The Forest Foundation Receives Largest Donation to Date
The Forest Foundation (TFF), based in Durham, North Carolina, received its largest donation to date, $5,000 from the Ramsay-Merriam Fund. The money will be used to create a new informational brochure on TFF’s services and to hold a fundraising event in the Triangle to generate financial support for its various projects. TFF supports sustainable livelihood projects in areas of high biodiversity, integrating environmental education, conservation and sustainable development and fair trade.
Since its beginning in 2001, through its two service areas-education and green business development- the organization has reached over 100,000 people providing booths at local events such as the annual North Carolina State Fair and Durham Earth Day Festival, as well as, a permanent retail booth each weekend at the Fairgrounds Flea Market. At these locations attendees can purchase handmade, fairly traded crafts and also pickup informational handouts which further address the issues of how consumers can affect the global economy.