Please join EFN for an event marking the launch of the collaborative funding initiative, From Vision to Action:  A Commitment to Maine’s Quality of Place.

Imagine It Whole: Creating Healthy Land and Healthy Communities in Maine      
September 15, 2009
Program: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Reception: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Falmouth, Maine

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 “This is the extraordinary power of conservation today: to help create healthy people and whole communities, while at the same time build stronger, more resilient support for conservation itself.”*

You are invited to a special program for newly selected Quality of Place grantees and the funding community led by Peter Forbes. We promise you will leave with new perspectives on how you invest in Maine's special places.

Peter Forbes, executive director of the Center for Whole Communities, in Vermont, will discuss the importance of integrating conservation, health, and justice and explore new ways of thinking about conservation goals and work. An acclaimed writer, photographer, and conservationist, Forbes co-founded the Center for Whole Communities after 18 years leading conservation projects for the Trust for Public Land. He offers a compelling message that calls for the renewal of the conservation community through promoting and nurturing healthy people and healthy communities as well as healthy land.

Please join us to learn, be inspired and to celebrate the work of organizations selected for Quality of Place grants. RSVP using the form below or call the Maine Philanthropy Center at (207) 780-5039.

This program is not open to the public. EFN members, Maine Philanthropy Center grantmaker members, donor advisors of the Maine Community Foundation, foundation trustees, and invited guests are welcome to attend.

* From Building a New Movement: Land Conservation and Community, Center for Whole Communities.