New Foundation Launched to Benefit Amelia Island Plantation Environment, Residents and Visitors

Media Release

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April 28, 2015 10:00 a.m.

April 27, 2015

A new charitable foundation has taken root at the Amelia

Island Plantation with its first project – an Earth Day Tree Planting.

Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort Managing Director Donald Stamets (from left); Martex Services Vice President Tom Livingston; Amelia Island Plantation Community Association Board of Directors President Richard Tufaro; and Amelia Island Plantation Foundation President Judith Pines plant a magnolia tree at Amelia Island Plantation on Earth Day, April 22, 2015. This is the first project for the new foundation, which will support projects that benefit residents and visitors to the south Amelia Island community.

On April 22, members of the Amelia Island Plantation Foundation Board of

Directors along with representatives from the Omni Amelia Island Plantation

Resort and Martex Services planted a magnolia tree at the southeast foot of

Cooper Bridge, which spans Florida A1A to connect the east and west sides

of Amelia Island Plantation.

This is the first project for the Foundation, which was launched last year

as a 501(3)c organization. Donations to the Foundation are tax deductible,

and the Foundation can apply for grant funding on projects AIPF chooses to

support.

The Foundation was established to support charitable, recreational,

educational and environmental programs and projects that benefit both the

residents living on the Plantation and the public visiting the community,

Foundation President Judith Pines told residents who gathered for the tree

planting April 22.

“First and foremost among these is the protection and enhancement of the

local maritime forest canopy, marsh areas and other elements of the

physical environment,” Pines said. “So today, the planting of this magnolia

tree on Earth Day is a small first step towards fulfilling our commitment,

and it is symbolic of the nature and intent of the AIPF as an organization.”

The Foundation’s Planning Committee currently is developing a list of

projects that might benefit Amelia Island Plantation. The Foundation

welcomes input from the community as to specific areas of interest on which

to focus its attention.

For more information or to become involved, please contact the Foundation

at info@aipfoundation.net. Tax-deductible donations to the Foundation can

be mailed to Amelia Island Plantation Foundation, 5542 First Coast Highway,

Suite 400, Amelia Island FL 32034.