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Causes: Education, Environment, Environmental Education, General Science, Philanthropy, Primary & Elementary Schools, Technology, Voluntarism Promotion
Mission: Environmental education/research
Programs: Education project: implemented 42 weeks of science-based education programs to 1st through 8th grade school students in both oregon and washington. These programs served approximately 1,224 students in five different school districts with each student receiving a minimum of eight contact hours and included 44 days of field trips. Out-of-school education programs, including after school and summer programming, were provided to 56 elementary- aged youth in addition to 4 high school students. Each elementary-aged youth in the summer camp received 80 contact hours in 20 contact days. A total of 103 volunteers participated in educational programs. Ongoing activities in habitat assessment, wildlife monitoring, and restoration continued.