Toyota Announces $5 Million Grant to National Park Support Organizations for Environmental Leadership Programs
Grants Will Enhance National Park Environmental Education Programs; Donations of 23 Vehicles Will Extend the National Parks Program Reach
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Toyota today announced a $5 million contribution in support of five National Parks and the National Park Foundation to enhance environmental leadership and educational programs at parks around the country. The company also will donate 23 vehicles to the National Parks.
Some of the funds may be used by the local fundraising partners such as Everglades National Parks for matching Federal funds as part of the National Park Centennial Challenge program highlighting the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.
"For more than a century, the National Parks have been a treasure across the United States," said Dian Ogilvie, senior vice president of Toyota Motor North America. "We are proud to support these excellent programs for young people at the National Parks that are helping to develop the environmental leaders of tomorrow."
The one-time $5 million grant will support environmental education programs of U.S. National Parks through national park friends groups and fundraising partners, including:
* Everglades National Park (Florida) through the South Florida
National Parks Trust;
* Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina, Tennessee)
through the Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park;
* Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho) through the
Yellowstone Park Foundation;
* Yosemite National Park (California) through the Yosemite Fund;
* Grand Canyon (Arizona) through the Grand Canyon National Park
Foundation;
* Multiple national parks through the National Park Foundation;
* Many of the parks also will receive Toyota vehicles to support
the programs.
