First Annual Capital Campaign

WNRCD Staff

District Manager: Abbey Willard

 Asst. Manager: Jessica Andreoletti

Nat. Res. Conservationist: Anna Farmer

Land Treatment Planner: Jason Fleury

Land Treatment Planner: Marybeth Whitten

Basin Planner & Ag. Resource Specialist:

Susan Alexander

Bookkeeper: Cherie Staples

WNRCD Supervisors

Mike Dominque, Chair

Rita Bisson, Vice Chair

Catherine Scribner, Treasurer

Tom Bushey, Supervisor

Don Hipes, Assc. Supervisor

Carrie Deegan, Assc. Supervisor

William Moulton, Assc. Supervisor

Members:

Tony Abrami
Stuart Alexander
Bob Barnes

Elsie Beard

Mark Belisle

John Brabant

Bernie Chenette

Janet & David Ellison

Lydia Faesy

Ed & Cynthia Fisher

Pat Folsom

Whitney Germon

Vince Gomez

Ian Govett

Samuel Hawkeye

Faith Ingulsrud

Bonnie Lavoie

Katie O’Brien

Dru Oren

Emma Ottolenghi

Stashu Polewacyk

David Potter

Sopihie Quest

Joy Reap

Sean Reilly

Irving & Cindy Robbins

Anne, Nancy, & Ferguson Schulz

Richard J. Shatney

Laurel Swift

Ayrin Thibault

Tom Thompson

Christine R Turner

Linda Waite-Simpson

Joan Wallace

Susan Warren

Steven Wisbaum

Wayne Zeilenga

The District is growing

while our budget is shrinking!

As you know by now, the WNRCD manages a wide variety of conservation projects and provides technical services to farmers and landowners in your community. We have a great staff and a long list of innovative projects that are ready to go however, due to a funding shortage, we are waiting to move them through the planning process.

Our programs require careful coordination and secure, unrestricted funding to maintain. Unfortunately we receive a very limited amount of funding from the state (an average of $8,500 annually); therefore we are launching our first Annual Capital Campaign to meet the financial needs of our programs and general operations.

This campaign is divided into 3 phases. Each phase has it’s own financial goal, timeline, and intended community group supporters (see table below).

Today we are looking to you, those who benefit from our services, to help us meet the goal of our Citizen Membership Drive by becoming a member of the WNRCD.   To become a member, please fill out the membership form on the back page of this newsletter and return with your tax-deductible donation. (If you are already a member, now is the time to renew!) With your support, we hope to reach a Citizen Membership Drive goal of $5,000 by December 2007.

Your membership will enable the District to leverage annual funding from towns and encourage local businesses and foundations to sponsor community-based District activities such as the annual tree sale and our newsletter.  As the campaign progresses, we hope to reach a cumulative goal of $20,000 by March 2008. You can follow the progress of this Capital Campaign on our website (http://www.vacd.org/winooski) where you can watch every dollar bring us closer to our goal. We can’t do it without you!