Sam Hill fund raising update

[Freeman]

Kristin Newman of the Trust for Public Lands sent me this update on their fund raising to purchase Sam Hill/Underhill:

 

"As of April 15 the total raised for Sam Hill is $4,060 - almost half of the $8,500 goal for the April 28 deadline. We need help with the last push."

 

For more information and to make your donation go to Washington Climbers Coalition and click on Lets Buy a Crag

[max]

A quick note:

 

Have some humility and ask your friends personally in an email. I sent the following out to my climbing friends who I know will appreciate saving Sam Hill. We're so frickin' close! Lets do this!

 

4/15/05

To: My climbing buddies

RE: Icicle Canyon/Sam Hill Public Land Purchase

 

Howdy ya'll. I'll cut to the chase.

 

The short of it is I'd like you to make a donation to a campaign to purchase the Sam Hill crag in the Icicle. I know it might seem tacky to essentially ask freiends for money, but I figured you folks would understand. I've climbed with you all and know you really appreciate climbing and in particular, the Icicle. The campaign is VERY close (only $4000 remaining on a $226,000 total!) and it's be a shame to see the whole thing flop so close to success. I'll save the details for the pros (see below) and finish by saying I'm passing this on as a personal request, not as a mass email solicitation. Also, thanks to you who have already contributed. I bet many of you have. finally, see WAY below for some personal info...

 

dave

 

ps: from the Kramar guide I counted 32 stars (!) and 18 routes in the 5.8 to 5.10 range. Nice!

 

The quick and dirty:

send a check to (it took me four minutes including finding a pen):

 

The Trust for Public Land

Attn: Rebecca Lavigne - Sam Hill Project

1011 Western Ave. Suite 605

Seattle, WA 98104

 

They also do credit card, give receipts.. all that stuff a top notch group does. Check

 

http://www.washingtonclimbers.org/CurrentArea/SamHill/donorform.pdf

 

for the specifics.

 

Also, some basic info on the campaign:

 

http://www.washingtonclimbers.org/Current/SamHill

http://www.washingtonclimbers.org/CurrentArea/SamHill/TPLPage.pdf

 

 

And now for the personal stuff:

 

I've been hanging in the 'ham over winter and... snip

[whodgman]

My donation is in the 1st half but not yet enough $...This is a very good cause.