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The purpose of the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, Inc. is to support the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's mission to inspire conservation of the marine environment through education, research and sustainable practices.Over 650,000 people from surrounding communities and around the world visit the Aquarium annually.

The Assateague Coastal Trust’s mission is to promote and encourage the protection of the health, productivity, and sustainability of the coastal bays watershed of Delmarva through advocacy, education and conservation.

The Garden Club of Virginia exists to: celebrate the beauty of the land conserve the gifts of nature challenge future generations to build on this heritage. We value the conservation of natural resources, the restoration of historic landscapes, and ongoing environmental education for members and Virginia citizens.

Wildlife Response, Inc. (WRI) is dedicated to the preservation of wildlife through rehabilitation and education. One of the most universal challenges today in the battle to save wild things and wild places is how to bond people to the physical world in a powerful enough way to give them the motivation to want to protect and preserve it. It is especially important in our growing suburban and urban communities to increase significant associations connecting people and nature, especially where natural environments and natural experiences are less and less common. On a local level, the steady arrival of new residents to the Hampton Roads area is having a overwhelming impact on our wildlife and natural environment. As we accommodate this progression, it is essential that people who now call the Hampton Roads area home understand the sensitive balance of human and non-human populations, the affect we have on the natural environment, and the best ways in which we can coexist.

The mission of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation is to help improve, conserve, maintain, protect, preserve and restore the Allegheny County Parks facilities and open spaces and to support educational, recreational, natural, and cultural activities

The Friends of Hemlock Bluffs is a volunteer based non-profit, support organization created to further the mission, environmental education programs, conservation projects and natural resource management efforts at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve. The Board organizes fund-raising initiatives to provide financial support, works with the staff to support on-going volunteer efforts and advocates to raise awareness to promote the nature preserve and nature center as valuable community resources.

Traveling Players Ensemble was founded in 2003 by Producing Artistic Director Jeanne E. Harrison as a 501(c)(3) educational theatre company based in Great Falls, Virginia. Our mission is to enhance self-expression, self-knowledge, self-reliance, problem-solving skills, and a heightened appreciation of challenges and beauty by bringing great theatre into the great outdoors. Our goal is to provide an outstanding theatre experience for young adults that will contribute to their maturity and fosters a lifelong love of both theatre and the outdoors while meeting rigorous artistic and educational standards.

To strengthen the bond between people and nature through education and research. Isaac W. Bernheim established Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in 1929. I. W. Bernheim (1848-1945) was a German immigrant who settled in Kentucky. From a humble beginning as a peddler, he became successful in the whiskey distilling business where he established the I.W. Harper brand. Grateful for his good fortune, he gave Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest to the people of Kentucky as a gift.

Wild Connections, a science-based advocacy organization, works to identify, protect and restore lands of the Upper Arkansas and South Platte watersheds to ensure the survival of native species and ecological richness. We focus on designing, implementing and defending the Wild Connections Conservation Plan – a vision for the future of this region that embodies the results of many years of roadless area mapping, citizen input and conservation science.

Founded by world-renowned conservationist Lawrence Anthony in 2003, our mission is to reverse the decline of the natural world, upon which all life depends for its survival.  Through education and the implementation of effective solutions, we help people increase their understanding that none of us survive alone - that all life does best when it works together with other life. This better connects everyone with the natural world, resulting in more constructive problem solving. As industry, governments, communities and individuals adopt this way of thinking and working, the world is better protected and restored.

Legacy Parks Foundation works to ensure that our community enjoys exceptional recreational opportunities, natural beauty and open spaces, and that those assets exist for generations to come.

Seventh Generation Advisors puts into modern practice the ancient Native American philosophy that the decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future. Ensuring that decisions being made about our energy, water, and natural resources are sustainable is central to this belief and to our mission.