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EXHIBIT A CHILDREN'S SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2022-23 GRANT APPLICATION Agency Name: Pelican Island Audubon Society Address: P.O. Box 1833, Vero Beach, FL, 32961, US Executive Director: Donna Halleran Email: dmaewright@att.net Phone: (772) 567-3520 Program Director: Bonnie Swanson Email: piaudubon@yahoo.com Phone: (772) 567-3520 Program(s) Name: Audubon Advocates Afterschool Lagoon Science Program Focus Area(s): Quality Academic Remediation and Enrichment PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Our program is about children, about their empowerment, about being disconnected from nature, and the mental health of students, teachers and families. PIAS will continue our initiative to manage a campaign to combat nature deficit disorder among K through -12th grade students in Indian River County, with the focus on disadvantaged students and their families. We will continue our tuition - free, after-school lagoon science education program for 5th graders that serves four Title 1 schools. We will continue our Audubon Adventure Camp for at -risk 6th -12th graders drawn from across the county to provide programs during school breaks and weekends. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic we modified our program to take the PIAS environmental educator to the schools, rather than have students coming to Audubon House. Now it is safe to resume our seventh year of the program at Audubon House lagoon science center. We have also merged other Audubon programs — Trees for Life and Plants for Birds, with the school programs. And as a further enlargement we are partnering with Pelican Island Elementary School, designated as the county's environmental science school, to develop science curricula for all K -5th graders, with the long -term goal of offering these curricula to all schools in the county. Our goal is to provide the benefits of an outdoor exploratory experience to more students by enhancing the environment of their campuses and giving them the chance to interact with scientist role models. These experiences will open their minds to new possibilities for future careers and get them away from computer screens and out of doors. Our program engages a large, diverse audience, more teachers and Audubon members and we will continue to reach new families and adults across the county. Our program includes almost a quarter of all 5th graders in our four south county schools -- 104 out of a total of 433 fifth graders enrolled in our four participating schools. The projected number of unduplicated children to be served is two hundred fifty-one (251) and four hundred (400) adults.