Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Apr 12, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$749,273

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Environmental Education: The Lloyd Center continues to provide and increasing number of unique hands-on science programs for schoolchildren and adolescents in over 20 different New England cities and towns, at levels ranging from kindergarten through college. This past year, the Lloyd Center worked with over 40 elementary and middle schools in the region, visiting a growing number of students on a regular basis to teach interactive lessons on relevant and critically important environmental issues. Two of the curriculum-based offerings, Feathery Focus (an ornithology program specially created for the third-grade level) and Turn-the-Tide (a program dealing with the ecosystems of local estuaries, taught on the fifth-grade level), have proven to be especially effective. All education programs are designed to meet the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in Science and Technology/Engineering and in History/Social Studies. For children ages 5-15, the Center's Education Department annually provides up to 15 distinct summer programs designed to help students develop a better understanding of science and a deeper appreciation for the need to protect the fragile nature of our coast. Every year, as many as 13,000 students benefit from the participation in Lloyd Center education programs.

Activity 3

Environmental Outreach: The Lloyd Center offers a wide variety of programs designed to engage the minds of southeastern New England citizens of all ages, expanding their understanding of the fragile nature of our coastal environment and the importance of working together to protect it. This past year, popular programs include canoe tours, kayak trips, nature walks, shore-birding expeditions, seal-watches, whale-watches, midnight "owl-prowls", butterfly and moth identification workshops, as well as our annual fall rowing and paddling regatta, designed to raise awareness of the threats facing the delicate ecosystems of local estuaries. Five miles of rustic hiking trails, open to the public every day from dawn to dusk on the Lloyd Center's Hardscrabble Nature Preserve, and a broad variety of live marine animal exhibits, complemented by programs and seminars, continue to draw a growing number of citizens of all ages to our Visitor Center. In addition, outreach collaboration with partnering organizations continues to prove exceptionally effective in promoting lifestyle changes aimed at a more sustainable use of natural resources. The Center's unique website provides a vast amount of environmental research and education information for those who seek it electronically.

Filer

EIN

04-3066693