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End of Year Giving

Sow some Love into your Community

We’ve accomplished AMAZING things together.
We NEED YOUR HELP to keep moving forward!
Your support this holiday season will have a huge impact on what we can accomplish next year!

Dear Friend, 

The McKenzie River is a special place, that’s why many of us live here, vacation and play here.

Our community members are the primary caretakers of the McKenzie River.  When our community is in trouble, it keeps us from being the stewards we need to be. 

The larger McKenzie River Community has been under attack for some time.  Land use rules meant to protect, have strangled our small towns and killed businesses.  Covid shut down social connections.  The Holiday Farm Fire  took hundreds of homes and businesses – in 3 years, less than 1/2 have been rebuilt!    

We are out of balance, we need your help!

Your donation helps us fight for a strong community – our Environment, Economy and our People. 

Helps us preserve the McKenzie for generations to come.
 
Chris LaVoie
Executive Director

We help solve problems

Watch the video for a brief highlight intro at who we are, what we’ve done and some of what we are doing.

Our Community Hub helps connect residents with important Community News, our Events Calendar helps people connect with each other, our Resource Directory helps provide access to important support resources and services. 

Blue River, once the heartbeat of the McKenzie River Communities has been in a long and slow death spiral due to land use rules adopted in 1973.   We’ve been fighting for changes that could save small unincorporated towns like Blue River.  Recent proposed changes are poised to give rural communities hope! 

We’re working on Lucky Boy Mining Camp, a tiny business village incubator that will seed new businesses up the McKenzie River.  

Holiday Hub & Holiday Lights programs help us celebrate the successes of the year together.

Our Training & Education Initiative will offer interesting skill building classes. Details to come in early 2024.