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WRWA is recipient of $7,284 donation from GTCC which spells GREAT!

 

WRWA is recipient of $7,284 donation from GTCC which spells GREAT!

Greater Tiverton Community Chorus donated concert proceeds to aid the missions of Westport River Watershed Alliance and the Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island.

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Sunday, July 27, 2014

 

WRWA is recipient of $7,284 donation from GTCC which spells GREAT!

 

The Greater Tiverton Community Chorus celebrated a most successful spring season with their Water Music Concerts, a benefit series performed to support the Westport River Watershed Alliance and The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island in their work for water conservation in southern New England. The chorus performed three April concerts in Tiverton, Portsmouth and Westport.

 

Above: Buzz Brownlee (center, right) presents checks from our Water Music Spring Concert Fundraiser to Curt Freese (left) and Tom Schmitt (center, left) of the Westport River Watershed Alliance and John Berg of the Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island! Thank you to chorus members and all who came to see the concert, our sponsors, and those who supported this wonderful event!

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On Saturday, July 26th, outgoing chorus president Buzz Brownlee presented checks splitting $14,566.95 to John Berg, Sakonnet Landscape Manager, The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island; Curt Freese, interim executive, Westport River Watershed Alliance; and Tom Schmitt, president of WRWA.

 

In thanking the chorus, Berg and Pam Pomfret, Rhode Island Campaign director at The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island said, "Because of you, we can protect special places like the freshwater wetland at Dundery Brook trail, the hillsides above Fogland Marsh at Ferolbink Farm, forested freshwater streams in the Quicksand Pond Watershed, the source of the West Branch at Tiverton Great Swamp, and our 2,000-acre coastal forest overlooking the Sakonnet in Tiverton."

 

"Because of you, we can protect special places like the freshwater wetland at Dundery Brook trail.” - Berg and Pam Pomfret, Rhode Island Campaign director at The Nature Conservancy.

 

The Greater Tiverton Community Chorus is made up of 80 individuals from Greater Tiverton. For more information, visit www.gtcchorus.org  or www.facebook.com/GTCChorus .

 

Greater Tiverton Community Chorus donated concert proceeds to aid the missions of Westport River Watershed Alliance and the Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island. From left to right are Curt Freese, interim executive of Westport River Watershed Alliance; Tom Schmitt, president, WRWA; outgoing chorus president Buzz Brownlee; and John Berg, Sakonnet landscape manager of the Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island.

 

 

 

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