Dear QFN Member,
It is that time again – time to renew your QFN membership.
Through careful management, QFN has maintained membership dues at a reasonable rate for many, many years: $25.00 for a single membership, $40.00 for a family and $10.00 for a student.
Membership remains a great bargain! with monthly meetings from September to May filled with great speakers and interesting information about our natural world, to our Outings Program where you can explore natural areas in the region with other like-minded folks, to helping us do good for nature through a variety of activities and projects.
Look at some of the ways you helped Nature this year with your membership and volunteer work:
Our Tree Committee led by Greg Parsons planted almost $30,000 worth of native trees, shrubs and perennial flowers at Clifford “Sonny” Belch Park and Cascade Park.
Our Alcohol Container Drive led by John Lowry and assisted by Melissa Ouellet raised over $2800 dollars to protect land through the Nature Conservancy of Canada. With our donation of $500, plus a few smaller donations, the total came to $3530.
We supported Think Turtle with $500.00 to help our local turtles.
We continue to support Sandy Pines, this year with $300.00 toward the rehabilitation of injured wildlife.
We donated $500 to the Wildlife Preservation Society to support the continued survival of the Loggerhead Shrike.
We supported ON Nature with over $500.00 to support their operations and the Youth Summit.
Ted Pordham continues to Feed our Feathered Friends at the Frink Centre (we donated $230.00 for bird seed in 2025).
We continue to advocate to preserve our local wetlands, natural spaces and native species through letter writing, deputations and education throughout the Quinte area.
If you feel as we do that Nature needs our assistance to thrive, please renew your membership by
e-transfer to qfnnature@gmail.com,
cheque payable to “Quinte Field Naturalists”
mail to Dan Guenther, 1492 County Rd 28, Brighton ON, K0K 1H0
or at our next meeting January 19th, 2026
We are most grateful for your past contributions and thank you for your continued support.
If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, please contact Nancy Stevenson at nlsriver@gmail.com .
Best wishes for 2026
from your QFN Board.
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