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GE Awards $200,000 for Environmental Projects

Volunteers Support Projects

FAIRFIELD, CT

The GE Fund, the philanthropic arm of the General Electric Company, recently announced nearly $200,000 in grants for environmental stewardship and education programs across the nation. In addition, volunteers from GE Elfun chapters around the globe will be supporting community environmental projects as part of the celebration of Earth Day 2000.

The grants are the first in the GE Fund's Environmental Stewardship Program, which supports projects with strong environmental education and volunteerism components.

"The projects supported by the GE Fund's Environmental Stewardship Program will bring together GE employees and community leaders to restore habitat or protect natural resources, bolster environmental education programs and expand outdoor recreational opportunities," said Stephen Ramsey, GE's vice president of Corporate Environmental Programs. "GE employees and the GE Fund are proud to support these outstanding environmental stewardship and education projects."

The grant recipients are: Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center (CVEEC), Cleveland Ohio, $25,000; Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $24,992; Mill Creek Restoration Project (MCRP), Cincinnati, Ohio, $25,000; Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project, Davenport, California, $20,283; Tampa BayWatch, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, $25,000; The Dry Stone Masonry Institute of America, Lexington, Kentucky, $25,000; Waukesha Land Conservancy (WLC), Brookfield, Wisconsin, $18,000; Still River Project-City of Danbury, Danbury Conn., $20,800.

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