River WaterWorks Newsletter, April 2005
Welcome to the first edition of the River WaterWorks Newsletter. River WaterWorks is a recently created 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose current project is entitled WaterWorks: A River Journey to the Sea. The project is an educational endeavor in environmental watershed awareness whose goal is to make people aware of the origins and destinations of the water that they use on a daily basis for recreational and household use. The concept of the WaterWorks program is to follow the journey of a drop of water from the headwaters of a river all the way to the sea in a small vessel. The program will begin in Lake Chautauqua in western New York State and follow the Allegheny, Ohio, and Lower Mississippi Rivers all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. The River WaterWorks project sets sail in September of 2005 and is expected to endure for approximately four months.
The contents of the April 2005 newsletter are as follows:
1. CREATION OF NEWSLETTER
2. NEW WEBSITE DESIGN
3. 2005 ARMIN ELSAESSER III FELLOWSHIP AWARDED
4. 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT STATUS GRANTED BY IRS
5. WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS!
6. PENDING GRANT DECISIONS, as of April 2005
1. CREATION OF NEWSLETTER
You’re reading it! We’ll be publishing a newsletter about once a month to keep people up-to-date on our progress. You can sign up to have future editions of the newsletter automatically sent to you by sending a blank email to:
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The newsletter will also be available online at http://www.riverwaterworks.org/news.html.
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2. NEW WEBSITE DESIGN
The organization’s website was recently given a major design overhaul. The site will be updated and expanded in the coming months as preparations for the journey continue. A special thanks goes out to Emma Levitt, whose artistic talents helped in the design of our new logo! We invite you to point your browser to http://www.riverwaterworks.org and check out the beginnings of the new site!
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3. 2005 ARMIN ELSAESSER III FELLOWSHIP AWARDED
On the 7th of March, 2005 River WaterWorks was awarded the Armin Elsaesser III Fellowship available to alums and faculty of the Sea Education Association (SEA). This award has been given annually since in 1987 in memory of Armin E. Elsaesser III who died tragically with the sinking of the sailing vessel Pride of Baltimore in 1986. The award intends to give SEA faculty and alums the opportunity to step outside their usual occupations to undertake an educational adventure. An article recently published in the SEA alumni newsletter that announced the award can be found at http://www.sea.edu/alumniparents/newsletter04_05.asp.
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4. 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT STATUS GRANTED BY IRS
On the 15th of March, 2005, the River WaterWorks Nonprofit Corporation was officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service. This status is important, as it allows the organization to receive tax-deductible donations and qualify for many potential funding opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable. The application for 501(c)(3) status was submitted in October of 2004 after the organization had filed Articles of Incorporation in the Department of State in Pennsylvania to create a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation with the legal name of River WaterWorks.
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5. WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS!
Two new members were added to the River WaterWorks board of directors at the beginning of March, 2005. The experience of these two individuals will help guide the organization’s decision making and operational processes. The current board members are as follows:
Alexandra Chitty, Education Director
Horticultural Educator, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, New York, NY 10280
Guy Berkebile, Finance Director
President of Guy Chemical Company, Somerset PA, 15501
Morgan Simmons, President
Director of River Water Works, Somerset, PA 15501
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6. PENDING GRANT DECISIONS, as of April 2005
At the present time, there are four additional grants that have been submitted for which we are awaiting a decision. These grants, if received, will help to fund the WaterWorks project and are noted below:
Project Aware Foundation Grant Application
http://www.projectaware.org/
Proposal submitted 15.February, 2005
Environmental Challenge Fund Grant Proposal
http://www.nisource.com/enviro/ecf.asp
Proposal submitted 28.February, 2005
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