The Raymon Grace Foundation has several projects and partners around the globe.
One close to home is our partnership with another non-profit organization, Upper Tennessee River Roundtable (UTRR). UTRR works in nine counties and two cities in Southwest Virginia. Their focus is the same as ours... clean, drinkable water for all. UTRR coordinates and participates in many environmental educational events for children and adults. Teaching people how to take care of our water is the most important step in creating a better world. UTRR also does a variety of other projects including: stream-bank restoration, rain garden instillation and rain barrel workshops.
April Grace, Director of Communications/Environmental Education has been working with the Upper Tennessee River Roundtable since 2009. April primarily assists with environmental education and outreach into the community. April and the Roundtable coordinate many environmental camps for local youth and workshops for adults. As part of this partnership thousands of people have been reached.
For more information on Upper Tennessee River Roundtable visit www.uppertnriver.org
One close to home is our partnership with another non-profit organization, Upper Tennessee River Roundtable (UTRR). UTRR works in nine counties and two cities in Southwest Virginia. Their focus is the same as ours... clean, drinkable water for all. UTRR coordinates and participates in many environmental educational events for children and adults. Teaching people how to take care of our water is the most important step in creating a better world. UTRR also does a variety of other projects including: stream-bank restoration, rain garden instillation and rain barrel workshops.
April Grace, Director of Communications/Environmental Education has been working with the Upper Tennessee River Roundtable since 2009. April primarily assists with environmental education and outreach into the community. April and the Roundtable coordinate many environmental camps for local youth and workshops for adults. As part of this partnership thousands of people have been reached.
For more information on Upper Tennessee River Roundtable visit www.uppertnriver.org
- Ongoing projects include an annual river cleanup with Emory & Henry College. Raymon Grace Foundation awarded a grant to E&H to hire a student each year to organize a river cleanup on the North Fork of the Holston River. Each year a group of students head to the river to pick up trash, they have picked up many pounds of litter and will continue to pick up many more.
- The Foundation also established and funded an Heirloom Seed Saver Program with the Washington County Virginia Library. Community members can "check out" heirloom seeds to grow in their gardens and return seeds at the end of the season.
- Since water and food go hand in hand the Foundation also funded a gardening project with the local 4-H club. The Foundation purchased a revolutionary vertical planting system from Verti-Gro Inc. This system uses only 20% of water compared to conventional growing. April led a workshop for 4-H members on planting food, caring for it and conserving water. This was one of the Foundation's first projects.
- Raymon has also made videos to promote Safety and Self Empowerment for women and children.
- Videos to promote Self Improvement for families have been made for several countries around the world.
Videos on the Seed Saver Program and River Cleanup
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The Raymon Grace Foundation is a
501 (c)3 private foundation created to further the work of Raymon Grace. |