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Have You Entered?
6th Annual Nature Trust Photo Contest
 | | 2011 Photo Contest Winners (clockwise from left): Grand Prize Alan Story, Favourite Tree Terry Beaupre, Favourite Wild View Cormac Flynn, Favourite Wildlife Eduardo Baena |
The photos are pouring in for our 6th Annual Nature & Water Photo Contest! And, there's still time to enter. We are looking for striking digital images of BC's natural diversity. The four categories are: 1. Wild Water: rivers, lakes, wetlands, waterfalls, rain and other wild water in BC 2. Landscapes & Water: natural places in BC and water such as a mountain overlooking a lake or a forest with a river 3. Wildlife & Water: wild animals, birds, and fish in BC and water 4. Plants & Water: plants in BC and water The grand prize winner will have the opportunity to have professional photographer Graham Osborne review a portfolio of 5 images and provide critical feedback, and receive a framed version of the winning photo. Each category winner will receive a 12 inch x 18 inch enlargement of his or her photo courtesy of CustomColor Professional Imaging Lab and will have the photo featured in The Nature Trust's Natural Legacy newsletter. The contest closes December 7. Public voting runs from December 11th to 14th. And the grand prize winner will be announced December 19. Photos can be uploaded on our website or to flickr. If you have any questions, e-mail photos@naturetrust.bc.ca. |
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Holiday Giving
Give the Gift of Nature and Make a Bigger Impact
 This holiday season, give the gift of nature with a donation to The Nature Trust of BC on behalf of your friends and family. Our volunteer board has generously chosen to match donations up to $20,000 so your gift will make an even bigger impact on land conservation in BC.
You can donate by visiting our CanadaHelps donation page, calling us at 604-924-9771 (toll-free: 1-866-288-7878) or sending a cheque to:
The Nature Trust of BC
260-1000 Roosevelt Crescent
North Vancouver, BC V7P 3R4
Donations made in honour of someone special before December 17, 2012 will receive a card with a personal message from you.
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Help Our Crews!
Shell FuellingChange
You can help us win this grant by voting for our Conservation Crew program on Shell's FuellingChange website. We need to be in the top 6 to win the grant.
It's easy to do:
With every purchase receipt from a Shell station (even for something small like a pack of gum), you will earn 10 votes. Watch your email for opportunities to earn bonus votes.
Voting ends April 30, 2013.
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Thank You!
Nature & Water Gala
We want to express our appreciation to over 280 guests who joined us to celebrate 41 years of conservation at the Nature & Water Gala on October 3rd at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.
Highlights included CTV as our media sponsor with Keri Adams as our MC, an outstanding performance by Glee Camp Vancouver's Show Choir Upstage, ballerina greeters from the Goh Ballet Academy, and auctioneer Tyler Olson providing entertaining support for the live auction.
We would like to acknowledge Deborah Jones who received a Conservation Champion Award and Bert Hoffmeister scholarship recipient Martha Essak who shared research on Song Sparrows on Mandarte Island.
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Did You Know?
If you set up a monthly donation through Canada Helps, you will be helping The Nature Trust even more! CanadaHelps and Visa are running the Beat the Rush promotion.
Starting November 1, 2012, Visa will contribute a one-time gift of $10, up to a maximum of $30,000, when a donor sets up a new recurring donation on CanadaHelps of at least $10 per month to a registered Canadian charity. To be eligible, donors must pay with a Visa card and set up the monthly donation for at least one year. Offer ends April 30, 2013.
To set up your monthly donations and for more information on the CanadaHelps/Visa Beat the Rush promotion, click here. To visit The Nature Trust of BC's CanadaHelps page, click here.
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Mmm...Beer!
Benefit Brew
 The Nature Trust of BC has been chosen as a finalist in Phillips Brewing Company's Benefit Brew program.
Each year, Phillips creates a special beer for one lucky non-profit, names it after them and donates proceeds from the sale of the special beer. Our special beer will be a Pilsner.
Here's how you can help: To win, we need the most votes from the public. You can vote once per day per IP address until end of day Sunday, November 18, 2012.
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Save the Date!
Upcoming Events
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival: Join Carl MacNaughton from The Nature Trust for this free tour of the Chehalis River. To register, contact rrivers@naturetrust.bc.ca.
Sunday, November 18 at 10:00 am
Click here for more details.
Coffee Cutters: Join the Chilliwack Field Naturalists for their "Coffee Cutters" on the Camp River property. One hour of blackberry pruning is followed by coffee at Tim Horton's.
September to April on the first Saturday of the month at 9:00 am; May to August on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm.
Click here for more details.
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