Programs

  • Audubon Advocates After School Program

    AUDUBON ADVOCATES, OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AT AUDUBON HOUSE: ON A LIMITED BUDGET, WE PROVIDED AN EXCEPTIONAL AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 104 5TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM FOUR UNDERSERVED SOUTH COUNTY SCHOOLS. EACH STUDENT LEARNED, IN 13 TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR CLASSES ABOUT STORM AND WASTEWATER POLLUTION, BIRDS, AND OTHER ECOLOGICAL TOPICS BY KAYAKING IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, VISITING SEBASTIAN INLET STATE PARK, EGRET MARSH, AND THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, AND BY WALKING THE COUNTY'S VARIOUS SCRUB, HAMMOCK, AND WETLANDS HABITATS. WE RECEIVED GRANTS FROM THE JOHNS ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CHILDRENS SERVICE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND HEAD, HEART, AND HANDS OF INDIAN RIVER CLUB TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM, AND WE RAISED DONATIONS FROM COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $86.7K

  • Planting 100,000 Trees For Life

    PLANTING 100,000 TREES FOR LIFE: WE HAVE INSTALLED A GREENHOUSE, COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF ACORNS AND HAVE OVER 4,100 ACORNS THAT HAVE STARTED TO GERMINATE AND BEING PUT INTO ONE GALLON POTS. MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND IRC SCHOOLS HAVE SIGNED ON AS PARTNERS: UF/IFAS IRC EXTENSION OFFICE, OCEAN RESEARCH CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, IRC SCHOOL DISTRICT, INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST (IRLT), PETERSON'S FARMS, SEBASTIAN RIVER FARMS, CHERRY LAKE FARM, ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, DIGG GARDENS, ESTUARINE, COASTAL & OCEAN SCIENCE, INC., FLORIDA RESEARCH CENTER, IRC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CITY OF VERO BEACH GIS DIVISION (EACH TREE PLANTED WILL BE PLACED ON A GPS MAP.), CULTURAL COUNCIL OF IRC, INDIAN RIVER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, VERO BEACH ELEMENTARY, INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY, CITRUS ELEMENTARY AND GLENDALE ELEMENTARY.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $5.7K

  • Transforming Landscapes For A Sustainable Future Conference

    PELICAN ISLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY PRESENTED OUR TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE CONFERENCE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WITH INFORMATION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS AND REDUCING FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE USE FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $8K