Natural Connections Groton - Opening Summer 2022
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Vermont Parks Forever Inc*Gifts by mail can be written to: Vermont Parks Forever, PO Box 815, Montpelier, VT 05601*
$24,490
raised by 14 people
$25,000 goal
Make a gift to help us finish this exciting project!
With your help, Vermont Parks Forever, Vermont State Parks, and ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, are working together redesigning nature centers creating interactive learning opportunities in select state parks.
Groton Nature Center is the first to be redesigned and is slated to open in summer 2021! The dynamic project - the first of its kind in the nation - will tell the story of human relationship with Vermont's natural resources, celebrate the complexity and beauty of our state's landscape, foster responsible stewardship of of our natural resources, and help park visitors make beneficial life-long connections to the natural world.
We've raised over $300,000 so far - help us cross the finish line!!
The Groton Nature Center was built nearly 40 years ago. It's displays will be replaced with museum quality, interactive exhibits through the Natural Connections project.
Thank you to the generous donors who have supported this project:
Canaday Family Charitable Trust
Jan Blomstrann Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
The WaterWheel Foundation
Lintilhac Foundation
Elizabeth Steele
Winthrop H. Smith Family Foundation
Darn Tough Vermont
Susan Z. Ritz/Larsen Fund
Windham Foundation
MacLeay Foundation
Antonio B. Pomerleau, LLC
Jan Eastman and Jon Marshall
Jerry Greenfield and Elizabeth Skarie Foundation
The Mimi Fishman Foundation
Cabot Creamery
Lake Groton Association
Northfield Savings Bank
Washington Electric Cooperative Community Fund
John Sharpless and Janet Rutkowksi
Many individual or anonymous donors