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Barbara Meislin
How honored I am to support Trust for Public Land with their projects in New Jersey and the Bay Area creating parks and protecting land for generations to come.
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Avid Climber Leaves a Mountainous Legacy
Each of us has a special place in nature—a place that is ours. We need these oases for our health, well-being, and sense of self. They are where we go for solace, peace, and the space to reset our minds. For Vaughn Fetzer, that place was Wyoming’s Wind River Range.
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Linda Tabor Beck
Linda Tabor Beck was able to support the Next Generation of Land Fellows by making a gift today to support the conservation professionals just starting their career, while her planned gift will carry on her legacy to ensure our conservation work has boots on the ground for generations to come.
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I Ling Thompson
“I saw the Gresham Challenge as a powerful way to double my impact and invest in the next generation of storytellers who will carry the mission into the future.”
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Chris Sawyer
“It’s easy to convince oneself of how important one is in the everyday world of business, careers, family scheduling, club, pleasures, money, and the like, all very important, and all important to living life. But the overarching perspective becomes skewed if that is all one experiences.”
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Julie Parish
“This heartbreaking, terrifying pandemic has challenged me to face my own mortality and the fragility and uncertainty of life. It’s motivated me to realign my life and my philanthropy with my values. Procrastination is no longer acceptable—enter the Gresham Challenge.”
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Chris Lea
“While I plan on giving regularly to Trust for Public Land, I have some satisfaction knowing that upon my death I will make a meaningful contribution to the organization.”
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Ron and Rebecca Gafford
“When the Gresham Challenge project surfaced, we felt it was time for us to make a more significant gift to Trust for Public Land and to help to close out this challenge gift.”
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Ralph and Ree Edwards
“But what about the future? This is the pressing big question that needs addressing and I believe Trust for Public Land has proven to have that capability.”
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Michael Banks
“If you really want to leave a lasting legacy to future generations in Colorado—wildlands conservation should be your cause. Colorado is being rapidly reshaped, and these conservation opportunities will not be with us just a generation from now.”
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John Shepard and Suzanne Brunz
"Though we haven't yet been convinced that we're not still decades away from giving up the ghost, Suzanne and I had begun thinking about planned giving through conversations with our financial advisor. The Gresham Challenge seemed like a wonderful opportunity…"
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