Grant Application

Port Blakely supports learning activities and projects that align with our Environmental Education Program through four annual grants worth $500 each. Schools that participate in Port Blakely's Environmental Education Program are eligible to apply for a grant.

Grant recipients in 2024 were:

• Biodome Engineering: Using the engineering process create self-sustaining model biodomes of various environments, describing interactions, Esther Kruse, Salem Academy, Salem, OR
• Outdoor Explorer Backpack Kits for exploring Kapachuck State Park, adjacent to their school, Molly McNeish, Voyager Elementary, Peninsula SD, WA
• Cultivating Nature: An Oregon Native Garden, School Garden Boxes & Supplies, Megan Lamb, Kennedy Elementary School, Salem/Keizer SD
• Pacific NW Ecosystems & Threats: Wolves, Killer Whales, and Student Action Projects, Teresa Bond, Roosevelt Elementary, Olympia SD, WA