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News from Willistown Conservation Trust                                                  June  18, 2013

MEET OUR FABULOUS INTERNS 
 
Thanks to many of you who contributed to our "Wild Carrot" internship fund, we have a wonderfully talented cohort of interns.  Your support provides funding for intern compensation, training and management.

Matt
Matt Dannelutti
Matt Dannelutti
and Bronwyn Livezy, who were first-year interns at Rushton Farm last summer, return to Rushton Farm this season with increased responsibilities. As second-year apprentices, they now have formal field and greenhouse
Bronwyn
Bronwyn Livezy
management duties. Matt is also focusing on our Henry's Harvest donation garden, the produce of which is donated to the underserved at West Chester Food Cupboard. Matt's long term goal is to run an urban farm in Philadelphia. Brownyn is additionally responsible for managing the cutting flowers and herbs in the farmshed garden. She is a freshman music major at West Chester University, concentrating on violin.
Julia Fisher
Julia Fisher

We first met Julia Fisher last year when she spent her two-week Shipley senior service project with us. Now a rising sophomore at Bates College, Julia is a first year Rushton Farm intern for the summer. She will be receiving an overall introduction to agroecology, performing general field work at the farm, spending time with the bird conservation program, and working on educational materials for school groups who visit the farm.High school seniors

 

 

 

High school Forrest Montgomery and Kavanaugh Tollefson joined us for four weeks this spring, fulfilling their Conestoga High School internship requirements. They worked on several outdoor projects, including building and
Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh Tollefson
Forrest
Forrest Montgomery
installing 360 linear feet of bog bridges at Ashbridge and Rushton WoodsPreserve, improving accessibility to the wettest sections of these trails.   They also helped with wildflower plantings and maintenance of the native planting beds surrounding the Trust's office. Forrest is beginning college atTemple University this fall, and Kavanaugh is enrolled in the engineering college at Virginia Tech.

 

 

Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott, a rising junior at Lafayette College majoring in English and Government/Law, has been rotating through various functional areas of the Trust, helping with land stewardship, community farm, event management, and grant research. He helped with the bog bridge construction at Ashbridge and Rushton Woods Preserve and will be developing a training manual for farm interns and docents.

 

 

Kristen
Kristen Henwood

Kristen Henwood, a recent graduate from UPenn's

Environmental Studies Master's Program, has just

begun a series of rotational assignments which will provide her with a broad overview of the Trust's operations. Her first assignment is to reorganize and refine the Trust's Junior Birding Club curriculum documentation and communications materials. Future assignments will include assisting with the Trust's accreditation renewal process, developing agroecology handouts for school groups who visit Rushton Woods Preserve, and creation of a children's activity center at Rushton Farm.

Kelsey
Kelsey Lingle

Kelsey Lingle, a recent studio art graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, began her internship in November 2012, assisting with visual communications including graphic design, web content development, and email communications. Her long-term project is a compilation of Wild Carrot newsletters and recipes. We are pleased to announce that as of April 2013, Kelsey has accepted a part-time position with the Trust as Visual Communications Associate. 

    
Thank you for helping support this
amazing group of interns!

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www.wctrust.org 

925 Providence Road

Newtown Square, PA 19073

(610) 353.2562

 

Willistown Conservation Trust is registered as a charitable organization.  The official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999.  Registration does not imply endorsement.

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