CREW Land & Water Trust

This coming Saturday, March 24, 2012, the CREW Trust will hold its annual benefit concert – A Musical Night with Nature at the beautiful Riverside Park in Olde Bonita Springs. As part of our concert festivities we also hold a silent auction.

We’ve got great experiences as well as some pretty cool items up for auction this year. From canopy tree climbs to fossil expeditions, airplane rides over CREW to swamp buggy tours at Corkscrew Sanctuary – there’s something for every adventurer.

Plus, you can bid on original art, music, and crafts – a family portrait sitting with world-renown portraitist Bradford, photographs, art prints, walking sticks, scarves, and music -including a 3-hour personal Classic Rock concert by the band, The Mighty Quint.

We thank all our silent auction donors for their generous donations to help raise money for our environmental education programs at CREW. Educating kids and adults about the wonders of the watershed and the importance f protecting places like CREW is a critical component of our work.

So, come on out to the concert (tickets are available at the event!) and stroll through our auction to bid on these great items and fantastic experiences!

See you there!

The annual CREW benefit concert – A Musical Night with Nature – is our biggest fundraiser of the year. We wouldn’t be nearly as successful with this fundraising effort without the support of our sponsors. These people and businesses support our environmental education programs and our mission to protect the watershed by providing much-needed financial donations.

Please take a moment to look at our 2012 Concert Sponsor page and patronize these businesses if/when you can. Even if you don’t use their services or products, let them know how much you appreciate them because they support the CREW Land & Water Trust! 

We hope to see all of you (and all your friends!) out at the concert next Saturday, March 24th at 6:30 PM for a wonderful evening of music, fire dancing, and our cut-throat silent auction under the stars at the beautiful Bonita Springs Riverside Park.

Thank you to our 2012 sponsors! We appreciate your support!

This morning at the CREW Marsh Trails, twelve curious adults gathered around FGCU animal behavior professor Charles (billY) Gunnels as he spoke about animal behavior from the perspective of the animals at CREW. billY led a scholarly Strolling Science Seminar that wove together observations, evolution, epigenetics, and the ethics of scientific research. It was fascinating and engaging stuff  and gave everyone a reason to think deeper and look differently at the world around us. One participant was overheard saying, “This is the best guided hike I’ve ever been on!” One of our goals for this series is to provide engaging, in-depth, scholarly hikes that feed your mind and get you excited. We hope we hit the mark! Thanks to all who came out and participated. Thanks to billY for doing a fabulous job - as always – of teaching and inspiring us to learn more. Take a look below at some images from the day…

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The next CREW Strolling Science Seminar is “The Fantastic World of Insects” with master teacher and NC State Alumni Distinguished Professor, Dr. Clyde Sorenson, on March 2nd. To sign up, go here.