EnviroSolutions, Inc. Pledges $10,000 in Challenge Match For Workhouse Fundraising Effort

Lorton's Workhouse Arts Center is $30,000 short in fundraising for this fiscal year, and EnviroSolutions, Inc. (ESI) has offered to help make up the difference. The company, which owns the Lorton Landfill, is willing to contribute a 1-1 match for up to $10,000 of donations made to the Workhouse until the end of June. 

The Workhouse has raised approximately $430,000 this fiscal year, which ends on June 30. The fundraising goal is $460,000. 

"We're every close to the goal and it would be a shame not to mee it," said Conrad Mehan, Director of Government Relations and Community Affairs for ESI, who is also vice chair of the Lorton Arts Foundation, which operates the Workhouse.

"The Workhouse is not just an arts community, it's a center of education, and one would have to think what would the area look like without the Workhouse," said Mehan.  

ESI is the Workhouses' largest donor, having contributed more than $40,000 this year alone. 

The nonprofit Workhouse Arts Center opened in 2008, and features artist studios, live events, gallery exhibitions, theatrical producations and musical performances. The donalted funds would bolster its budgets for educational programs and events. 

John Mason, executive director of the Workhouse, was pleased with the fundraising effort. 

"ESI is committed to local organizations and helping those agencies to serve their communities," said Mason in a prepared statement. "Mr. Mehan has been a long-serving member of our Board of Directors and ESI is among our largest donors each year. We know that ESi is committed to working with the people of Southern Fairfax Counrty to provide their services in environmentally safe ways." 

For more about making a contribution to the Workhouse, click here. 

For More on ESI, Read: ESI Requests 22-year Extension for Operation of Lorton Landfill in Exchange for Construction of Green Energy Park