Steve Lasky named The Nature Education Foundation’s 2023 Norma ‘Genie’ Seymour Volunteer of the Year award by George Schaeffer, the award namesake's son, and Kay Boylan, TNEF membership and volunteer manager. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
The board of The Nature Education Foundation at the Santa Rosa Plateau took the time to thank the large number of volunteers who make its mission, “To educate and empower youth to appreciate. preserve and protect nature” during a Volunteer Appreciation Day luncheon Saturday, Nov. 18 in Wildomar.More than 60 TNEF volunteers and board member gathered the weekend before the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday at the home of Ginger Greaves, executive director of TNEF for the luncheon catered by Pete’s Barbecue to give special thanks to the volunteers and the hundreds of hours of volunteer work at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. Volunteers participate in TNEF fundraising concerts and other events that bring elementary school youngsters to the reserve to hear from a Riverside Coun
