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Save Fern Gully Forest
$12,000 RAISED OF $175,000 GOAL
With the support of the community, other local organizations, and forest school families we've been making steady progress on our goal for three years!
However, in May 2024, the development company raised the price and listed the Big Cedar Grove properties for sale on the global market!
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We had raised nearly enough, but had to pivot and jump on an incredible opportunity to purchase the neighbors house with a loan from the WA Community Reinvestment Association. In August we closed on the new Community Nature Center property that protects another two acres of the forest and the access to Indian Creek that the kids currently use and love.
We're excited this will allow us to expand our programs and be able to better serve more low-income and marginalized members of the community.
BIG THANKS to our community for stepping up in the final hour! Now to meet these new challenges, and protect all of Fern Gully Forest once and for all, we’ve set up for a FINAL PUSH.
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PLEASE HELP SAVE THIS BELOVED FOREST! You can be the change by sharing the news and giving what you can today. Even a little can MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
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This 'small but mighty' urban forest not only provides vital habitat for wildlife and ecosystem services, it is a sanctuary in the city that is home to outdoor education programs for children and families. Sadly, the remaining forests in this watershed are rapidly being destroyed.
THE VISION is to conserve the forest for vital wildlife habitat, for the services and medicine these ecosystems provide, and especially FOR CHILDREN and families to connect and enjoy the beauty and benefits of nature.
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With your help, we can reach this goal and continue the work to protect more of this beloved forest, cultivate community gardens and a culture of kindness with outdoor education that helps create a lifelong connection and care for others and the Earth for a BRIGHTER FUTURE.
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Please help if you can. Every donation counts.
Please mail larger donations to:
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Community Nature Foundation
1443 Brown St SE
Olympia, WA 98501
CNF is a 501(c)3 Charitable Nonprofit and Donations are Tax Deductible.
You Can Make a Difference
Your donation will be used to...
Conserve Nature & Urban Forests
Inspire Acts of Service
Create Community Gardens
Restore Ecosystems & Wildlife Habitat
Provide Equal Access to Outdoor Education
Cultivate Community Resiliency
Protect
Mission 1
Conserve the acre of urban forest that is the most vulnerable to development. With your help, we are raising the funds necessary to purchase and protect the forest from development by putting it into conservation for the wildlife, the community, the children, and the future.
Educate
Mission 2
Our community forests provide sanctuaries for wildlife and people, and a place for outdoor education and service learning opportunities. We create spaces where youth and people of all incomes can connect with the wisdom and medicine in nature, explore and enjoy the beauty, and increase environmental awareness and community resiliency.
Collaborate
Mission 3
In collaboration with communities, businesses, organizations, and other nonprofits, we work to provide equal access to community forests and outdoor education, create community gardens, and plan fundraising events with environmentally conscious teachings and regenerative practices for a better tomorrow.
