Nearby Nature

“Our Board members are provided with emailed copies of our 990 form for review before submission.”

“Board members are asked to disclose any conflict of interest on matters of discussion.”

“Nearby Nature Schooling -- This new COVID--inspired and necessitated program included weekly Explore Activity emails for families in-person nature discovery programs at three different parks for kids 4-10 and occasional Zoom programs for families.”

“Due to COVID restrictions we could not run our spring or fall school field trip program host in-person school visits run our annual Haunted Hike host in-person Green Start Play Days Nature Quests Citizen Science Saturdays or have public work parties for large groups starting in March 2020 and going through the end of the year. We anticipated re-starting these programs once COVID restrictions are lifted.”

“| Description:, Expense Amount:, Grants Amount:, Revenue Amount:| Park Host Residence Learnscape: Nearby Nature serves as Eugene's Alton Baker Park Host. We do park caretaking & education in turn for free use of a city-owned building & its grounds where we maintain a Learnscape Garden-Outdoor Classroom. The Learnscape is used during summer camps weekend family programs Network Charter School classes and field trips during the school year. As Park Host we also maintain a lovely mural we created in 2018 on the Frohnmayer Footbridge. Volunteer hours were very limited for these projects in 2020 due to COVID. Due to COVID we had to move our office out of the Park Host Residence and into a former storage shed. This remodel was possible in large part due to more than 170 hours of volunteer time. At the 2020 volunteer rate of $28.54 hour this time was valued at $4,852., $19819, $0, $0| Program Support and Outreach: In 2020 this included production of a monthly eNewsletter website maintenance & content creation volunteer recruitment & support general program support educational article writing for OR Family Magazine & community coalition development and participation., $11287, $0, $0| No School Days: Nearby Nature held four No School Days in 2020 before the COVID shutdown with a total of 34 kids. These outdoor programs provided educational & entertaining nature activities for kids when local schools had no school. Volunteers donated 31 hours. The value of this time at the 2020 rate of $28.54 hour was $885., $1527, $0, $1942| Alton Baker Park Nature Walks: Nearby Nature was not able to conduct any field trips in 2020 due to COVID school closures. The cost of this program for 2020 was the preparation time that went into the spring program before it was cancelled., $1000, $0, $0| Park Restoration and Caretaking: Nearby Nature normally recruits youth school and service groups to do work parties in Alton Baker Park. Volunteer time was very limited in 2020 due to COVID and most work was done by staff., $1965, $0, $0| Special and Community Events Green Start Play Days Nature Quests Citizen Science and Other Youth Programs: A few of these programs went as planned in the time before the COVID shutdown but most were very scaled back in 2020. We did run some programs virtually however including our annual Haunted Hike which drew 90 viewers on Zoom., $3891, $0, $881|”

“| Description:, Explanation:, Amount:| to balance for difference creating by rounding off numbers, to balance for difference creating by rounding off numbers, $-1|”