Purpose: Support creative, economically feasible solutions that benefit broad segments of the population to improve the well-being of current and future generations.
Priority 1: Access and Inclusion — Provide opportunities and remove barriers so all people can experience nature and learn the importance of a healthy environment.
Priority 2: Community Education & Awareness — Improve environmental education and increase public awareness about environmental topics affecting our communities, homes and places of business.
Priority 3: Well-Being — Preserve, protect and enhance the region’s natural resources in ways that will improve the well-being of current and future residents.
Grants in Fiscal 2020-2021
Friends of the 1000 Islands, Inc. – $3,000 to hire a temporary Goat Project Manager (Goatherd) for 2-3 weeks, twice a year to take on goat maintenance responsibilities previously handled by volunteers and coordinate educational programs with Thousand Islands staff, community and schools.
Priority: Well being