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Giving Thanks for our #GivingTuesday Campaign Donors

CREW Giving Tuesday Banner

This was CREW’s first year participating in #GivingTuesday. #GivingTuesday, is a global day dedicated to giving back to the community – and charity – through donations of time, money, talent, food, etc.

CREW chose to create a month-long #GivingTuesday campaign aimed at increasing its newly established Education Fund. CREW’s campaign ran from December 2nd through 31st, as an end-of-year giving opportunity, rounding out our 25th Anniversary year.

Thanks to you – our amazing CREW supporters – we received $1,100 through our #GivingTuesday campaign. We appreciate your support and wish you a happy 2015!

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A Look Back on our 25th Anniversary

pictures of CREW

CREW has had an incredible 25th Anniversary Year:

* Over 38,000 visitors to CREW Trails
* Two amazing fundraisers brought in over $30,000
* CREW volunteers donated 3,906 hours
* 4,600 people participated in our environmental education programs

January 2014, the CREW Trust began its 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 years of land conservation and environmental education in southwest Florida. From the kick-off event in frigid cold weather last January to our final #GivingTuesday end-of-year fundraising campaign running through December 31st, this celebration has had something for everyone – a wine & cheese social and a BBQ for CREW members, trail events that included a variety of guided walks about everything from mushrooms to mammals, a geocaching day, a horseback ride through Flint Pen Strand, a guided bicycle ride at Bird Rookery Swamp, a Vitamin N Walk for families, a fabulous 25th anniversary concert featuring the Sarah Hadeka Band and Deb & the Dynamics, and our first #GivingTuesday fundraiser. Thank you to every one of you who volunteered, participated, sponsored, supported, and gave to CREW during 2014, making our 25th anniversary such a success! We look forward to the next 25 years…

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Support CREW with your Year-End Gift: #GivingTuesday #give2CREW

#GivingTuesday – A Call to Action

CREW Giving Tuesday Banner

The CREW Trust is wrapping up its 25th anniversary year with a year-end giving campaign centered around #GivingTuesday, on December 2nd, 2014 and lasting through December 31st. Help us raise $25,000 by the end of the year for our Education Fund. Donate online today at https://crewtrus.mystagingwebsite.com/donate/.

Donors of $250 or more receive 4 general admission tickets to the CREW Concert and Silent Eco-Auction on March 21st, 2015.

Donors of $150 will be entered into a drawing for a variety of nature-related books.

All donors of $25 or more will receive a link to a special set of CREW Wildlife photos taken by some of the best photographers in the area.

Your gift is an investment in the future of southwest Florida – helping us to provide more high quality environmental education experiences for people of all ages – cradle to grave! Last year CREW hosted 176 trail-based programs, reaching over 4,600 people – pre-schoolers to retirees! In addition, we attended 31 area festivals and outreach events, sharing the CREW story with over 10,000 others. With over 42,000 annual visitors to the CREW trails, there is much more to be done.

Help us make a difference. Give big. Give small. But give today.

Thank You

 

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12/6 Car Wash to Raise Funds for Bird Rookery Viewing Platform

Eagle Scout candidate Steven Rapp is on a mission. He’s planning to build a viewing platform with handicap accessibility at the Bird Rookery Swamp parking area. His project, called A View for All, includes a flat platform that extends over the pond near the parking lot, providing easy access from the handicap parking spaces onto the platform for visitors with disabilities to be able to get close and view the birds and other wildlife that frequent Bird Rookery.

As an eagle scout candidate, Steven must prepare the design, get all the appropriate permits, recruit volunteers to do the labor, and raise funds for materials for the project.

Part of his fundraising strategy includes a Car Wash scheduled for Saturday, December 6th, 2014 from 8 AM to noon at G’s General Store at the corner of Oil Well Road and Immokalee Road in Naples. The requested donation/cost is $5.00 per car wash.

So, come on out and support this great project and help Steven create “A View for All” at Bird Rookery Swamp!

A View for All Rapp
Description of and rationale for the project by Steven Rapp
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Platform design

A View for All Rapp 2

 

 

 

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2014 CREW Stanley Hole Golf Tournament Set for November 7th

Golfers at the CREW Golf Tournament
Golfers at the CREW Golf Tournament

The CREW Trust only holds two fundraisers each year – and this is one of them! Come support CREW and play a round of golf. Our annual CREW–Stanley Hole Golf Tournament is always fun, ever entertaining, and a great way to network, meet new people, and helps to support CREW’s mission to protect our watershed.

2014 Tournament
WHEN: November 7, 2014
WHERE: Old Corkscrew Golf Club, 17320 Corkscrew Rd., Estero 33928
TIME: Shotgun Start at 8:30 AM (Registration 7:30 – 8:15 AM)
Entry Fee: $100/player or $400/foursome
Hole Sponsorship: $500

Download the hole sponsor and player registration form here….

CREW Stanley Hole Golf Tournament Registration Form 2014

  • Thanks to our major sponsors for this event:
    Hole Montes, Inc.
    Lewis, Longmann & Walker
    Everglades Golf Course Superintendents Association
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Save the Date: 2015 CREW Concert & Silent Eco-Auction

Mark your calendars now, and plan to join us for an unforgettable evening of food, fun, music, and bidding at the 7th annual CREW Concert & Silent Eco-Auction, March 21, 2015 6:00 PM, Riverside Park, Bonita Springs, FL. This year’s concert will feature The Juice & The Sarah Hadeka Band.

CREW Concert Save the Date flyer

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CREW Announces 2014 Concert Sponsors

The CREW Trust is pleased to announce the following businesses, organizations, and individuals as sponsors for our 25th anniversary concert and silent eco-auction to be held March 1st. Thanks to each of them for their financial support. Please let them know how much you appreciate their support of CREW!

Grady Minor Logo Lindblad logo   ColasPrintShacklogo   GSMA logo cropped   Hole Montes Logo (NEW-12_12)            Wolok logofree market financial  TeamHollyCPALogo   BCF Logo   cnl bank logo   BDN_Scripps_Ban_vert logo     EGCSA Gator    BSU logo   CH2MHILL_Logo

If you’d like to be a sponsor and see your logo here, contact Brenda Brooks at 239-657-2253 or brenda@crewtrus.mystagingwebsite.com.

Our 25th anniversary concert and silent eco-auction will be held on March 1st 2014, 6:00 PM at Riverside Park in Bonita Springs FL. Tickets are on sale now at http://crewconcert2014.bpt.me/

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