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'Friends
of LBL' engages
in several types of funds development.
The most important is our
membership program,
which supports the overall mission of
the Association.
Funding for special
projects is also sought through grant
writing and major donor gifts. Recent
grants have enabled the construction of
the new LBL firing range, enhancement of
the Turkey Bay OHV area, building the
first bath house at Wrangler Campground, restoration of
the Homeplace tobacco barn,
stabilization of earthen works at the
Ft. Henry civil war battleground site,
development of Jr. Ranger educational
materials, and much more.
As part of our partnership with the
Forest Service, we continue to
administer several dedicated funds
programs. Over the past two years we
have received a $50,000.00 grant
annually to perform land reclamation
work in the Turkey Creek Off Highway
Vehicle Area.
We administer funds for environmental
and cultural education programs,
wildlife habitat improvement and
environmental clean up programs.
We
work to find ways for children to visit
the excellent educational facilities at
LBL including the Woodlands Nature
Station, the Golden Pond Planetarium,
and the Homeplace. For information about
the Field Trip Grant Program
click here.
We
have worked in concert with the FS and
the Center for Environmental Education
at MSU to administer a school grant
program.
Children benefit from time spent in LBL
... it helps teachers achieve learning
objectives
During the initial program year, the
number of schools was limited due to
available funding.
This
program has provided an opportunity for
students within a 100 mile radius of LBL
to come to visit the Nature Station, the
Planetarium, the Homeplace, streams and
the land as well as staying at Brandon
Spring Group Camp.
"Friends of LBL" and its funding
partners continue to reach out to
teachers and students who desire to use
LBL as a learning lab in their
curriculum. Funding limits require
careful evaluation of requests to
maximimize the use of the very limited
funds. We focus our efforts on the
groups with high levels of poverty,
seldom visited LBL, and those schools
which strive to help fund the visits by
their children.
If you are led to help us
to bring children to the fields and
forests of LBL while pursuing their
teacher's learning objectives, please
consider sending a check to the
following address MARKED 'Support to the
Field Trip Grant Program".
Field Trip Grant Program
Land Between the Lakes Association
345 Maintenance Road
Golden Pond, KY
42211
Thank you for your
consideration!
Remember the following quotes:
"The
children and nature movement is fueled
by this fundamental idea: the child in
nature is an endangered species, and the
health of children and the health of the
Earth are inseparable"
Richard Louv
"Each
new year is a surprise to us. We find
that we had virtually forgotten the note
of each bird, and when we hear it again,
it is remembered like a dream, reminding
us of a previous state of
existence....The voice of nature is
always encouraging."
Henry
David Thoreau
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