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Breakfast in the Barn!
Growing the Greenways Fundraiser
Saturday, April 29, 9 am - 10:30
Bear-Paw is having another benefit breakfast party! For those who attended last year and for those who missed it, this is another opportunity to support the important work of Bear-Paw. On Saturday, April 29 at 9am we will hold our second annual Growing the Greenways fundraiser in the big red Kitz Farm barn. The Kitz Farm is nestled at the foot of Parker Mountain in Strafford.
Why the big feed?
The breakfast is free but we will ask attendees to make a generous contribution toward our goal of $30,000. We have a good reason for this ambitious fundraising goal. Last year the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation awarded a $20,000 grant to Bear-Paw to expand our land protection program. At last year’s breakfast, we matched the grant and that enabled us to hire Kathleen Doherty, our first full-time Land Protection and Stewardship Specialist. Kathleen started in September 2016 and hit the ground running – applying for grants to protect Bennett Island, coordinating the work of our volunteer land stewards, and helping Bear-Paw prepare for accreditation from the Land Trust Alliance.
The Charitable Foundation grant was a one-time award designed to give us a boost to expand our staff. In order to continue Growing the Greenways with our land protection program at current levels we need to make up the difference. Daniel Kern, our Executive Director, has ably steered Bear-Paw mostly by himself for over ten years. We have now protected over 8,000 acres, and have added four more towns to our original seven town region. Across these 11 towns there are more than 10 projects protecting 1,000 acres in the works for 2017, and great potential for the years beyond.
Help us Grow the Greenways!
We thank you for helping make Bear-Paw so successful! This has allowed us to reach for the next level as an organization, which will ultimately make possible additional land protection in our eleven-town region. The Breakfast in the Barn comes with hearty “down home” fare, much of it locally sourced, under the ancient beams at a table filled with friends who support this cause.
Tables have been filling up fast with personal invitations, but the barn is spacious and if you want to help us, we’ll save a place for you! Please contact us at 603-463-9400 or info@bear-paw.org to reserve your place at the Breakfast in the Barn on April 29th! If you can't make it but would still like to make a gift, click here to make an online contribution or call the office at 603-463-9400!
Why the big feed?
The breakfast is free but we will ask attendees to make a generous contribution toward our goal of $30,000. We have a good reason for this ambitious fundraising goal. Last year the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation awarded a $20,000 grant to Bear-Paw to expand our land protection program. At last year’s breakfast, we matched the grant and that enabled us to hire Kathleen Doherty, our first full-time Land Protection and Stewardship Specialist. Kathleen started in September 2016 and hit the ground running – applying for grants to protect Bennett Island, coordinating the work of our volunteer land stewards, and helping Bear-Paw prepare for accreditation from the Land Trust Alliance.
The Charitable Foundation grant was a one-time award designed to give us a boost to expand our staff. In order to continue Growing the Greenways with our land protection program at current levels we need to make up the difference. Daniel Kern, our Executive Director, has ably steered Bear-Paw mostly by himself for over ten years. We have now protected over 8,000 acres, and have added four more towns to our original seven town region. Across these 11 towns there are more than 10 projects protecting 1,000 acres in the works for 2017, and great potential for the years beyond.
Help us Grow the Greenways!
We thank you for helping make Bear-Paw so successful! This has allowed us to reach for the next level as an organization, which will ultimately make possible additional land protection in our eleven-town region. The Breakfast in the Barn comes with hearty “down home” fare, much of it locally sourced, under the ancient beams at a table filled with friends who support this cause.
Tables have been filling up fast with personal invitations, but the barn is spacious and if you want to help us, we’ll save a place for you! Please contact us at 603-463-9400 or info@bear-paw.org to reserve your place at the Breakfast in the Barn on April 29th! If you can't make it but would still like to make a gift, click here to make an online contribution or call the office at 603-463-9400!
