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CURES Update - December 1999
CURES Pursuing Proposals and Supporters
Over the last two months, the CURES Board and its consultants have been pursuing leads and preparing proposals for a number of potential supporters. Proposals are focussing on projects related to water quality protection for both agriculture and urban audiences. Here’s a rundown of our current activities:
Great Valley Center
Great Valley Center provides financial grants and technical assistance to numerous local efforts in Central California including ag-related projects. In late November, GVC opened its most recent round of requests for grant proposals. CURES is submitting a funding request to expand its water quality protection outreach effort for several San Joaquin Valley counties. CURES Board member Therese St. Peter spoke with staff at GVC, who encouraged our efforts. GVC was founded in 1997 and is supported by the Hewett Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, and Packard Foundation. Final decisions on grants are expected by early Spring.
USDA EQIP Program
CURES is finalizing an application for USDA EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) Funds. EQIP grants are managed by Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) offices in each county. The CURES application, due in early January with a decision expected by May, focuses on Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced counties. Key USDA staff in Stanislaus County are extremely supportive of CURES efforts and are advising us as we prepare our application.
Major Financial Institutions
Visits to major financial institutions in California are being organized by CURES fundraising consultant Cathie Bradley. For December and January, visits by Bradley and board chairman Len Richardson or Therese St. Peter will be made to Wells Fargo, Union Bank and Sacramento Valley Farm Credit. Efforts will focus on the surface water quality projects and building on support by Bank of America provided earlier this year.
CURES Reception and Fundraiser
The Orange County Fair Centennial Farm is the site for a southern California CURES reception and fundraiser on February 17. Contact Lon Records or CURES for an invitation to the event.
CURES Fundraising Campaign
Watch your mail for a CURES year-end fundraising campaign to supporters in the crop protection industry. CURES projects showcase the industry’s concern for proper stewardship of crop protection products. As a non-profit educational group, donations to CURES support these important efforts and put to good use any uncommitted funds in company budgets (and contributions are tax deductible).
News Shorts
WCPA Water Quality Committee just approved a $12,000 contribution to the $20,000 funding from RISE to expand urban water quality project to homeowners.
More than 1000 urban professional Pest Control Operators have now heard the CURES water quality presentation in Chico, Lakeview and San Jose.
Hot off the press in Y2K: Spanish language version of Mixing and Loading Pesticides: Protecting Water Quality, thanks to support from Bank of America.
CURES welcomes Jean-Mari Peltier, as latest addition to Board of Directors. Jean-Mari is former Chief Deputy Director at the CA Department of Pesticide Regulation and is now with the CA Citrus Quality Council.
San Joaquin Valley Deputy County Ag Commissioners requested 15,000 copies of CURES water quality guide booklets: about $6000 in funding is needed to fill that order!
Join the CURES Stewardship Effort
Want to join the CURES stewardship bandwagon and contribute to this worthy effort? Support our programs in either agriculture or urban areas: it’s good for the environment and your company or organization. For more information, contact Len Richardson at 925-687-1662 or lrichardson@farmprogress.com or Parry Klassen at 559-325-9855 or parry@curesworks.org or contact CURES directly.
For information on CURES, contact Parry Klassen: parry@curesworks.org.
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