Recognizing the importance of the Floating Classroom in reaching and teaching Lake George area students, Stewart’s Shops has awarded the Lake George Association $1,000 to be used to support the LGA’s flagship educational program.
The Lake George Association’s Floating Classroom is a one-of-a-kind educational field trip for teachers and students. The program is provided by the Lake George Association to schools in the watershed free of charge – thanks to donations from organizations like Stewart’s Holiday Match – and offers students and teachers the opportunity to learn about the environment of Lake George with hands-on experiments and sampling in the field.
“This donation is so important to the Floating Classroom’s future,” said Kristen Rohne, the Lake George Association’s Director of Education. “It is because of companies like Stewart’s that we can provide this important educational resource to schools around the Lake George watershed for free. Our goal for the Floating Classroom is to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education with regard to water resources and spark ideas and discussion on why the Lake George Association and its members are protecting the Lake now and why we need to protect it in the future.”
According to the Stewart’s Holiday Match program, the fund was able to raise more than $1.74 million in 2015 – half given by Stewart’s customers, and half donated by the company. The money was raised between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2015.
Like the Lake George Association – where all the money we collect through memberships, donations and sponsors stays in the Lake George watershed to focus on projects from Ticonderoga to Lake George – Stewart’s uses the money it raises and donates through the Holiday Match program to help children in its communities.