Faith Leaders Breakfast: Info session on Sacred Grounds Grant for Wilmington

Sacred Grounds, a program of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF),  Sacred Grounds “recognizes faith communities who both create wildlife habitat and actively link faith practices and caring for the environment.”

From air and water quality, to human and ecosystem health, to economic stability and environmental justice, this project offers an integrated pathway toward a better quality of life. Delaware IPL just received a grant form US Fish & Wildlife, Over a two-years period, DeIPL, Delaware Nature Society, Delaware Center for Horticulture and NWF will assist more than 20 congregations in Wilmington in becoming certified Sacred Grounds sites.

Congregations will install pollinator gardens to increase wildlife habitat, address stormwater management, engage their communities around environmental stewardship, improve opportunities for community access to and recreation in nature, and improve water quality in the Delaware River Watershed.

If you are a faith leader in the Wilmington area and are interested in learning more please join us and learn more about the mini grant process. Contact: Shweta.Arya@DelawareIpl.org