Fall Updates & Opportunities
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This issue focuses on the ways that everyone who loves The Mountain can contribute to help it flourish, now and in the future. Don't miss several great "Spirit of The Mountain" Silent Auction item being previewed for early bidding opportunities!
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40 Years of Gifts from the Heart!
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The Mountain is reaching its 40-year anniversary, with our
40th Thanksgiving Weekend coming right up. Imagine! Four decades of enriching thousands of people's lives, creating a strong & supportive community, and caring for our precious natural setting. The Mountain has a bright future, thanks to you. Your financial and volunteer support make a huge difference...
Continue reading...We hope to reach our year-end Annual Funding goal of $260,000 with your help. Click
HERE to Donate.
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Stable to Classroom--Let's Faithify it, and make it happen!
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Imagine this rundown stable being converted to a dynamic classroom space we are calling the
Living Learning Laboratory...Some funds have already been donated, and we are crowd-funding another $2,800+ to be raised via
Faithify
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Spirit of The Mountain
Silent Auction is now underway!
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A Week at a Blue Ridge Mountain Cabin
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Value: $1,200 Minimum bid: $700
Spend a week in a passive-solar cabin on the South Toe River, near Burnsville, NC & Pisgah National Forest. A deck looks out on South Toe River, Blue Ridge Mountains & valley, woods & fields, with Mt. Mitchell in the background. NOTE: No expiration date. Advanced reservations required & added housekeeping fee of $75.
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Value: $450 Minimum bid: $225
Spend 2 or 3 nights in East Asheville, just 10-minutes to Downtown Asheville, with its great restaurants, breweries, arts, music & theater. Hiking trails & waterfalls in a 1-2-hour radius. This hosted B&B features guest room with queen bed & private bath across the hall. Continental breakfast.
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Fort Lauderdale B&B Getaway
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Value: $1,200 Current bid: $850
Deluxe Fort Lauderdale getaway, with 4 days/3 nights twin room w/private bath. A full American breakfast, cocktails w/heavy hors d’ouvres evenings. Winning bidders MUST use during high season January 3, 2019 thru March 31, 2019 when owner in-residence.
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5-Night Stay at Ormond Beach!
Value: $800 Minimum bid: $400
Spend 5 nights at a resort condo at
The Cove on Ormond Beach, from December 16-21, 2018*. Start your day with an ocean sunrise, then relax in the sand with family or friends. The Cove on Ormond Beach is the place you want to be–on the beach!
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A Week at North Myrtle Beach
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Value: $1,100 Minimum bid: $550
You'll be staying for a week at the popular Windy Hills section of North Myrtle, right on the beach. This resort features a heated indoor pool & hot tub, oceanfront outdoor pool & kiddie pool, and a large sundeck. Two bedrooms with King beds and a third with 2 twins, sleeps 6-8 people.
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Giving Tuesday is November 27th
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This will be the 3rd year of The Mountain's participation in
#GivingTuesday, the global movement that promotes charitable giving in the midst of the holiday spending season. This year, we can mark the occasion of #Giving Tuesday to celebrate our gratitude for The Mountain's 40th Thanksgiving! Even if you already made a gift this year, please consider a $40 gift in honor of this special anniversary on #GivingTuesday, Nov 27th.
DONATE
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Corporate Giving, Stocks & Planned Giving Opportunities
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A number of corporations match their employees (active or retired) charitable gifts to eligible nonprofits. Other corporations have charitable giving programs, such as Amazon Smile and Facebook fundraisers. The Mountain is an eligible nonprofit recipient.
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2019 40th Anniversary Calendar
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Hot off the presses! This 40th anniversary calendar featuring photos, dates & honorees from The Mountain's 40-year evolution-only $15 each and available through our Mountain Store! OR, get a complementary calendar in appreciation for your gift of $1,000 or greater donated to The Mountain's Annual Fund in November. Thanks to Joey Kyle, who created this calendar, and Tanner Czonka for his Seasons of The Mountain poster designs, featured on the cover.
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Be Part of The Mountain's Legacy
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The Mountain's 40th anniversary year seems like a good opportunity for us to update our planned gift records. Please let us know if you are planning a bequest or legacy gift to The Mountain or Mountain Endowment Fund, so that we can express our appreciation as part of our 40th celebration year. If you are a UU donor, this could include a pledge to the
Wake Now Our Vision Legacy Matching Challenge. Be part of The Mountain's Legacy and next 40 years by planning a gift today!
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The Mountain's Wish List
The Mountain benefits greatly each year from In Kind Donations of needed new or used-in-good condition equipment, camp supplies, furnishings, and farming tools that often are beyond our annual operating budget capacity. Check out our updated
Wish List to see if there are any items that you may have to donate!
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UUWomenspirit Funds White Oak Renovations
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UUWomenspirit has been bringing their Fall and
Spring Retreats to The Mountain for over 30 years! In celebration of this long and positive relationship, UUWomenspirit raised over $4,400 in a matching challenge for the renovation of the White Oak meeting space. Here is a photo of some UUWomenspirit Fall Retreat attendees in the new White Oak!
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