by Lori Turner, Past President

It is hard to put into words what it means to the CAS board that so many members, neighbors, friends and family members donated during this holiday season to help us reach our goal of raising $10,000. THANK YOU, THANK YOU for taking the time out of your busy schedule during the most hectic time of year to donate. Thank you to the over 108 people that donated to help support our mission of, “Preserving the natural world and its ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife, and the earth’s biological diversity through education, environmental study and habitat restoration and protection.”

As of 5:25 PM on 12-31-24 we have raised $11,626 through our CoMoGives page.

180 local nonprofit organizations participated in CoMoGives in 2024 and it was the 10^th year CAS has participated in CoMoGives.

We’d like to give a big thank you to Songbird Station and their store manager, Becky Toellner, for allowing CAS to display its CoMoGives poster and postcards at the store.

Thank you to the 2024 CoMoGives committee: Lottie Bushmann, Lori Turner, Allison Vaughn – with special assistance from Bill Mees, Doug Miller, Lisa Schenker and Kevin Wehner.

Please consider volunteering to chair the 2025 CoMoGives Committee. This is the ONLY fundraiser for CAS and is critical to our continued success.