The Early Years Institute (EYI), a not-for profit organization that educates parents, professionals and the public about the importance of the early years and brings together community leaders to make bold investments in young children to give them the best start in life, is happy to announce the appointment of Northport native Patricia Manzi as director of its Long Island Nature Collaborative for Kids (LINCK) program.
LINCK is a three-year old network of environmentalists, educators, landscape architects, and land trusts working together to bring children outdoors and reconnect them with nature. LINCK works collaboratively to bring “outdoor classrooms" to Long Island, creating outdoor play spaces that use only natural substances that stimulate learning and the use of all five senses.
Currently a resident of Massapequa, Trish Manzi brings 22 years of not-for-profit environmental education and wildlife conservation experience to EYI. A graduate of the SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, Trish is currently earning her master's degree in environmental science at C.W. Post. She most recently served as Pine Barrens site director for the Nature Conservancy in Cold Spring Harbor and as an environmental consultant for Foxtrot Environmental Services in Massapequa.
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“We are so pleased to have Trish join us at EYI,” said EYI President Dana Freidman. “Her passion for nature and wildlife and her background as a trainer and naturalist will serve to truly connect children to their environment in a number of settings throughout Long Island.”
The Early Years Institute is based in Plainview, New York, and was formed in 2008 to promote the importance of the early years for later success in school and life across Long Island.
