VOLUNTEERS, YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART


If you happened to drop into the offices of the Lakes Region Conservation Trust during the afternoon of December 9th, you would have seen three volunteers addressing a mailing announcing our recent land acquisition in the Ossipees. During other days volunteers scour records in town halls throughout the Lakes Region checking land holdings and properties in which the Trust is interested. One Volunteer devoted weeks of this time traversing the Ossipee Mountain Range and researching the records of its landowners in anticipation of our latest purchase. On another day you could have joined a group of volunteers cutting and stacking wood on one of the Trust's properties. The wood was delivered to two local families so they can heat their homes this winter. Volunteers are the heart of the Lakes Region Conservation Trust. Not a day goes by that a volunteer doesn't contribute his or her time to support one of our key activities. We are deeply grateful to these individuals and can only hope they realize how important they are to us. As we continue to grow, our need for help from volunteers increases in numerous ways. We need help in the office to do research or with mailings. Outdoors, property trails need clearing or new ones built. We need property monitors. Volunteers are also needed to assist with events or to man an LRCT booth at one of the local events. Fundraising represents another key undertaking for Trust volunteers. And finally, we depend on the skills of volunteers in filming our lands and events and writing press releases about them. We have received donations of time in all of the above areas and wish to thank each and every volunteer for their special efforts. If you have interests and/or skills in any of the above areas, please call Colleen Conway at 603-279-3246 and let her know how you would like to help out as we pursue our dream of conserving as much of our heritage as we can. See our Calendar of opportunities on page?.