The company has contributed $11,000 this year for the program, which will provide seedlings to many elementary and high schools across Pennsylvania through the Pennsylvania Game Commission program.

From left, Russ Schleiden, Chairman of the Board, WFEEF; John Frailey, Vice President, WFEEF; Janet Nyce, President, WFEEF; Jim Eckles, Treasurer, WFEEF; and Jim Fish, Waste Management.

Most of the seedlings, which are shipped from the commission’s Howard Nursery in Centre County in time for Arbor Day, are part of the Seedlings for Your Class component of the program aimed primarily at third grade students. Each class or grade level receives enough silky dogwood or white pine seedlings for each student to take one home.

In addition, explained Vern Ross, Executive Director of the Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation, “The seedlings come with an education package for the teacher. The teacher gets to teach a whole program around the trees, environment and the importance of planting trees in your local community.”

Waste Management has been a major contributor to the seedling program in previous years, along with Joe Krentzman & Son Inc., Mealey’s Furniture, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Partners for Wildlife, and Pheasants Forever Chapter 603 have provided support to the program.

“There is no charge to schools participating in this project, as the seedlings are provided by the Game Commission’s Howard Nursery,” said Commission Executive Director Carl Roe. “The cost of shipping seedlings is covered through the generous donations” from the Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation and other partners.

The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation has been an integral part of the program from day one five years ago.

Ross said, “We were very excited to get involved because all of us, when we were in elementary school many years ago, used to get seedlings to take home and plant in our yards. And, that left an impression on all of us.”

While that previous school-seedling program eventually came to an end, the current program grew from a handful of schools participating the first year to 793 schools last year.

Some of the seedlings also are shipped for the Seedlings to Develop Habitats component of the program, which is aimed at middle and high school students interested in planting them on school or community grounds, or along a stream corridor, to improve habitat; as a tree nursery; or in an environmental area.

Seedlings are shipped in bundles of 25. Some days two full UPS truckloads of bundles roll out of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Howard Nursery.

The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation was established to provide permanent private support for wildlife habitat enhancement, wildlife research and education, land preservation, and for the establishment of a Wildlife Education and Research Center in State College. The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit Foundation. More information about the Foundation’s projects can be found at www.wildlifeforeveryone.org.

State Game Lands 252 – Allenwood, PA
Saturday, July 14th 2012 at 9 a.m.

This course encompasses dirt roads and grassy lanes, making it “Roadrunner” friendly, which are closed to vehicle travel, providing the potential to see some of Pennsylvania’s “resident critters”. Prizes are available along with race time refreshments and snacks! Race shirts to all pre-registered participants… limited quantities on race day! All proceeds will go toward the Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit foundation.

www.wildlifeforeveryone.org

Entry Fee: $20 Pre-registered by June 25 or $25 Day of race
Make checks payable to Mid Penn Trailblazers and mail to:
22 S. Jones Drive Watsontown, PA 17777

Contact Information: Steve Schmit at wfe5M@windstream.net

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Click here for a printable registration form, with additional information

Click here for the new brochure.

June 1 clay shoot brochure

Here are registration forms for participants and hole sponsors.

Golf-Tournament-Registration-PDF

Hole-Sponsor-PDF

James Campbell

Campbell also currently is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Camp Hill Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund and previously served as president of the Camp Hill Board of School Directors and president of the Camp Hill Community Foundation.

A retired colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, his 30-year career included assignments as deputy commander of the 10th Judge Advocate General Detachment in Washington, D.C., and staff judge advocate of the 79th U.S. Army Reserve Command in Willow Grove, Pa.

He was born in Allentown, Pa., but grew up in Harrisburg, where he graduated from John Harris High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, where he was a Cornell National Scholar and president of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and played varsity football.

Following graduation from Dickinson School of Law and admission to the bar in 1965, Campbell served three years active duty in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

He then returned to Harrisburg and was engaged in the private practice of law until his retirement. He also served two terms as a hearing committee member for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board.

He lives in Camp Hill with his wife, Shirley. They have two children, Beth C. Fine of Camp Hill, Pa., and Duncan Campbell of Alexandria, Va., and three grandsons.

Dominion’s John Frith, center, presents a $5,000 check to WFEEF’s (from left) Vern Ross, Executive Director; Janet Nyce, President of the Board of Directors; John Blaschak, Vice President of the Board of Directors; and Russ Schleiden, Chairman.

“Dominion is privileged to support WFEEF,” said James C. Mesloh, Executive Director of the Dominion Foundation. “We are particularly interested in funding action-oriented projects that help preserve the environment and wildlife in Pennsylvania. This program will send thousands of seedlings to participating schools in time for Arbor Day. Each student will receive either a silky dogwood or white pine seedling to plant at home or in the community.” The grants were made through the Dominion Foundation, the company’s charitable arm.

Vern Ross, Executive Director of WFEEF, said: “Dominion’s support will serve as a model for other companies to help support Pennsylvania’s environment. This grant will help us educate youth on the importance of trees to the environment.”

WFEEF supports Pennsylvania’s environment through wildlife scientific research, wildlife education, land preservation, and youth programs.

Dominion, its charitable foundation and its employees last year donated $24 million and more than 150,000 volunteer hours in programs that helped improve the quality of life for people in the states in which Dominion operates. The Dominion Foundation’s focus areas include preservation of natural resources, work force development and education, diversity initiatives, neighborhood and community development, and basic needs for food and shelter.

Dominion is one of the nation’s largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 28,200 megawatts of generation. Dominion operates the nation’s largest natural gas storage system and serves retail energy customers in 15 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company’s website at www.dom.com.

WFEEF is a non-profit conservation organization established to conserve the birds and mammals of Pennsylvania, and the ecosystems in which they live.

For regular updates on WFEEF, visit the organization’s website at www.wildlifeforeveryone.org.

Here’s the brochure with all the details.

The video version of the brochure will page through the six panels of the brochure automatically, 10 seconds per panel, You can pause the video at any point through its 60-second playing time.

First annual Sporting Clay Classic video brochure

Alternatively, here is the brochure. To print a copy, click on the image and click your print control key.

The Eagle Valley Off Roaders’ first annual No Roads Necessary Jeep Rally at Penn’s Cave, near Centre Hall, to benefit the Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation is proving to be a great success this weekend. While organizers were hoping for about 50 Jeeps to be registered for the event, a total of 65 have hit the off-road trails. We’ve posted some exciting video on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wildlife-For-Everyone-Endowment-Foundation/188604957851495