Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) announced Monday that they smashed their year-end donation goal of $80,000 to support the growing demands of their various educational programs for youth.
Juliana Lisuk, ISEA associate director, said the organization started their educational alliance year-end donations in November, and just in time for the new year, was able to meet their collection goal. Supporters come from across the country, all with the same mission to help educate youth about protecting the Great Lakes.
“We feel very lucky to have a big supportive community,” Lisuk said. “All of our donations go directly to supporting our programs, so that includes the people who are teaching with the program and helping with materials and supplies. But really our donors help to keep the financial barrier down for the participants because we never want that to be a barrier for students coming to participate in our programs, and so we offset the cost of the programs to participants by doing fundraising.”
