Laguna Canyon Foundation is excited to announce that it has received a $50,000 grant from the Annenberg Foundation to support the South Coast Wilderness Education Program. The SCWEP provides enriching opportunities for local students at underperforming schools to experience the wilderness in an increasingly urban world.
“We are honored to have been selected for this highly prestigious grant, and are thrilled to have secured funding for this year’s South Coast Wilderness Education Program,” said Hallie Jones, Executive Director of Laguna Canyon Foundation. “This grant will allow us to bring up to 5,000 students into the wilderness over the 2016-17 school year, instilling a love of the open space and fostering the next generation of environmental stewards.”
Many children growing up in some of Orange County’s urban communities rarely have a chance to be surrounded by nature. This is particularly true for students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools that receive Part A, Title I (“Title I”) federal financial assistance, which often lack the resources needed to organize extracurricular activities or field trips. LCF’s South Coast Wilderness Education Program focuses on partnering with these schools to provide free outdoor education field trips, including bus transportation. The program is an integral part of LCF’s core mission of preserving, protecting, enhancing and promoting the 22,000 acres of South Coast Wilderness located in Orange County, ensuring this wonderful community resource continues to provide a valuable refuge for urban dwellers seeking natural beauty and solitude.
About the Annenberg Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation that provides funding and support to nonprofit organizations in the United States and globally. Since 1989, it has generously funded programs in education and youth development; arts, culture and humanities; civic and community life; health and human services; and animal services and the environment. In addition, the Foundation and its Board of Directors are directly involved in the community with innovative projects that further its mission of advancing a better tomorrow through visionary leadership today. Among them are Annenberg Alchemy, Annenberg Learner, Annenberg Space for Photography, Explore, GroW@Annenberg and the Metabolic Studio. The Foundation encourages the development of effective ways to communicate by sharing ideas and knowledge.
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