[BCFSN] Sun is the last day to Triple Your Wildwood Donation - Update
Grandview Woodland Food Connection .
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Sun Nov 6 12:52:59 EST 2016
I just donated.
Wildwood is an exceptional piece of land and critical learning model to
counter the culture of destructive logging practice.
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On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Roz Powell <rozpowell at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 1.
>
> Hi folks, We’re down to the wire…
>
> I just donated… and I know we’re close... We’ve almost done it, in
> only 5 days…!
> Please forward and contribute whatever you can to save this
> globally-renowned, one of a kind example of food and forest products in
> sustainability: incredible eco-forestry in action!
>
> (Donations will be returned, if we’re not successful.)
> Here’s the link… (and powerful videos, plus all substantiating info
> you feel you might want to share.)
> : )) Roz
>
> Deadline is midnight November 6th!
>
> To make a tax deductible donation online go to www.ecoforestry.ca.
> <https://ecoforestry.ca/donations/> If you have any difficulty with
> the transaction, please contact Kathy Code at 250 418-5313 or email
> admin at ecoforestry.ca
>
> Cheques should be made out to Ecoforestry Institute Society and mailed
> to
> PO Box 5070 Stn B, Victoria, BC V8R 6N3.
>
> Click here to be redirected to the donation page of the Ecoforestry
> Institute Society. <https://ecoforestry.ca/donations/>
> (Above is copied from the savewildwood.com website, homepage.)
>
> VIDEOS and INFO…
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Wildwood Protectors <savewildwood at gmail.com>
> *Subject: * *2 Days Left, Triple Your Wildwood Donation - Update*
> *Date: *November 4, 2016 at 9:50:16 PM PDT
> *To: *Roz Powell <rozpowell at hotmail.com>
>
> November 4, 2016
>
> Dear Supporter of Wildwood Ecoforest,
>
>
> On Nov.14-16, 2016, at the Supreme Court in Vancouver, The Land
> Conservancy of BC (TLC) will be asking the judge to override the society
> bylaws and allow the sale of Wildwood to a private buyer - despite the
> opposition to this sale expressed by 2,500+ signatures on a petition,
> dozens of letters to the TLC board, and 70 TLC members who recently
> attended their AGM (in person and by proxy) and pleaded with TLC to keep
> Wildwood public and protected in the hands of a charitable organization.
>
>
> We are at a critical moment in the future of Wildwood, and we are asking
> for your help.
>
>
> Thanks to your generous donations, the Ecoforestry Institute Society (EIS)
> has the funds to oppose this privatization of Wildwood in court and will be
> presenting a counter purchase offer for the judge to consider. If they are
> successful, EIS will place Wildwood under the highest level of protection
> possible; a trust deed, with a covenant and a management plan.
>
>
> Please help us this week to reduce EIS's mortgage and make the case
> stronger before the judge. A generous donor has offered to triple your
> donation up to 50K. We have already received more than 40K in only 4
> days, and tripled that brings it to $120K total. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Two
> more days to raise another $10K.
>
>
> In addition, we are hoping a Wildwood supporter will step forward before
> Sunday with a $50K donation. This will be matched dollar for dollar
> making it $100K.
>
>
> We have the potential to raise $250K by Sunday Nov.6! Please help. Every
> small donation counts, and is TRIPLED! If the purchase is not
> successful, all donations will be returned.
>
> Donate at www.savewildwood.com
>
> Please share the news on facebook and social media
> https://www.facebook.com/wildwoodecoforest/photos/a.61382896
> 8717012.1073741829.611612775605298/898558236910749/?type=3&theater
> <https://www.facebook.com/wildwoodecoforest/>
>
> I have included links below to members who spoke about keeping Wildwood
> public at the TLC AGM, as well as recent newspaper articles and letters to
> the editor.
>
>
> Thank you so much for all your support through the years.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Jessica Snider (Wolf)
>
> 250-734-1422
>
> www.savewildwood.com
>
>
> *Wildwood in the Recent News:*
>
>
>
> *Wildwood Should Not Be in Private Hands *- Roblyn Hunter, Times Colonist
> Nov1, 2016
>
> http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/wildwood-should
> -not-be-put-in-private-hands-1.2406063
>
>
> *TLC Did It’s Due Diligence on Wildwood Ecoforest *- Cathy Armstrong, TLC
> Exec Dir, Times Colonist Nov.2, 2016
>
>
> *Wildwood **Sale** Would Betray Merv Wilkinson’s Legacy* – Grace Richards
> (Merv’s former wife who sold Wildwood to TLC), TC Nov.2, 2016
> http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-wildwood-
> sale-would-betray-wilkinson-s-legacy-1.2411642
>
>
> *Jane Goodall Urges TLC to Reconsider **Sale** of Wildwood *– TC Nov.4,
> 2016
> http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/jane-goodall-urges-t
> lc-to-reconsider-sale-of-wildwood-ecoforest-1.2449658
>
>
>
> *Will Justice Prevail on Nov.14-15* – Ronda Murdock Parksville Qualicum
> Beach News
>
> http://www.pqbnews.com/opinion/letters/399858111.html?mobile=true
>
>
>
> *VIDEOS of TLC members speaking at the TLC AGM Oct.22, 2016 (click link)*
>
> *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCyKtZ2L8w&list=PL9bisKhMVRIDjkdGQJsaW_9sjbg4rOfyB
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCyKtZ2L8w&list=PL9bisKhMVRIDjkdGQJsaW_9sjbg4rOfyB>*
>
>
>
> *Speakers:*
>
> 1. Jessica Snider (Wolf), of the Wildwood Protectors citizen group and
> resident of Wildwood from 2000-2010
>
>
>
> 1. Sheila Maxwell, niece of Anne and Merv Wilkinson (Sheils’a parents,
> and Merv and Anne’s ashes are buried at Wildwood in a memorial garden)
>
>
>
> 1. Lorraine Bell, who made a very generous donation to pay of the
> remainder of the mortgage on Wildwood on the condition that TLC deem it
> inalienable and protected forever
>
>
>
> 1. Barry Gates, Director of the Ecoforestry Institute Society which
> has a long affiliation with Merv Wilkinson and is the manager at Wildwood
> since 2000
>
>
>
> 1. Chris Bullock, former neighbour of Wildwood, TLC member, and donor
> to the original campaign to purchase and protect Wildwood
>
>
>
> 1. Nina Rastogi, spearheaded the original fundraising campaign to
> ensure Wildwood was protected by TLC
>
>
>
>
>
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