Text Box: Thank You to Our Contributors! Text Box: As you may have read already, this June ENH celebrates it’s 25th Anniversary! In keeping with our theme of reminiscing about ENH beginnings, I tried to find a photo of myself from those early years when I was but a confused intern. Seems the only thing I could come up with is a crude cave painting. Guess that was a long time ago! It is sometimes hard to grasp the huge changes that ENH has undergone since it’s innocent beginnings as a summer camp. When Laura and Gary first agreed to conduct outdoor education for Murray School District , they had no idea they were laying the foundation for a premier outdoor education program. From the beginning they held fast to the belief that camp (and outdoor education) is more than just a place in the woods; its people sharing a vision. And it is time shared in exploring, absorbing, and falling in love with the beauty and diversity of nature. Text Box: Today, over 7,000 students attend ENH environmental education programs annually. In addition, each year nearly 1,300 teachers, parent and high school students donate over 100,000 hours of their lives to make our program happen. And many of these fine folks later return to ENH as staff, teachers with their own students, and board members. Such is the case with Shawnee Shahroody, a former ENH camper and counselor from Lafayette School District, and now our newest board member. Welcome, Shawnee! And this summer we again return to our roots with our second year of ENH summer camp, which shows that ENH, like everything else on earth, moves in circles and cycles, (except energy, of course, which is always moving at high Text Box: From the Executive Director—Don Kleinfelder Text Box: Bear Gulch Foundation Laurie Beijen Dr. Chris Bond M. Teresa Bowers David and Madeline Brown Martin and Val Baramante Mary Cabibi and Steven Gayle Hermann and Annette Calabria Debra and Edward Cashman Larisa Casillas Robert & Jennifer Castelluccio The Channels Fund Bob Christiansen Deborah Christman J. Philip Chubb Ben Colteaux Sheila Curtis Rudy and Coby De Jong Elisa De Laet Jagerson Christine and Miles Denniston Lisa Dickerson Debra and Dave Dicks Mary and Tad Drake Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Foundation Greg Feldman Felice Insurance Agency Cory Feulner Text Box: Mark and Julia Godley Andrea Goldman Imgard Greenebaum Joanne Greenebaum Sid Greenebaum Groth Bros. Oldsmobile Jed and Emily Hammack James Harris The INNW Fund Interwoven The Kelly Family Jim & Carole Kleinfelder Jan Lecklikner Bonnie Loyd & Robert Sabbatini The McMahan Foundation Diane Means Kathleen Means Robert & Susan Morse Raj Nathan Julie Neilson Deborah Newbrun New Leaf The North Face North Pleasanton Rotary

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Dick Parsons and Shari Robinson

Jessica Parsons and Tom Evans

Margaret Parsons

Melissa Pederson

Peninsula Community Foundation

Craig Peters and Maureen DeBoer

Susan Peters

Pleasanton Police Officers Assoc.

 

Rancho San Carlos Education Foundation

 

Shawnee Shahroody

Don Shortridge

Don Smith

Anne & Paul Stephens

Charles and Donna Stonesifer

Dr. Robert Stuart

 

Kent and Debbie Tobin

Trader Joe’s

Benjamin Tulchin

 

Variety Children’s Charity

Buzz and Linda Valente

Robin and Mary Ellen Ynes

 

 

 

 

Since July 1, we have received over $90,000 in contributions.  The donations ranged from large cash gifts to rain gear to two milking goats!  All of the donations help us provide financial assistance to hundreds of students who would otherwise not be able to attend environmental education.  On behalf of these children, we offer our thanks and appreciation to our contributors!

Junior bird watchers at an estuary near Natural Bridges State Beach