More than 2,900 children to Benefit from Princeton Area Community Foundation COVID-19.
More than 2,900 children to Benefit from Princeton Area Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants for summer programs
Princeton Area Community Foundation
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded $199,000 in COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants to nonprofits holding summer programs that will include instruction to help students overcome learning loss caused by the pandemic.
“Through these grants, we are helping 25 nonprofits engage 2,900 children in educational and social-emotional learning programs,” Jeffrey M. Vega, president and CEO of the Community Foundation, said in a prepared statement. “We know COVID-19 caused significant disruptions to education, especially for students living in under-resourced communities, and we hope these grants will help young people rebound from some of that learning loss and re-engage children in the many community-based prog
Betty Wold Johnson died in May of 2020 at the age of 99.
The Watershed Institute has received $10 million from the estate of Betty Wold Johnson, a longtime supporter who died in May of 2020 at the age of 99. The gift, the largest in the organization’s 72-year history, was made to establish an endowment fund providing long-term financial support to the Watershed Institute.
Jim Waltman, the executive director of the Watershed Institute, said the fund will support excellence and leadership in land conservation and stewardship, environmental education, watershed science, and the maintenance of the Watershed’s facilities. Johnson was a long-time supporter of the Watershed who served on the nonprofit’s advisory board for more than 20 years.
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Opinion: 2021 Reflections on Earth Day
”People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.” – David Attenborough, steward of the Earth
What a perfect time of year this is to celebrate the beauty and the importance of our life-sustaining Earth.
Newly greened trees, the songs of birds, colorful flowers that make us smile, and the rejuvenation of farm fields – all of these miracles create new hope.
This Earth Day, I find myself reflecting on the legacy of people who have cared for our Earth. For it’s in the little things we do every day, the causes we support, and the choices we make in how we live our lives, that we become integral to the Earth’s stewardship.
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