Honor & Memorial Gifts: A Living Legacy
Celebrate Life Through Conservation
Honor gifts and memorial donations offer a deeply meaningful way to celebrate someone special while creating a lasting legacy in the landscapes they loved. These gifts ensure that the natural beauty that enriched their life will continue to inspire and nurture others for generations to come.
A Tribute That Grows
When you make a gift in someone's honor or memory, you're creating more than a memorial—you're establishing a living tribute that:
Making Your Honor or Memorial Gift
For Honor Gifts (celebrating birthdays, achievements, or special occasions):
For Memorial Gifts (remembering a loved one who has passed):
Recognition
Unless you prefer otherwise, honor and memorial gifts are acknowledged in our annual report, ensuring their memory or celebration becomes part of our conservation story.
A Comfort in Difficult Times
Many families find great solace knowing that memorial gifts are actively protecting the places their loved one treasured. It transforms grief into purpose and ensures their connection to the land continues.
To make an honor or memorial gift:
Contact Julie Schott, Development Director, at [email protected] or (828) 526-1111
Create a tribute that will flourish for generations in the places they loved most.
Celebrate Life Through Conservation
Honor gifts and memorial donations offer a deeply meaningful way to celebrate someone special while creating a lasting legacy in the landscapes they loved. These gifts ensure that the natural beauty that enriched their life will continue to inspire and nurture others for generations to come.
A Tribute That Grows
When you make a gift in someone's honor or memory, you're creating more than a memorial—you're establishing a living tribute that:
- Protects forever the wild places that brought them joy
- Preserves wildlife habitat for the creatures they cherished
- Maintains scenic beauty that reflects their love of nature
- Ensures future generations can experience the same wonder
Making Your Honor or Memorial Gift
For Honor Gifts (celebrating birthdays, achievements, or special occasions):
- Indicate this is an "honor gift"
- Provide the honoree's name and the occasion being celebrated
- Include their contact information so we can notify them of your thoughtful tribute
For Memorial Gifts (remembering a loved one who has passed):
- Indicate this is a "memorial gift"
- Provide the name of the person being remembered
- Include family contact information (name, mailing address, or email) if you'd like them notified of your gift
Recognition
Unless you prefer otherwise, honor and memorial gifts are acknowledged in our annual report, ensuring their memory or celebration becomes part of our conservation story.
A Comfort in Difficult Times
Many families find great solace knowing that memorial gifts are actively protecting the places their loved one treasured. It transforms grief into purpose and ensures their connection to the land continues.
To make an honor or memorial gift:
Contact Julie Schott, Development Director, at [email protected] or (828) 526-1111
Create a tribute that will flourish for generations in the places they loved most.