Over the last 11 years of living in the county, life has been good to Tom Balazs and Liz Ketterer. Their connection to Leelanau and the community grows deeper with […]
Category Archives: Faces of Giving
The People of Palmer Woods–And Why They Want to Grow it to 1000 + Acres
By Carolyn Faught, Senior Writer for the Leelanau Conservancy. This piece was created for and originally appeared in The Boardman Review’s summer issue. People fall in love with Leelanau Conservancy […]
Staying Connected, Now and Forever
Like so many Leelanau Conservancy members who split time between two homes, Bill Pumphrey and his family always long to be in Leelanau. One way that they stay connected from […]
The Holtons on “Protecting this Incredible Place”
In and around Northport, it’s safe to say that nearly everyone knows Kent and Becky Holton. Kent founded Northport’s Music in the Park and still chooses the bands and runs […]
“Leelanau is in my Cellular Matrix”
Cammie Buehler calls herself “a 5th generation Leelanau summer kid,” and her roots in this peninsula run deep. Her great-great grandfather, Leo Cloud, was a widowed mining engineer who worked […]
Welcome New Sustainers
Thank you, Sustainers, whether you have recently joined or been with us since year one, we are grateful for your participation in this important giving circle. Your annual pledge to […]
A Glen Arbor Couple’s Favorite Ways to Give
Leelanau Converts Published in Fall 2018 Newsletter–Years ago, Bruce and Betsy Wagner considered themselves to be “die-hard New Yorkers.” They never dreamed they would leave the city, move to Michigan […]
A Generous Spirit: Pam Fraker
Michigan State University Professor Emeritus Pam Fraker has two passions when it comes to philanthropy. One is helping promising college students who are in need. The other is the mission […]
Extraordinary Volunteer Leaves a Legacy
When Michael Kane was a little boy, his mother, Louise, recalls putting away laundry and finding his sock drawer loaded with stones he had collected from the woods near their […]
Michael Chetcuti and Kyle Evans Protect Farmland near Northport with Donated Conservation Easement
Big Picture People Michael Chetcuti’s first memory of Northport is boating into the harbor with some buddies on a 4th of July weekend in the late eighties. After wandering around […]
