Save the Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008

Time: 5:00 PM (Pre-picnic field trips will begin around 3:00 PM.)

Place: The Newton Farm along M-204 near Suttons Bay

Cost: Adults and children 12 and over: $30 each (after August 4, $35 each). Child price is $5 or $10, depending on the type of meal you choose.

Our committee has been meeting and planning for another great event this year. We will celebrate our preservation success stories, hold fun and educational field trips, and serve and promote local food and wine. Entertainment, Kids Tent and announcement of our Volunteer of the Year also on tap!

Download a 2008 picnic registration flier and form (coming in July, 2008)

Donate an item for the auction (Download PDF Donation Form.)

Volunteer: Email cfaught@theconservancy.com

Help Underwrite this Event!

Learn more about Underwriter Benefits here (Download PDF Underwriters Form)

Listed below are 2008 Picnic Underwriters who have signed on so far: (Please support these businesses that support the Leelanau Conservancy!)

AMBS Investments: www.ambsinvestment.com

Bahle's: www.bahles.net

Cherry Capital Foods: www.cherrycapitalfoods.com

Cottage Books: www.cottagebooks.com

Gallagher's Farm Market: gallaghersfarmmarkettc.com

Huntington Bank: www.huntington.com

Leelanau Communications www.leelanau.com

Merrill Lynch: www.ml.com

Northport Highlands: http://northporthighlands.com

Oryana Natural Foods Market: www.oryana.coop

SterlingLaw Office: www.sterlinglawoffice.net

Venture Properties: www.ventureproperties.net

As you contemplate your advertising budget for 2008, consider using a part of it to help underwrite the Picnic. Your participation as an underwriter would be money well spent. It will give you quality, extended exposure to a group you want to reach. Your tax deductible contribution will help to protect our beautiful Leelanau Peninsula and could be one of the smartest business decisions you will make this year.

Why? Not only will you reach the 750-plus picnic attendees on the day of the event, you’ll also gain multiple exposures to thousands of people through our publications and website. This is a group well worth trying to attract. Last year over one-third of those who attended are part of our Sustainers Circle—donors who contribute a minimum of $500 to our cause annually. Associating your business with our organization is a way for you to show you care about Leelanau County and want to help protect it. Here is a way you can help do that and serve your own best interests at the same time. If you pledge now to help underwrite this event, we’ll recognize you on our website immediately. If you pledge before our spring newsletter is put to bed – as well as our summer newsletter, we’ll also recognize you in this publications which are mailed to over 4,000 people. It’s up to you: the sooner you commit, the more exposure you’ll receive.

On average our website is now receiving over 120,000 hits per month. The auction is conducted online for several months prior to the picnic and hundreds of people log on to view and bid on items. You will also receive recognition in our auction booklet that is mailed to over 4,000 people and on posters displayed all over Leelanau County.