A grant was awarded to Verner Elementary School in Tuscaloosa to create a butterfly garden in the courtyard of the school. The area turned out beautiful, and the students will benefit from this wonderful habitat for years to come.
RC&D is an exciting partnership between the Federal government and a local nonprofit organization led by local community leaders. To help you understand how RC&D works in this partnership, the following information explains the RC&D program, the RC&D Area, the Council, and the relationships and responsibilities of each.
It’s the community-driven collaboration and communication that goes on between all these pieces of RC&D that make it work. From Washington, DC down to a couple people brainstorming over collard greens and ice tea, the RC&D network is a powerful way to help people change their communities for the better.