Connect with your community and show that your business cares about the Refuge!

As a member of the Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Business Alliance, you invest in one of our urban metropolitan area’s most unique and diverse natural and cultural resources.

Your annual Business Alliance Membership connects you with:

• 120,000+ visitors;
• 5,000 students participating in field trips and
educational programs;
• 4,000 visitors to BirdFest & Bluegrass;
• 3,000 attendees at Plankhouse events;
• 1,200 monthly newsletter readers;
• 1,100 monthly website visits;
• and 250 community volunteers who provide more than 10,000 hours of work

Your partnership with the Friends helps ensure the future and success of this breathtaking natural resource. Invest in your community by becoming a part of our Business Alliance today!

The Banking on Nature study released in 2013 reports that an average of $4.87 is returned to local communities for every dollar Congress provides in funding to run the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Friends offers three Business Alliance levels:

Business Friend – $100
Business Ally – $500
Business Sustainer – $1,000

All Business Alliance levels include:

– Your business logo, linked to your website, displayed on our website;
– Your business name and logo listed in each issue of our monthly e-newsletter;
– Advance notice of our activities and events;
– The knowledge that your commitment helps support Friends’ programs and the Refuge for enjoyment by present and future generations!

As a Business Ally, we will feature your business in a dedicated welcome profile in our newsletter.
As a Business Sustainer, you may choose to adopt a specific Friends project (e.g. a habitat project or cultural project) as a specific commitment to the organization and an opportunity for additional recognition. Contact us about current options!

All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent the law allows.

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