Loon Echo Land Trust offers education grants to local schools

BRIDGTON — Schools and libraries in Loon Echo Land Trust seven-town service area (Denmark, Bridgton, Harrison, Naples, Casco, Raymond and Sebago) are invited to apply for one of the trust’s s Environmental Education Grants. The purpose of the grant program is to help future leaders learn more about the natural world.
The trust is accepting applications for the grants through Jan. 15. Applications may be downloaded from www.lelt.org or picked up at the LELT office, 8 Depot St., Suite 4, and returned by email or mail by the deadline. Grant recipients will be notified by mid-February.
The education endowment was started in 1998 as a memorial to two local teachers, Helen Allen and Polly Bartlett. After her death at the age of 94, Allen’s bequest to Loon Echo allowed LELT to create a fund to support yearly programs in local schools and libraries. 2019 Grant recipients include Spaulding Memorial Library, Raymond Village Library, Bridgton Public Library, Naples Public Library and Sebago Elementary School.
Loon Echo Land Trust is a member-supported, non-profit land trust that works to protect the natural resources of the northern Sebago Lake region, conserving 7,000 acres of land and managing 31 miles of hiking and biking trails. For more information, visit www.lelt.org or call 207-647-4352.