If you’re a Pfizer retiree, the company’s 50% matching gift program will be ending on December 31, 2020. Consider a gift (including volunteer time) to the Avalonia Land Conservancy before then so, as a Pfizer retiree, we can all benefit…
Record your volunteer hours on one new form. Volunteers log about 2,500 hours for Avalonia every year. While that’s a big number, it represents just a fraction of the actual hours donated. Unfortunately, most of us don’t record our time…
In 2018, the Avalonia Land Conservancy saved over 500 acres in North Stonington, Preston, and Griswold, thus creating the TriTown Forest Preserve. This preserve protects critical habitat for wildlife and important watersheds, while also providing trails and opportunities for outdoor…
Charter Oak Credit Union will match all qualified* charitable donations YOU make to the Avalonia Land Conservancy between Tuesday, August 18, 2020 and Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Credit unions were built on people helping people and Avalonia is fortunate to…
Do you want to help save land? Do you like getting a good workout in? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then you should sign up for the Great Avalonia Trail Trek! The Great Avalonia Trail Trek…
Avalonia recently received a $250 dollar grant from the Extremeterrain Clean Trails program to help purchase materials for a series of bog-bridges to be installed on the TriTown Forest Preserve trail system in Griswold. Currently, a bog-bridge application proposal is…
In March 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act to help bolster the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. Officially named the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the CARES Act provided a vast array of financial relief for individuals, businesses,…
above photo by Sandy Alexander On Sunday, July 12, Avalonia Town Committee chairperson Beth Sullivan had absolute joy of introducing a new generation of cub Scouts to the newest generation of Purple Martins at the Knox Preserve. She arranged for…
Neil and Laurie Duncan Following completion of the transfer of the 77 Christy Hill road lot to Avalonia from the town of Ledyard, a subset of the Avalonia Ledyard Town Committee, led by town committee chairs Neil and Laurie Duncan,…