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Ring Container Technologies Challenge Grant a Success – Thanks to everyone for your support!
On September 26, 2015, the Ring Container Technologies Challenge Grant was announced to the public. Under the terms of the grant, the Ring Container Technologies Company would provide matching funds of up to $500,000 to support the WRC’s land conservation projects.
The first project to be funded under the grant was the “Triple Zee” property, a 215-acre property which, once protected, would create 4000 contiguous acres of protected land on both sides of the Wolf River connecting Shelby and Fayette counties. This project is very important to our overall watershed protection strategy and we expect to close on the property this month.
The response from the community and our membership has been tremendous...Thank You!
During the three months following the announcement, over 180 individuals donated to the Ring Challenge; for 22% of these donors this was a first-time financial gift to the WRC. Clearly, our mission to protect lands with significant conservation value in the Wolf River Watershed is important to the community - you have proved it with your financial support. As a reminder, we prioritize our land projects based two important factors: the protection of our clean drinking water supply, the Memphis Sand Aquifer, and protection of habitat for the native wildlife that depend on the watershed.
The recent news of the contaminated water supply in Flint, Michigan, and its associated consequences provides us with a stark reminder that we here in Memphis and the Mid-South cannot take our abundant clean drinking water for granted. We all have a shared responsibility to help protect this important natural resource.
Thank you to the Ring Container Technologies Company and to everyone who made a contribution toward our effort to protect our watershed! Financial gifts can still be directed toward the Challenge at this link.
Thanks for your support.
Keith Cole
Executive Director
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