Are you or your organization involved in environmental education on Virginia’s Eastern Shore? Do you need funds to help provide these opportunities? Then you might be interested in applying for this grant by filling out the simple one-page application form.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, is the application deadline for the 2022 Billie Fitzgerald Memorial Conservation Grants through Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District. Schools, teachers, scouts, community groups, and other organizations in Accomack and Northampton Counties are eligible for these grants.
Funding up to $400 is available for projects such as outdoor classrooms, nature trails, storm drain stenciling, recycling programs, butterfly gardens, materials for water quality testing, birdfeeders for the schoolyard, and field trips for environmental study. The Eastern Shore Soil & Water Conservation District Endowment Committee does not fund beautification projects, food or money for textbooks.
Interested parties may obtain an application form from the District office in Accomac by calling 757-302-4433 or emailing julie.head@esswcd.org.
All programs and services of the Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service are offered on a non-discriminatory basis, without regard to race or color, national origin, traits historically associated with race or religion including traits associated with hair, religion or creed, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, pregnancy status, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, veteran status, whistleblower status or genetic information
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