earthtouch is a growing family, and like any large family, each person has to pitch in and help when and where they can. As a non-profit organization dedicated to reconnecting people with nature, we have no interest in making a profit, but we do need to maintain sustainability with a positive cash flow in order to keep plugging away at our mission.
However, a financial donation isn’t the only way you can help. Check our wish lists below for some things we really need right now. These are all considered charitable contributions and will help immensely.
E-mail us if any of the things on these lists strike a cord. info@earthtouch.org
If you are able, we certainly appreciate any size donation, so that we can continue our mission of preserving land and promoting healthy interaction between people and the natural world.
Each of our everyday actions consumes energy and produces carbon dioxide emissions. Things such as driving, flying, heating and cooling our homes and offices increase emissions on our planet leading to global warming.
Carbon offsets are becoming an increasingly popular way for people to participate in solutions to global warming. The basic idea of a carbon offset is to figure out your personal contribution level to the global warming problem. This contribution is called a "carbon footprint." The term refers to carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas. You then balance out your carbon impact by ensuring that somewhere else on the planet, an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide is reduced as a result of your offset purchase. Your money funds reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through projects such as developing wind energy, which produce clean energy that displaces energy from fossil fuels, or reforestation projects which directly decrease the carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere. In either case, the environmental benefit is the same. The end result is you balance out, or offset, your own impact by an equivalent amount. Carbon offsets help you take personal responsibility for the environmental consequences of your activities.
Here at earthtouch our mission is to preserve land and promote healthy interaction between people and the natural world. One way for us to do that is to provide our friends with opportunities to offset their carbon ofootprint. NOTE: Our offsets are not “certified” or “verified” and are not traded as legally recognized carbon exchanges. We simply don’t carry enough clout to participate in these “official” programs, our "carbon offsets" are considered to be purely charitable donations. However, make no mistake; your earthtouch offsets will have just the same impact on our planet as those purchased on the big exchanges!
WATER $240/ACRE Along with creeks and ponds, this area nourishes sycamores, birch, cattails, dutchman’s britches, ginseng, and more.
FOREST $360/ACRE Many types of trees, native herbs, and brushy undergrowth flourish here, including redbud, tulip poplar, pawpaw, sassafras, maples of all kinds, black cherry, ginseng, goldenseal, multiflora rose, and more.
Buy the groceries you need, use your Kroger reward card, help earthtouch.... everybody wins! By following the steps below every time you use your Kroger card, earthtouch gets some money. It is an easy way to help!
Simply register online at krogercommunityrewards.com using earthtouch's non-profit organization number #84506
Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign up. Kroger Plus cards are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
Click on Sign In/Register.
Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box.
Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions.
You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
Update or confirm your information.
Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm.
To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page.
REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after you register your card.
Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Plus card number.
Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.
In honor of Lou DeWein, our Memorial Gardens is a living legacy to those moments in our lives where someone or something has guided us and given us the freedom to reconnect with our natural selves. It is in gratitude of these valuable lessons we invite you to sponsor a tree in our Memorial Gardens at earthtouch.
We will plant fruit trees or native trees in celebration of these moments on your behalf. Perhaps a birth, wedding, or the passing of a friend, family member, or pet, marks such a moment worthy of honoring in this unique way. These gifts create habitat and beauty, and provide an avenue to increasing our connection with the land. This also provides an ecologically friendly alternative to sending cut flowers. The cost is $100 for the care of your tree in perpetuity and a small dedication plaque, in addition to the market cost of the tree that is chosen. You may visit the gardens by arranging a visit to the earthtouch nature preserve.
We want to discuss this with you before proceeding, so to plant such a memory at earththouch or for more information, please contact us at: info@earththouchpreserve.org
Read a Memorial Garden Testimonial
earthtouch is a member of Community Shares of Mid Ohio (CoSMO), a federation of fifty plus nonprofits who participate collaboratively in workplace fundraising campaigns to build capacity and strengthen local nonprofits. CoSMO members are community-based, volunteer-led charities preventing family, school and neighborhood violence, homelessness, child abuse, hunger, and environmental pollution, protecting human and civil rights, increasing health, adult and children's education, democracy, safety, and social justice.
If your workplace is not involved in Community Shares of Mid Ohio fundraising efforts, ask them to consider helping locally by participating in CoSMO. http://www.communityshares.net/
Donate on-line through the Columbus Foundation. The Columbus Foundation wants to help build your understanding of nonprofits and topics that interest you, so you can give wisely. PowerPhilanthropy, a new online tool, was developed with you in mind.
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Perhaps you have a particular skill, or just some time on your hands and are willing to put in some “sweat equity” for our future. Fantastic! Please let us know, and when projects come up that we think might suit you, expect a call.
As we grow there will inevitably be some “stuff” we need. If you have any of the things on this list or know someone who does please consider a charitable donation of the items to earthtouch.
Nature shows us that life and death are intertwined and continual. Once you take your final walk, our work here at earthtouch can be your enduring legacy.
Some people make it clear they wish to have an “In Memory Of…” fund set up for others to donate to earthtouch on their behalf. Others prefer a bequest. You can leave money to your family and to earthtouch. Some people think they must choose between leaving a gift to their family or their favorite charity. You can do both, and some charitable gifts may actually save your family money by decreasing inheritance taxes. In fact, certain portions of your estate such as 401 K plans, are so taxed that very little of the money will end up in the hands of loved ones. However by donating such things to a non-profit, much more of your hard earned money can get put to good use. It’s easy. A simple directive in your will can bring welcome support to earthtouch that will make a difference in our world.
A charitable bequest is simply a distribution from your estate to a charitable organization through your last will and testament. There are different kinds of bequests. For each, you must use very specific language to indicate the precise direction of your assets, and to successfully carry out your final wishes.
Your “estate” is the sum of your assets, including property you own, insurance policies, retirement accounts, cash on hand, etc. Wealthy people may have very large estates, but even people who aren’t wealthy often have the resources to make a charitable bequest. If every adult in America made a will and included a bequest of just $100, billions of dollars would flow to charitable causes every year.
We always recommend that you carefully review the terms of your will with a professional trained in handling trusts and estates.
Information courtesy of: www.leavealegacy.org
Donate your car, boat, truck, RV, Jet Ski or snowmobile to earthtouch and receive a tax deduction. This no cost, no hassle process begins when you contact our fundraising partner, Donation Line LLC at 877-227-7487. Make sure to ask for extension 2682 to support earththouch. Or you can click here "Donate Car" to donate online now.
