Month: February 2014

Ever wondered where we’re at in our campaign to buy a forest and raise $1.2 million dollars by 2016? Ever feel worried? Looking for something to bolster your enthusiasm? We have just under $300,000 in the bank. We have $6200/month in monthly donors (which is growing exponentially and we are working really hard to get…

Cumberland Massage Therapy just handed off over $560 from their campaign in January! Whitecaps Cappuccino (run by CCFS chair Andrew Nicoll) is offering a $20 gift card for anyone who signs up as a donor (minimum $20/month) at the green bus at the Farmers Market. Riders Pizza continues their campaign with a free large Pizza…

The Comox Valley Road Runners and representatives from the Cumberland Community Forest Society met up last weekend during a full on snowstorm to share some forest love. The Road Runners are big fans of our local forest trails and they brought a $1000 cheque to help us meet our goals and save these trails from…

Our friends from Harmonic Arts Botanical Dispensary are running an amazing campaign for us for 2014 that will help spread the word about the Cumberland Forest across Canada! In their own words: “Harmonic Arts originally moved to Cumberland BC as we loved being in the presence of beautiful forests. Currently over 70 hectares situated all…

Friends of the Cumberland Forest and local film company Fox&Bee got together last November to produce a video to draw attention to our campaign. It was hard to keep the end result under wraps but we waited until this week to let it loose. Check out what happens when over 100 friends of the forest,…