Foundation News Employers and Employees in McHenry County! Are You Engaging Your Community in Conservation? Corporate collaboration and partnerships are essential to the success of the McHenry County Conservation Foundation’s work. When you partner with the Foundation, you invest in the community and strengthen your workforce’s connection to it. Corporate commitment to the land makes our county a more attractive place to live and work, raises property values, and protects our critical and treasured natural areas for generations to come. There are a variety of ways the McHenry County Conservation Foundation collaborates with local businesses to build community involvement and support their social responsibility goals: • Event Sponsorship to build awareness and funding partners. • Charitable Dollars toward speci昀椀c projects to enhance the value of the county’s open space. • Establish Corporate Volunteer Days or Lunch & Learns to engage employees in meaningful, purpose-driven and passion-aligned work. To learn more about how we can meet your speci昀椀c needs while ful昀椀lling your charitable goals, contact Shawna Flavell at 815-338-6223 or s昀氀[email protected]. 2024 Marks the 25th Anniversary of the McHenry County Conservation Foundation! Celebrate this important milestone with us by becoming a monthly donor! By signing up to make a recurring gift, you not only mark the special occasion, but also sustain our work and directly support on-the-ground e昀昀orts to protect our prairies, revitalize our rivers, restore our woodlands, 昀椀ght climate change and so much more. Volunteer With Us as We Adopt-A-Trail! Help us reach our goal of 25 inaugural monthly donors in 2024 at the $25 or more level! Between All Ages Welcome now and September 2024, supporters who sign up Once a month, Conservation Foundation staff and volunteers to give $25 each month to the McHenry County meet for a morning stroll and pick up any debris along a one-mile Conservation Foundation will receive a free stretch of the trail. Get some fresh air, help beautify the Prairie Foundation tote bag or co昀昀ee mug. Trail and meet some new people in the process! Dress for the weather. Bring gloves and hand sanitizer. Visit McHenryConservation.org/Monthly Long trash pickers provide. The Foundation supports the mission of the McHenry County Conservation District by working to safeguard our natural Visit McHenryConservation.org/PrairieTrail heritage: our health, our wildlife, our freshwater, our way of or email [email protected] to sign-up. life. If we want to preserve and protect these things for future Saturdays 9 – 11 a.m. generations, a 昀氀ourishing natural environment is critical. November 18 and December 16 Meet a Mitchard Way Parking Lot, Algonquin Our work to champion for our natural world is not possible without your generous support. 5