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Lacawac Sanctuary receives grant from Villaume Foundation

| 27 Jan 2016 | 12:51
    From left: Lewis J. Critelli, Villaume Foundation board member, and Craig Lukatch, president and executive director of Lacawac Sanctuary (Photo provided)
    From left: Lewis J. Critelli, Villaume Foundation board member, and Craig Lukatch, president and executive director of Lacawac Sanctuary (Photo provided)

LAKE ARIEL — Lacawac Sanctuary was selected to receive a community grant award from the John and Helen Villaume Foundation.

Craig Lukatch, president and executive director of the Lacawac Sanctuary, received a $6,250 check from foundation board member Lewis J. Critelli.

Lacawac Sanctuary is a 545-acre nature preserve, ecological field research stand and public environmental education center located on Sanctuary Road in Lake Ariel. The Sanctuary boasts a pristine glacial lake, Lake Lacawac, bogs, forests with hiking trails and the historic Watres Lodge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The funds from the Villaume grant will be used for a free environmental education program for PreK-12 students in Wayne County. For additional information regarding Lacawac Sanctuary, visit lacawac.org.