The Friends of Dragon Run will begin an environmental mentorship program, thanks to an establishing grant from Dominion Energy. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, whose mission is to preserve and protect the Dragon Run and its watershed, will expand its outreach through the Dragon Run Environmental Academy Mentorship. Shown here last month presenting a $16,264 check to get the program started is Dominion Energy representative Crystal Bright, far right. Accepting the check, from left, were Friends of Dragon Run DREAM Team members Susan Fary, Dr. Bambi Thompson, Molly Broderson, Carol Kauffman and Terry Skinner. (Courtesy of Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal)
The Friends of Dragon Run (FODR) recently received a $16,264 grant from Dominion Energy to help establish the Dragon Run Environmental Academy Mentorship.
The program was created to train and mentor leaders and educators that serve life science students, said FODR Vice President Carol Kauffman.
Experienced educators and naturalists will train invited middle school teachers from Middlesex, Gloucester and Mathews counties and other Middle Peninsula communities on the importance of the Dragon Run watershed today while also emphasizing the historical uses of the watershed by indigenous peoples and early European colonists.
