Summary
Organization name
Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center Inc
Tax id (EIN)
41-1699443
Categories
Education, Environment, Animals
Address
Friends of PWLC 602 State Highway 210 EastFergus Falls, MN 56537
Phone
(218) 736-0938
$2,280 raised by 21 donors
5% complete
$50,000 Goal
“Cold makes me think how lucky I am. It’s such a great feeling - I can’t explain it. I come here, go outside,
and I feel a lot better. I love this place.” – Prairie Science 5th Grader
The Center offers a unique partnership with the Fergus Falls School District by hosting students who attend Prairie Science classes. Experienced teachers along with FWS naturalists specialize in providing fourth and fifth graders with hands-on, outdoor learning that emphasizes observation, journaling, and study of this prairie pothole setting. Other area school districts provide field trips to the PWLC for their students with the Friends' nonprofit raising funds for “The Yellow Bus Fund” helping to subsidize bus transportation costs. Children learn how to tag monarch butterflies and band ducks furnishing helpful data for research about these migrating species. They collect seeds from native prairie plants, nurturing them in the on-site greenhouse for later planting at the PWLC. To assist with this purpose, the Friends employ a greenhouse naturalist funded by the generosity of sponsors and donors. In addition, the Center hosts summer teacher workshops and biology camps for students with the FPWLC administering registrations and supplying learning materials. Special outreach events hosted by The Friends offer opportunities for children and adults to celebrate the cultural and natural history of the prairie and to investigate the wonders of our wetlands.
The Friends of PWLC are working hard to uphold our mission to support the work and events at PWLC. This year our greatest funding need is to sustain our part time employees who give so much to the Center, its visitors, and its students. Any donations this year will help our staff support the Prairie Science Class and provide programming and education to visiting groups who come to learn at the Prairie.
Thanks for considering a generous gift to the
Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center
during this Give to the Max season of giving!
“The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved
for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself
under the influence of earth, sea, and sky and their amazing life.”
-- Rachel Carson, author and naturalist
Rachel Carson, from The Sense of Wonder: A Celebration of Nature for Parents and Children. (1956; reprinted, illustrated, 2017, Harper Collins, p. 65)
*U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Minnesota State Legislature, and local School District #544
Organization name
Friends of the Prairie Wetlands Learning Center Inc
Tax id (EIN)
41-1699443
Categories
Education, Environment, Animals
Address
Friends of PWLC 602 State Highway 210 EastPhone
(218) 736-0938