The Friends of Hemlock Gorge

Annual Letter to Members, 2012

December 7, 2012

Dear Friends of Hemlock Gorge:

2012 has been a year of progress for the Friends, and with your help, 2012 will be even better. 

We plan in 2012 to expand our efforts even further, but to do so we need your continued help in three ways:

  1. Renew your membership by filling in the accompanying form and support us with your dues.
  2. Indicate which projects on the work plan on the accompanying page that you believe deserve priority for allocating the Friends’ advocacy efforts and your dues.
  3. Attend one of monthly meetings. These are held in the Emerson Community Center on Pettee Street at 7:30 p.m., usually on the first Tuesday of the month. Please be part of our work.

With best wishes,

                                                           

Brian Yates                                           John P. Mordes, M.D.

President                                              Membership Coordinator and Webmaster


 

Membership Form

To join the Friends, we ask that you print and complete this brief form.

I would like to become a member of the Friends of Hemlock Gorge Reservation. I wish to join in the following category:

___ Individual $15         ___ Student/Senior $10              ___ Family $25

___ Organization $50    ___ Sponsoring $100                 ___ Life Member $500

Dues are tax deductible to extent provided by law

FHG Work Plan for 2012

Continuing Activities

            Spring (April 14) and Fall Cleanups

            Summer Picnic/Concert

            Website maintenance and sales of “Makers of the Mold”

Proposed New Activities for 2012 (Check up to five that you think the Friends should focus on)

            □  Contribute to the installation of windows in stone building

            □  Monitor reconstruction of dam on eastern raceway

            □  Prune trees throughout the property

            □  Fight invasive plants found in the reservation

            □  Investigate new ways to fight the hemlock woolly adelgid

            □  Plant trees on Needham border of the reservation to screen out the private houses

                        □  Engineer and build the Friends Bridge (See http://hemlockgorge.org/FHGFriendsBridge.htm) from Turtle Island to the Needham shore

            □  “Adopt” the Route 9 overpass near Ellis St. for cleaning in partnership with Massachusetts DOT

            □  Your suggestion:______________________________________________________________

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Return this form in the accompanying postage paid envelope to the Friends of Hemlock Gorge, 1094 Chestnut St., Newton, MA 02464.

 

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