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Clearwater Forest Camp - Our Largest Neighbor

For almost 75 years Clearwater Forest Camp has been the serving it's community - our community on the north shores of Clearwater Lake.    This service comes in many forms, including bringing over 5000 people a year onto Clearwater lake to share the joys of being out of the city and into a world of trees, water, wildflowers, wildlife and community.    Summer Camp is an experience that will never be forgotten by it's campers.
But Clearwater Forest is also serving our community in other ways.    They own over 1000 acres of forest covered land and approximately 4 miles of lake shore on Clearwater lake.   That is almost HALF of the lake shore!  With this much responsibility we can be so glad to know they are Champions of Nature!    They have setup 2 conservation easements to protest this land into the future; an Aquatic Management Area in 2004 and a perpetual conservation easement in 2020.

Improving for the future!

The Clearwater Forest Camp board decided it is time to invest in the future of the camp.  A 3-year $2.2M capital campaign has been kicked off to upgrade and expand their current facilities. 
To learn all about the changes they are making check oust some of these websites-
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What Can Clearwater Lake Residents do to help our Neighbors!

All of us understand the value the Camp brings to the lake and to the kids and counselors that enjoy the camp and lake every year.  The Camp is hoping they can raise between $100,000 -150,000 from the Lake Homeowners over the next 3 years. A minimum contribution of $500 per year ($1,500 total) per family that benefits from being on the lake would go a long way to helping them reach their overall financial goal.
Please donate what you can today and in each of the next two years to help the Camp meet their financial goal and carry on with their mission. Make a note on the pledge or donation that you live on Clearwater Lake.    We want to track how much our community is helping our largest neighbor.
Link to the pledge form:
http://clearwaterforest.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Campaign_Pledge_on-line1d.pdf
 
Link to on-line donation:
https://clearwaterforest.z2systems.com/np/clients/clearwaterforest/donation.jsp?campaign=4&

Matching Grant Opportunity - Dec 1 Deadline

The Camp has a $43,500 matching grant available if they can raise the same amount before Dec 1.  They have about $26,000 to-date so looking to fill the gap with another $17,500.  Please consider donating to The Camp before Dec 1 to help them obtain the matching grant. 
The Clearwater Lake Association / Clearwater Conservancy Board understands how important this neighbor is to our community.    All of the Lake Board members have committed to supporting the campaign and have made contributions to meet the Matching Grant deadline.