Kutha Kwa Nyengo, Ndi Kuyang'ana M'zaka khumi Zikubwerazi

Wolemba Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti, The Ocean Foundation

Ndi zosakaniza zachisoni ndi kunyada kuti ndikulengeza kuti ndavomereza kusiya ntchito kwa Wapampando wathu woyambitsa, Wolcott Henry kuchokera ku Board of The Ocean Foundation.

Ngakhale zaka 11 Wolcott anali kale padera mu bungwe ili monga woyambitsa wapampando wa onse oyambirira njira uphungu komiti ndiyeno Board of Dayilekita, anavomera kukhala pa chikumbutso 10 chaka chathu ndi kuona The Ocean Foundation mu zaka khumi wake wachiwiri. Ndife othokoza kwambiri chifukwa cha zaka zake zautumiki komanso kufunitsitsa kwake kukwaniritsa chaka cha 10th Anniversary. Tikuthokoza kwambiri chifukwa chochititsa mwambowu ku New York mwezi wa November watha komanso utumiki wake monga mtsogoleri wa mwambowu ku Washington.

Chofunika kwambiri, ndife othokoza kwa Wolcott Henry chifukwa cha malingaliro ake achisanu ndi chimodzi okhudza kufunika kogwirira ntchito limodzi m'malo mwa nyanja. Monga momwe adachitira ndi ntchito zina monga DC Marines Community ndi CGBD Marine Conservation Program, Wolcott Henry anali ndi masomphenya ozindikira kufunikira kwa njira yomvera, yopereka ndalama zambiri zothandizira omwe amagwira ntchito molimbika m'malo mwa nyanja zathu. midzi yomwe imadalira iwo. Ocean Foundation ndiye zotsatira za masomphenyawo. Adapereka nthawi yake ndi zithunzi zake zodabwitsa m'malo mwa ntchito yomwe tikugwira - khalani ndi chidwi ndi zatsopano patsamba lathu lomwe lakonzedwa. Anathandizira kulimbikitsa ntchito monga Marine Photobank, Ocean Doctorndipo Blue Legacy International, zomwe zatulutsidwa tsopano. Wagwiritsa ntchito njira zambiri zomwe The Ocean Foundation ingathandizire kutsimikizira kupambana kwachifundo kwa opereka. Wagawana mowolowa manja zomwe adakumana nazo ndi aliyense kuyambira ogwira ntchito mpaka Board of Advisors.

Kuchokera kotala loyamba la madola milioni mu ndalama zogwirira ntchito, The Ocean Foundation yakula kufika ku 15 kuchulukitsa ndalama; kukhala wothandizira kwambiri pazachuma pama projekiti ambiri omwe amachitidwa, olimbikitsidwa, ndi oyendetsedwa; adalandira mawonedwe apamwamba kuchokera kwa Guidestar ndi Charity Navigator, ndipo adayika zotsatira zosayerekezeka za akamba am'nyanja, matanthwe a m'nyanja, madambo a udzu wa m'nyanja, anamgumi, usodzi, ndi zamoyo zina zam'nyanja padziko lonse lapansi. Tikuthokoza onse a Wolcott ndi ma board omwe amawatsogolera (The Henry Foundation ndi The Curtis ndi Edith Munson Foundation) chifukwa cha kuwolowa manja kwawo kwa nthawi yake, likulu lawo lambewu, komanso thandizo lawo pama projekiti omwe tidakhala nawo komanso Fund ya Utsogoleri wa Ocean.

Monga Bungwe la The Ocean Foundation likulandira mamembala atsopano kuti alowe m'malo mwa asilikali ake ankhondo, ndikukulitsa Bungwe la Advisors kuti adziwe ukadaulo wapampopi, ndikuthokoza kuti sitidzataya nzeru ndi kukumbukira kwawo kwa Wolcott Henry ndi ena chifukwa The Ocean. Tsogolo la Foundation ndi zonse zomwe taphunzira m'mbuyomu. Wool ali ndi Donor Advised Fund ku The Ocean Foundation, ndipo apitiliza kukhala wopereka komanso mlangizi kwa ife.

Chonde gwirizanani nane pothokoza Wolcott, yemwe tsopano ndi Chairman Emeritus, chifukwa cha masomphenya ake, zaka zake zautumiki, ndi mphatso zambiri zomwe sanatumizidwe m'malo mwa nyanja yathu yapadziko lonse lapansi.