Jul 24, 2020 | Press Releases
Dear Friend, Here we are in the midst of the coronavirus, and more and more people are talking about how the pandemic is starkly showing us that our health and wellbeing depend on the health and wellbeing of nature. The coronavirus is zoonotic, which means it is an... 
Jul 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear friend, I hope this finds all of you doing well. It has been a wild ride lately! SFCT was rocked by the cancellation of our trails contract to maintain the City’s soft surface trails, but many of you stepped forward with support to fill the funding gap that... 
Jun 12, 2020 | Conserving Land, Events, Press Releases, Vamonos
New 370-acre conservation easement on Glorieta Mesa (see article below). It has been an eventful two weeks on so many levels nationally, but also here at SFCT. Organizationally, I want to tell you what we’ve been dealing with lately. Like other nonprofits, we... 
May 22, 2020 | Conserving Land, Events, Press Releases
We are heading into Memorial Day weekend, which celebrates the men and women who died while serving our country. This weekend, let’s also remember the over 96,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19, which feels like the fight of our lives right now. I have never... 
May 15, 2020 | Events, Press Releases
This was a tough week with the cancellations of the Santa Fe Opera, the Chamber Music Festival and the Bandstand—this, after all the major summer markets had already announced closures. It really hit home this week that the City is going to be hammered financially,... 
May 8, 2020 | Events, Press Releases
I decided to update my photo this week. I am confronting my discomfort with wearing a face mask! It made me furious the first time I put one on, and I also noticed how self-conscious I felt. But going into a pandemic angry isn’t really the best prescription for a... May 1, 2020 | Events, Press Releases
I think you are going to like the Banff film we chose for today’s email: The River’s Call. It resonated with me when the narrator said that kayaking is “the art of being yourself in a crappy situation.” We are pretty blessed because we don’t really have to...Apr 24, 2020 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
As part of the CARES Act, changes to tax benefits were made to incentivize charitable giving. $300 Cash Contribution Deduction. Beginning in 2020 and each year thereafter (this is not limited to only 2020), individuals can take a $300 above-the-line deduction for cash...
