Making a Gift
-- Becoming a Member
The Arc of
Appalachia Preserve System
Headquarters:
The
Highlands Nature Sanctuary
A gift
to the earth does a world of good
Our
Promise to You -- We Will
Not Overflow Your Mailbox or Email In-basket
We value the
privacy of your home by sending you only two news mailings a year;
including an invitation to our annual Fall Gathering. We will never give out
your mailing address or e-mail address to other parties. We value your donation
by conducting our operations as frugally as humanly possible and turning
your donation into the enduring gifts of life and land.
Link up!
Because of our deliberately infrequent mailings we encourage you to link-up
between mailings bysigning up for our email updateswhich go out approximately 8 times a year and include upcoming courses, volunteer and land steward opportunities and
Nature Notes from the Eastern Forest.
Become a Friends of the Arc
Member & Hike the Arc all Year Round!
By becoming a member, you are helping to advance
our mission of biodiversity protection, land acquisition and stewardship, and
education. Memberships are fully tax deductible and run annually from April 1st
through March 31st of the following year. Members at the Custodian and
Guardian levels receive free a car decal giving admission the
the Appalachian Forest Museum,
access to the entire trail system at the
Highlands Nature Sanctuary, waived parking fees at Serpent Mound,
and access to all other hiking destinations
in the Arcpreserve system.
Members receive a welcome packet in the mail with trail maps,
a car decal, and a welcome letter. Benefits are good for all friends and family
who may accompany you in your personal car. Be sure to include your email so
that we can send you updates on new hiking trails and special events for
members.
$150.00 (and up) Forest Guardian Membershiphelps the Arc expand and grow. Admission Decal and full member benefits.
$75.00
Forest Custodian Membershiphelps sustain the Arc's work at our present
level. Admission Decal and full member benefits.
$35.00 Forest
Link Membership keep us connected. Members receive two annual
newsletters in the mail, & Invitation to Annual Donor Gathering.
No admission benefits.
To become a member, see our
mail-in donation form; or donate on-line through
JustGive. At
JustGive site, in the "Designate my
donation" box, be sure to tell us the amount of your donation you wish to go
toward membership. Be sure to include your email so we can keep you updated
on new hiking trail opportunities.
Buying Back the Land!
The simplest most direct act we can do on behalf
of biodiversity protection in the Eastern United States is to acquire land and
restore large block of our native ecosystems. The Arc is an extremely active
land-buying organization. We reunited forest fragments, create contiguous
forested river corridors, and buy up rare botanical and zoological hotspots.
Currently we manage over 4000 acres in southern Ohio in fourteen preserves, a
region belonging to the high-diversity heartland of Eastern America's temperate
hardwood forest.
Land is expensive, but we only need to buy it once. How much
land would you like to save? At today's rural forest prices, here's who far your
money can go.
$13.75 One square rod (160 sq rods to the acre) $137.50 Ten square rods
$275.00 One eighth of an acre
$550.00 One quarter acre
$1100.00 One half acre
$2200.00 One full acre of trout lilies, glade ferns, tree frogs, and scarlet
tanagers
If you
specifically wish to have your gift go toward land acquisition, make a note on
the donation form and we will make sure your donation is transformed into the
enduring gift of land.
Gifts of Stock, Charitable Remainder Trusts and
Endowments The Arc of Appalachia has a strong
partnership with the Columbus Foundation, which provides excellent consultation
to people interested in philanthropy planning. They can give expert advice on
charitable remainder trusts and other financial giving instruments. Currently
the Foundation manages a fund in the Arc's name, called the Highlands Fund,
and all donations to this fund are transferred to the Arc to further advance
its mission. All of our stock gifts go to the Columbus Foundation and through
this fund.
If you are considering supporting the Arc of Appalachia
Preserve System with a pivotal and long-lasting gift, give Nancy a call at
937-365-0101, write
director@arcofappalachia.org;
or call Brad Britton directly at the Columbus Foundation at
614-521-4000 X106.
e-mail
linkup.adm@highlandssanctuary.org
and ask to join our mailing list to receive
Nature Notes, educational program notices, and volunteer
opportunities