Projects
Grant Number: 20221218  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven Harbor and Quinnipiac River, highlighting the waterfront's importance to the community.
 
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $20,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
www.canaldock.org
Grant Number: 20211517  
to support boating and environmental programming that bring New Haven area residents in contact with New Haven Harbor and Quinnipiac River, highlighting the waterfront's importance to the community. 
Year Issued: 2021 | Amount: $13,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20201259  
to support boating activities on the New Haven Harbor and on the Quinnipiac and Mill rivers including after-school boating programs for New Haven high school students, dragon boat competitions for adults and community boating events for adults.
 
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $15,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
Hollis Martens 
hollis@canaldock.org 
https://www.canaldock.org/
Grant Number: 20190127  
To support an examination of the seasonal variation in the composition and quantity of microplastic particles from wastewater treatment facilities discharging treated wastewater into the Quinnipiac River. 
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $16,000 
        Southern Connecticut State University  
  
  Contact Information
Vincent Breslin 
Breslinv1@southernct.edu 
www.southernct.edu
Grant Number: 20170091  
To support start up staff to expand public access to rowing and other non-motorized watercraft, to grow participation in the annual dragon boat regatta, and to maintain a partnership with the University of New Haven, which will offer programs in environmental education to the general public. 
Year Issued: 2017 | Amount: $15,000 
        Canal Dock Boathouse, Inc.  
  
  Contact Information
John Pescatore 
jpescatore11@gmail.com 
www.canaldock.org
Grant Number: 20150153  
to support the Be the Solution to Pollution project which raises awareness of how pollution threatens the health of humans, animals, and the environment along the Quinnipiac River. 
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $13,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
  Contact Information
Ms. Sharon Lewis 
sharonelewis2001@aol.com 
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20140143  
to support a community education course to train 20 New Haven residents about ways to reduce water pollution in the Quinnipiac River and its human health impacts, who will in turn educate 1000 additional residents in the community.  
Year Issued: 2014 | Amount: $15,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
  Contact Information
Sharon Lewis 
sharonelewis2001@aol.com 
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20130053  
To provide general operating support for fostering awareness of environmental issues of the Quinnipiac River and promoting activities that safeguard the health of residents that use the Quinnipiac River. 
 
Year Issued: 2013 | Amount: $7,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
  Contact Information
Sharon Lewis 
sharonelewis2001@aol.com 
www.environmental-justice.org
Grant Number: 20120096  
To support the education of fishers on safe consumption of fish from the Quinnipiac River and work with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to ensure fish signage is posted in the area in appropriate languages as well as support an exchange program where Quinnipiac River fishers can trade their lead weights for non-lead weights. 
Year Issued: 2012 | Amount: $2,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
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Grant Number: 20100119  
To educate fishers on the safe consumption of fish from the Quinnipiac River and to work with the State Department of Environmental Protection to ensure fish signage is posted in fishing areas in common languages such as English, Spanish, Chinese, Kmer, Lao and Vietnamese. 
Year Issued: 2010 | Amount: $13,000 
        Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice  
  
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