…) off as “charitable contributions†when filing your taxes (Check out IRS Publication 526 and CHECK WITH YOUR ACCOUNTANT: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf).The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative has opportunities for you to hike 14ers while at the same time volunteering as a Peak Steward. (If you are unfamiliar with CFI we are a nonprofit organization partnered with the Forest Service whose mission is to protect and preserve Colorado’s fourteen thousand foot peaks through active stewardship and public education and an organization that is lucky to have Bill Middlebrook as a Board Member
.) Peak Stewards count visitors and hand out Leave No Trace cards to those who are unfamiliar with the delicate conditions in the alpine environments. It only takes a 1 ½ day training to become a Peak Steward and there are various trainings scheduled throughout the spring and early summer. The last two on the Front Range will be at the REI in Boulder on Sunday March 7th from 9:30-3:30 and the AMC in Golden on Saturday March 27th from 9-4. They are moving up into the mountain communities after those two…For more information and to register for a training contact Brian at the CFI office 303-278-7650 or email to brian@14ers.org. We also have an active fanpage if you are into facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Colorado- ... 7711951957. For those of you who are familiar with CFI and have been or are still actively a Peak Steward, could you chime in here a bit and let folks know what a convenient form of volunteerism this is. Thanks :D !!
I'm looking forward to hearing from some of you - Cheers!
-Brian Wallace, CFI Education and Outreach Coordinator
. Looking forward to being there and hope Gerry Roach's presentation went well! - Cheers!
