Greetings!

 

The final tally from our Preservation Event:  OVER $60,000!  

 

This total includes a $5,000 matching grant from Farmington River Watershed Association (FRWA) as challenge money specifically for the event.  Our other partner, Farmington Valley Trout Unlimited, has also been collecting monies for this project from its membership.  EWS Trustees and many individuals and businesses donated items.  Thank you!

 

Check out articles published in the Hartford Courant, the Simsbury Post (front page) and the official press release from the Trust for Public Land.

 

See photos on our website, and the official State Citation awarded to Keep the Woods.

 

WHAT’S NEW:

 

1.  Make a secure, ON LINE DONATION directly to this project through FRWA.  Complete donation information available at Keep the Woods and Trust for Public Land.

If you donated previously through www.tpl.org, please contact Melissa Spear (Melissa.Spear@tpl.org, 203-777-7367 ext 2) to ensure that your previous donation is targeted to this project.

 

2.  We are embarking on a MAJOR EFFORT through eBay.  The first two items are up and include Ethel Walker School memorabilia and a family swim center membership at Westminster (value $287) for as little as $50! 

PAY ATTENTION!!  Sorry for the delay in getting this message out, but both of these auctions are ending tomorrow!! 

ACT NOW!  Please support this effort and check them out here:

 

EWS china

Swim center membership

 

As noted on the auction description, all proceeds from these items will go to the Trust for Public Land.  

 

Look through your house and identify some items you are willing to add to this eBay effort.  More details on “eBay for Ethel Walker Woods” will follow in the next email. 

 

3.  We have passed the halfway point in fundraising, but we are down to the wire!  Please donate and send in your pledge!  Talk to others about this project!

 

Keep the Woods!