February 11, 2003

As of January 2003: A total of US$16,877.40 has been donated to the Snowden Environmental Trust through  Scott Green's Herculean efforts at dubbing 766 copies of Dar's early tapes !!! Go to his website for more details.

January 28, 2003
Here's the latest update on the SET from Charlie Hunter.

In the last year, the SET has donated as follows:
$100 - National Wildlife Federation
$500 - National Association of Railroad Passengers
$130 - American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
$250 - Landtrust of Napa County
$100 - Nature Museum of Grafton (VT)
$250 - Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (VT)
$100 - Connecticut River Watershed Council
$100 - Nature Conservancy
$300 - Trustees of Reservations (MA)
$250 - Vermont Land Trust
$200 - Sustainable Harvest International
$500 - Yolo Land Trust
$500 - Michohacan Reforestation Fund
$1000 - Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

The SET balance was about the same last year at this time as it is now, and our 'administrative costs' were 0.00

If you know of a specific land-preservation fund or environmental educational project you'd like to see us contribute to, let Charlie know.
They're particularly interested in projects that save riparian lands or wetlands, but they're pretty broadminded.

November 23, 2001
An update from Charlie Hunter on the goings on with the SET for most of 2001:

Money in during 2001: $4,830.15
Extra Special thanks to Sally Green, Scott Green, Rich Newman for their hard work & generosity

Money out during 2001 (so far):$3,900.00
 

Bonnyvale Environmental Center, Brattleboro, VT	$250
Wilcox Dairy (Vermont family farm involved in devastating fire, family chose to rebuild rather than develop their farmland )	$250
Nature Conservancy  (general membership)	$50
Vermont Institute of Natural Science (Raptor rehabilitation program - $ from Richard Shindell-list campaign of 2000; in honor of "Reunion Hill")	$250
Sustainable Harvest International	$300
Trustees of Reservations (Massachusetts land conservation fund)	$600
Vermont River Conservancy: (cornerstone gift toward preservation of lower Clarendon Gorge, where Long Trail/Appalachian Trail pass through)	$2,000
Appalachian Trail Conservancy (Osborne Farm - TN land conservation purchase)	$200

Before the end of the year we will give away about another $1,100.00. I donate my time and postage, etc.  We try to keep about $17-18,000.00 in the account.

May 7, 2001
The finally tally is in for the Great Dar Williams Snowden Environmental Trust auction. We had 122 separate auctions, raising a total of US$2,565.32. Our thanks go out to everyone. Please visit the auction page and take a moment to appreciate all those who made this very succesful auction possible.

August 1, 2000
Lisa Martin organized a fundraiser by having Dar fans record original songs and put them on a CD which she sold. At the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, July 21-23, 2000, she gave Charlie Hunter a cheque for US$885.28!
She'd like to  thank all the people involved in the project and all the people from the Dar list who supported us by purchasing the CD. It was a complete success thanks to everyone!

Thanks to Pat Power for the pictures.
 

July 5, 2000

The following is an update from Charlie Hunter regarding the Snowden Environmental Trust:

Dear Dar-listers,

Although I no longer subscribe to the Dar-list, I do occasionally head over to the incredibly-up-to-date Dar-web page and check the archives. Good to see the list still so lively, and hello to all... As you may know, the SET (Snowden Environmental Trust) is alive and well, and we recently received another $415 worth of checks from Scott Green (greener@connix.com) the wonderful volunteer who makes tapes of Dar's two early cassettes for fans who make a donation to the SET. To date, Scott has collected $14,444 for the SET.

In the last twelve months, SET has given out $5,950 to:

• Barred-owl habitat research project in the Black Mountains of North Carolina
• The Carolina Kids Conservancy (school programs teaching kids about the natural world)
• Napa County Land Trust (wildlife habitat preservation)
• Yolo Land Trust (farmland preservation)
• Broad Brook Coalition (in Northampton, MA - they manage Fitzgerald Lake, a wildlife refuge. They had the opportunity to buy nine acres which otherwise would be developed - we provided the money to purchase two acres)
• Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences.
• Sustainable Harvest International
• Mt. Grace Land Trust (MA)

For those of you concerned with what percentage of our proceeds go to administrative costs, 100% of all proceeds have gone to environmental causes, although this year I may take $10 to cover some stamps I bought.

Our goal was to build the account to about $20,000, and then distribute anything over that to environmental organizations, primarily ones that protect wildlife habitat or preserve land. So far, we've done just that, thanks to Scott Green and all of you.

Thanks!

Charlie

* SET logo created by Peter Knight