VoL. 10 | ISSUES | EDIORALGTHEHUDSOW @ HUDSON VALLEY NEWS SIDE: POLICE GRAB BANK ROBBER IN POUGHKEEPSIE WINHAKEE RECEIVES FUNDS T SUPPORT BIOBLITZ- FREE FARMMOINNER ANDTOUR-ARNONLNSTISNNWRLE- PACE: $1 Winnakee's Gregg Swanzey, AT&1’s Ed Bergstraesser and Winnakee President Carl Meyer at the Winnakee Nature Preserve. Photo by Sara Capozzoli.. WINNAKEE RECEIVES FUNDS TO SUPPORT BIOBLITZBY HV NEWS STAFF \: Edward Bergstraesser, External Affairs N. joi \} 5 lew York AT&T, the it i Trust board and staffon Sunday morning to announce ate rarer 1 ‘ mor : that AT&T has contributed $5,000 | in support of the Winnakee BioBlitz Education Program. In 2017, AT&T joined the | Open Space Institute in supporting Winnakee’s first ever BioBlitz Education Program. This AT&T education award will allow Winnakee to provide the community with ede | ucational programming, such as Sunday's Earth Day bird walk at the Winnekec Meee | Preserve in Hyde Park.The second of the two educational / 1 Programs (funded i y ATSET) will be a Nature Awareness Walk led by Steven Michael Pague on cae? ie t September 15 at the Winnakee Nature Preserve in Hyde Park, “We are extraordinarily grateful to AT&T for their generous suj i x i , Ipport of this year’. said Carl Meyer, president of the Winnakee Land Trust board of ee ‘year, instead of one weekend of educational ev le c i ents, we have deconstructed the g can offer the public an event in both the spring and fall. Educational events | ¢ connect community members with nature and one another. Not only are | ; op g experiences, but they generate interest in the environment and | ion, which is at the heart of what we do at Winnakee.” | ibution to Winnakee Land Trust aligns with AT&T’s legacy of environmen- cy and ecological corporate citizenship. AT&T has set a long-term goal to | ‘ings 10 times the footprint of its global operations by 2025. In addi- | mmi ignificant resources and expertise in the Internet of Things | € cities cleaner, safer and stronger through smart cities. The company | ral support of environmental issues and of internal programs includ- g of more than seven million cell phones each year, building a up for paperless billing. Winnakee Land Trust, AT&T is committed to improving | which we work and live; the Winnakee mission is very ble goals. It is a privilege to partner through educational ation such as Winnakee, dedicated to strengthening our of the Winnakee Land Trust board of directors of our bird walks or guided nature hikes can tel] toddlers to senior citizens, people at every age great outdoors together. We're all reminded of ul Hudson Valley, and that, as a community, we ndscape.” + THE HUDSON VALLEY NEWS