Mast General’s Columbia Store to Support Congaree Land Trust through Land Trust Day
May 30, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Congaree Land Trust (CLT) invites community members to celebrate Land Trust Day and show their support for land conservation by visiting Mast General Store on Saturday, June 7th between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. On this day, Mast General Store will donate 20% of its Columbia store sales to the Congaree Land Trust in support of their land conservation work in the Midlands!
Land Trust Day is a friend-raising event encouraging new membership in local land trusts as well as an educational opportunity to learn how these groups are preserving land heritage. Land trust members and staff look forward to a fun day at Mast General Store on Main Street. The Congaree Land Trust will be welcoming new members and invite all members to stop by and sign the CLT member roster to show their support for land conservation. In addition, CLT will be sponsoring an in-store scavenger hunt for children. Stuart White, Executive Director of the Congaree Land Trust commented, “Mast General Store has been a wonderful patron of the Congaree Land Trust since the store opened in downtown Columbia. We are grateful for the very generous support of Mast General Store and hope that Columbia area residents will join us in celebration of Land Trust Day!”
The Congaree Land Trust is in its third decade of conserving South Carolina’s scenic lands and now protects 53,079 acres. The work of CLT helps preserve the visual landscape, keep the water and air cleaner by creating buffers around our Central South Carolina river systems, and make it possible for future generations to enjoy the same recreational and agricultural opportunities that we enjoy today. Founded in 1992, CLT works to provide conservation easements to private landowners in an eleven county area of central South Carolina that includes Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, Williamsburg counties. Studies show that farming, forestry, outdoor recreation and tourism tied to our natural resources contribute about $54 billion to the state’s economy and provide 463,000 jobs. Conservation easements help protect the natural areas that fuel our state’s natural resource based economy and define our way of life.
The Congaree Land Trust
The Congaree Land Trust has a strong membership of individuals who are interested in supporting the preservation of the scenic South Carolina that we enjoy today. Membership is open to the general public at various levels and members enjoy a variety of activities including quarterly day-hike excursions on protected properties. For more information on conservation easements and membership in the Congaree Land Trust, please visit their website www.congareelt.org.
