My Nonprofit Reviews

I cannot even begin to say what the Chewonki Foundation means to me. I attended the Maine Coast Semester in my junior year of high school, and the course of my life has completely changed as a result of the four months I spent there. Prior to the experience, I was not terribly interested in the environment and only applied because I was desperate to get out of my high school, if only for a semester. I left with the conviction that I want to devote the rest of my life to protecting the environment any way I can. I'm currently majoring in Environmental Studies in college and plan to become an environmental lawyer and hopefully work for the government. Truly, attending MCS was the best thing that has ever happened to me. Everyone who works there is wonderful, the work they do is greatly varied and all-encompassing-from developing sustainable energy alternatives to teaching about the incredible value of nature to creating strong bonds between people that last a lifetime—and I just truly believe that spending time at Chewonki makes you a better person. Most of the greatest people I've ever known I met there.

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