Katherine Bike posted about Jonah Wood, 13, who took the lead in researching and writing most of a grant request for Seven Islands Park to the East Tennessee Foundation Wildlife Preservation Endowment.
Jonah Wood helps with birdhouse installation
Jonah requested funding for $5,000 over a two-year period, “to help replace old bird boxes throughout the park that had been damaged by fire, weather and woodpeckers with new ones made from recycled plastic with predator guards.”
The Friends of Seven Islands helped complete the balance of the grant and the group was awarded the grant in September 2022. The first round of bird boxes has been built and were installed on Sunday, February 5, by the Tennessee Bluebird Society that made them. Jonah and his family were at the park to help install some of these boxes.
What’s popping at Stanley’s Greenhouse: Want to grow more plants that are native to East Tennessee in your garden and landscape? Join us for this free seminar led by Joy Grissom, co-founder of the local nonprofit Native Plant Rescue Squad, to find out why growing native plants is good idea and which plants are the best choices for our particular area. The seminar is Saturday, April 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tell them you’re coming here.
Notes
2023 John Sevier Mixed Doubles Pickleball Tournament, set for Saturday, Feb. 25, at noon at John Sevier pickleball courts. Registration has closed but spectators are welcomed. Email blountcountypickleballclub@gmail.com
9U sandlot baseball tryouts. Players cannot turn 10 before May 1, 2023. Contact Mark Elliott at 865-679-7563.
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