Girls Scouts of Northern Illinois receives $2900 grant from Collins Aerospace – Northwest Herald

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois received a $2,900 grant from Collins Aerospace to fund the completion of Project Wetlands, the organization announced in a news release.

Project Wetlands used the grant funds to provide and install a solar pond aerator at the Girls Scouts of Northern Illinois' Mary Ann Beebe Center in Harvard. The project launched April 28.

The updated pond will support the local wildlife community as a natural filtering system, along with nourishing migrating birds, waterfowl and cranes. Through use of the pond, campers are taught how to use less energy, conserve water, the need for aquatic ecosystems and how water is a resource. Campers examine Leave No Trace principles, including water management and how doing math behind a project can save money and reduce environmental impact.

Mary Ann Beebe Center also offers additional programming sponsored by the Community Foundation for McHenry County, which features an interactive model demonstrating water systems at work in the local community.

The Girls Scouts of Northern Illinois serve 16 counties, including parts or all of Boone, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago.

To volunteer, reconnect, donate or join, visit http://www.girlscoutsni.org, or call 1-844-GSNI-4-ME (844-476-4463).

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