Environment

The Winona Outdoor Collaborative seeks to promote inclusion and accessibility through community partnerships and educational programming directed at reducing barriers to outdoor recreation.

Operating since 1992, the Winona Area Humane Society (WAHS) is a no-kill shelter that places hundreds of cats and dogs in loving forever homes every year. Their mission to help homeless animals is achieved mostly through fundraising, generous donations, and adoption/surrender fees; they do not receive any state or federal funding.

Project Get Outdoors works with community action groups across the state to implement accessible programs and activities for children to experience nature and outdoor exploration. Since 2005, Project GO has served more than 50,000 children in 50+ locations across Minnesota.

The International Owl Center is the only all-owl education center in the United States. They are raising funds to build a new facility to meet the needs of our visitors, owls and staff. It will be located on 4.5 acres on the north side of Houston, MN and will include first-of-their-kind-in-the-USA walk-through owl aviaries.

Lake Winona is a healthy natural environment that supports a variety of native species and provides recreational activities for all ages. Healthy Lake Winona’s vision is to engage the Winona area community in action that improves the health of Lake Winona and preserves it as a valued community resource.

The Friends of Winona Parks is a community organization to keep some ash trees alive and reforest the parks of Winona with a devise tree population. Donations are ran through Winona Community Foundation and are tax deductible.

Founded in 2010, Art of the Rural is a collaborative arts and culture non-profit organization that works to resource artists and culture bearers across the country to build the field, change the narrative, and bridge divides.

Ampact is a national nonprofit that specializes in managing and scaling high-quality AmeriCorps programs. Founded as the implementation arm of ServeMinnesota (Minnesota’s AmeriCorps Commission), their first program – Reading Corps launched in 2003. Today they offer evidence-based programs in three focus areas: education, environment and healthy futures.