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Mt. Lebanon Nature Conservancy awarded grant

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The Mt. Lebanon Nature Conservancy was awarded a 2022 American Water Charitable Foundation Water and Environment Grant to support planting trees to protect the headwaters of a stream in the municipality’s Bird Park and educating the community.

“As a nonprofit, entirely volunteer organization, the conservancy is funded completely through donations and grants like this,” said Angie Phares, president of the conservancy’s board of directors. “A grant of this size is of tremendous importance because it positions us to do work that we otherwise wouldn’t have the financial capacity to do so.”

The mission of the conservancy is to promote the enhancement and careful use of passive green space in Mt. Lebanon parks; to foster an appreciation and respect for the environment in our community and our youth; and to guard and steward these green spaces for all life by helping to restore their ecological health.

The grant, in the amount of $16,217, is part of the American Water Charitable Foundation’s Keep Communities Flowing Grant Program. The Foundation is a 501©(3) organization established by American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, and aims to support high-impact projects and initiatives that further American Water’s commitment to support ESG (environment, social and governance), as well as inclusion, diversity and equity.

“The American Water Charitable Foundation is committed to participating and investing in programs that benefit communities served by American Water,” said Carrie Williams, president, American Water Charitable Foundation. “We are proud to further American Water’s ongoing commitment to being a good neighbor and good steward of the environment.”

The foundation provides a formal way to demonstrate the company’s ongoing commitment to be a good neighbor, citizen, and contributor to the communities where American Water and its employees live, work and operate.

Visit: lebonature.org to learn more about the Bird Park stream initiative and how to volunteer.

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