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The Poppy Print SUMMER 2011 the Poppy Print Quarterly Newsletter of the Theodore Payne Foundation A Tale of Success: TPF Receives $930,000 Grant for Nature Education Facilities by Lisa Novick, Outreach, Volunteer and K–12 Education Coordinator t’s a tale of perseverance, dedication and one outdoor classroom and extremely limited support facilities. teamwork—a story with a very happy ending: the We wondered, why not dream big and ask for what we really Theodore Payne Foundation has received a grant need: two outdoor classrooms, a student orientation area, for $930,000 to construct nature education facilities expanded and upgraded restrooms, ADA-compliant access and that will benefit members and visitors alike. It’s the facilities, a circular drive for fire vehicles and increased parking largest grant we have ever received. capacity. Numbers grew to $350,000, $580,000, $720,000. Ideas flew and concepts expanded, with the addition of a fire Among the improvements you can look forward to: management demonstration garden on Wild Flower Hill and • Two outdoor education pergolas, one with a science interpretive signage throughout the grounds. demonstration counter and both with projection equipment We submitted the grant proposal in June 2010, just before the • Student Orientation Area for open-air talks and other fun due date. (I made sure the date was clearly postmarked in three happenings summerplaces. UPS personnel became suspicious of my demeanor, asking several times about the contents of the package!) And • Fire Management Demonstration Garden, using all California the wait began. Inative plants • Interpretive signage in demonstration gardens and on Wild Flower Hill trails • Expanded ADA-approved access, including new bathrooms No longer will we and bookstore entrance “testing” be content rich and • Improved parking and on-site traffic circulation. facilities poor. In a Why This Grant Matters So Much The inspiration for applying for this grant was the success of couple of years, our TPF’s educational programs for children and adults—and the ‘‘ frustration of working with our limited facilities. School field educational facilities trips have been cancelled due to rain or excessive heat. Lessons have been delayed and minds distracted when 40 school will match the integrity children must stand in line to use our two bathroom stalls. Our 24-seat Education Center is often too small for the demand. of our mission and the The new outdoor classrooms will accommodate a full busload of youngsters—rain or shine—and up to 40 adults. New programs we offer. restrooms with more stalls will allow more time for learning. Signage and displays will add educational value for all visitors to our site. These new facilities will be a boon to the next fifty In mid-November, we received word that we were scheduled years of the Foundation’s existence and growth. for a site visit on November 29. A call immediately went out to Behind the Scenes: How It Happened TPF volunteers for help in sprucing up the grounds. More than a dozen showed up after having already given a host of days Over a year ago, in March 2010, John Wickham, our former for Fall Festival, First Saturdays and outreach events. I created board president, forwarded an email about grants for nature a presentation illustrating how the demand for TPF’s classes education facilities from California State Parks and funded by ’’ and field trips outstrips our capacity and how well-positioned Prop. 84, the Safe Drinking Water Bond Act passed by voters the Foundation is to educate Californians about their natural November 2006. Some $93 million was available. The grant inheritance. purpose was a glove-fit with TPF’s mission. I began the complicated grant-writing process. Our initial continues on p. 2 bare-bones grant estimate was $120,000, enough to build only New Grant, Big New Plans continued from p. 1 At the site visit, we had 120 minutes to become real contenders in a field of more than 300 non-profit and governmental candidates vying for $93 million in funding. I arranged for the best advocates in Los Angeles to speak on our behalf: July 1 Mary Benson, field deputy for L.A. City Councilmember Paul to Krekorian, District 2; Manuel Gouveia, field deputy for the SUMMER SCHEDULE Oct 15 environment for State Senator Carol Liu; Debe Loxton, Chief Operating Officer for L.A.’s BEST, the joint Office of the Mayor/ LAUSD afterschool program that serves 28,000 kids daily; Brad We are open Thursday, Rumble, prinicipal of Leo Politi Elementary School; and CEQA Friday, and Saturday advisor Ron Maben. only, 8:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m., During the visit, we made a strong case for how the Foundation through October 15. We resume would meet the critical need for increased nature education our regular five-day schedule, in Southern California with better, expanded facilities. Mary, Manuel, Brad and Debe spoke eloquently about how the Tuesday through Saturday, on Foundation is uniquely positioned to deliver education plus October 18. the means to enact that change—the plants themselves. With less than an hour remaining, we quickly toured the grounds, showing officials where we envisioned the new facilities, gardens, and signage. Our guests were very complimentary about what they’d seen but cautioned that there were many applicants for the limited money available. And then they left. We received a phone call the following day, requesting a second site visit, this time with top officials from the Office of The Poppy Print is the membership newsletter of the Theodore Payne Grants and Local Services. This round, we’d have only an hour Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, Inc., a nonprofit to make our case. organization. The Foundation’s mission is to promote and restore California landscapes and habitats, to propagate and make available Another urgent call for volunteers went out. I prepared a California native plants and wildflowers and to educate and acquire knowledge about California flora and natural history. The Foundation second presentation, with refined content to reflect questions operates a nonprofit nursery where native plants are grown and sold to and concerns from the first visit, as well as photographs of the public year round. Wildflower and native plant seeds, horticultural the kinds of interpretive signage we envisioned throughout and botanical books and information are available at our Sun Valley the grounds—about California native plants, their water and headquarters and by mail. associated energy use, plant-insect-animal relationships, Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants., Inc. habitats, indigenous uses, native garden maintenance, 10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352 | theodorepayne.org appropriate landscaping in fire-prone areas, and more. Frantic Tel: (818) 768-1802 | E-mail: [email protected] phone calls were made to see if Debe Loxton and perhaps Senator Carol Liu herself were available on such short notice. STAFF Executive Director: Lynnette Kampe They were! Office Manager/Bookkeeper: Margaret Robison Seed Room Manager: Genevieve Arnold The big day arrived. Again we passionately presented our case, Nursery Manager: Madena Asbell in 60 minutes that seemed like 20. Near the end, visiting official Nursery Production: Tim Becker (Manager), Francisco Lee Butterfield quietly uttered six remarkable words: “Very Rosales (Foreman), Mary Brooks, Elmer Luna, impressive presentation, by the way.” Antonio Velasquez Nursery Sales: Marie Massa (Assistant Manager), Edward Condit, Ulrika Johansson And then we waited. January, February and March went by. Office Assistant: Kris Greblo Finally, on April 13, when I was at East LA College for an Outreach, Volunteers and K–12 Education: Lisa Novick outreach event with my colleague Raul Flores, my cell phone Special Projects, Adult Education and Newsletter rang with the news: We had received the grant! Neighboring Editor: Lili Singer exhibitors heard my ecstatic exclamations and rushed over Newsletter Design: Acorn Publishing to give me hugs. Raul and I did a happy dance. Only 14% of applications were funded, and TPF was among them! BOARD Cassy Aoyagi, President Jerry Schneider, Vice President We will be challenged to build all that we promised and also to Steve Hartman, Treasurer work within the reimbursement requirements of the grant. Still, Pamela Burgess we are all thrilled by what this grant means to the Foundation. Snowdy Dodson No longer will we be content rich and facilities poor. In a couple Daniel Fink, M.D. Liz Johnson of years, our educational facilities will match the integrity of our Janica Jones mission and the programs we offer. We couldn’t be happier! Deborah Wittwer 2 Poppy Print, Summer 2011 FROM THE BOARD A Tribute to Our Amazing Team by Pamela Burgess, TPF Board Member There are moments in everyone’s life that stand out as marking achieve. It takes years and a little luck to assemble such a group points—moments of profound transformation that that give us and we are grateful. An organization is only as good as the an opportunity to grow. There are defining moments, too, in members of its team. the life of an organization. The Board of Directors would like to thank all TPF staff On April 12, 2011, TPF won a large education grant from the members for their excellent work and dedication; the TPF State of California—the largest grant we have ever received. It Volunteers who worked extra weekends to make our gardens will allow us to expand our education program and to reach a and nursery beautiful for the grant inspections and onsite tours; larger audience. Dreams sometimes come true! and FormLA Landscaping, Inc., which created the gorgeous grant presentation boards. And special thanks to the amazing There is no doubt this award represents a potential sea change Lisa Novick, TPF Outreach, Volunteer and K–12 Education in the history of this Foundation.
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