"Nell's work with Newman's Own embodies the kind of business we're trying to teach and promote here at COA," said COA's President Darron Collins. "We're grateful to have the support of a real human ecologist like Nell -- I know Turrets was meaningful to her in her own COA experience."

With help from the grant and other gifts to the project, COA will preserve the outer envelope of Turrets for the next century. Specifically, the work will include a new roofing infrastructure, new copper drainage system and copper roof flashing, dismantling and reconstruction of two ocean-side turrets, and new energy-saving and historically honest doors and windows.

Renovations of Turrets began in April 2013. The cost of the repairs is $3.5 million. Over $800,000 has been raised to date. For more information about saving Turrets, please visit http://coa.edu/specialinitiatives. Time-lapse images of the project are available on COA's website: http://coa.edu/turretstimelapse.