Environmental Defenders of McHenry County
2010
Annual Report
The year
2010 was a good year for the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County.
It was a year of expansion and growth, not in our membership, which
remained steady at about 500 member families, but in our involvement
with environmental issues in the county as well as our collaborative
efforts with other environmental organizations. We also accomplished
the large task of moving our office and establishing our full-time used
books and resale shop, the Green Spot. With the combined efforts of our
Staff, Board Members, Committee Chairs and committee members, as well as
our many wonderful volunteers, we accomplished a great deal to further
the mission of the Defenders in 2010. In this report, please check out
all of the activities, events, and advocacy efforts that the Defenders
conducted.
Whether you
supported the Defenders financially, or with your volunteer time, or
both during 2010, you served as a critical component of these efforts to
protect the environment in McHenry County. On behalf of the Board, I
thank you for all that you have done and continue to do!
During 2010
we held a series of meetings at various locations in the county to gain
input from our members about your environmental concerns. Probably the
most important thing that we learned during those Green Voice Meetings,
was that there are still a lot of critical environmental issues to be
addressed in our county. Thus the work of the Defenders is still very
important even as we begin our 41st year as an organization in 2011. To
meet the needs that exist, we need more “hands in the dirt” and more
“feet on the ground” to do all that needs to be done. So please
consider joining a committee, volunteering your skills in some other
way, convincing a friend or family member to become a Defenders’ member,
or increasing your financial support for the Defenders in 2011. Your
continued involvement is vital!
Nancy Schietzelt, President
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