Chestnut Grove Foundation
The Chestnut Grove Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to preserving and protecting our local
environment and heritage and to promoting non-partisan citizen
participation in local government. CGF is registered with the
Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable Organizations.
The Chestnut Grove Foundation supports research &
education programs related to the environment and sponsors public
awareness activities. We also support environmental and heritage
organizations in Manor Township and surrounding areas.
Conestoga Clean-up September 19, 2009
Tree Tube Mainenance
In its first year, the program awarded two prizes to Penn
Manor property owners who demonstrated good stewardship of their
land:
- Michael Hauck $500 excellence award
- Ann & Larry Kirchner, $100 meritorious award
Now in its second year, the contest, offering cash awards to
Penn Manor property owners for innovative environmental projects,
is becoming well known in our community. The 2009 contest
attracted more than twice the applications of the first year and
we will be announcing the winners by the end of November.
We provided funding and labor to help The American Chestnut
Foundation (http://www.patacf.org/) plant
carefully bred, disease resistant American chestnuts as part of a
program to restore blight-resistant Chestnut groves in the River
Hills. This year the chestnut seeds were planted on April 18 and
19 at the Lancaster County Conservancy's House Rock Chestnut
orchard.
For the third year, we sponsored a Boy Scout Eagle project to
clean up the Conestoga River. This year Henry Stewart led the
project, cleaning up the Conestoga from East King street to the
Knights of Columbus.
- We were a sponsor of the Lancaster County Envirothon
http://www.envirothonpa.org/
- We provided two internships for Penn Manor High School
teachers with the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper http://www.lowersusquehannariverkeeper.org/
- We provided a North Museum presentation "The Daily Lives of
Native Americans Along the Susquehanna" for the Open House at
the Blue Rock Heritage Center http://www.bluerockheritage.com/
- We will sponsor Jack Hubley on October 17, 1PM at the
Susquehanna River Days (Washington Boro Park) Please join us
for this entertaining and educational program!
Some of the other projects that Chestnut Grove Foundation has
been supporting include
