Connecting people and parks - Boston, MA · where Katie volunteers regularly in the Conservancy’s “Tuesdays with Roses” program. Katie sought volunteer work when she arrived

Connecting people

and parks

ANNUALREPORT

BOARD OF DIRECTORSBenjamin Taylor, Chair Kathryn Cochrane Murphy, retiring Vice Chair and ClerkOtile McManus, Vice ChairLeo Swift, retiring Treasurer Lee Albright, retiring Janet P. Atkins Peter K. Barber Anne Connolly John R. Cook, Jr., incoming Vice ChairLynn A. Dale Susan Helms Daley Chris DeSisto Michael Dukakis Courtney Forrester Sarah Freeman, retiringCarol Gladstone Marjorie Greville Roger F. Harris Janice Henderson, retiring James Hunnewell, Jr., AIA Matthew Kiefer, Esq., incoming Vice ChairBeth KrudysCaroline Loughlin ‡ Adrienne Penta, Esq.Katherine Post, incoming TreasurerJane Roy Greg Selkoe, retiringWendy Shattuck Susan Siebert, incoming ClerkKatherine SloanDavid Solomon Peter Sougarides Linda Edmonds TurnerCarroll WilliamsonMarjorie Bakken, Emeritus

Ex-OFFICIO DIRECTORSErin Gallentine, Brookline Parks and Open SpaceSamantha Overton, MA Department of Conservation and RecreationAndy Pappastergion, Brookline Public WorksAntonia Pollak, Boston Parks and Recreation John Sullivan, Jr., Boston Water and Sewer Commission

PARK OVERSEERSArborway Coalition Arnold ArboretumBoston Committee of the Garden Club of AmericaBoston Nature Center of Mass Audubon Boston Society of Landscape Architects Brookline Greenspace Alliance Emerald Necklace Greenway ProjectThe Fenway AllianceFenway Civic AssociationFenway CDC Fenway Garden SocietyFranklin Park CoalitionFranklin Park Zoo/Zoo New EnglandFriends of Jamaica Pond Friends of Leverett PondFriends of the Muddy RiverGarden Club Federation of MassIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumJamaica Hills Association Jamaica Pond AssociationMASCO Museum of Fine Arts Boston

STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL Eugenie Beal ‡

Charles Beveridge Frances ColburnJody Dow Bruce Enders Grace FeyMyra Harrison Frank Keefe Mimi LaCameraArleyn Levee Hubert Murray Bill NigreenLouise Riemer David ScudderJack Smith Leslie Stacks

STAFFJulie Crockford Brittany Dunn Mary Hickie Susan Knight Jeanine Knox Jillian Levine Ray Oladapo-JohnsonMarybeth OskowskiJessica Parsons John Smith

INTERNSAbigail AdgateMeredith Gallogly Danielle HarkawayKarolina KenneyIrena Kushner

Design by Olga Vanegas /IntercreativaDesign.com

Thank you for your 2013 investments in the Emerald Necklace Conservancy! In 2013, the Conservancy celebrated 15 years of connecting people and parks. Your contributions helped improve access to the parks, develop projects to care for the park ecosystem and create programs for people of all ages.

This past year also marked the 10th Anniversary of Party in the Park and the launch of the Olmsted Tree Society Fund to care for the Emerald Necklace’s tree canopy. Thanks to the generosity of more than 800 attendees at the annual lunch honoring the late Boston Parks Commissioner Justine Mee Liff, $940,000 was raised for this vital initiative. Having completed an inventory of 7,000 individual trees and thousands more in the woodlands and along the waters’ edge, the Conservancy is preparing timelines and cost estimates as part of a maintenance plan for our most valuable trees.

We are grateful to the more than 90 volunteers who ensured that Party in the Park was such a success. Only ten years ago, Wendy Shattuck founded Party in the Park, and since then $3 million has been raised for a variety of important park projects including the Kelleher Rose Garden fountain in Back Bay Fens. We completed the majority of the work on the $550,000 fountain project last year and look forward to a ribbon cutting in spring, 2014.

In addition to maintenance, restoration, and the fundraising to accomplish our goals, an important part of the Conservancy’s mission is to bring people into the Emerald Necklace to enjoy the benefits of nature. A growing body of scientific, peer reviewed studies indicates that natural areas, particularly those in urban environments, have positive effects on physical and mental health. The Conservancy’s Summer Sundays in the Park, docent-led tours, Circle The City and volunteer programs are some of the ways we engage thousands of people annually in the park. Thanks to you, our Green Team and Youth Leadership programs continue to educate the next generation of park stewards while providing needed summer and after-school employment for urban youth.

As the Conservancy looks forward to the next 15 years of restoring and maintaining the Emerald Necklace, increasing access to the parks and providing educational programming for people of all ages, we are inspired by the commitment and generosity of all our friends and donors. Many, many thanks for everything you do to support the Emerald Necklace!

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Dear Friends,

Ben Taylor Chair

Julie CrockfordPresident

When Barbara Nazarewicz and her fiancé moved from San Francisco to Boston, they chose their Fenway neighborhood by looking at a city map that showed the neighborhood nestled into a big U-shaped sweep of parks that turned out to be part of Boston’s Emerald Necklace. When she arrived and saw the parks, and began to use them—running along the Fens and the Riverway—she was impressed. “When you run along parts of the Muddy River,” she said, widening her eyes, “you feel like you’re in a rural oasis.” She smiled. “It’s the genius of Olmsted.” She began researching the parks online, and that research led her to the Conservancy and its docent training program.

Barbara, a landscape architect, now spends one Sunday a month leading interpretive tours of the Emerald Necklace’s Back Bay Fens as a Conservancy Docent. She brings more than youthful energy to the Conservancy. Her professional credentials and connections give her a special role. In addition to her job with a local design firm, Basia works with the American Society of Landscape Architects on their Emerging Professionals Committee. At the ASLA’s 2013 national conference in Boston, Barbara led a tour of ASLA members through her neighboring part of the Emerald Necklace, helping them learn from Olmsted’s masterpiece.

“I consider myself an ambassador for the parks,” she explained.

“Parks,” she adds with conviction, “make the city livable. They give us places to exercise, to relax, and to enjoy natural beauty. As more of us arrive who need and appreciate the parks, the importance of parks is growing. I think this will enhance support for the Conservancy and increase our fundraising leverage. And part of the message I want to get out, when I speak on behalf of the Conservancy, is the importance of public-private partnerships in caring for great public treasures like the Emerald Necklace.”

Sharing a passion for the parks

Barbara Nazarewicz,

a docent perspectiveBy Anne Mackin

“I consider myself an ambassador for the

parks,” she explained. It’s important to me to reach people who may not be

aware of the parks or their importance.”

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“Isn’t it beautiful,” asks Katie, peering through the temporary fence around the Kelleher Rose Garden in the Back Bay Fens. She is looking at the water soaring up from the restored fountain, a recently completed project of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. The fountain, undergoing a test run before being shut down for the winter, sits among the 1,500 or so rose plants in the Kelleher Rose Garden, where Katie volunteers regularly in the Conservancy’s “Tuesdays with Roses” program. Katie sought volunteer work when she arrived in Boston soon after completing her graduate work in Criminal Justice. She saw it as a way to meet people and learn about her new community. “I love pruning and weeding in the Rose Garden,” she says. “There are usually about 15 of us working together for a couple of hours after work, one day a week.”

The weekly routine varies. “Ray [Oladapo-Johnson, the Conservancy’s Director of Operations] or others will show us what to do. This past spring, for example, rabbits devastated the garden. So we had to replant or replace some of the rosebushes. Then, after a rainy period, we might weed. And in late fall, we mulch the roses, or ‘put them to bed’ as Ray says”.

Katie has been volunteering at the rose garden for a few years, and feels she’s seen an influx of young blood in the volunteer group. She, herself, volunteered with an environmental group in college and feels that everyone now has a better understanding of the importance of green spaces and environmental stewardship.

“What I love best about gardening here is that you can really see the impact of the work you’ve done. A week after we prune a particu-lar section, that section will look great, with more blooms. And you can see the impact of [the] Rose Garden on peoples’ lives, too. Gar-den visitors will ask us questions or say how much they enjoy the garden. It’s a beautiful, relaxing place to work and it has a social value you can see and feel.”

A volunteer experience both social and serene

Katie C., a volunteer perspectiveBy Anne Mackin

“What I love best about gardening here is that you can really see the

impact of the work you’ve done. And you can see the impact of [the] Rose

Garden on peoples’lives, too.”

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As one of the most anticipated social events in Boston, The Party in the Park is one of Boston’s surest signs of spring. To date, the luncheon has generated a $3 million fund for the Emerald Necklace parks. Proceeds from the 10th anniversary Party in the Park founded the Olmsted Tree Society to care for and protect the parks’ beautiful and priceless tree canopy and woodlands.

Circle The CityCircle The City creates a connection between neighbors and nature on car-free, open streets. Thousands flocked to Huntington Avenue on July 14 and Blue Hill Avenue on September 29 to play on the street. From drumming circles to zumba, a rock climbing wall to bike tune-ups, there was something for everyone. Residents on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester told us:

“It was healing.”

“I’ve lived here for 31 years and this was the best thing that has ever happened here.” 

“I had one of the best times I ever had at Open Streets, Open World. “

“[The day] was beautiful, a tapestry, a mosaic of people, of community building.”

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$1 Million Tree Fund Established for the Emerald Necklace

$100,000+ Norman & Muriel Leventhal Alan & Sherry Leventhal Wendy Shattuck & Sam Plimpton

$25,000+ Janet Atkins & Tarleton Watkins II

Lisa & Tom BlumenthalRoAnn Costin & James Bailey

Victoria & David CrollLynn Dale & Frank Wisneski

Barbara & Amos HostetterJ.P. Morgan Private BankBeth & Seth KlarmanCaterina & George SakellarisCharlotte & Herb Wagner

$15,000+Boston Symphony OrchestraLillian & Patrick CarneyThe Catered Affair*Ellie Cornish ChuLisa MooneyPeterson Party Center*Beth K. PfeifferJane Roy

$10,000+The Abbey GroupAmy AbramsBNY Mellon Wealth Management

Corcoran Jennison Companies

Everett Design*Sarah Freeman & Sam Sherwood

John & Sonia Lingos Family Foundation

Eleanor & Frank PaoHolly Safford & Charles Weilbrenner

Teresa L. & Gregory W. Simmons

Table Toppers* Winston Flowers*

$5,000+ Laura E. BaldiniBartlett Tree ExpertsIsabelle T. BlackLaura DeBonisDeMoulas Foundation Beth DickersonEaton Vance Investment Counsel

The Olmsted Tree Society was established in 2013 to address the serious needs of the aging tree canopy in the Emerald Necklace. Launched by the Conservancy’s Justine Mee Liff Fund Committee, and thanks to the generous support of donors, sponsors and guests of the 10th annual Party in the Park, $940,000 of the initial $1 million goal has been raised for this spendable fund. We are grateful to the Norman and Muriel Leventhal Family and the Plimpton Shattuck Fund for their leadership giving to this important initiative.

In collaboration with our public partners, the Conservancy hired Kyle Zick Landscape Architecture (KZLA) for the project. Over 7,000 heritage and specimen trees, 200 acres of woodland, as well as parkway and riparian trees have been surveyed, assessed and

plotted using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The resulting comprehensive tree maintenance and management plan will guide future pruning, planting, and maintenance priorities in Franklin Park, Jamaica Pond, Olmsted Park, the Riverway and Back Bay Fens as well as along the parkways.

Members of the Olmsted Tree Society help ensure the health of the park’s trees now and for future generations. To learn more about how you can “adopt” and maintain a heritage tree, plant a new tree or provide much needed soil remediation, fertilizer and watering, visit our website or contact Susan Knight at 617-522-2700.

We are grateful to all who helped launch the Olmsted Tree Society through direct donations and sponsorships and ticket purchases at the 10th anniversary Party in the Park.

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$5,000+ Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

Grace FeyFiduciary Trust Courtney & Michael Forrester

Richard L. FriedmanFriends of the Public Garden

Grossmans Marketing Services

Jeannette Hsu-McSweeney

Swanee HuntIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Elizabeth B. JohnsonElizabeth L. JohnsonJones DayTrisha Perez KennealySidney KenyonPamela KohlbergBarrie Landry Charitable Foundation

The Mee Liff FamilyJulia OwensNancy PlaceLia G. PoorvuUte & Patrick PrevostSaks Fifth AvenueJanet SharpShreve, Crump & LowLawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation

Cathleen StoneCamille Valentine- UBS Financial Services

Molly WeeksSusan Whitehead

$2,500+Lee AlbrightAnn Beha & Robert A. Radloff

Meg BennettBrown AdvisoryVeronica CastellucciCentury BankElizabeth ColemanBarbara & Robert Danforth

Suki & Miguel de Bragança

Jennifer DolinsKim FurnaldMarjorie GrevilleCasandra H. HendersonLucile P. Hicks

Jill A. Horner & Yo-Yo Ma

Barbara JordanGus Kalaris- Axios Wines*

Carol Ann KaniaChristine KondoleonJoyce LindeIsabelle LoringMandarin Oriental, Boston

Anne MarcusRobert M. & Judith Melzer

Allison PellegrinoLynne & Mark Rickabaugh

Susan SaracenoRosmarie ScullyFredi StevensonDune ThorneKristin WeloWentworth Institute of Technology

Wilmington Trust

$1,000+Alli AchtmeyerThe Acorn FoundationMaggie DeSantis Ahearn- Otis & Ahearn Real Estate

Jane G. Akin & Kyla de Asla

Lisa & Joel AlvordLiliana BachrachPatricia & Jon BakerHillery & George Ballantyne

Laura BarlettaCamilla Russell BennettAshley K. BernonKay BernonLisa BevilaquaBetsy CabotJudith CarmanyChristine CaronaAngela CavalloKatherine ChapmanAnn ClarkesonLawrence H. & Roberta Cohn

Brooke & Jeff CookBonnie CovingtonMaryLouise Crofton-Atkins

John & Diddy CullinaneChristine CusickDarlene Daggett

The Druker Company, Ltd.

Susan DunnMargaret Boles Fitzgerald

Betty GeorgaklisKate GilbaneAbigail GoodmanJulie Hume GordonVicary GrahamSusan B. GrandisRoger HarrisHarvard Medical SchoolPamela HumphreyJohn P. Iappini & Carole E. Mathieson

Kim JacobsCandace JansAlexander LeventhalMarie LlewellynJane MossKathryn Cochrane Murphy

Anthony M. Nader- Cedar Valley Holdings, LLC

Megan O’BlockPaola Quadretti Worldwide Inc.

Jane PappalardoKatherine Harrison Pelson

Pope FamilyJasmine PunzalanKathy PutnamJack Rapp & Ann MeeLaura ReynoldsDiana Rowan Rockefeller

Beatrice RoyPeter Roy & Leah Taylor Roy

Nicole SimeralGilda SlifkaGilda SmartMarilyn Ray Smith & Charles Freifeld

Leo Swift & Amy Auerbach

Kerry SwordsJudy & William H. Taft IV

Ben & Kate TaylorRoberta Weiner

$999 and belowElizabeth Adams & Cliff Lasser

Nancy AdamsRebecca Adler

Kim AinsworthLawson AlbrightMartina Albright Min AlexanderLawson AllenMinnie Ames & Brian Hirschfeld

Christine AndersonCackie AustinJerry Avorn & Karen Tucker

Anne Shattuck BaileyElizabeth BakerLynda BanerjeeKatie BarrowClara C. BatchelorAnna BeakeyEnid BealGenie BealRobert L. BealTerri BealDeborah Starr BeanElaine BeilinRhonda L. BerchuckSusan BlackLinda Cabot BlackKatie Schuller BleakieSuzanne BloombergGloria BohanMary Rose BoltonBoston Red Sox Foundation

Kelly BoulettSusan BoydJane BradleyAthena BradwaySally BrewsterDavid BrownMarcia BrownMartha BrownMary Ellen BrowneCarol BrushDolores BurtonMabel CabotMeg CampbellRebecca CampbellSara CampbellCarolyn CampotGina CarusoMichele CiarciaKelly ClarkSharon ClarkeSarah Carter P. ClunanCatherine ColemanAnne ConnollyMelissa Ciana CopemanLydia CottrellSusan CovoLinda M. CoxJulie Crockford & Sheridan Haines

Ellen CrossAnne F. CucchiaroRita CukerSally CurranNancy CurtinMelanie Stewart CutlerMolly CutlerElisha DanielsSusan DarntonCindy DeLottoBarbara DelutisLisa DiadamoStephanie DiminoChristina B. DiverDaniel DonahueSusan DonahueKatie DoonanJody DowPeggy DrayPolly DrinkwaterDoris DufourMichael & Kitty DukakisMolly S. DunneTom EberhardtLorraine EganDeborah ElfersNancy EllisMarilyn EllwoodBarbara EmeryChristine Mee EmerySanda EngleBarbara EricksonSara EvansCathleen EverettCathy EverettFlorrie EverettShannon FalksonMaureen FallonDana FarabaughLisa FarberKrista FerenceAnne Marie FilosaKaren FirestoneJoan FitzGeraldVirginia FooteAnne W. ForsythDeirdre FranchiChristine FreemanFriends of Post Office Square

Karina FunkHilary GabrieliLeana GallagherCindy GambleJosie GardinerElizabeth Gilbert-BonoJody GillCarol GladstoneAstrid GlassBarbara GlauberJacquelyn Goddard

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTGifts reflect FY2013 donations, October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.

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“Trees cool our streets, sidewalks, and homes on hot summer days. Trees increase property values and encourage neighborhood revitalization. They help clean our air and reduce pollutants that cause respiratory diseases, including asthma. Most important, trees make our city an even more beautiful place to live, work and visit.”

Toni Pollak,Commissioner, Boston Parks Department

Rachael GoldfarbJill GoldweitzEllen GoodmanDyan M. GoodwinVictoria T. Baker Graboys

Cecily GrandPerrin GraysonScott GrigelevichMary HalpinMargery HamlenAnne HanfordAshley HarmonHarvard UniversityPolina HaseotesSerena HatchWhitney HatchMargaretta HausmanKyra HaydockVivian HedgesJan HendersonBayard HenryMarianne HerhilyCabby HerrEllen Roy HerzfelderTheresa HewittElise Larner HillsMary HinesRachel HirschJane & Steven HochDeb HoffmanGail HoffmanAndrea Li HollandCaroline Li HollandMay HoughtonNancy HoveyAndrea HowleyIlisa HurowitzRoxanna HurstAnne HydeAlison Poorvu Jaffe Melissa JanfazaMary JohnsonDiane G. JohnstonMartha JohnstonSarah B. JolliffeKaren JostromMary KakasJen Hunnewell KaplanRita J. & Stanley Kaplan Family Foundation

Tina KaralekasSinesia KarolJudy KasameyerBarbara Kates-GarnickJoan B. KennedyKathleen Kenney

Maggie KeohanPatrice Kish &. Bennie DiNardo

Michelle KnightSusan KnightThomas P. KochLynne KortenhausMarianna KovalPatricia KregerRegina KrumholzMona KumarLous R. KunianConnie LacailladeAnnette LaMondRenee M. LandersMichelle LasserSusan D. LawrenceBarbara LeeKaty LelandAlexis LelonBobi LelonSarah Salter LevyDana LewisVivien LiJohn J. LinehanJudith LittleRuth LittlechildRosemary LloydLori LuttonErin Duggan LynchNina LynchLeiha MacauleyBetsy Ridge MadsenKathleen MahoneySimon MaisKristen MangelinxIrma Fisher MannSusan & Eric MarandettEva MarkosPatricia Marks-Marti-novich

Joanne MarsdenMassachusetts College of Pharmacy

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Elena MatlackArlene MattisonLucia MatuleKate McCuskerHope McDermottMarcy McGourtyDaria McLeanOtile McManusStacy McManusPatricia R. McWeeney

Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization

Pam MessengerTonya MezrichBarbara MillenKristi MillerMary-Kay MillerMonika MoesslangSarah MonacoAlison MonaghanLaura MonradLucy Moon-LimLucy G. MoorheadSandra MooseClaire MorseBrigitte MouffletDaniel Moulton & Barbara Joyce

Jennifer Mugar-FlahertyRegina MullenAmy MurphySherif & Mary NadaAnne NestoBeth NeustadtMargo NewmanLisa NickersonMary Nobile-KingCarol NobleKim NoltemySusan Ogrodnik-SmithCecilia O’KeefeJanice O’LearyDianne OlsonJeryl OristaglioTiffany OrtizLenore OuelletteErika PagelLynn PagetSusan PaineKit PalenscarKristin PatonGeorgia PattonKatherine PellAdrienne PentaLisa PerroncelloSarah PerryTom Peters & Susan Sargent

Daria Petrilli-EckertAnne PhelanJuliana PhillipsRebeca PlankEllen PlapingerMargaret PlimptonSusan Poduska

Commissioner Antonia M. Pollak

Sylvia PopeAmy E. PorchenickHelen PoundsAlice PrattFrances & Harold PrattMarjorie PrattMarion PressleySuzanne PriebatschSuzanne PuckerPatricia QuinnTina RathborneElizabeth ReeceTyson C. ReedPeggy ReiserDianna RezaVictoria RizziLucy RobbPixie RobinsonAlyssa RomanoLisa RooneyJulianne H. RoseAndy RossAmy RosseBonnie RosseAnne RugglesAntoinette RussellAnnagret Burtschy Sacerdote

Eileen SalibaKoreen A. SantosFabiana ScanlanRuth C. ScheerMichon M. SchenckCaroline ScherneckerSona SchuermannLaurie Melchior ScottKaren Pappas Scrym-geour

Marie Louise ScudderJohn W. SearsSuzie SearsKristin ServisonMeredith Clark ShacoyHeather ShanahanGeorge H. Shattuck, Jr. & Isabel C. Shattuck

Kathy SheehanStephanie ShepsMary Jo SiskMarianne SkokKay SloanDeborah SmithLynne SmithTimothy Smith & Martha Liff Smith

Jody SniderSteven SolomonVivian SpiroJanet SpitzJill StanskyJeanne StantonDonna StearnsShira SternbergHannah StevensonSue & James StockardRemy StressengerHelen StriederMeg SuccopCaron TabbKaren TaggartLisbeth TarlowSusan TayebatiBelinda TermeerAyres ThompsonJoan ThorndikeJanet TobinJohn M. TobinCatherine TonerCynthia TrullLinda TurnerSydney Marshall TurnerEleanor UddoCatheline Van Den Branden

Rosamond VauleElizabeth VizzaRenata von TscharnerCarolyn WadsworthLinda WaintrupCeleste WalkerAnne WallaceElise & Neil WallaceSusan M. Olsen WaltonRoslyn M. WatsonWCVB TVAmy WeedRita WeinerDeborah WeisgallSara WellsSuzanne WenzPeter WheelerKendra WildeDianne WilliamsNatalie W. WilliamsLaura WilsonSydney WinthropSusan WisslerMegan WoodsDiana Olney WymanJoan YoggTania Zouikin

We have done our best to accurately list our donors. Please accept our sincere apologies for any errors and contact the office to help us correct our records. Thank you.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTGifts reflect FY2013 donations, October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.

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Peter Thorne and Katherine Gross created the Charlotte Foundation in the late 1990s to pursue a shared interest in social justice. Katherine, with a background in community organizing and nonprofit management, took the helm of the foundation.

Both had grown up in or near New York City, with a fondness for Olmsted’s Central Park. When they began a life together in Boston, they appreciated the city’s livable size, its culture of social activism, and its claim to another Olmsted masterpiece: the Emerald Necklace.

They had enjoyed walking or biking parts of the Emerald Necklace, but they gained an entirely new appreciation for the parks during a Conservancy- sponsored Duck Tour of Emerald Necklace highlights. As the well-known amphibious craft wound around the Fenway and along Olmsted’s parkways, they discovered parts of the Emerald Necklace they had never seen, and they marveled at the extent and variety of the parks. “A rose garden in the middle of the city? And meadows hidden in drifts of woodlands? We didn’t know these things existed,” explains Katherine. “We began to understand the beauty, the complexity, and the variety of the Emerald Necklace that day, and its ties to Boston’s many different neighborhoods.”

The Conservancy’s mission of carrying on Olmsted’s democratic ideals intrigued them. Olmsted had intended his park to bring beautiful and healthful recreational settings to all city residents. “The Conservancy,” Katherine reflected, not only maintained and stewarded the city’s invaluable green spaces, but “helped the parks serve everyone in the city. And it also raised awareness of the city’s green resources. We found the Conservancy to be a

unique organization, connecting Boston’s many unconnected neighborhoods. It really knocked me out to see Julie Crockford’s [Conservancy President] success on all these fronts.”

“We learned about the Green Team,” Katherine explains, referring to the Conservancy’s summer employment program for area high school students. “That really matches the mission of our foundation. We’re committed to giving young people in Boston the opportunity to explore different professional and vocational interests, and we love the leadership training program that gives kids skills to help advance them in life. We want to promote civic engagement and get young people thinking and acting on issues related to everyone’s quality of life. The Emerald Necklace Conservancy manages to pursue all those goals in a thoughtful way.”

Supporting the missionKatherine Gross, a donor perspectiveBy Anne Mackin

“We found the Conservancy to be a unique organization, connecting Boston’s many unconnected

neighborhoods.”

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Kalvin, a senior at Boston Latin Academy and recipient of a Posse Foundation scholarship to Hamilton College, came to the Conservancy through the Mayor’s hotline for youth employment two years ago.

A successful interview landed him the job with the Conservancy’s Youth Leadership Program, (YLP) and he soon was working outdoors after school with other students, getting to know them and the parks as well. He describes how he began picking up the communication skills of a more professional environment right away. “For example, I couldn’t use the nicknames I’d made up for my friends,” he smiles.

In the summer of 2011, he got to test his leadership skills as an Assistant Crew Leader for the summer Green Team. He found himself gaining confidence and also a sense of accomplishment. “It felt great to look at an area I’d worked on and think, ‘I made this impact. People can see what I did.’” That made the job more fun, he emphasizes, than the kind of busywork young employees sometimes get stuck with.

In his second summer as Assistant Crew Leader, Kalvin found himself with a new Green Team group. “I had to quickly make relationships and learn to communicate well about what needed to be done,” he explained,

sounding like the leader he is. “But my first summer had prepared me for that.”

“The work could be exhausting,” he remembers, “and sometimes hot, but it was social and sometimes even fun. When I woke up, knowing I was going to be outside all day, it was a great feeling—a sense of freedom.” Reflecting on the way he saw the parks before working in them, Kalvin says, “Before I worked on the Green Team, my friends and I might cut through the parks to get somewhere else, but we didn’t really use them. But now—I just met a couple of my friends from the Green Team and we biked around the parks.”

Stewarding the parks into the futureKalvin N., a youth perspective

By Anne Mackin

“Before I worked on the Green Team, my friends and I might cut through the parks to get somewhere [else], but

we didn’t really use them. But now—I just met a couple of my friends from the Green Team and we biked around

the parks.”

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$20,000+Barr FoundationBlue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts

The Boston Globe and Boston.com*

Boston Fund for Parks through Friends of Jamaica Pond

Boston Red Sox FoundationBoston Youth Fund*Inner Spark FoundationJPMorgan Chase & CoWendy Shattuck & Sam Plimpton

Ben & Kate TaylorEdwin S. Webster Foundation

$15,000-19,999Jeff & Brooke CookFree For All Concert FundLouise RiemerSamuels & Associates The Starbucks Foundation

$10,000+Bank of AmericaCedar Valley HoldingsLynn Dale & Frank Wisneski Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Foundation

Fenway Sports ManagementSarah Freeman & Sam Sherwood

The Estate of Joen E. Greenwood

Highland Street FoundationAmos & Barbara HostetterJames & Lisa MooneyThe Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust

John & Cynthia ReedGregory & Dina SelkoeLawrence & Lillian Solomon Foundation

The Yawkey Foundation

$5,000+Anonymous Lee & Nile AlbrightBoston Athletic Association

Brookline Community Foundation

Brown Brothers HarrimanSerena HatchJames & Susan HunnewellJohn Hancock MLK Summer Scholar Program

Caroline LoughlinMedical Academic and Scientific Community Organization

Northeastern UniversityRobert A. Radloff & Ann Beha David & Marie Louise Scudder

$2,500+Janet Atkins and Tarleton Watkins II

Colleges of the FenwayJulie Crockford & Sheridan Haines

Chris DeSistoGreater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau

Michael and Courtney Forrester

Jerry & Margaretta HausmanMatthew J. Kiefer & Nan PorterGlenn Murphy and Kathryn Cochrane Murphy

Scott Nathan & Laura DeBonisBeth PfeifferJane RoyLeo Swift & Amy AuerbachDavid & Susan Taylor

$1,000+Peter & Marygrace BarberKenneth & Jane BarnaMary & Peter BarrettThe Beacon Hill Garden ClubGeorge & Mimi BennettJeffrey & Mardee BrownJay & Christy CashmanRichard & Maxine CharltonBrian Chu & Ellie Cornish ChuWayne & Ann DavisPriscilla DeweyTed & Grace FeyFiduciary Trust CompanyLawrence & Atsuko Fish

The Garden Club of the Back Bay

Carol GladstonePreston & Susan GrandinThe Grantham FoundationJohn & Ann HallRobert & Michele HanssInstitute of Transportation Engineers

Sam & Amanda KennedyL.L. BeanJames & Lois LoberDavid & Rosalie McCulloughMission Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Trust

Gerard & Brigitte MouffletSally McGuire MusprattNew England Farm & Garden Association

NSTAR FoundationRobert Patterson & Jane Manopoli

Jason & Katherine PostVikki Pryor Mark & Lynne RickabaughRoxbury Tenants of Harvard Association

Frederick & Kathleen SchultzJep Streit & Susan KnightNicholas & Joan ThorndikeWilmington Trust

$500+William & Alli AchtmeyerClint & Lawson AllenRobert Brown & Elaine BeilinDick Balzer & Patricia Bellinger Jon Berstein & Martina Albright

Conant & Lorrie BrewerDavid & Deborah BrooksArthur D. Clarke & Susan SloanJeff CoburnJohn & Cecily CornishDwight & Loretto CraneSean & Susan DaleyLen FishmanWilliam & Joyce FletcherThomas GoemaatBayard & Julie HenryJames & Bess HughesJohn & Pamela Humphrey

Ogden & Nina HunnewellJohn P. Iappini & Carole E. Mathieson

Bruce & Holly JohnstoneMaria KrokidasLaing EnterprisesTristin & Martin MannionTherese MintonNuestra Comunidad Development Corporation

Robert & Megan O’BlockDavid O’Donahoe & Diane Pienta

Adrienne PentaMichael PorterMarion & William PressleyOliver RosenChris Shacoy & Meredith Clark Shacoy

Teresa L. & Gregory W. Simmons

Terry Strom & Margot Stern Strom

Peter Thorne & Katherine Gross

Roslyn WatsonCarroll & Kate WilliamsonPeter Wilson & Jean TempelThe Windsor SchoolThomas Wolf & Ellen SmolkaSteve & Anne WoodsumSara Wragge

$499 & underThe Arnold Arboretum Committee

Samuel & Edith AbbottPatricia Ackad & Deborah Rossi

Lori Adcock & Amiel CooperHeather AddisonMary AdelsteinJill AdlerRusty & Roberta AertsonStephen & Gertrude AkersLars & Lawson AlbrightRandall AlbrightMartin AllanJocelyn AllenThomas & Carole AllenMargarita AltamiranoCharles & Kathleen Ames

THANK YOUYou make it all possible. The Conservancy’s 15th Anniversary year has been a celebration of accomplishments of people and projects up and down the park. Our sincere thanks to all those who contributed so generously to help us connect people and parks and conserve the Emerald Necklace.

The parks would not be the same without you.

List reflects donations from October 1, 2012 -September 30, 2013.

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Steve Angelica & Andrea Howley

Lucille & Gerry AptekarSteven Arcanti & Susan Burns

Melanie AswellHelene AtwanJ. Atwood & Elizabeth Ives

Simone AusterLouis & Antoinette Bailey

Cynthia BaintonMarco BaldassarreLaura BaldiniJames & Claire BaldwinMargaret BarrettKevin BattVivian BeardRobert BeckCarolyn BeckerJill & Erik BergShary BergRoger & Anne BermanJane BernsteinKathryn BertelliCharles BeveridgeLinda Cabot BlackJane BlumbergChristine BourgeoisKate & Robert BowditchMark Boyer & Barbara Millen

Jane & John BradleyJulie BrandlenAnne BraudyNancy BrennanKelly BrilliantJim & Jan BronsonPeter & Anne BrookeBrookline GreenSpace Alliance

Cornelia BrownRobin & Marcia BrownLaura BuckleyLalor & Patricia BurdickGerard Burke & Jan Henderson

Dan & Holly BurnesStephen Burrington & Abigail Swaine

Paul & Kate Buttenwieser

Kara ButterfieldCharles ButtonJames ButtrickRobert & Ann BuxbaumPauline Ho Bynum Elizabeth CabotMeg CampbellEdward & Peggy Campion

Frank & Carol CaroEthan CarrMary CarterCynthia CasnerFritz Casselman & Susan Ashbrook

Benjamin & Angela Cavallo

Donna CerasaniNancy ChamberlinSue ChandlerCharles River Valley Garden Club

Andrea ChaseEric ChivianAngela & Gregory Christiana

Mimsie & Ron CieciuchThomas ClaflinThomas Clasby & Deborah Rivers

William CoadyVirginia CoburnJohn F. Cogan & Mary Cornille

Sander Cohan & Katie Connolly

Cohasset Garden ClubFrances ColburnGretchen & Robert Colby

Harry CollingsCommunity Caring Institute

Suzanne ComtoisJohn & Anne ConnollyRob ConsalvoCharles Cooney & Peggy Reiser

Nolly CorleyHelen CoxLinda CoxKate CrockfordSteve Crosby & Helen Strieder

Stephen Cucchiaro & Anne Fitzpatrick Cucchiaro

Sally CurranSarah DaleRita DaltonBelden & Pamela Daniels

Jo DavisJanet Deegen & Constance Cervone

Charles DeknatelBarbara DelutisKathryn DeputatMurray & Mary DewartDennis & Betsy DeWittDan & June d’HeillyLawrence DiCara & Teresa Spillane

Will & Sandy DickBennie DiNardo & Patrice Kish

Grace DingeeJean DohertyNan DonovanKatie DoonanRobert & Evelyn DoranJames Dorsey & Wendy Nicholas

Andrea DoucetteDharmena DowneyJohn E. Dragat & Pia K. Bertelli

David & Beth DrubnerMichael & Kitty DukakisRay DunetzTerese & Antonio D’UrsoRobert & Elaine DynesBlaise C. Eckert & Daria Petrilli-Eckert

Danielle EisenhauerHarron EllensonRobert EngelMichael & Gayle EppHeidi EstradaDon Eunson & Douglas Evans

Florence EverettElsbeth & Alfred FalkDon & Janet FalkensteinPeter & Ellen FallonBarbara Fargo

Edwin & Joy FarrHenry & Kate FaulknerKim & Nancy FaulknerFenway Civic Association

Fenway Garden SocietyJeffrey Ferris & Anne McKinnon

Katherine FichterMary FillmanJohn & Margot FinleyDan & Penny FiremanSharyn FiremanAngela & Edwin FischerPeter & Katharine Fischoeder

Frances Shedd FisherRobert & Glenda Fishman

Ruth Ellen FitchJoan FitzGeraldJames & Janet Fitzgibbons

Beatrice FlammiaJeanne FlanneryBrenda & Andrew Flavin-Warshaw

Charlotte FleetwoodJames E. Fleming & Linda McClain

Charles & Sarah ForbesFlorence FrancesFranklin Park Zoo/Zoo New England

Franklin Park CoalitionBob FraserCharles Freifeld & Marilyn Ray Smith

Friends of the Muddy River

Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library

Joe & Ruthanne FullerJohn FurlongRunman GaffurPeter & Gloria Gammons

Frederic Gardner & Sherley Smith

John & Susan GardnerNina GarfinkleRichard & Louisa Garrison

John Gates & Cathryn Clark

Urs Gauchet & Anne Hawley

Janet GelbartPhilip & Katie GetchellLorna GibsonLucretia GilbertSterling Giles & Rudy Kikel

Lisa GillJohn & Elizabeth Gilmore

Laurie Glassman & Carla Bettano

Robert & Barbara Glauber

Jacquelyn GoddardStan & Leslie GodoffMatthew GoehlertSue GoganianBruce & Susan GoldCaron & Frederick Golder

Ruth GoldmanNaomi Gordon

Phillip Gordon & Julie Hume Gordon

Gordon & Cecily GrandMark & Debi GreenbergMark Greenberg & Joan Daugirda

Marjorie & Nicholas Greville

Paula GutloveCraig HalvorsonKevin Handly & Piney Kesting-Handly

Eric Hansen & Mona Tohamy

Mark & Marjorie Hanson

Dennis Hart & Joan Gulinello

Elizabeth HaselwandterWhitney & Elizabeth Hatch

Candace HaydockBarbara HayesJoan & John HazardSusan & John Hellerstein

Maarten & Brigitte Henkes

Sean HennesseyFred HennieElaine HepworthJudith HermanDaniel L. Hern & Kristen L. Daly

Linda HessionCharles & Theresa Hewitt

Mary A. Hickie & Esther A. Kohn

Richard & Erica Hiersteiner

Michael HigginsMary HinesJames HobenMarie HoguetSteven & Carlene Holmes

Frederic & Caroline Hoppin

Timothy Horn & Marie Fukuda

Mary & David HornbyMay HoughtonMargaret HouyNancy HoveyMatthew HoyleConstance HubbellSue HubertSharon & James HuculHeidi Wade HugheyRobert & Barbara Humphreys

Janet HunkelDiane IagulliCarlos & Elizabeth IcazaInland Underwriters Insurance Agency

David IsbergBarbara Hover JacksonDan Jaffe & Alison Poorvu Jaffe

Jamaica Pond Association

David JamesDaniel JanisNorman Janis & Patricia Herzog

Rhoda & Ralph JanisMartha & Kenneth Johnston

John & Mimi JonesEdward JoyceMary Jo Kane & Shannon McCarthy

William & Phyllis KantorPriscilla KarnovskyNoah KatzPauline KatzJames KaufmanSandra KautzCheryl KelleyNicholas & Helen KelleySteven Kelman & Shelley Metzenbaum

Robyn KennedyThomas & Joanna Kennedy

Maggie KeohanMargie KerchenCameron Kerry & Kathy Weinman

Zoe & Tea Kesting- Handly

Ruth KhowaisDonna KieferKatherine KirshnerRobert KnightJonathan & Jeanie KnoxLorie KomlynChuck KozlowskiRobert KretschmarKenneth KruckemeyerPeter & Connie Lacaillade

Linda LaitineCraig Anne LakePatrick LallyStacy & Tim LamsonWendy LandmanJanet LawnEdward & Joyce Lawrence

Robert LawrenceJoan LebachBarbara LeeMorgan LeightonBirila LeiviTim Leland & Julie Hatfield

Newton & Arlene LeveeRobert Levey & Ellen Goodman

Jillian A. LevineCynthia & Sanford Levinson

Meira & Marc LevinsonRichard LevitanBrenda LewPeter Libby & Beryl Bencerraf

Ursula LiffJohn & Julie LinehanKathryn LinoTamir LiptonLinda LittmanMara LittmanAndrea LoewPatricia LorenteMark LuJames & Maureen Lubben

Mark & Lisel MacenkaBarbara MackeyJohn & Ellen MaguireBeth MaharPatrick & Rebecca Mailer-Howat

Brad & Sharon MaltWarren & Patricia Manhard

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Irma Fisher MannVirginia & Keith Marcotte

Jay & Carol MarlinJeffrey & Jane MarshallHelen MarstonGordon & Stephanie Martin

William & Kumi MartinRobert D. Mashal & Shawna Giggey-Mashal

Judith MasonThomas & Mary Ellen Mason

Hugh & Arlene MattisonChristine McArdleLaura McCannMary McCuskerBrian McDonnell & Julianna Connolly

Margo McDonoughMary McFaddenSusan McIntoshMaureen McQuillenRobert & Mary Mehlman

Max & Alexandra Metral

Steve Miller & Sally Benbasset

John & Sally MillerMargo MillerSharon MillerSteven MillerJessica MinkBartholomew J. Mitchell & Susan Siebert

Kristen MobiliaGeoffrey Modest & Julie Kaufmann

Maureen MonksKyra MontaguAlan MooreDane & Alice MorganGwynne MorganMary-Anne MorrisonMonroe & Frances Moseley

Daniel Moulton & Barbara Joyce

Jeanine MountHillary MullRegina MullenJohn & Betsy MunzerGlenn Murphy & Kathryn Cochrane Murphy

Hubert & Nancy MurrayMuseum of Fine Arts Boston

Sherif & Mary NadaMarva NathanBarbara NazarewiczMary & James NeeAnne NeelyPeter & Beatrice NessenHelen Netos & William Erdman

Nora NevinBill Nigreen & Kathleen McDermott

Celeste NigroJames & Judith Oates

Eric O’BrienLeah O’BrienLee D. Oestreicher & Alejandra Miranda-Naon

David Ofsevit & Nancy Mazonson

Margaret O’KeefeDiana OlneyMarjorie O’MalleyGretchen O’NeillOrchard CoveFran O’ReillyJulie O’RourkeJack OsgoodFawn OsherEdith OverlySamantha OvertonThomas M. Paine & Linda Sharp Paine

Lark Jurev PalermoEleanor & Ro PannesiCarlos ParraGeorgia PattonJoanne PattonCatherine PedemontiRandall PerkinsSarah PeskinJohn & Jean PeteetMarcia PetersTom Peters & Susan Sargent

Elizabeth PetersonJoseph PetrasSue PfeifferJean PierceKaren PintoNancy PlaceRebeca PlankChristine PoffRaymond Porfilio & Rickie Harvey

Janis PorterSusan PovakLuis Prado & Martha Karchere

Harold & Frances PrattBrendan PriceGeorge & Kathy PutnamGlendora PutnamRobert & Evelyn PyleRobin RadinWallis RaemerElizabeth & Christopher Reece

Kelly ReedMardi ReedSharon ReganConnie RegolinoJudith RevisNancy ReynoldsDusty RhodesCheryl RichardsJune & Maurice Richardson

Marlena & Daniel Richardson

William Richardson & Lauren Dever

Winston Richie & Charlotte Golar Richie

Wilson & Elizabeth Rickerson

Nancy & William RiegelGerard RiveronRichard & Lucy RobbPamela RobinsonTyler RobinsonJason RoederCurt Rogers & Michael Prusak

David Rohrlich & Lisa Koch

Daniel L. Romanow & B. Andrew Zelermyer

Chris & Christina Roosevelt

Ken RossHolli RothMaria & E. Davis RowleyNancy Sableski & Anne Rousseau

Holly Safford & Charles Weilbrenner

Gary & Martha SanbornJean & Jonathan Sandler

Elena SaportaJohn Sasso & Mary Jo Adams

Roger & Norma Saunders

David SauterNancy Allen ScannellEdward & Rosemary Schantz

William Schechter & Sandra L. Shea

Jeannine & Martin Schetzen

Robert SchmalzKevin SchofieldLuciene SchroederLeila SchuelerBarry & Joyce SchwartzMichael Schwartz & Jeffrey Knudsen

Carl & Faith ScovelJohn SearsSusan & Andrew SegarStephen & Margaret Senturia

Raymond SerranoWilliam Shaw & Hope McDermott

Chris SheasleyRoger ShepleyJohn ShieldsMatthew & Lori SidmanWalter Silver & Sue Heilman

Helaine SimmondsKay SloanJack & Linda SmithJohn SmithLynne & Gary SmithFrank SmizikDavid & Mary SmoyerRobert Snow & Howard Block

Ilse SousaJames & Sydney SowlesRichard & Lucille Spagnuolo

Marvin SparrowLora SpillerJanet Spitz

Michel SpitzerEdwin & Joyce StarnerTed Stebbins & Susan Ricci

Anne SteeleRobert & Joan SteinKristina StevenLoring StevensLorraine StevensMarianne Stevens-Schwarz

John StolurowJames & Cathleen StoneJean & Peter StringhamLawrence & Jean Sullivan

William & Judy TaftCarolyn ThomasParker ThomasScot TitelbaumJohn TobinSidney & Lillian TopolDyanne Connelly TosiPamela ToulopoulosRobert & Naomi Tuchmann

Paul Tucker & Maggie Moss-Tucker

Linda TurnerRobert Turner & Otile McManus

Sydney Marshall TurnerHenry TuttlePeggy UedaDonna UllreyCamille ValentineClaudio Valera & Leslie Ziarko Valera

C. Van NielJennifer VasterlingRosamond VauleFredericka VeikleyFrederick VetterleinMartha VicinusKathleen ViewegJames & Donna ViolaElizabeth VizzaDavid WagnerLinda WakemanAnn Fowler WallaceSuzanne WallenSusan & Willoughby Walling

Marvin L. Wang & Alicia D. Powell

Ray WarburtonHenry Warren & Nina Brown

Joel Watson & Henia Handler

Betsy WeaverNicole WeinerMolly WeisLeonard WeissBeverly Morgan WelchEd & Amy WertheimKelley WhitmoreWhole Foods MarketKate Willett & Sophie Parker

Wilmington Memorial Library

James & Jane WilsonAshley Wisneski

Steven WolfBruce WolffSusan WolkoffAlma WrightGerald WrightRobert & Sheri WrightDoris YaffeAnne YoungDoris YoungmanVictor V. Zarougian & Judy Saryan

Kyle ZickCatherine ZimmermanLinda & Jerrold Zindler

In-kind Support*Appalachian Mountain Club*

Au Bon Pain*Barefoot Wine & Bubbly*

Be Our Guest*Bella Luna & Milky Way Lounge*

Berklee College of Music*

Boloco*Boston Beer Company*Boston Bike’s Roll It Forward Program*

Boston Design Center*Boston Parks and Recreation*

Boston Youth Environmental Network*

Brookline Ice and Coal*Brookline Parks and Open Space*

Casa Romero*The Catered Affair*Eventbrite*Everett Design*Justine Mee Liff Fund*Karmaloop*Legal Seafood*Long’s Jewelers*Mark Lowenstein and Great Runs*

Massachusetts Department of Correction*

Pantone*Patagonia*The Point*The Revere Hotel and Emerald Lounge*

Saks Fifth Avenue*Shaws - Copley Place*Stop and Shop*Wegmans*

Please accept our sincere apologies for any errors or omissions, and contact the office to help us correct our records. Thank you.

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GranTS and ConTrIbuTIonS Individuals $395,671 Foundations and Corporations $308,863 Justine Mee Liff Fund--Party in the Park Individuals $1,231,672 Corporate & Institutions $126,850 Total $1,358,522 Investments & Other Income $151,547 Total revenue $2,214,602

ProGramS Youth Leadership Program $113,245 Park Events and Education $172,430 Maintenance, Restoration & Volunteers $173,680 Circle the City $81,726 Total Programs $541,081

ProjeCTS Kelleher Rose Garden Fountain Restoration

$340,624

Olmsted Tree Society initiative $42,811Total Projects $383,435evenTS Party In the Park $491,127Total events $491,127

Fixed Assets--Shattuck Visitors Center $844,600Operating Capital $48,100Olmsted Tree Society $799,300Shattuck Endowment $525,700Justine Mee Liff Fund $2,014,800Total net assets $4,232,500

ProGram SuPPorT Fundraising $140,656 General & Administration $147,785

Total Program Support $288,441Total operating expenses $1,704,085

Operating Revenue & Support

Net Asset Composition

Expenses

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Selected Financial Data

NOTES:1) In 2013 The Emerald Necklace Conservancy changed its fiscal year end to September 30. 2) The summary presented is a financial summary (NON AUDITED) for a twelve month period which differs from the nine month period reported in the 2013 audit. The Independent auditor’s report including financial statements is available from the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s office upon request.

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remove invasive plant species

give teens their first jobs

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