Friends Receives Excellence Award

The Arizona Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) announced its' annual Excellence in Environmental Education Award Winners and Friends of Saguaro National Park was recognized as the Outstanding Nonprofit Organization Committed to Environmental Education. Friends received the award for helping to preserve and protect the Sonoran Desert while ensuring that young people and communities have meaningful opportunities to experience, understand and care for Saguaro National Park.

AAEE is a network of professional educators in formal and non-formal educational spaces, who teach people of all ages. AAEE connects and equips environmental education providers with their community through training, mentoring, and sharing resources. AAEE is an affiliate network of the North American Association for Environmental Education.