Mayne Island Conservancy Society

Canada Helps

Canada Helps is a Canadian registered charity that will accept your donation and channel it to the cause of your choice. The Mayne Island Conservancy Society is an account holder at Canada Helps. They offer secure credit card processing and any gift you care to make will be forwarded directly to our bank account after a deduction of a small commission which we are pleased to pay as we do not have to bear the cost or complications of setting up our secure payment site and we do not have to issue receipts. Your tax deductible receipt will come directly from Canada Helps, after all, you have made a donation to them - it's just that they send 95% to us. Click the button below to make your taxt deductible contribution to MICS Projects or Programmes:

If you want to know more about giving through Canada Helps please visit their donor's info page

PayPal

You may have a PayPal account with unspent funds on deposit - many people do these days! Perhaps you would consider donating your balance to further the work of the Mayne Island Conservancy Society. Actually you do not need to have an account at PayPal to use their secure server facilities to charge a donation in any amount to your credit card. You will receive an e-mail acknowledgement from PayPal and our Credit Union account will credited within 24 hours. Though PayPal collects a small service fee, we will write a tax deductible receipt for the full amount of your donation. Just click on the "Donate" button below and you will be linked to a page dedicated to raising funds for MICS!

Subscribe to the Mailing List

MICS entrusts the custody of its mailing list and other data services to eTapestry.com, with its Verisign certificated access, encrypted communications and fire-wall protected databases it offers our members the greatest possible guarantee of the privacy of their personal information. eTapestry is a company offering technological and web-based solutions to the non-profit sector. Maggi Cheetham is the manager of the list and submits new "subscribers" to eTapestry as well as looking after changes and deletions. To receive regular e-mailings about Mayne Island Conservancy's events you can send an e-mail to Maggi at members@conservancyonmayne.com. All we ask is that you become a member! See below

Become a Member or Renew Your Membership

You can join the Mayne Island Conservancy Society for $5.00 a year at any Conservancy event, whether it be "Movie" nights, Talks & Walks, the May Day Celebrations or the Fall Fair. MICS has a table at every other Farmers' Market (see our Market page for dates) where one or two cheerful volunteer experts will write you up and take your annual dues. If you are not on the island at any of these times and you still want support the Society's work you are invited to print out this MS Word Document and mail it with your membership fee and, if you wish, your tax deductible donation of $20 or more.

We regret that at the moment we do not have the means for you to send your credit card paymenr directly to us electronically, however we will be working on that process and hope to have it ready for the next membership year. In the meantime the form below can be used to "register" as a member, or renew your membership, but you would need to submit your payment via Canada Helps or PayPal or mail us a cheque. If you choose to use this method please indicate which service you are using; as both PayPal and Canada Helps charge a small commission it would be great if you could add your donation to your $5.00 membership fee! Donations via PayPal over $20 will be acknowledged with a tax receipt issued by the Conservancy, while contributions via Canada Helps will be receipted directly to you, as that organization is itself a Registered Charity in Canada.

Island visitors and residents may use the drop box at Gulfport Realty, we check it regularly!.

Your name and e-mail address and any other information will be retained in strict confidence, for the exclusive use of the Mayne Island Conservancy Society, and not at any time shared with any other organization for any purpose whatsoever.

Volunteer

Each Project Page has a section entitled "Volunteer Opportunities" and provides contact phone #'s so that you can call and count yourself in. Alternatively the MS Word form mentioned in the paragraph "Become a Member" carries a second page on which 11 different "opportunities" are listed - you are invited express your interest in any one, or several, of the listed tasks and responsibilities for which we would be very grateful to have your assistance.

2011-2012 Opportunities

The following activities are beginning now, as a part of the Community Stewardship Program, and will carry on throughout the duration of the program. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved in some exciting new things happening on the island!

• Propagation of native plants:

  We are starting up our own small native plants nursery project, all from Mayne Island seed and cutting sources. We'll be gathering seeds and taking cuttings from a broad variety of native plants including wildflowers, shrubs, berry bushes, and trees. These will be grown out on-island and made available for use by community members and in restoration projects. Join us for the seed collection process, or help out with starting and caring for the plants in the nursery.

• Walkabout Program:

  The Conservancy is planning a season of property walkabouts on Mayne Island. At the owner's request, these walkabouts will be two-way exchanges in which MICS staff and volunteers will tour private properties along with the owner, and share knowledge about the species and ecology, as well as practices that will help to maintain and enhance the qualities that are valued. We are looking for landowners interested in hosting these walkabouts, as well as volunteers who would be trained to assist in conducting them.

• Photopoint Monitoring of Henderson Park Restoration:

  In 2010, MICS intern Miriam Isaac-Renton set up a monitoring program to gauge the progress of the Henderson Park Restoration activities. The program has undergone its first year, and is ready to be taken over by a group of volunteers for yearly monitoring. If you are interested in being trained in straight-forward and effective monitoring methods, including species identification, this is definitely the opportunity for you! No prior monitoring experience necessary.

Community Spirit

Just say "52" at the Miners Bay Tru Value grocery check out when paying for your supplies. For every purchase over $5 Tru Value sets aside a small amount in an account for community organisations. In the past 2 years this almost invisible means of fund-raising has produced over $1600 to assist with Conservancy programs & projects.

So, thank you to Tru Value for instituting the Community Spirit scheme, and thank you to all their customers who choose "52".