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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US
TO ALL OF YOU
Dahoon Holly
This evergreen tree is native to Florida and can be found growing on undeveloped land in our area neighborhoods. Possessing male and female flowers on separate plants, both must be planted to ensure production of the brilliant red berries on the female tree in fall and winter. The berries serve as an excellent food source for wildlife and are a beautiful sign of the holiday season. It can be purchased at our local native plant nurseries.
As 2021 comes to a close, we count our many blessings and continue to be beyond appreciative for all of the community support and like-minded connections we’ve made so far since our efforts of local neighborhood land conservation began in February of 2020. Not only have we saved land together, we’ve made a lot of friends in our communities! We look forward to continuing our mission in 2022 and beyond and we wish you all the best in the New Year!
Barbara, Debbie, Edie, Matt and Nathalie
Thank You For Remembering Us On Giving Tuesday
This year’s Giving Tuesday event was an amazing success, thanks to so many generous donors. Donations received totaled $4,355, and the donor who supplied the matching grant up to $5,000 decided to donate that entire amount, making our grand total received during Giving Tuesday’s 24 hour period of giving $9,355!
We send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participate in this day of generosity and welcome you all to our conservation team family. All funds raised will be utilized toward the purchase of area neighborhood land for conservation.
We've just about wrapped up our post-auction work and can now share that our online auction fundraiser December 4-11 brought in approximately $3,100 in net bids (after fees), $2,250 in event sponsorships, and $250 in additional donations, for a total of $5,600.
All auction items sold except 4 items that had reserves on them.
We can't say THANK YOU enough to all who participated in various ways to make this event a success! We couldn't continue to fulfill our mission without each and every one of you.
All proceeds from this event will be utilized toward the purchase of land in our area neighborhoods for conservation. New acquisition announcements coming soon!
511auction.com hosts a variety of online auctions year-round, visit their website www.511auction.com to sign up for their newsletter.
Registration Now Open For Our
RACE TO CONSERVE 5K Run/1K Walk
February 19th
Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park
North Port
Join us for a 5K Run/1K Walk at the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in North Port on February 19, 2022! The 5K will begin at 8:00 am; the 1K will begin at 8:15 am. 5K race timing will be provided by Beach Bum Timing (www.beachbumtiming.com).
For all the details, sign up to participate and/or be a sponsor (SPONSORS NEEDED), click on our race website link below:
The Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park was acquired by the City of North Port in 1989 with two Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program grants. The name Myakkahatchee comes from the Seminole language: "miarca" meaning "big water" and "hatchee" alluding to "river". A true “Blackwater Creek,” the water in the Creek is stained a brown color by the leaves, roots, and detritus decaying in and around it, making a transparent water that is darkly stained resembling black tea (aka tannin-stained).
The 5K run will take you through all the marked trails in the park (an actual course map is in the works, please see the trail map in the map section of our race website for your general information at this time).
We truly ARE in a race to conserve. More than 1,000 people are now moving to Florida each and every day and hundreds to thousands of acres of land are being completely cleared not just locally in our neighborhoods, but Statewide, to accommodate our growing population daily; this threatens the very being of our wildlife, endangered species, flora and trees at the same time. All of the trees and plants you will see in the park are the same as those being removed in our neighborhoods daily to make way for development. Few to none are saved or planted back.
We hope that in visiting this natural park you will be inspired to learn more about the natural environment in your neighborhood, plant back native trees and plants that once grew on your land, and continue to support our efforts to protect similar natural greenspace in our neighborhoods.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
FOR OUR NEXT ZOOM SPEAKER EVENT
"A Day in the Life of a Pond "
January 12th at 7pm
Florida Master Naturalist
Kate Borduas
How can so many species thrive in such a limited resource as a small pond? The answer is that species have learned how to share a limited resource, and they do so in some highly creative ways involving time, space, and specialization.
Join Master Naturalist Kate Borduas as the sun rises, through the morning and afternoon until we say Goodbye to the full moon. Our Pond Visit will include Great Blue Herons, the largest wading bird in North America, and single celled algae, the simplest of plant life on earth, and everything in between.
Registration Required - Click the Link Below to Register Now:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Making the Most of
Your Year-End Giving
2021 Tax Benefit
Between now and December 31, you have an amazing opportunity to support The Environmental Conservancy of North Port, Inc. and take advantage of charitable tax savings associated with the CARES Act when you make your gift by December 31, 2021.
If you take the standard deduction, you can earn an additional charitable deduction for cash gifts made to us up to $300 for single filers and $600 for married couples filing jointly. If you itemize deductions, you can deduct up to 100% of your adjusted gross income for cash gifts made to The Environmental Conservancy of North Port, Inc.
Checks mailed to The Environmental Conservancy of North Port, Inc., 3465 Alfred Road, North Port, FL 34286 must be postmarked on or before December 31, 2021 to qualify.
If you think native Florida species are important and deserve to be preserved, please help us continue our efforts to help preserve all that is important.
