Vermont Business MagazineThe Murray Howell Foundation presented a $100,000 gift to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, in May 2017, in honor of Murray Howell. Howell, co-founder of Vermont Castings, Inc, worked to enhance and protect the natural environment and to encourage individual initiative and leadership in environmental awareness. He believed deeply that environmental education for children is the best way to nurture an awareness that would grow into a lifelong love for and commitment to the natural world.
A plaque in MrHowell’s honor will be placed at the VINS Nature Center.
Executive Director, Charles Rattigan, receives gift from Murray HowellFoundation Trustees; David Kirk, Deborah Baker and John Benjamin.
Since 1987, VINS Environmental Education programs have been supported by a series of generous grants through the Murray Howell Foundation. The Vermont Institute of Natural
Science is pleased to acknowledge Mr. Howell’s enduring inspiration and generous contribution to VINS and the education of the next generation of environmental stewards.
VINS is a nonprofit, member-supported, environmental education, wild bird rehabilitation, and research organization headquartered at the VINS Nature Center in Quechee, Vermont. VINS’ mission is to motivate individuals and communities to care for the environment through education, research, and avian wildlife rehabilitation.
Open year-round, the 47-acre campus, adjacent to Quechee Gorge, featuresstate-of-the-art raptor enclosures, exhibit spaces, classrooms, interpretive and universally accessible nature trails, and our wild bird hospital. VINS places a priority on making high-quality, compelling, and fun environmental learning opportunities accessible to more people and communities through our onsite and outreach nature education programs.
Source:VINS www.vinsweb.org.