Dominion Foundation supports Clemson 4-H Jr. Naturalist program
May 16, 2017
The Dominion Foundation has awarded Clemson University a $5,000 grant to support a new South Carolina 4-H Junior Naturalist program. Through the new program, students aged 9-13 will explore the environment with hands-on, outdoor education about natural resources, forest and aquatic ecology, wildlife biology, geology, botany, entomology, and more. Experiential-learning opportunities offered by the Junior Naturalist program teach young people to describe plants and animals in their habitats, to better understand various influences on the environment and to become young citizen volunteers and future environmental stewards.
The grant from Dominion will allow SC 4-H to pilot this program with 30 students in Richland, Lexington and Newberry counties at sites such as Camp Discovery and Clemson’s Sandhill Research and Education Center.
The Dominion Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Dominion Resources, one of the nation’s largest producers and transporters of energy. Since 2003, Dominion has donated nearly $30 million to a variety of environmental projects across its footprint. In April, Dominion awarded $1.2 million in grants to 107 organizations, including South Carolina 4-H, that are working to improve natural spaces or encourage environmental stewardship.
Thank you, Dominion Foundation, for supporting the next generation of environmental stewards!