PCLT Announces NYS DEC Camp Scholarship Program
by Linda Lund
Putnam County Land Trust is pleased to announce that it will sponsor
and provide a scholarship to an area youngster between the ages of
12 and 14 to attend a N.Y.S. DEC Summer Camp Programs in 2008. The
DEC Summer Camp Program offers participants a truly unique outdoor
learning experience. It gives an appreciation of open space and a
better understanding of the impact of our actions on the environment.
Putnam
County Land Trust is dedicated to preserving and maintaining open
spaces and the natural resources within for conservation, education
and passive recreation and that is why
giving a youngster the opportunity to attend a program such as
the DEC Summer Camp Program is so valuable to us.
The cost for
one child to attend a 1 week camp session in 2007 was $250. Please
consider donating to the PCLT - NYS DEC Summer Camp Scholarship Fund.
PCLT has received a Matching Fund donor pledge up to $3,000, so any
amount that you give will be worth so much more. Our goal is to set
up an endowment so that PCLT will be able to continue to fund a scholarship
each year for an area resident.
Checks should be made out to:
Putnam County
Land Trust with NYS
DEC Summer Camp
Please write Scholarship Fund in the memo.
Full details of the programs offered through
DEC, and applications, are available at the N.Y.S. DEC web site at
http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/29.html.
Information can also be obtained by calling
the DEC at 518-402-8014. Bob and Linda Lund are also available for
questions and scholarship information at (845) 279-3122 (Evenings
only please.) The application deadline for those who wish to be sponsored
by a community group such as PCLT, is February 1st, 2008.
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