The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund

The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund To donate:

https://online.nwf.org/site/Donation2?10040.donation=form1&df_id=10040&JServSessionIdr004=n9fjdqla61.app240a Who was Craig Tufts?

Each year a panel of judges grants an award to one youth to attend a Family Nature Summit. The Fund provides travel, room and board and program fees for the award winner and an accompanying parent or guardian. Craig worked for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) for 33 years as Chief Naturalist. He was excited about everything living and understood a tremendous amount about the natural world ar

ound him, no matter where he was. Being with Craig on a walk was like having a guide beside you. Craig was always happy to point things out to anyone and was just as excited to see something for the fiftieth time as he was to see it for the first time. What is the Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund? The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund continues Craig’s legacy, replicating the spark he provided for so many with his extensive knowledge of and appreciation for the natural world. The Fund finances an annual award that recognizes an individual between the ages of 8 and 18 who displays an interest in the natural world, aiming to foster that interest and encourage a lifelong path of environmental study. The Fund provides an opportunity for a young person to experience NWF’s mission of inspiring individuals of all ages to care about and protect wildlife and wildlife habitat. What are Family Nature Summits? Since the first 'Conservation Summit' in July of 1970, the National Wildlife Federation has played host to hundreds of families and thousands of individuals at diverse locations throughout the North American continent (including Alaska and Hawaii). Although the National Wildlife Federation is no longer the direct provider of the Family Summits program, NWF has assisted and encouraged Family Summits, Inc. to continue to provide opportunities for families and individuals to experience and learn about nature together in the Family Summits community. How can I contribute to the Fund? If you wish to make a memorial contribution, please consider this fund as a way of carrying on Craig's legacy. Donations can be made at www.nwf.org/CraigTuftsFund or sent to:

National Wildlife Federation
Attn: Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund
11100 Wildlife Federation Drive
Reston, VA 20190

01/30/2024

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Family Nature Summits, National Wildlife Federation, and The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund announce the 15th annual essay contest for the Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Award!
The award recipient (between the ages of 8 and 18) and a parent or guardian will get to attend a week-long summer outdoor adventure camp in the mountain-surrounded saguaro desert region of Arizona. Applications are due by March 15. Apply and learn about Tanya Overbeek and Henry Burns—last year’s winners! https://rangerrick.org/ranger_rick/northwoods-adventure/?piref=printbp

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Family Nature Summits, National Wildlife Federation, and The Craig Tufts Educational Scholar...
03/01/2023

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!
Family Nature Summits, National Wildlife Federation, and The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund announce the 14th annual essay contest for the Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Award!
The award recipient (between the ages of 8 and 18) and a parent or guardian will get to attend a week-long summer outdoor adventure camp in the Northwoods region of Minnesota. Applications are due by March 17. Apply and learn about Lucy Pearson—last year’s winner! https://rangerrick.org/ranger_rick/lucy-pearson-shes-a-winner/

Here's a taste of what you missed if you weren't there last Friday at Jammin' Java for Graham Drew and Friends' tribute ...
03/01/2023

Here's a taste of what you missed if you weren't there last Friday at Jammin' Java for Graham Drew and Friends' tribute to Pink Floyd's masterpiece Dark Side of the Moon. Graham assembled an incredible lineup to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release, and the sold-out crowd hung with them until the very end of the night. The Tufts family would like to sincerely thank graham, the entire band, the staff at JJ, and the amazing audience. Nearly $3,000 was raised for our fund! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

From their Feb 24, 2023 performance of Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety at Jammin Java, Vienna, VA

02/14/2023

You can still get tickets for Graham Drew & Friends Presents an Evening of Pink Floyd -The Dark Side of The Moon 50th Anniversary, Friday the 24th at Jammin' Java! All profits from the evening go to our fund!

For the first & friends post-COVID, come out 10/22 to hear .music, , , .voxx, and cover the music of Joni Mitchell, C...
10/07/2022

For the first & friends post-COVID, come out 10/22 to hear .music, , , .voxx, and cover the music of Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Kate Bush, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple and more! is the spot. Ticketing link in profile! All profits go to our fund. Poster by .

Mark your calendars! October 22nd is Ben Tufts & Friends Present “Key Women” at Jammin Java, the first post-pandemic ch...
10/06/2022

Mark your calendars! October 22nd is Ben Tufts & Friends Present “Key Women” at Jammin Java, the first post-pandemic charity concert supporting our fund! It's gonna be quite an evening--performances by Jacqueline Pie Francis, Calista Garcia, Jamie Kaye, Ari Voxx, Ms. Fridrich and Cynthia Marie. Check out this incredible poster designed by Selena Benally!

08/22/2022

JUST ANNOUNCED! October 22nd at Jammin' Java, Ben Tufts & Friends present Key Women: Some of the best and brightest DC metro area songwriters pay tribute to the biggest names of the piano, including Carole King, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Kate Bush, Lady Gaga, Laura Nyro, Regina Spektor and more!

This is the first in-person charity event for our fund in over three years, and we hope we can count on you to join us for this special night.

Ticketing and more info here:

Some of the best and brightest DC metro area songwriters pay tribute to the biggest names of the piano, including Carole King, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Kate Bush, Lady Gaga, Laura Nyro, Regina Spektor and more!

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