
The Telling Trees is a project to research, document, and present the stories of people, places, culture, and time of Stone County through the gathering of oral histories and sharing of these through storytelling and the arts.
Telling Trees Partners/Donors include, in addition to numerous private donations, the following:
American Red Cross (Hurricane Recovery Program), Bodine Pottery, Charles Stuart Mott Foundation, City of Wiggins, Friends of Red Creek, Friends of Stone County Libraries, Foundation for the Mid South, Harrison County Soil & Water Conservation District, Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Coastal Plains RC&D Council, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Mississippi Forestry Commission, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area, Mississippi Humanities Council, National Storytelling Network, Stone County Arts Council, Stone County Economic Development Partnership, Stone County School District, Stone County Supervisors, USDA Forest Service