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EXHIBIT A PROGRAM COVER PAGE Children's Services Advisory Committee 2023-24 Grant Application Organization Name: Pelican Island Audubon Society Executive Director Name: Donna M Halleran Organization Address: P.O. Box1833 6skHRQa4 Vero Beach FL 32961 Executive Director Email: piaudubon(o)yahoo.com Executive Director Phone: (772) 567-3520 Program Director Name: Bonnie Swanson Program Director Email: piaudubon(c yahoo.com Program Director Phone: (772) 567-3520 Name of Program: Audubon Advocates After -School Lagoon Science Program Focus Area: Quality Remediation and Enrichment Programs Description of the Program: 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 south county 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. Our program engages a large, diverse audience, of students and their families with the assistance of 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 each school year are offered the opportunity to participate free of charge. Parents and sibling are also benefitting as we have begun their kayak lessons on Saturdays so the whole family can participate. no