OUR MISSION
S U S TA I N H U R R I C A N E
The Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership integrates science education, applied research, and leadership development through year-round educational programs and a seasonal, environmentally-sustainable island community.
AN ISLAND FOR THE FUTURE
curiosity
inquiry
community
stewardship “We are forging ahead.
S T R AT E G I C P R I O R I T I E S • Integrating Science Education and Applied Research • Responding to Community-Driven Science and Research Questions • Creating Solutions Through a Sustainable Island Campus • Building Leadership Capacity to Sustain Communities
We stand on the shoulders of others who dreamed and labored, and we need to make our own shoulders suitably grounded for future generations. Please join us.”
“Hurricane Island is about more than education. It’s about changing the world, in small steps, one person at a time. More than anything else, it is this attitude of positive change in measurable ways that defines the Hurricane Island community.” ~Middle School Science Teacher
David Conover Board Chair
C A P I TA L F U N D I N G TO AT TA I N T H E N E X T P H A S E O F O U R S T R AT E G I C P L A N
Penobscot Bay, Maine P.O. Box 1280, Rockland, ME 04841 | info@hurricaneisland.net | www.hurricaneisland.net
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Who We Serve EDUCATION
RESEARCH
Our place-based model of education starts in our island communities and expands across the globe. We provide summer science programs, customized school trips, curricula and classroom support, teacher professional development, and remote learning platforms. With our partner, United People Global, we train over 500 young Sustainability Leaders from over 30 countries and 6 continents.
Our researchers work with the local fishing and aquaculture communities from Stonington to Port Clyde and with researchers from University of Maine, Bigelow Laboratory, Maine Department of Marine Resources and other institutions investigating the waters and ecology of the Gulf of Maine. Our research team maintains a 3.2-acre Experimental Research Aquaculture site off the north end of the island. A sample of higher education institutions we serve includes:
A sample of schools we serve includes: • Cambridge School of Weston, MA • Epiphany School, MA • NorthEast H.S., PA • North Haven School, ME
Capital Cost Breakout
• Pomfret Academy, CT
• Bowdoin College
• Columbia University
• Portland H.S., ME
• Brown University
• Unity College
• Proctor Academy, NH
• Colby College
• University of Maine
• Vinalhaven School, ME
• College of the Atlantic
• University of Vermont
CAPITAL FUNDING STEERING GROUP David Conover, Board Chair • Bo Hoppin, Executive Director •
David Harmon, Development Committee Chair Jennifer Mathews, Director of Development
For more information, contact Director of Development Jennifer Mathews at jmathews@hurricaneisland.net or call 207-441-2883.
SUSTAINING THE ISLAND
Capital needed to improve our existing island campus
Structural upgrades to island buildings and infrastructure • Galley/mess hall 1 • Cabins, staff housing, shower house 2 3 4 • Main pier, dock house 5 • Student classrooms, bunkhouse 6 7 • Quarry climbing wall platform, program facilities 8 Sustainability systems • Increasing solar capacity 9 • Installing high-capacity solar hot water system • Expanding gardens 10
$725,000
$50,000
ATTAINING THE FUTURE
Capital needed to attain the next phase of our strategic plan
Hurricane Island Field Research Station 11 12 • Materials, construction, transport, labor • Scientific and educational laboratory equipment
$525,000
USCG-inspected passenger vessel (20-30 passenger) 13 • Purchase student transport boat to improve island accessibility, sustainability and water-based research programming
$300,000
Fund for Hurricane’s Future • Funding for future maintenance of island infrastructure
$400,000
Total funds needed* • Sustain the island and attain the next phase of the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership Strategic Plan *includes hard and soft costs plus 10% administrative fees
$2,000,000