Case Study
Project
Nassau & Suffolk County, NY
With support from the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance (GWA) Program, in December 2023 ReWild Long Island was awarded $230,300 from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund to fund the project – ReWild Gardens for Long Island Sound: Implementation of an expanded community garden program Long Island within the LISS watershed.
The Community Gardens Program installs native plant gardens with community partners who plant & maintain them. The Summer Program to Fight Hunger and Climate Change supports high school students to plant & tend gardens with local nonprofit partners.
LIS Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program Details:
Grant Writing Consultant: Elizabeth Skolnick
Grant Writing Assistance Award: $7,500
Case Study
Project
Nassau & Suffolk County, NY
With support from the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance (GWA) Program, in December 2023 ReWild Long Island was awarded $230,300 from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund to fund the project – ReWild Gardens for Long Island Sound: Implementation of an expanded community garden program Long Island within the LISS watershed.
The Community Gardens Program installs native plant gardens with community partners who plant & maintain them. The Summer Program to Fight Hunger and Climate Change supports high school students to plant & tend gardens with local nonprofit partners.
LIS Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program Details:
Grant Writing Consultant: Elizabeth Skolnick
Grant Writing Assistance Award: $7,500
Case Study
Project
Port Washington, NY
With support from the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance (GWA) Program, in December 2023 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County was awarded $250,000 from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund to fund the project – Building Volunteer-Driven Oyster Restoration on Long Island Sound: Implementation and development of a framework for a community Oyster Gardening Program.
The program aims to develop a volunteer training program to engage people to cultivate oyster gardens for reef restoration; source and procure spat-on-shell oysters for gardening; conduct a pilot project in Manhasset Bay; and deliver an education campaign to teach 500 residents at 15 events about shellfish restoration in Manhasset Bay, Town of North Hempstead, New York. Project will provide a framework to contribute to restoration of oyster reefs an Important Coastal Habitat of Long Island Sound.
LIS Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program Details:
Grant Writing Consultant: Ken Schlather Consulting; Grant Writing Assistance Award: $3,000
Grant Writing Consultant: Richard Eisendorf; Grant Writing Assistance Award: $6,800
Michael Fiorentino, Cornell University Cooperative Extension Nassau County, mf628@cornell.edu
Case Study
Project
Port Washington, NY
With support from the Long Island Sound Resilience Grant Writing Assistance (GWA) Program, in December 2023 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County was awarded $250,000 from the Long Island Sound Futures Fund to fund the project – Building Volunteer-Driven Oyster Restoration on Long Island Sound: Implementation and development of a framework for a community Oyster Gardening Program.
The program aims to develop a volunteer training program to engage people to cultivate oyster gardens for reef restoration; source and procure spat-on-shell oysters for gardening; conduct a pilot project in Manhasset Bay; and deliver an education campaign to teach 500 residents at 15 events about shellfish restoration in Manhasset Bay, Town of North Hempstead, New York. Project will provide a framework to contribute to restoration of oyster reefs an Important Coastal Habitat of Long Island Sound.
LIS Resilience Grant Writing Assistance Program Details:
Grant Writing Consultant: Ken Schlather Consulting; Grant Writing Assistance Award: $3,000
Grant Writing Consultant: Richard Eisendorf; Grant Writing Assistance Award: $6,800
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