This #GivingTuesday, Friends of the Cheat is raising $8,000 for our Education and Outreach and Conservation Programs. We need your help to make it happen.
Your support helps us bring hands-on learning and stewardship programs to the watershed – through macrobenthic and snorkeling workshops, partnerships with groups like Preston County Afterschool Explorers, 4H, Delfest youth, and WVU clubs, and through our quarterly newsletters and multimedia projects that keep our community informed and engaged.
Your gift also sustains our Conservation Program, including the year-round testing and maintenance required at FOC’s 20 acid mine drainage treatment sites. These systems no longer receive grant funding after construction, yet they remove an incredible 504,980 pounds of acid, 43,638 pounds of aluminum, and 35,487 pounds of iron every year from streams that flow into the Cheat River.
This #GivingTuesday, your gift goes even further. Donations will receive raffle entries for a Jackson Kayak Orion 35 Cooler (Granite color) – built tough for river days, road trips, and everything in between.
$20-$49 donation = 1 entry
$50-$99 donation = 3 entries
$100-$249 donation = 6 entries
$250+ donation = 15 entries
