Foundation Awards $8,514 in Grants
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October 26, 2016The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Foundation (MWCF) Board of Trustees approved $8,514 in new grants at its meeting on October 21.
- $2,244 to the Atwood Area Fall Festival for the Kids’ Zone at the 2016 Fall Festival
- $1,945 to Pleasant Hill Lake Park to support the 2017 Safe Boating and Fishing Day
- $2,475 to Pleasant Hill Lake Park to implement a Trout in the Classroom education program
- $1,250 to Charles Mill Lake Park to purchase a kayak trailer to store and transport kayaks used in recreational programming
- $600 to Atwood Lake Park to purchase a bench for the Butch Heavilin Memorial Dog Park
The Trustees also approved the establishment of the Pleasant Hill Lake Park Fund, which will support educational and recreational projects at Pleasant Hill Lake Park near Perrysville, Ohio.
In another matter, the Board of Trustees re-elected James Schoch of New Philadelphia as Chair, Harry Horstman of Scio as Vice Chair and Faye Heston of Canton as Secretary-Treasurer as its officers for 2017.
The Trustees announced the second Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6:00 PM at the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center in New Philadelphia. The event is being sponsored by Beaver Excavating, DLZ, Environmental Design Group, GPD Group, ms consultants, Omnipro Services, Tucson Inc., and Woolpert. For more details or to register for the event, please contact Nick Lautzenheiser toll-free at (877) 363-8500 ext. 2506 or visit www.muskingumfoundation.org.
The MWCF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit 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 $327,000 for 86 projects in and around the Muskingum Watershed.
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