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Lake
County Land Trust Volunteers
and Supporters
Thank
You -- You Make a Difference
The
Lake County Land Trust receives help from many volunteers.
They help with a wide range of tasks including fundraising
activities, property clean-up, and working in our office.
Currently
we have a “Volunteer Thursday,” on the first and third Thursday
of every month at the Rodman Slough Preserve Nature Education Center
at the Rodman Slough Preserve.
Volunteers
gather at the center to take part in a variety of volunteer
tasks and enjoy an afternoon of fun and fellowship while
helping the Land Trust.
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Board members Brad Barnwell and Nina Marino
presented Pamela Bordisso with her
Volunteer of the Year award for 2008. |
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Each year the Lake County Land Trust honors
"Supporters of the Year." This year Pamela Capito, left,
of Lakeport and Michele Quere, Upper Lake,
were honored for their support of the Lake County Land Trust.
They are pictured with Land Trust President, Pete McGee.
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The Lake County
Land Trust honors Land Trust
volunteers and supporters every year at it annual
dinner. In 2006, Lakeport's Jan Parkinson, a former
board member, was honored. She is pictured with
Congressman Mike Thompson, who attended the
Land Trust Annual Dinner in Clearlake, and then Lake
County Land Trust President, Michael Friel.
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Volunteers
were instrumental in the long effort to purchase and preserve the
locally famous Black Forest above the Buckingham Peninsula.
In this effort, volunteers stuffed envelopes, did mailings,
helped with property clean-up and monitored the site.
The Bureau of Land Management now owns the Black Forest
property, but volunteers are still a vital part of its management,
completing a very important fire threat reduction project last year.
The
Land Trust sponsors several fundraising events throughout the year,
and participates in the annual Heron Festival and Wildflower Brunch. Volunteers are needed and appreciated to staff our booth at
this event, and at the annual Pear Festival.
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Carlé High School student volunteers
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The Lake County Land
Trust annual dinner held on the second Saturday of October each year
is also a recipient of volunteer help, including the students of
Carlé High School in Lower Lake.
Carlé High School volunteers also help with our newsletter
and appeal letters.
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Our
volunteers also continue to help clean up and monitor our
Rabbit Hill property in Middletown.
This small park is open to the public and
has a picnic table at the top where visitors can experience
scenic views of the Middletown area.
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A volunteer clean-up
crew at Rabbit Hill in Middletown. |
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Left,
the Board of Directors of Mendo Lake Credit Union (MLCU) donated
$4,000 to the Lake County Land Trust (LCLT) to help fund
education projects at the Trust’s Rodman Slough Preserve Nature
Education Center. Pictured are Jon Ambrose, left, LCLT board
member; Cameron Reeves, MLCU board member; Janice Bell,
President/CEO of MLCU; Tom Gilliam, LCLT board member; Brad
Barnwell, LCLT board member and chair of the Land Trust’s Rodman
Slough committee; Cindy Poindexter, MLCU branch manager for
Lakeport; and Tom Smythe, LCLT board member. |
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Appreciation
extended to donating local Artists
The
following artists generously donated their works of art to the
Lake County Land Trust to sell at the recent Saw Shop Gallery
Bistro Spring Dinner and at the October Annual Dinner. All
proceeds from the sale of the art goes to the Lake County Land
Trust. Many thanks too: John Eells, Greg Cornish, Carmen
Patterson, Steven Gay Bilodeau, Lilly Hilt, Patty Oates,
Marilyn Higday, Corinne McEvers, Lyle Madesen, Ann Orpustan,
Barbara Kossen, Gail Salatori, Jackie Farley, Marge Gray,
Kathy Dutra, Barbara LeVasseur, Judy Cardinale, Jackie Smythe,
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Lilly Hilt is
one of the local artists
who donated a painting to the
Land Trust.
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If you have experience in management, building, painting, clerical
work, or would like to get involved at any level with friendly
people who are trying to benefit the community, please call our
executive director, Catherine Koehler at (707) 262-0707. --
Click here to see how you can volunteer or
support the LCLT.
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