The winning organizations of this year’s Green Choice Awards are (including a sample of submitted comments):
Annual Budget Less Than $250,000
Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group
San Francisco, Calif.
Once a hang-out for drug dealers and prostitutes, now youngsters plant organic vegetables and care for gardens. The Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group is an all-volunteer group that has cleaned up local parks and turned them into fun, safe places for the neighborhood to enjoy nature.
“HVNPG has made Hayes Valley a wonderful place to live. Their work with the peace wall and the gardens has improved the quality of life for our community, has given us a feeling of pride in our neighborhood and brought us closer together.”
Honorable mention: Back to Natives Restoration, Bethesda Green
Annual Budget Between $250,000 and $1 Million
Slide Ranch
Muir Beach, Calif.
At Slide Ranch, spend the day in the organic garden, walking the trails, milking a goat or just sitting on the bluff above the roaring ocean. It is a place to connect with nature and learn about the growing of healthy food and our interdependence with the environment.
“Slide Ranch is a special place...from the fennel forest to the goats, from the wonderful counselors and staff to the amazing location. My girls are learning about their environment and nature in a way I wish I could have experienced at their age.”
Honorable mention: WAGES (Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security)
Annual Budget More Than $1 Million
Chewonki Foundation
Wiscasset, Maine
The Chewonki Foundation instills a life-long appreciation of nature through programs such as canoe and sailboat explorations on the rocky coast of Maine and wilderness backpacking trips that teach forest management.
“Chewonki gave each of our sons terrific grounding - reverence for nature, community, and self, music, humor, fairness and fun. Our family has been partaking of Chewonki programs for over 30 years and it is very much a part of our lives.”
Green Choice Awards Publishes First-Ever List of Best Environmental Nonprofits
The winning organizations of this year’s Green Choice Awards are (including a sample of submitted comments):
Annual Budget Less Than $250,000
Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group
San Francisco, Calif.
Once a hang-out for drug dealers and prostitutes, now youngsters plant organic vegetables and care for gardens. The Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group is an all-volunteer group that has cleaned up local parks and turned them into fun, safe places for the neighborhood to enjoy nature.
“HVNPG has made Hayes Valley a wonderful place to live. Their work with the peace wall and the gardens has improved the quality of life for our community, has given us a feeling of pride in our neighborhood and brought us closer together.”
Honorable mention: Back to Natives Restoration, Bethesda Green
Annual Budget Between $250,000 and $1 Million
Slide Ranch
Muir Beach, Calif.
At Slide Ranch, spend the day in the organic garden, walking the trails, milking a goat or just sitting on the bluff above the roaring ocean. It is a place to connect with nature and learn about the growing of healthy food and our interdependence with the environment.
“Slide Ranch is a special place...from the fennel forest to the goats, from the wonderful counselors and staff to the amazing location. My girls are learning about their environment and nature in a way I wish I could have experienced at their age.”
Honorable mention: WAGES (Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security)
Annual Budget More Than $1 Million
Chewonki Foundation
Wiscasset, Maine
The Chewonki Foundation instills a life-long appreciation of nature through programs such as canoe and sailboat explorations on the rocky coast of Maine and wilderness backpacking trips that teach forest management.
“Chewonki gave each of our sons terrific grounding - reverence for nature, community, and self, music, humor, fairness and fun. Our family has been partaking of Chewonki programs for over 30 years and it is very much a part of our lives.”