WISH LIST $100: trash bags and gloves to clean up 2 littered sites; $500: seeds and garden tools to plant the Children’s Garden; $1000: 1-day nature field study for 30 kids, including transportation

Thanks to the Alice Ferguson Foundation, there’s a special place in Maryland where schoolchildren from all over the region can dig in the dirt, take a hike, and catch an unbeatable glimpse of the Potomac. That place is Hard Bargain Farm, which each year hosts over 6,000 K-8 students who come to interact with the plants and animals about which many of them have – until now – only read. Another 3,800 high schoolers take part in Bridging the Watershed, a program that takes students to DC’s national parks where they learn hands-on about how a watershed works and how to keep it clean. Another 8,500 volunteers join AFF each year in a massive day-long cleanup of the River. Best of all, in 2006 AFF secured the commitment of local officials to a trash-free Potomac by 2013, and is leading the charge to solve the region’s trash problem. Each year, AFF helps thousands of people connect with nature by picking up a piece of trash or milking a cow. How can you help?

Tracy Bowen, Executive Director 2001 Bryan Point Road Accokeek, MD 20607 301-292-5665 fergusonfoundation.org