WE BELIEVE that "rules imposed from above or from the outside" rarely offer an optimum solution to economic matters. Indeed, such good intentions often result in alternative and undesirable outcomes that were not anticipated. Along that line, we believe that personal exposure of urban citizens to a rural environment is often the best way for urbanites to learn about rural areas and the rural ethos...and learn to make responsible decisions about it.
WE SUPPORT rural life and a respect for the outdoors. We respect the many private citizens who actually own these rural properties.
WE SUPPORT creative means to appreciate, conserve, and maintain working farmland and professionally-managed timber land.
WE SUPPORT educational endeavors designed to encourage greater understanding of rural living, the ethos of commercial farming and timbering, and the responsible use of natural resources, including hunting and fishing.
In line with that philosophy...beginning when the Fund was founded in 2007 with $2,165,000 and including all grants through February 2023...
...
the Ballyshannon Fund has made 221 grants totalling $2,050,455 in three areas relating to our purposes.
In April 2024--after making these grants--the Fund balance has still grown a bit to $2,095,350.
We thank the CACF Investment Committee for its superb management of these capital funds.
The individual grants are listed below this paragraph. The amounts represent our best effort to allocate our limited funds among many worthy programs. Not all requests were fully funded, of course, but we do hope that our grants will help. We carefully review each agency and we encourage our neighbors to pitch in and help these agencies, too...
...
as their own interests and resources permit.
In Year 2024:
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3,500 to support 2023 river festival in Waynesboro VA
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$6,000 for comprehensive news reporting of Rural Issues
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee (New Roots)
$13,000 to support the New Roots program
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$5,000 to support programs on the importance of agriculture
EDUCATION: Rivanna Conservation Alliance
$5,000 to support preparations for 2024 environmental education RiverFest
EDUCATION Ivy Creek Foundation
$10,000 for ecological research, agriculture, and nature education programs
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$5,000 restricted to support of its not-for-profit programs
EDUCATION: James River Association
$20,000 to support environmental education and American Shad recovery programs
EDUCATION: Botanical Garden of the Piedmont.
$3,000 to help create a team for educational programming
EDUCATION: Louisa County Fair.
$3,000 to support child-friendly, sensory activities for differently-abled youth
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$7,000 to support youth and adult forestry educational opportunities
ENVIRONMENT 50%, EDUCATION 50%
The American Chestnut Foundation
$20,000.00 to improve the real-time and expanded application of “dentataBase”.
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$5,000 to expand its “Environmental Education Comes Alive!” program
EDUCATION: Miller School of Albemarle
$10,000 for its Sustainable Agriculture Program
In Year 2023:
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3,500 to support 2023 river festival in Waynesboro VA
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$6,000 for comprehensive news reporting of Rural Issues
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee (New Roots)
$10,000 to support the New Roots program
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$5,000 to support programs
EDUCATION: Rivanna Conservation Alliance
$5,000 to support preparations for 2023 environmental education river festival
EDUCATION Ivy Creek Foundation
$5,000 for ecological research, agriculture, and nature education programs
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$10,000 restricted to support of its not-for-profit programs
EDUCATION: James River Association
$20,000 to support environmental education programs
EDUCATION: Botanical Garden of the Piedmont.
$5,000 for invasive species removal; general cleanup in prep for educational programming
EDUCATION: Cultivate Charlottesville (City Schoolyard Gardens)
$15,000 to support school gardens and youth leadership training for 2500 youth, 500 adults
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$10,000 to support participants in the Allegheny Mountain Institute Farm and Food Fellowship program
EDUCATION: Louisa County Fair.
$2,500 For child-friendly, sensory activities
EDUCATION: Camp Holiday Trails
$5,000 for expansion of Pop-Up (traveling) Camps in the CACF-Ballyshannon five-county area
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$6,700 to support youth and adult forestry educational opportunities
ENVIRONMENT 50%, EDUCATION 50%
The American Chestnut Foundation
$20,000.00 to improve the usability and interactivity of “dentataBase”.
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$10,000 to expand its therapeutic Wilderness Exploration “Eco-Adventure” Program in Charlottesville.
EDUCATION: Miller School
$8,000 for Meat Chicken program, Composting, and Pasture watering system
In Year 2022:
ENVIRONMENT 50%, EDUCATION 50% The American Chestnut Foundation $20,000.00 to improve the usabiltity and interactivity of “dentataBase”
EDUCATION: Cultivate Charlottesville (City Schoolyard Gardens)
$15,000 to support school gardens and youth leadership training for 2500 youth and 500 adults
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$5,000 to support programs
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$6,000 for comprehensive news reporting of Rural Issues
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$15,000 to support River Rats and other educational programs
EDUCATION: Rivanna Conservation Alliance
$5,000 to support preparations for 2022 environmental education river festival
EDUCATION Montpelier Foundation
$5,000 To create a native meadow/piedmont prairie to educate about biodiversity, land management and conservation of ecosystems.
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee
$10,000 to support the New Roots program
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$7,000 restricted tunds ot support of its not-for-profit programs
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$10,000 to support participants in the Allegheny Mountain Institute Farm and Food Fellowship program.
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$2,500 to support youth forestry educational opportunities
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3,000 to support 2022 river festival
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$10,000 to expand its therapeutic Wilderness Exploration “Eco-Adventure” Program in Charlottesville
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Living Earth School
$5,000 for camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline
$5,000 to support Nepalese Refugee Troop 1495
EDUCATION: Botanical Garden of the Piedmont.
$10,000 for invasive species removal; general cleanup in preparation for educational programming
In Year 2021:
ENVIRONMENT 50%, EDUCATION 50%
The American Chestnut Foundation
$20,000.00 to improve the usabiltity and interactivity of “dentataBase”
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Camp Holiday Trails
$5,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Shenandoah Green
$4,000 to support the Staunton Legacy Tree Project, planting sevceral thousand trees in underserved neighborhoods
EDUCATION: New Roots Community Wellness Gardens
$10,000 to support and expand the International Rescue Committee-managed community gardens for ~120 participants
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$3,000 to support programs
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$15,000 to support River Rats and other educational programs
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$10,000 to support participants in the Allegheny Mountain Institute Farm and Food Fellowship program.
EDUCATION: Cultivate Charlottesville (City Schoolyard Gardens)
$15,000 to support school gardens and youth leadership training for 2500 youth anbd 500 adults”
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$10,000 to expand its therapeutic Wilderness Exploration "Eco-Adventure" Program in Charlottesville area.
In Year 2020:
ENVIRONMENT 50%, EDUCATION 50%
The American Chestnut Foundation
$20,000.00 using “dentataBase” to complete the genotyping of backcross hybrids to select the most elite trees as next generation parents.
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$5,000 for comprehensive news reporting of Rural Issues
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3,000 to support preparations for 2020-21 environmental education river festival
EDUCATION: Rivanna Conservation Alliance
$3,000 to support preparations for 2020-21 environmental education river festival
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$5,800 to support youth forestry educational opportunities, Forestry Field Day for adults, Forest Landowners retreat, Forestry Tour for Ecology and Agriculture teachers
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$3,000 to support programs
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$15,000 to support River Rats and other programs
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$10,000 to support participants in the Allegheny Mountain Institute Fellowship program.
EDUCATION: City Schoolyard Garden
$22,000 to support various Charlottesville school gardens and youth leadership training
EDUCATION: Louisa County Agricultural Fair
$1,500 for child engagement with livestock “to know about, understand, and appreciate how agriculture affects our lives and our local economy”
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$10,000 to expand its therapeutic Wilderness Exploration Program in Charlottesville.
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$5,000 restricted to support of its not-for-profit programs
In Year 2019:
ENVIRONMENT 50%, EDUCATION 50% The American Chestnut Foundation$30,000 to continue the expansion of a genetic database “dentataBase”.
ENRICHMENT: Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards $3375. We applaud this effort to add additional tree canopy to the urban area; we are especially pleased that Tree Stewards includes difficult sites.
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$3,000 for comprehensive news reporting of Rural Issues
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3000 to support its increasingly popular annual urban river festival.
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$6,000 to support Camp Woods & Wildlife, Forest Landowners’ Retreat, Woods & Wildlife Conference, and capacity building for natural resource educators in Albemarle/Charlottesville area.
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$2500 to support programs
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$15,000 to support River Rats and other programs
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$10,000 to support participants in The Allegheny Mountain Institute Fellowship program.
EDUCATION: City Schoolyard Garden
$15,000 to support various Charlottesville school gardens
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee
$10,000 to support its New Roots program
EDUCATION: Louisa County Fair
$1500
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT: Virginia Festival of The Book
$5,000 to present "Locavores Unite: Guides to Eating and Drinking Locally" at the 2019 Book Festival. Authors Renee Brooks Catacalos (The Chesapeake Table), Lee Graves (Virginia Beer), and Marijean Oldham (100 Things to Do in Charlottesville Before You Die) share histories and insights on eating and drinking locally in Virginia
EDUCATION: Ivy Creek Foundation
$3,000 in honor of Dr. John J. Huckle DVM to improve the informational kiosk so as to enhance a visitor's educational experience.
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$5,000 restricted to support of its not-for-profit programs
In Year 2018:
ENVIRONMENT 50%, EDUCATION 50% The American Chestnut Foundation
$50,000.00 Our CHALLENGE GRANT has been matched to continue the expansion of a genetic database “dentataBase”. This grant was earned by the ACF having raised another $50,000 from new or lapsed donors prior to Dec 31, 2018.
And…just for your information: The ACF also received an additional $86,050 in gifts from 112 new/lapsed donors (most are new). They used our Ballyshannon Fund challenge as an incentive on their website and through social media.
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee
$15,000 to support the emergency rebuilding (after destructive flooding of the gardens) of its New Roots program
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3000 to support 2018 river festival
ENRICHMENT: Albemarle County Fair
$5000 to support the fair
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$10,000 for the Elk Hill Charlottesville Day School garden and Wilderness Exploration
EDUCATION: Project Grows $7,500 for the Project GROWS educational farm
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$5,000 for comprehensive news reporting of Rural Issues
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$2500 to support programs
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$6,500 to support youth forestry educational opportunities, Forestry Field Day for adults, Forest Landowners retreat, Forestry Tour for Ecology and Agriculture teachers
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$20,000 to support River Rats program
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$10,000 to pay instructors who educate participants in The Allegheny Mountain Institute Fellowship program.
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$20,000 unrestricted, to support multiple programs
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee. Zero dollars(!) to support its New Roots program. We applaud their progress and efficiency! The amount ($0.00) was at the applicant's request; they have combined efforts with City Schoolyard Garden, next...
EDUCATION: City Schoolyard Garden
$22,500 to support RootEd, New Roots, & Charlottesville High School gardens
EDUCATION: Boxerwood Nature Center
$2,500 to support environmental education partnerships with three local public school divisions (preK-HS).
EDUCATION: Ivy Creek Foundation in honor of Dr. John J. Huckle DVM
$7,500 to improve the informational kiosk and enhance a visitor's educational experience.
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT: Virginia Festival of The Book
$5,000 to present "Letters From A Young Farmer" at the 2018 Book Festival
In Year 2017:
ENVIRONMENT: The American Chestnut Foundation $25,000 to continue the expansion of a genetic database “DentataBase”. This grant was earned by the ACF having raised another $25,000 from new donors prior to Aug 31, 2017.
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$7,000 to support youth forestry educational opportunities, Forestry Field Day for adults, Forest Landowners retreat, Forestry Tour for Ecology and Agriculture teachers
You may notice that one successful program is missing – and that is actually a good thing! The Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation was so impressed with the 'Teaching Trees' program last year that they are fully funding it this year. Ballyshannon Fund has helped kick off what we hope will become an annual event for teacher training in our area.
A few years ago, Ballyshannon Fund supported 'Generation NEXT', a short course that teaches forest owners how to keep their land intact, in forest, and in the family. Over the last 7 years, 163 central Virginia families have completed this course. This program is being expanded to include other regions of the state this year. Success leads to replication, and hopefully more impact!
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$20,000 unrestricted, to support multiple programs
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$25,000 to support River Rats program
EDUCATION: City Schoolyard Garden
$15,000 to support RootEd & Charlottesville High School gardens
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3000 to support 2017 river festival
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$5,000 for comprehensive news reporting of Rural Issues
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$10,000 for the Elk Hill Charlottesville Day School garden
ENRICHMENT: Urban Agricultural Collective
$10,000 to support the Food production and Distribution programs
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee
$15,000 to support its New Roots program
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Project Grows $7,500 for the Project GROWS educational farm
EDUCATION: Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute
$4180 for scholarship funding
EDUCATION: Agriculture in the Classroom
$2500 to support programs
ENVIRONMENT: Rivanna Conservation Alliance
$5000 to support programs
ENRICHMENT: Albemarle County Fair
$5000 to support the fair
EDUCATION: Light House Studio
$4500 to support the BRJD Garden film project
ENVIRONMENT: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
$7000 to support BMP farm project
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$6500 to pay instructors who educate participants in The Allegheny Mountain Institute Fellowship program.
In Year 2016:
ENRICHMENT: Virginia Festival of the Book
$3,000 to support the participation of Ashley Christensen, author of Poole’s: Recipes and Stories from a Modern Diner. She is an author and chef, owner of seven restaurants in Raleigh, NC, and a James Beard Award winner. She will be giving a cooking demonstration and talk at the Jefferson School during the festival. She will also sit on a panel which includes the chef and author Ronni Lundy to discuss "farm-to-table" initiatives, community, farming and food. Ronni Lundy’s most recent book is Victuals. This grant supports both the cooking demonstration and the panel discussion.
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$20,000 unrestricted, to support multiple programs,
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$25,000 to support its River Rats program
EDUCATION: City Schoolyard Garden
$13,500 to support RootEd and a new Charlottesville High School garden
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3000 to support its 2016 festival
EDUCATION: Montpelier Foundation
$10,000 for Wayfaring Signs on Montpelier Trails
EDUCATION: Charlottesville Tomorrow
$5,000 for agricultural/forestry/rural news coverage.
EDUCATION: Elk Hill
$10,000 for the Elk Hill Charlottesville Day School's new garden
ENRICHMENT: Urban Agricultural Collective
$10,000 to support the Food production and Distribution programs
EDUCATION: International Rescue Committee
$13,000 to support its New Roots program
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
$10,000 to support camp scholarships
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$6,400 to support youth forestry educational opportunities, Forestry Field Day for adults, Forest Landowners retreat, Forestry Tour for Ecology and Agriculture teachers.
ENRICHMENT: Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards
$3,000 Monticello Gateway - to plant median strip of Rt 20 South to Rt 53 intersection. [Edit, image added later: Didn't these volunteers do a lovely job?]
EDUCATION: Project GROWS
$7500 for educational farm at the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge
EDUCATION: James River Association
$10,000 to support the 2016 James River Expedition
ENVIRONMENT: The American Chestnut Foundation
$50,000.00 to support further development of the tree-breeding database, and for Mid-Atlantic, Georgia, and Pennsylvania interns/staff to the same end.
ENRICHMENT: Albemarle County Fair
$5000 to support the fair
In Year 2015:
EDUCATION: Allegheny Mountain Institute
$2,000 for Supplies – Farm to School program
EDUCATION: City Schoolyard Garden
$12,000 to support RootEd - elementary school gardens
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm
$5,000 for the Environmental Leadership Program for Elk Hill youth residents
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Camp
$8000 to support camp scholarships
ENRICHMENT: International Rescue Committee
$14,000 to support its New Roots program
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association
$20,000 to support its River Rats program
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub
$30,000 to support multiple programs and delivery logistics
EDUCATION: Riverfest
$3000 to support the Waynesboro 2015 River Festival
EDUCATION: Urban Agricultural Collective of Charlottesville
$10,000 to support the Friendship Court gardens, Community orchards, and Agricultural Education
ENRICHMENT: Virginia Food Works
$2,500 to help create a new Food Entrepreneur Workshop
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry
$5,600 to support youth forestry educational opportunities, Forestry Field Day for adults, Forest Landowners retreat, Forestry Tour for Ecology and Agriculture teachers
EDUCATION: Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute
$10,000 - Shenandoah Session of the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership program
ENVIRONMENT: Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) Nest Box Project
$15,000.00 for The American Kestrel Project for nest box materials, production of print and electronic educational materials, and in support of expenses for those carrying out the initiative in the counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Madison, Greene, Buckingham, Orange, Fluvanna, Louisa, Goochland and Powhatan (expanding to other VA counties, if funds permit).
In Year 2014:
EDUCATION: Urban Agricultural Collective $7500.00 to support the program
EDUCATION: Riverfest $3000.00 to support 2014 festival
EDUCATION: Virginia Department of Forestry $7800.00 to support youth forestry educational opportunities, Forestry Field Day for adults, Forest Landowners retreat, Land Transfer workshop, and 12th annual Woods and Wildlife Conference
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub $30,000 to support multiple programs, including $15,000.00 to support the Main Street Agriculture Farm to Family Dinner, a joint promotional venture of the Albemarle County Farm Bureau and the Local Food Hub
ENRICHMENT: International Rescue Committee $10,000 to support New Roots program
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Camp $8000.00 to support camp scholarships
ENVIRONMENT: James River Association $15,000.00 to support River Rats program
EDUCATION: City Schoolyard Garden $10,000.00 to support elementary school gardens.
ENVIRONMENT: The American Chestnut Foundation $50,000.00 to support trees database development, equipment and supplies for Mid-Atlantic Science Coordinator, and a Central Virginia Chapter B3F3 Seed Orchard
ENRICHMENT: Morven Kitchen Garden $6,000 total. $4000 for apprenticeships and $2000 for a new bee-keeping project.
EDUCATION: Green Adventure $7000.00 to support Forestry education programs
ENVIRONMENT: The American Chestnut Foundation: $6,000 for a UVA intern to assist the ACF Mid-Atlantic Science Coordinator with data entry into dentataBase.
In Year 2013:
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry $11,600 for the A: State Forestry Camp at Holiday Lake State Park, B: Virginia's Working Forests Field Study Program, C: Forestry Field Day for Parents, D: Forest Landowners Retreat
ENRICHMENT: Charlottesville Tomorrow $5000 to support media coverage of rural area issues.
ENRICHMENT: Thomas Jefferson Foundation $2500 for the Monticello Garden Explorers … to support/establish a section of Jefferson's vegetable garden dedicated to children and families
EDUCATION: Louisa County Agricultural Fair $10,000 Purpose: to support the fair and the Livestock Show and Sale for youth
ENRICHMENT: Morven Farm $4000 to support the Morven Kitchen Garden Apprenticeship Program
EDUCATION: RiverFest! $3,000 to support the Annual Riverfest in Waynesboro, VA. An in-town river festival for youngsters. Many youth will release trout that have been reared in their school classrooms.
ENRICHMENT: International Rescue Committee - New Roots. $10,000 to support the work of connecting refugee talents and skills with local agricultural opportunities
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub. $20,000 to support three outreach programs; Grower Services, Taste of the Farm, and the Community Food Awards.
EDUCATION: Elk Hill Farm. $5000 to support an outdoor leadership program for underserved youth
EDUCATION: James River Association $15,000 for the “RiverRats” Training Program
In Year 2012:
EDUCATION: The Ballyshannon Fund Forum continues with a sequel to the stunningly beautiful 2008 “Remarkable Trees of Virginia" book. Bob Lewellyn and Nancy Ross Hugo spoke at the 2012 Virginia Festival of the Book about their new Seeing Trees! Photography as you have surely never seen it. Few have ever thought of a tree as they see them: in tiny details and huge images. Simply stunning!
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry $6,800 for the A: State Forestry Camp at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, B: Virginia's Working Forests Field Study Program, C: Forestry Field Day for Parents, D: Forest Landowners Retreat
ENRICHMENT: Local Food Hub $10,000 to support A: the 2012 Community Foods Awards and B: A Taste of the Farm Plant Sale and Open House. In Virginia cattle country, the Hub says: "We'll buy all your arugula [or other valuable crop] at a guaranteed price. Let our experts explain how to grow it."
EDUCATION: Wintergreen Nature Foundation $4,000. $2,000 for the Opportunity Internship Pilot; $1,000 for K-12 Environmental Program; $1,000 for Teachers' Wish List Program.
EDUCATION: RiverFest! in Waynesboro VA. $3,000 An in-town river festival for youngsters. In its 15th year. Many youth will release trout that have been reared in their school classrooms.
In Year 2011:
EDUCATION: Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute, $7,500. A joint educational program of the Virginia Department of Forestry, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Tech's Cooperative Extension and the University of Virginia's Institute for Environmental Negotiation. Two $2,500 tuitions for VA Dept of Forestry employees and one $2,500 tuition for a Farm Bureau Staffer or Nominee.
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry. $9,000 for the State Forestry Camp at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, Forest Landowner and Camper-Parent workshops, and a pilot Green Adventure Program
EDUCATION: Local Food Hub $7,500 to further develop and expand the LFH farmer education programs.
EDUCATION: VA COOP Extension, Forestry & Natural Resources Northern District. $700 for a Family Forestland short course and “Working Woods Walks” at Montpelier
EDUCATION: James River Association $10,000 for a Canoe Expedition “From the Source to the Sea” ... on the James River, of course!
EDUCATION: TREES VIRGINIA $2,500 for the 2011 Tree Steward Training Symposium
In Year 2010:
ENRICHMENT: Thomas Jefferson Foundation - $2,000 to support the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello in September 2010.
EDUCATION: Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute. $6,900 for two $2,300 tuitions for VA Dept of Forestry employees and one tuition for a Farm Bureau staffer. VNRLI is a joint educational program of the Virginia Department of Forestry, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Tech's Cooperative Extension and the University of Virginia's Institute for Environmental Negotiation.
EDUCATION: Virginia Forestry Educational Foundation: $6,000 in support of “Project Learning Tree"
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry: $6,800 for the State Forestry Camp at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
EDUCATION: VA COOP Extension Service: $2,000 (for 2010, repeated in 2011): for C-A-M-P “Charlottesville Albemarle is My Place” summer campers locally in Charlottesville & Albemarle area
EDUCATION: PVCC Educational Foundation: $2,500 to begin a student vegetable garden and gardening program at PVCC.
ENRICHMENT: World Foundation for Children: $5,000 for Volunteer Farm in Culpeper. Volunteer Farms partners with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank to distribute all the food that is grown on the farm.
EDUCATION: Local Food Hub: $5,000 to further develop and expand the LFH farmer education programs.
EDUCATION: VaDOForestry, VaCOOP Extension, and PEC: $500 for a Landowner Workshop on Forest Management and Conservation at the Baldwin Center for Preservation Development.
EDUCATION: Piedmont Virginia Community College Educational Foundation: $2,500 for the PVCC Environmental Club vegetable gardens and gardening program.
In Year 2009:
EDUCATION: Piedmont Virginia Community College - $25,000 for the occasional Ballyshannon Fund Forums. 2008-2012...so far! Do you like them? Let us know, please? Which? Why? Got a suggestion for a Forum? That, too. Thanks.
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry - $12,000 for the State Forestry Camp at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center.
ENRICHMENT: Montpelier Foundation - $5,000 for a forest use and archaeological study of the Landmark Forest.
ENRICHMENT: Virginia Urban Forest Council - $15,000 to print a second edition of “Remarkable Trees of Virginia" book.
ENRICHMENT: Thomas Jefferson Foundation - $5,000 to support the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello in September 2009
In Year 2008:
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, Inc. - $12,000 for scholarship funds for 1200 school children in Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Nelson counties to attend the Natural Resource Education Program at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center in 2008
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry - $16,850 broken down as: $6,000 for the State Forestry Camp at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, $1,000 for a Forestry Field Day to give parents of the State Forestry Campers a similar experience; $4,000 for C.A.M.P. (Charlottesville/Albemarle is My Place) - a day camp for youth with field trips focused on working farms, forest, and other local natural resources; $850 for a Forestry and Wildlife Bus Tour; and $5,000 for a Forest Landowners' Retreat; this is a “forestry camp” for adults, focusing on forest resource management.
ENRICHMENT: Virginia Urban Forest Council - $15,000 for the stunningly beautiful “Remarkable Trees of Virginia" book.
EDUCATION: Virginia Tech Foundation - $15,000 to finish up the "Welcome To The Country" book project, in addition to $1500 to Rivanna Foudation for the same purpose.
In Year 2006 and 2007:
EDUCATION: Virginia Tech Foundation - $35,000 for a "Welcome To The Country" project. 2007. After surveys, interviews, and research ...we asked our neighbor Frank Levering to write a book for newcomers to our countryside. Frank's new book introduces urbanites to "country culture"... sharing the unwritten rules by which we rural people live. (Take a peek at Chapter One, here.)
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry - $10,800 for the State Forestry Camp at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
EDUCATION: Virginia Division of Forestry - $7,200 to purchase teaching resource kits, used by our State Foresters' as "Grab and Go" educational tool boxes.
ENRICHMENT: Montpelier Foundation -  $20,000 for a new Forestry/Outdoor Education program and improvements to Montpelier's walking trails (the lovely wildlife meadow seen in full bloom, here) all efforts targeted to urbanites, principally. 2007. The trail was formally opened in April 2010 by Senator John Warmer.
EDUCATION: The Wildlife Foundation of Virginia - $5,000 to implement educational infrastructure and programs which will greatly enhance WFV’s ability to welcome school groups, land managers, resource professionals, other area landowners, and the general public in a landscape-based outdoor education setting.
EDUCATION: Foundation for Virginia’s Natural Resources - $5,000 to help send more than 40 Central Virginia educators to the National Environmental Education Conference in Virginia Beach.
EDUCATION: Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center, Inc. - $12,000 for scholarship funds for 1200 school children in Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Nelson counties to attend the Natural Resource Education Program at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center in 2007 |
