Join/GiveThere are many ways to support the Ventana Wilderness Alliance. Please consider joining us and/or participating in our Annual Giving campaign. You can also explore options for Planned Giving.
Why join the VWA?
- We Get Things Done- In 2010, VWA volunteer trail crew members gave back over 4500 hours to rehabilitating and restoring trails, from Black Cone to Cone Peak, to the Buckeye.
- We're Building Tomorrow's Stewards Today- Through our Youth in Wilderness program, we directly combat Nature Defecit disorder by connecting local youth to wild places.
- We're Effective- For over a decade, VWA has helped preserve new Wilderness, reformed damaging land use practices and worked collaboratively to ensure protection of wild rivers wildlife habitat, public acces and cultural resources.
- We're Local-the VWA is the only group focused soley on protecting the wilderness qualities and biological diversity on the public lands in the northern Santa Lucia Mountains and Big Sur Coast.
- We're Efficient- For the first half of 2011(our most recent figures), VWA spent 91 cents of every dollar directly on our Stewardship and Advocacy programs.
- And because you love the Ventana Region and the Big Sur Coast!
Donations of any amount can also be mailed to:
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
PO Box 506
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
The VWA is a California nonprofit corporation with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. All contributions, including membership dues, are fully deductible from your taxable income.
