Missouri Conservation Corps is excited to be a part of the 2024 CoMoGives Campaign. This is our first time to participate in CoMoGives, and we are eager to use this as a chance to introduce ourselves to the community and to tell our story.
Since April of 2021 Missouri Conservation Corps has been active in our community, engaging volunteers in activities related to habitat restoration, invasive species removal, environmental education, and community engagement. Our work is carried out in Columbia’s parks, trails and green spaces.
Our organization is now three years old, and we have broadened our scope of habitat work and community engagement to include the development of a series of educational segments for a Tier One Columbia Summer Camp, as well as expanding the range of our work into Columbia’s Garth Nature Area, Bonnie View Nature Sanctuary, and the historic village of Arrow Rock.
Community outreach has become very important to our organization, and our path ahead will involve a greater effort at community outreach and engagement. This will help our organization develop a stronger volunteer base, and it will also help us find friends and allies in communities and neighborhoods where habitat restoration and tree planting has been lagging.
A donation to Missouri Conservation Corps will help our organization expand our work in Columbia’s parks and green spaces, will help us expand our environmental education programming during the summer, and will help us procure and maintain the necessary tools and supplies to do our work in the community.
CoMoGives begins on Sunday, December 1st and donations are accepted until December 31st. Please consider a donation to help our organization grow and thrive! Thank you!!
Stephen Bybee, Missouri Conservation Corps Project Director
