Category Archives: Blog Articles

Blog posts

Support the Freshwater Land Trust on Alabama Gives Day — Feb. 2, 2012

Posted on

On Feb­ru­ary 2, 2012 the Alabama Asso­ci­a­tion of Non­prof­its, in part­ner­ship with the Alabama Broad­cast­ers Asso­ci­a­tion, is tak­ing one day to har­ness the power of indi­vid­ual con­tri­bu­tions statewide. Never before in our state have Alabami­ans had the oppor­tu­nity to come together in such a unique and syn­er­gized way to sup­port hun­dreds of non­prof­its like ours dur­ing a ded­i­cated day of giving.

Alabama Gives Day is sup­ported by the Razoo Foun­da­tion, the Alabama Press Asso­ci­a­tion, Alabama Giv­ing, Inter­mark Group and hun­dreds of non­prof­its in our state. Alabama Gives Day aims to make his­tory by con­nect­ing new and exist­ing donors with hun­dreds of Alabama non­prof­its in just 24 hours. The Fresh­wa­ter Land Trust needs your sup­port to ensure that the cit­i­zens of our com­mu­nity are aware of this day of giv­ing. Only through your sup­port can we together make his­tory and raise much needed fund­ing to sup­port numer­ous non­prof­its located in our com­mu­nity! Will you please help raise aware­ness of Alabama Gives Day on Feb­ru­ary 2?

Save the Date! Celebrate the Unveiling of the Our One Mile Plan on February 21

Featured

Posted on

Save the Date!

Regions Bank and the Fresh­wa­ter Land Trust invite YOU to be a part of his­tory and be the first to see the com­pleted Our One Mile green­way mas­ter plan that this com­mu­nity has been so instru­men­tal in cre­at­ing.
With the input and com­mu­nity involve­ment of thou­sands of peo­ple, the final green­way mas­ter plan for Jef­fer­son County has been com­pleted. We will unveil the plan, announce the win­ner of the “Name Our Green­way Sys­tem” con­test, and cel­e­brate every­thing that this com­mu­nity has accomplished. So bring your friends, fam­ily and cowork­ers and cel­e­brate the com­ple­tion of the Our One Mile Plan!

When: Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 21
            5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Birm­ing­ham Museum of Art Steiner Audi­to­rium
             2000 Rev. Abra­ham Woods, Jr. Blvd
             Birm­ing­ham, Alabama 35203

*Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.

Park­ing: Park Behind the Museum using the Richard Arring­ton entrance on the north side. The entrance to the audi­to­rium is on the north side of the building.

Light refresh­ments will be served.

Ques­tions: Heather For­bush – heather@clarusgroup.net           

      

Our One Mile Tuesday on Jan. 17 at the Downtown YMCA

Posted on

Our One Mile Tues­day is back! Join us and Fox 6 at the Down­town YMCA on Tues­day morn­ing, Jan­u­ary 17th! This appear­ance is the ninth, once-a-month “Our One Mile Tues­day” seg­ment on Good Day Alabama – we’ve had a good crowd out in Pin­son, Tar­rant, Home­wood, Hoover, Birm­ing­ham, Gar­den­dale, Trussville, Clay and now we’ll show ways we can stay active in the colder weather!

When: Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 17th  

6:40 a.m. — 8:20 a.m. (Main pub­lic appear­ances at 7:20 and 7:50 a.m.)

Where: Down­town YMCA
2101 4th Ave N
Birm­ing­ham, AL 35203

Park­ing: The YMCA is on the cor­ner of 21st (Richard Arring­ton) and 4th Ave N. If you are trav­el­ing north on Richard Arring­ton, toward 4th Ave N, the park­ing deck entrance is on your right, imme­di­ately before the YMCA. We will meet in the main lobby.

Please direct RSVP/questions to heather@clarusgroup.net or 205–254-0129

We hope to see you there!

For more info: http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org/our-one-mile

Face­book: http://www.facebook.com/our1mile

Twit­ter — @Our1Mile

Holiday Gift Guide

Posted on

Happy Hol­i­days!

Are you look­ing for a mean­ing­ful gift for that spe­cial some­one? The Fresh­wa­ter Land Trust has a vari­ety of options for your hol­i­day shop­ping rang­ing from $9 for our spe­cialty cof­fee blend to $500 for hon­or­ing some­one with a bench in one of our nature pre­serves to $10,000 for pre­serv­ing an acre for all time in someone’s name.

Over the past fif­teen years, we have helped to pro­tect over 10,000 acres of land . Not only are these places diverse and beau­ti­ful, but they also rep­re­sent some of the  most pre­cious resources in our area. These spe­cial places that mat­ter to us all are not only crit­i­cal to the work we do but with each pass­ing day that we do not act, we could lose a piece of land that can never be replaced.

Your hol­i­day gift will not only be a won­der­ful sur­prise to your friend or loved one but will help us “Pre­serve the Places That Mat­ter” and will help to ensure that our chil­dren will be able to expe­ri­ence life in an Alabama that has all the nat­ural won­ders and spe­cial places that we enjoyed when we were young. You can also give a tax-deductible mon­e­tary dona­tion to help sup­port our work.

You can pur­chase your gift online through our secure pay­pal link (link to donate page). How­ever, we ask that you send an email or call us with your order in addi­tion to your pay­pal dona­tion, so that we know what the gift is for and if it is an hon­o­rar­ium. Please call us at 205–417-2777 to place your hol­i­day gift order or donate today!

Indi­vid­ual Items Under $50.00

Indi­vid­ual items may be gift bagged for a $2 charge & are priced as follows:

    • Hat: $12
    • T-shirt: $12
    • Water Bottle: $15
    • FWLT Blend Higher Ground Coffee: $9

 

Gift Bas­ket $50.00

    • FWLT Hat
    • FWLT T-shirt
    • FWLT Water Bottle
    • FWLT Blend Higher Ground Coffee
    • FWLT Remov­able Car Decal Sticker

 

But­ter­fly and Hum­ming­bird Sanc­tu­ary $50.00

Honor your spe­cial loved one by spon­sor­ing our but­ter­fly and hum­ming­bird sanc­tu­ary across over an acre of scenic native wild­flower meadow at our El Paso Nature Pre­serve. Your loved one will be hon­ored on a plaque at the site of our wild­flower field and you will give the gift of pre­serv­ing this spe­cial place for gen­er­a­tions to come.

 

Plant a Tree $100.00

Plant a tree in our Cherry Lau­rel Grove along the entrance to our El Paso Nature  Pre­serve. Your gift will be com­mem­o­rated by a plaque at the entrance to the preserve.

 

 

Canoe Trip for Two $250.00

Take a five mile canoe trip for two down the scenic Cahaba River this Spring. This all inclu­sive trip will last approx­i­mately three hours and will include a lovely pic­nic lunch. Give the gift of a truly relax­ing and won­der­ful expe­ri­ence that will be remem­bered for many years to come.

 

Bench $500.00

For your gift, you can donate a unique and beau­ti­ful bench cre­ated by Father Nature Land­scapes at one of our nature pre­serves. The benches will be through­out the spe­cial places we pro­tect and will have a plaque com­mem­o­rat­ing your gift.

 

Pre­serve an Acre $2,500 — $10,000

You can pre­serve land in honor of a friend, col­league, or fam­ily mem­ber — a mean­ing­ful and won­der­ful way to rec­og­nize some­one who deserves it. In return for this sym­bolic gift, your hon­oree will not only help per­ma­nently pro­tect land in their honor, but they will also receive a stun­ningly beau­ti­ful com­mem­o­ra­tive Beth Maynor Young print. Gift lev­els are $2,500 for ¼ acre, $5,000 for ½ acre, and $10,000 for one acre.

Our One Mile Tuesday in Gardendale October 4

Posted on

Want to be on the news, walk with your Mayor, and show your sup­port for Our One Mile?

Join us as we join Jeh Jeh Pruitt in Gar­den­dale Tues­day morn­ing, Octo­ber 4th at Cel­e­bra­tion Park! We will be walk­ing with Mayor Phillips and show­ing our sup­port for the Our One Mile effort while on the air with Fox 6! This appear­ance is the sixth, once-a-month “Our One Mile Tues­day” seg­ment on Good Day Alabama – we’ve had a good crowd out in Pin­son, Tar­rant, Home­wood, Hoover, Birm­ing­ham and now it’s Gardendale’s turn to show­case their beau­ti­ful parks and green space!

See below for details and check us out on Face­book and Twit­ter for future oppor­tu­ni­ties and hap­pen­ings with Our One Mile…

When: Tues­day, Octo­ber 4th
6:40 a.m. — 8:20 a.m. (Main pub­lic appear­ances at 7:20 and 7:50 a.m.)

Where: Cel­e­bra­tion Park
2191 Field­stown Rd.
Gar­den­dale, AL 35071

Direc­tions: Trav­el­ing North on I-65 from Birm­ing­ham, take exit 271 for Field­stown Rd. and turn left onto Field­stown Rd. Fol­low that for approx. 3 miles and then turn right onto Jew Hol­low Rd, imme­di­ately before the soc­cer fields. Turn into the park­ing lot behind the soc­cer fields. We will meet near the splash pad behind the soc­cer fields.

Please direct RSVP/questions to heather@clarusgroup.net or 205–254-0129

We hope to see you there!

For more info: http://www.freshwaterlandtrust.org/our-one-mile

Face­book: http://www.facebook.com/our1mile
Twit­ter — @Our1Mile