Scholarships
The Dana Point Earth/Ocean Society arranges scholarships for children who might otherwise miss an opportunity to take part in educational programs related to the Earth/Ocean Society mission.
Largely this means scholarships for the Ocean Institute's world-class programs.
The Scholarship program focuses on raising littering awareness among fifth graders. It is our intention to encourage behavioral changes by starting with our youth. The program’s primary goal with these participating groups of children is to allow them to experience and appreciate the importance of taking care of their environment in order to protect and enhance life in the ocean and on the earth.
It is an opportunity for these children:
- to experience the idea of volunteerism;
- to increase the sense of community and awareness of their involvement;
- to learn of responsibility to themselves, to others, and their environment;
- and most of all to enjoy and appreciate the experience that they will be able to adapt and integrate into their future.
Ultimately, through this small program with potential for greatness, it is our hope and our long term goal that these children will one day make changes that would create positive effects to lives on the earth and in the ocean.
EOS is dedicated to putting every single fifth grader in/from Dana Point through the famous Ocean Institute program.
The program demonstrates the Watershed operations, water testing, and influence of foreign matter (litter) in waterways that lead to the ocean. It provides the students with a firm knowledge of the effects of littering. Students will not only enjoyably learn to appreciate the beauty of a cleaner environment, but also become aware of the negative consequences of certain behavior, especially littering.
