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Environmental Centers of Setauket Smithtown: Sweetbriar Nature Center is a private not-for-profit, 501c3 corporation. Through education and examples, ECSS encourages responsible decision making, appreciation, and respect for the unique wildlife and ecosystems found on Long Island. At Sweetbriar, we are dedicated to preserving and nurturing the natural world. We accomplish this by overseeing a diverse range of wildlife habitats, showcasing native plantings, a butterfly vivarium, maintaining a historical garden, and offering scenic hiking trails on the Nissequogue River. Moreover, our center is home to over 100 non-releasable wild animals, including reptiles, mammals, and a captivating variety of birds. Inside our museum, you'll find a demonstrative beehive, an interactive rainforest room, and a host of reptiles, amphibians, and friendly domestic animals. Beyond exhibitions, Sweetbriar is a refuge and medical facility for injured, orphaned, and sick wildlife. We provide essential care to over 2,000 creatures every year, all without any cost to the public. Education is at the heart of our mission. Our dedicated staff and passionate volunteers work tirelessly to inspire a sense of wonder and responsibility for the natural world. Through engaging with our programs, we aim to nurture the next generation of nature enthusiasts and conservation advocates. Our nature center proudly extends its educational outreach to over 250 schools, libraries, parks, and various community spaces across Long Island. Through an array of engaging programs, we aim to foster a deep appreciation for the local wildlife and environment among students and the public alike. Through these efforts, we not only educate but also inspire individuals to actively participate in the preservation and protection of the natural world that surrounds us on Long Island.

OPERATION OF THE HANGAR THEATRE, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND PLAYWRIGHTS.

The Riekes Center, founded in 1996, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in the Fair Oaks neighborhood of Menlo Park. We serve 7,000+ students a year from East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Redwood City, as well as across the Bay Area and around the world. Our mission is to provide community members of all ages with the best possible opportunity to define and accomplish their individual goals, build character, and learn transferable life skills while participating in our Athletic Fitness, Creative Arts, Nature Awareness, and Community Service programs. We provide these opportunities regardless of a person's ability to pay or perform.

The North Star Academy Parent Club is a nonprofit, parent-volunteer organization. Our objective is to enrich the lives of all students at North Star Academy, a public school in Redwood City, CA serving grades 3 - 8, by funding and managing fantastic programs that enhance our children's educational experience.

Building bridges of learning, enrichment and education.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is a K-8 demonstration school dedicated to the development and dissemination of authentic, rigorous, and joyful methods for teaching across the curriculum. We seek to teach and influence both a cross-section of children of mid-coastal Maine and, through our intern program, presentations, and publications, classroom teachers throughout the U.S.

Founded in 1922, the mission of the Theatre Tulsa is to create quality theatrical experiences and promote the theatrical arts for the Tulsa community. We provide for participation by children, youth, and adults, encourage volunteerism and community involvement in all aspects of production and educate artists and craftsmen through training and experience. Theatre Tulsa fully utilizes the community to create entertaining and affordable theatre for a diverse audience.

Blue Oak School offers a challenging and stimulating education to children of diverse backgrounds and interests. Balancing structure with choice and the requirements of the group with the gifts of the individual, the School holds itself to the highest standards of responsible educational innovation, so that students develop the skills and habits of learning that endure. Through the culture and community of the School, teachers nurture the development of character and foster confidence, creativity, flexibility and curiosity in each child. Students in turn encourage each other to learn. Relationships among freedom, responsibility, community and environment are explored through studies that engage students as stewards in service to the School, the region and the world.

To provide relationship-based intervention for children with Autism and other related developmental challenges whose unique needs require a warm and transdisciplinary approach in order to access their full potential.

Operation of a small pre-school (nursery school) serving a rural NJ community.

Kesher Newton is an innovative Jewish after-school program for grades K-8 that provides excellent experiential education in Jewish history, culture, ethics and modern Hebrew in a joyful, "camp-like" atmosphere. We are a pluralistic Jewish community that is welcoming to all.