The Pascommuck Conservation Trust
Preserving our past. Protecting our future.
The Saturday Spring Plant sale was held on a very cloudy Saturday. The City hall parking lot was also filled with numerous cars for people attending the fishing derby at Nashawannuck Pond. Despite this, the plant sale took in an impressive $1,793.81 from plant sales as well as $366 for the raffle tickets for a total of $2,159.81. Sixteen new PCT members were also signed up. Thanks to everyone that participated to make the plant sale a success!!
The plant sale was held on a cool cloudy Saturday. Perhaps because of the opening of the Big E as well as a very wet summer the number of people attending the plant sale was not as numerous as previous plant sales during the fall.
Despite the lower number of people attending the sales from plants, t-shirts, and memberships totaled $1,064 and raffle ticket sales totaled $295. The grand total came to $1,359.
Thanks to all who attended and contributed!
Memorial benches have been placed at Broad Brook Meadows, Edward Dwyer, and Pomeroy Meadows conservation areas. There is continuing interest in purchasing Memorial Benches from the Trust. There are still some spots with excellent views available. The purchase of a bench helps the Trust maintain the property and public trails. If you are interested please use our contact form and someone from the Trust will be glad to help you.
An informational brochure can be downloaded here for further information.
Dear Friends of the Pascommuck Conservation Trust:
During this Covid-19 pandemic, the Trust has worked very hard to keep our trails open to the public with regular maintenance, welcome signs, and reminders to keep a safe distance between hikers while enjoying our properties.
Due to the unprecedented Stay Home directives over the past month, everyone is happy to get outdoors even for a little while. During this time, however, the use of our trails is much heavier than normal and because so many are enjoying the trails, they are even more in need of regular maintenance. This has become very costly for the Trust and many of our planned special projects for our nine properties will be suffering unless we get a little help from our friends. Like many local organizations, one of our special fund raisers, the Spring Plant Sale, had to be postponed in order to keep everyone safe. We are optimistic that we will be able to schedule the Fall Plant Sale once the safe re-open begins. In the meantime, however, funds are short and we need your help.
As you may know, the Pascommuck Conservation Trust is made up entirely of volunteers, neighbors and friends who appreciate the value of our treasured sites and work very hard to keep them manageable for all to enjoy. We realize that these are very difficult times for everyone, emotionally and financially, too. If you would like to help the Trust by making a contribution, large or small, to our Maintenance Endowment Fund, we would greatly appreciate it. Contributions may be made through Network For Good here or directly mailed to the Trust at PO Box 806, Easthampton, MA 01027.
Thank you very much. Together we will keep our trails open for everyone.
The Board of Directors
Pascommuck Conservation Trust, Inc.