for the activity stage.
- $4,500 to Charles Mill Lake Park to purchase vinyl roll-up doors for the Messerly Recreation Center.
- $1,000 to Charles Mill Lake Park to install a monument to memorialize former MWCD Ranger James R. Pitney.
In another matter, the MWCF Board of Trustees announced the 16th Annual Golf Outing will be held on August 14, 2014 at Oak Shadows Golf Club in New Philadelphia. The event currently has eleven Gold Sponsors: DLZ Corp., Hull and Associates, W.E. Quicksall and Associates, Beaver Excavating, Chesapeake Energy, Pissocra-Mathias Realty, Hammontree and Associates, MS Consultants, URS, Stantec Consulting Services, and KeyBank.
The MWCF is a publicly supported charitable organization initially organized in 1996 that is dedicated to supporting the mission of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD). While the MWCF is completely independent from the MWCD, with its own Board of Trustees, it has developed charitable funds that support improvements and programs on and around MWCD facilities. Since 2004, the MWCF Board of Trustees has awarded over $286,000 for 57 projects in and around the Muskingum Watershed.
For more details about the Foundation, including charitable donation options, visit www.muskingumfoundation.org or contact Nick Lautzenheiser toll-free at (877) 363-8500 ext. 2506.
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