January 2001

Chris Apariccio joins the Board of Directors.

By-laws amended to include conflict-of-interest policy, dissolution clause and the clarification of certain provisions.

The EBFSP is recognized as a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt non-profit organization.

The EBFSP/Gilsum Organic Gardeners Cooperative launches its 2nd annual Fedco Seed order. Proceeds fund 4-H activities and community gardening efforts.

February 2001

We focus on organizational mandates.

March 2001

After a yearlong, multifaceted Gilsum Town Hall restoration effort, involving more than 30 volunteers, (and despite the near certainty of LCHIP funding and promised donated labor to restore the building at no further cost to the town) the project is killed by a single vote at Town Meeting.

April 2001

Our first brochure is printed.

Chris Apariccio resigns from the Board of Directors.

We consider issues and proposals raised by Annie Faulkner and Bob King. For many reasons, the BOD rejects the idea of a "land swap."

A relationship with the Cheshire County Correctional Facility begins. Throughout the summer, weekend inmates become the mainstay of the EBFSP trail effort.

May 2001

EBFSP hosts a primitive wilderness-skills workshop with Bruce Carroll. We build a one person shelter out of downed tree limbs and "forest debris" (leaves).

June 2001

Fundraising letter mailed.

Annie Faulkner and Bob King attend board meeting. Our hope is to build a mutually respectful and cooperative relationship. Purchasing the 640 acre parcel of Emerson Brook Forest from Annie and Bob once again becomes a long term goal for the EBFSP.

July 2001

The EBFSP sets up a table and activities at the Gilsum Old Home Days event. Information about a proposed race track in Alstead is also displayed.

August 2001

Cajun Folk benefit concert at the Unitarian Church. Jeanne Prevett, Anita and Tom Weldon, Jonathan Reinhardt, Morgan and others give an incredible performance to a small but appreciative audience.

September 2001

Robert Hoechster, intern from Keene State College, specializing in sustainable diet lends a very big hand to our work in the forest. He helps with trail work and helps prepare the yurt for winter; living in the yurt, and meeting some of his dietary needs with bugs and mice.

The EBFSP is represented at the Antioch New England Practicum Fair.

October 2001

The EBFSP joins Granite State Association of Non-Profits (Annual fee $70.)

Checking Account balance $633.38.

The EBFSP relationship with the Cheshire County Dept. of Correction ends. Trust is an issue.

On their daily hike into the forest, Valerie and the donkeys meet a family of moose. The family consists of a yearling, a cow and a vocal bull moose with an extensive rack.

November 2001

Valerie represents the EBFSP at the Cheshire County Conversation on Youth Development. This local meeting precedes state and national level meetings designed to generate a national youth agenda to provide the experiences and support young people’s need to develop to their fullest potential.

EMS donates camping equipment.

An agreement is made for Valerie to have Chiropractic health care benefits. Dr. Jeff Roberts offers his Chiropractic services to Valerie as a tax deductible contribution to the EBFSP.

Gail Connelly resigns from the Board of Directors.