C - Environment

Our mission is to create opportunities for access to outdoor spaces, strengthen community connections, and celebrate cultural heritage through recreational adventures, environmental education, and resilience-building initiatives. By providing bilingual resources and Spanish language access, we strive to diversify the outdoors by breaking down barriers, promoting healing in nature, and inspiring the next generation of leaders and stewards of the environment.

To protect and enhance the Yadkin River and its tributaries and lakes.

TreesUnion is dedicated to preserving, growing, and diversifying the public and private tree canopies in Union County, NC. Through community partnerships, education, and volunteer efforts, we aim to create greener, healthier spaces for future generations.

To partner with the NC Cooperative Extension to deliver horticulture education and technology that enriches the lives, land, and economy of Rowan County.

Our mission is to accelerate investment in clean and efficient energy solutions and increase climate resilience in North Carolina, particularly to the benefit of underserved populations. We partner with public and private investors, foundations and other non-profit organizations to deploy sustainable financing solutions that will create long-lasting environmental, economic and social benefits.

Southwestern Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Program promotes the protection and conservation of land and water resources. Established by Congress in the 1960s under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), RC&D Programs encourage volunteer, locally elected and civic leaders to plan and carry out projects that protect environmental resources and improve social and economic conditions in rural areas.

SAWS is dedicated to educating, cultivating, and empowering an engaged public and the next generation of conservation stewards in the protection of wild public lands.