Board Meeting today! - Directly following our club meeting, committee chairs and directors please stay for our October meeting.
Membership Committee - Oktoberfest – Bring a Guest month.Our President Gary has set a goal of taking our club to 75 members. During the month of October, we’ll have special Oktoberfest related giveaways. Each week, all members who bring a guest will get a gift. Members will also get one entry into an end of month drawing, for each guest they bring during October.
Community Service - We have a new recurring volunteer opportunity at the State Theatre. The 2nd Thursday of every month, our club will staff the State Theatre. We only need a minimum of 4 volunteers each month. The shift only lasts about 90-120 minutes. Please see Kyle Konas or Alex Zelinski to sign up!
What you missed
September 26th
Glen Chown, the Grand Traverse Land Conservancy is only land trust started by a Rotary club. Glean shared the important conservancy history starting in 1991. In 27 years started with 100,000 over three years. 41,000 acres protected. 35 nature preserves and 27 natural areas. $205M in funds raised.
Here’s the four different ways that the Conservancy works in the area:
Conservation easements
Land acquisition
Municipal assets
Technical assistance
The foresight of Rotary Charities 30 years ago is recognized worldwide. The region is growing in reputation so the efforts to preserve has become even more important. Glen shared the recently launched Campaign for Generations; they have currently raised 55M in the leadership phase and looking to raise 15M more.
Upper Manistee Headwaters, Maple Hurst Natural Area, Petobego State Game Area Addition, Torch Ridge Easement, Farmland Protection (losing 3 acres of farmland a minute) are featured projects to ensure that this region and its important ecosystem and beauty is protector for thousands of years to come. Universal Access is an important part of ensuring that all the public can enjoy the preserved areas.
“I am nearly 78 years old and I have lived in Carmel Highlands for the past 17 years. Perhaps the greatest joy I will ever find in my lifetime is the opportunity to protect the unsurpassed natural beauty of our coastline for our children and grandchildren….Let us not go down in history as the generation that stood silently by while the Big Sur coast was developed and its natural beauty destroyed. Let us, instead, leave a splendid legacy for our children….If we join together to accomplish the preservation of our Big Sur Coast I will feel I have had a life fully lived.” —Ansel Adams
