Membership in SWMLC is a great investment in our future. Please consider joining our organization so that SWMLC can continue to protect the natural and scenic places you care most about. Your financial support will have a lasting impact on the extraordinary quality of life available to us in southwest Michigan.
Click here to join SWMLC by using a credit card. When you donate online, you make your donations tree-free!
Click here for a membership form, print it, and send it along with your check to: SWMLC, 6851 S. Sprinkle Road, Portage, MI 49002-9708
Planned Giving Through the Oak Legacy
Oaks are long-lived trees that produce one of the larger tree seeds, yet the acorn is very small in comparison to what it becomes: a giant over centuries. Estate gifts, too, can become giant sources of revenue over time for SWMLC’s mission of land protection and land stewardship.
You can protect land in southwest Michigan forever with lifetime gifts or gifts through your estate. Some options for giving include: cash, life insurance, marketable securities, charitable gift annuities, wills, and more. Thoughtful planning on your part can provide major tax savings to you today, ensure financial security for your family in the future, and yield substantial gifts for your preferred nonprofit organization.
Make a commitment as part of your estate and become a member of The Oak Legacy. Like the mighty oak that starts as a small acorn, your gift over time will grow and provide the resources needed for the success of our ongoing land conservation efforts.
Click here for our planned giving brochure. For more information, contact Peter Ter Louw, SWMLC's Executive Director, at (269) 324-1600.
Volunteer Opportunities
SWMLC volunteers provide immeasurable assistance to our conservation efforts, allowing us to broaden our resources. There are many different ways to volunteer, depending on your area of interest.
Volunteers are needed for stewardship work at preserves (click here for a list of upcoming workdays) lopping brush and pulling invasive plants; conducting species inventories; setting up and staffing information tables for events; archiving photographs at the SWMLC office; stuffing envelopes for mailings; and taking photographs at preserves, easements and at special events.
Volunteers also serve on committees such as Outreach Team, Stewardship Team, and Land Protection Team, or on our Board of Directors.
This is only a partial list of ongoing activities requiring volunteer assistance. Your support as a volunteer will have a lasting impact on the natural and scenic features that make our region so unique. Please contact us if you would like more information or check the volunteer box on the membership form, fill out your name and address, and mail or fax it to SWMLC at 6851 S. Sprinkle Road, Portage, MI 49002, 269/324-9760.
what it becomes: a giant over centuries. Estate gifts, too, can become giant sources of revenue over time for SWMLC’s mission of land protection and land stewardship.
to broaden our resources. There are many different ways to volunteer, depending on your area of interest.