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POWA Announces Youth Education Grant Recipients

SAYRE, PA – The Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association has announced the 2019 recipients of its Youth Education Grants.

Eleven organizations have received funding for programs designed to get youth outdoors and to teach them about the valuable natural resources available throughout the state.

The POWA Youth Education Grant Fund is funded primarily through the Annual Sportsmen’s Auction held at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg in February. To date, POWA has raised and distributed over $400,000 to fund youth educational opportunities. POWA supporting and active members, as well as many of the show’s vendors, donate items and services which are then auctioned off the last Sunday of the show. The 2020 auction is set for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Donations to the fund are also accepted.

In addition to serving as the state’s only professional organization for writers, photographers, artists, broadcasters and bloggers dedicated to informing Pennsylvanians about the wise use and management of natural resources and outdoor recreation, POWA’s mission includes promotion of outdoor education and increasing awareness and appreciation of our natural resources and outdoor heritage.

To learn more about membership in POWA, visit our website: paoutdoorwriters.com, or contact Executive Director Paula Piatt at ppiatt@paoutdorwriters.com

Recipients of this year’s award include:

ArtsQuest, Bethlehem, Pa., $600 for Step Outdoors, a hands-on event at SteelStacks that offers opportunities for children to experience archery, fly and spin casting , and animal identification, as well as enjoy wildlife presentations by conservation and sportsmen’s organizations.