June 16, 2010

We are happy to announce the launching of Wild Gift Trips!  Like the emerging investment opportunities in Wild Gift Leader projects, Wild Gift Trips provides the adventure and ecotourism traveler a great return.  Whether a day or multi-day trekker, you will be introduced to some of the most beautiful and wild country on the planet.  Meet Wild Gift Leaders at their project sites.  Experience local culture and ‘wildness’.  Serve Earth, others, and self!   Check out our 2010 Trips in Idaho, Vermont, Ontario, and Africa!

June 1, 2010

Our Summer 2010 Newsletter is now available online.  Read updates from our alumni, including an in-depth look at Brian Salazar (WG '08) and the growth of his Wild Gift project, Entegra Development & Investment LLC.
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April 22, 2010

Today, Amy Freeman (WG '10) embarks on her North American Odyssey: a kayak, canoe and dogsled expedition across North America, through which she will educate third through eighth grade students about the plants, animals, and people of the wildest remaining places in North America.  Follow her daily updates via RSS

February 25, 2010

Since its founding in 2002, Wild Gift has quietly developed its unique 'mother' program and achieved outstanding results with a volunteer board, staff and a small group of dedicated funders.  All of this has been done on an annual budget of $90,000, which provides, every year, five leaders with $15,000 grants to launch their better world entrepreneurship initiatives.

Having granted 29 new leaders, the Wild Gift Board has voted to take a break for a year to find equally dedicated financial partners that will ensure a $250K annual budget for the next five years, thereby allowing us to hire a professional Executive Director, continue to grant five new leader projects every year, AND further develop the synergy of an active network of alumni – our next mission objective. 

February 18, 2010

David Sone (WG '10) has been named the first winner of Wild Gift's Nelson Grant, which was created to honor Gayle Nelson's memory and her belief that each day in the wilderness is a profound gift.  Her belief was, when possible, give more.  David's energetic determination is so aligned. 

December 10, 2009

Our Winter 2010 Newsletter is now available online.  Read updates from our alumni, including an in-depth look at Monica Samec (WG '08) and her Wild Gift project's continuing success in Nigeria.
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October 21, 2009

Falling Sky Farm, the Wild Gift venture of Cody Hopkins (WG '08), will receive the Wave of The Future Award at the 7th annual Glynwood Harvest Awards on October 25.  Glynwood, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to save farming in the North East, created the Harvest Awards in order to highlight innovative work being done to increase access to fresh, locally-produced food and to recognize leaders across the country who support regional agricultural systems.  Read the press release at Glynwood.org.

October 6, 2009

Amanda Marino (WG '09) has been featured in Adirondack Express for her Wild Gift project, Loons and People: Guidelines for Nesting Together on Adirondack Lakes.  Learn more about Amanda's project and download her publication on the Biodiversity Research Institute's website.

September 15, 2009

Joshua Marcus Greenberg (WG '09) launched a website to support his Wild Gift project, This Land: an environmental justice folk recording.  Each song is based on the real experiences of individuals who have fought against environmental injustice in their communities.  Visit the website to listen to the songs and interviews, or to order the CD.  All proceeds go directly to the groups to support their efforts.

July 1, 2009

Thanks to the help of more than 70 individual supporters, Wild Gift was a winner in the American Open Challenge on GlobalGiving.com!  In addition to raising over $4,000, we have earned a permanent spot on GlobalGiving.com, an online marketplace that connects donors to the causes they care about.

June 15, 2009

Our Spring 2009 Newsletter is now available online.  Meet the new Wild Gift Class, read updates from our alumni, and learn about an extraordinary young man from Kenya who is empowering his community with help from the Wild Gift Network.
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June 8, 2009

Cody Hopkins (WG '08) and his project, Falling Sky Farm, have been featured in this month's issue of Rural Arkansas magazine.
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February 19, 2009

Wild Gift Executive Director Bob Jonas is in South East India visiting Iain Duncan (WG '08) at his project site.  Iain helped start Convergence, an innovative environmental education center that offers experiential environmental programs for anyone interested in making their world a better place.  Click here to see a photo of Bob, Iain, and the rest of the Convergence team.

November 10, 2008

Wild Gift Executive Director Jenna Ringelheim is featured in the Fall 2008 issue of Skidmore College's Scope Quarterly.
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September 19, 2008

Just two days after returning from the annual Wild Gift reunion float on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River (check out photos on the Wild Gift Leader Network), founder Bob Jonas departed for the Himalayas, where he will spend the next 10 months traveling with his wife, Sarah.  You can follow Bob and Sarah's journey on their blog, which they will be updating via satellite phone.  

September 9, 2008

Watch the tribute to Wild Gift Founder Bob Jonas on Sun Valley's own PlumTV!

July 10, 2008

Pictures from the first ever Local Wild Fiim Festival, held on June 28 in Ketchum, are now online.

July 2, 2008

Jenna and Bob discuss Wild Gift in an interview on Plum TV.

June 24, 2008

Wild Gift Executive Director Jenna Ringelheim is featured in the July/August issue of Orion magazine.
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May 16, 2008

The Spring 2008 Wild Gift newsletter is now available for download, with leader updates and 2008/09 class profiles.
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May 10, 2008

Founder Bob Jonas and Wild Gift are featured in the Summer 2008 edition of Sun Valley Guide.
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