Help 50 Title 1 Classrooms Meet Wildlife Up-Close!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you're all staying warm through the winter. Over the past couple of weeks, Piedmont Wildlife Center and our Ambassador Animals have visited two Title 1 schools in Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina! Over the next two months, we'll be visiting at least 9 more Title 1 classrooms.

PWC was fortunate to receive a grant for $4500 to specifically visit Title 1 schools in the Triangle area. This grant allows for us to visit 10 Title 1 classrooms in our region. Teachers were encouraged to fill out our Title 1 interest application form. We had over 25 applicants! After choosing the classrooms that would benefit the most from our programming and would be able to apply it to their current curriculum, we began to see if there were leftover funds in the grant to visit at least one more school. With the limited leftover grant funding plus YOUR donations to our GlobalGiving project, we are now able to visit 11 total Title 1 classrooms this spring semester! We would not be able to provide the additional free program without YOUR support. Thank you!

While the grant we received does cover our travel expenses and instructor's time, it also allows us to provide each student in the 11 classrooms with two PWC bookmarks and a sticker. Each Title 1 classroom we visit with the grant will also get a 3-month Adopt-An-Ambassador Sponsorship of one of the animals they met during their program. We are piloting the idea of letting a classroom sponsor one of our animals. We're excited to hear feedback from the teachers and students!

We currently have 3 classrooms on our waiting list for a Title 1 program scholarship. These teachers are hoping that they will be able to provide a unique experience for their students in a year that has already been bursting with difficulties. Will you help us visit more Title 1 classrooms this spring? 

Thank you for your continued support!

The PWC Conservation Team