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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