Blog: Giving

Barbara and Paul Kent: A Legacy for Our Common World

28 Nov 2024

Barbara and Paul Kent are committed to ensuring that the things that have been pillars of meaning in their own lives will stand strong far into the future, thanks to a uniquely structured legacy gift.

Jean Carr: A Heart Full of Nature

01 Nov 2024

Jean Carr, who just celebrated her 96th birthday, has been supporting the Nature Trust since 2006. She calls nature “just part of what I breathe.”

Charlene Morton and Daniel Vokey: An Interconnected System

01 Oct 2024

For Daniel Vokey and Charlene Morton, their motivation to contribute to the Nature Trust initiatives reflects how they’ve come to understand the natural environment as a deeply interconnected system affecting all parts of their lives.

Family Gifts: The Sircom Sisters

03 Sep 2024

As children growing up in Hantsport, the four Sircom sisters romped through the woods around their house, followed nearby creeks, and trekked down to the Avon River to explore the mud flats with other local kids. They all eventually left Nova Scotia to experience different parts of the world, but when family called them each home again they brought back a unique appreciation for nature where they had been - and where they returned.

A Force of Nature: In Memory of David Stevenson

31 Jul 2024

As someone dedicated to pursuing a greener future on behalf of all Nova Scotians and as a supporter of the Nova Scotia Nature Trust since 2017, David Stevenson was someone whose name you might have heard ‘in the wind’ and, although he passed away suddenly in May, we’re honoured to be able to share some of his story of stewardship and sustainability.

Growing stronger in the Mabou Highlands

31 Jul 2024

The Mabou Highlands is the Nature Trust’s largest land assemblage – and two newly protected lands have expanded it even further.

Expanding for Blanding’s on Pleasant River

31 Jul 2024

The beloved – and very vulnerable – Blanding’s Turtles have another 86 acres of protected habitat!

Julie Palmer: Protecting Nature on All Fronts

02 Jul 2024

Julie Palmer has been dedicated to protecting nature ever since she was a child. Throughout her life she has consistently volunteered, organized, and supported many different conservation and activist groups - including a connection with the Nature Trust that will last through and beyond her lifetime.

Norma Jean Profitt: Love at first sight

01 Jun 2024

Norma Jean is someone who has never lost sight of the bigger picture, from her work against gender violence and inequality to her volunteer efforts to protect threatened Olive ridley sea turtles in Costa Rica. An esteemed educator and social activist, we know her best at the Nature Trust as an invaluable friend, as she has donated to the organization for over a decade and recently extended her generosity by including a gift in her Will in support of the Nature Trust.

Blanding’s and Backlands get the big boost they need!

02 Apr 2024

Thanks to an outpouring of support, we have successfully saved two new conservation lands: turtle habitat near McGowan Lake, and the final section of the perimeter around Purcells Pond, in the Purcells Cove Backlands!
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