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Annual Report and Journal
Renfrew Institute for Cultural and Environmental Studies
Streamside Sponsors
From our Executive Director Melodie Anderson-Smith
Publication of Streamside is made possible through the generosity of our sponsors. This issue is funded in part through grants from:
Welcome to the new look and updated style of our membership publication, Streamside. We hope you like it!
John R. Hershey, III/ RBC Wealth Management
Martz Plumbing, Heating & AC
Patricia O’Connor
Dennis L. Koons
of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
Lucinda D. Potter, CPA
MISSION STATEMENT
It was time for a design update, but in addition, we knew that with changing tech- nologies it was also time to use new ways of
communicating with our members.
Streamside has grown in the number of its pages and will now only
come to you once a year. Production is a major undertaking, and the board and staff agreed that Streamside will become Renfrew Institute’s Annual Report and Journal.
Renfrew Institute’s mission is to guide the people of the Cumberland Valley Region to become stewards of their natural and cultural worlds.
With membership renewals heavily rolling in right now, most of you are providing your email addresses. Please be assured...we do not want to bother you with constant inbox chatter. Our messages will be attractive, timely, informative—and brief. We will never share your email address, and you will always have the opportunity to opt out.
The publication has taken on a magazine format with more photos, colorful graphics and more reporting on the activities that make Renfrew Institute (RI) the valuable community organization it is. We hope you enjoy the new full-color format, made possible with the support of our Streamside sponsors.
Those of you who have provided an email address will receive each issue “hot off the wireless” in your inbox. No worries though—if you prefer to receive the print version, you will! Or, you can receive it both ways.
As you look inside, you will see the usual annual review of members and finances, important information that sheds light on the institute’s organizational strength and depth. But you will also find professionally produced articles on topics of interest in the areas of environmental and cultural studies. You will find feature lights shining on some special people in the institute family—adults doing incredible things and students excelling in many ways. We have stories to tell and knowledge to share. This publi- cation will keep you informed—and hopefully inspired, too.
As we fully embrace the 21st century, you will now be able to learn about upcoming RI events through e-blasts and email announcements. Some of you have seen these coming your way in the past year.
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We hope you enjoy the improvements we’re making in an effort to keep you updated on RI happenings. Of course reading about these activities will never be the same as experiencing them! Join us often here on site, or come along on a field trip as we share and learn together through programs that enrich our lives and our understanding of the world around us.
Melodie Anderson-Smith