ROBERT DAVID LION GARDINER

The foundation's direct charitable activities consist of providing for scholarships and donations to educational facilities & other charitable organizations to educate and preserve the history and historical artifacts of long island, new york. The foundation's purpose also includes education and information to the general public in the state of new york, particularly in the area of the town of islip and more generally in suffolk county, concerning the culture, art and tradition of the locality; to cultivate, foster and promote interest in, and understanding and appreciation of the societal heritage of the town of islip, particularly during the nineteenth century; to encourage and sponsor the creation and perpetuation by existing and future historical societies of collections and repositories of the deposit, collection and examination of documents and artifacts of various kinds of relevant to such heritage and traditions; and to sponsor and encourage the preservation, restoration and ex