Impact 100 Jersey Coast Gives COA SEAL of Approval!

Clean Ocean Action is honored to announce that our Student Environmental and Advocacy Leadership (SEAL) program was awarded Impact 100 Jersey Coast’s first Environmental, Parks and Recreation grant at their Annual Meeting on November 19! The evening was thrilling as over 340 of the 440 members attended the event to cast their vote for four worthy projects. The power and energy from these amazing women filled the room and was most inspiring. The SEAL project will engage teenagers from 10 underserved areas in Monmouth County to become environmental leaders within their communities and beyond. In short, “Teach a child to read and you open up the world. Teach a child to lead and they can change the world. ”

Young Harp Seal at Sandy Hook, NJ, photo by Joseph Reynolds, Save Coastal Wildlife

 COA will receive $110,000 over two years to support this exciting grassroots initiative. COA is most grateful to Impact 100 Jersey Coast for their remarkable community support since their launch in 2016. 

COA staff gathers to say waves of thanks to Impact 100 Jersey Coast.
L to R: Allie Meyerhoff, Peter Blair, Swarna Muthukrishnan, Spencer Munson, Cindy Zipf, Mary-Beth Thompson, Kari Martin, (not pictured: Alison McCarthy, Zack Karvelas)

Additional Awardees are: Asbury Park Music Foundation, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and St. Mark’s Center for Community Renewal. Stay tuned as we roll-out the program. Waves of thanks, Impact 100 Jersey Coast!