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146 years of helping gardeners and gardens grow!Gardening matters. Gardening beautifies and strenthens our communities; it connects us with our neighbors; and provides us with a bounty of fresh flowers and healthy, local produce. This year, MSHS will celebrate its 146th anniversary and we want you to know that our commitment to educate and support the northern gardening community is stronger than ever. Our educational and outreach programs are designed just for you--northern gardeners. Your past support has made this possible. As you read your latest issue of Northern Gardener magazine, please consider a gift of support to our annual fund. Your gifts above membership and subscription help us continue to publish the magazine you've come to rely on. Your gifts of support sustain programs like Minnesota Green and Garden-in-a-Box and help us continue to provide the educational tools and resources for gardeners of this generation and the next. Thank you! Other Ways to ContributeSince 1866, MSHS has inspired and educated gardening enthusiasts throughout Minnesota and the upper Midwest. Our information, education and outreach programs are made possible by generous contributions from members and friends. Your tax deductible gift will help nurture a growing community that shares your passion for gardening and building community. Here are some ways to keep MSHS the best tool a northern gardener could have—today and for future generations. Make a gift online. You can support MSHS through a one-time donation from a credit card by clicking on the donate button.
Give by check mailed to Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 2705 Lincoln Drive, Roseville, MN 55113. Become a Sustaining Donor. Making a monthly automatic donation is convenient and hassle free, and helps increase the level of your gift by spreading it over time. Sustainers help MSHS by providing a steady source of income we can count on. Once set up, your monthly giving continues until you decide to make a change. Click here to become a monthly sustaining donor through your credit card. Contact us (651-643-3601) for more information or to enroll through your savings or checking account. Gifts in Honor or Memory. Honor or remember a special person through a gift to MSHS. The name of the person you honor or remember will be included in our annual report. Please give us the name and address of the person you are remembering or honoring, or the address of their loved ones, and we will notify them of your thoughtfulness. Click here to donate. Gifts in celebration. Ask friends and family to make a gift to MSHS in celebration of your birthday or special occasion. Or, recognize the gardeners in your life with a gift to MSHS in their name for a holiday, birthday or other occasion. It's like engraving their name on a trusted garden tool that will work for them all year long. We'll send a note informing them of your gift. Best of all, you will see your gift at work throughout the year educating and inspiring gardeners everywhere! Give through your workplace. Designate your gift to MSHS through Community Shares Minnesota, United Way or other workplace giving program. Also, check to see if your gift to MSHS—by any means you choose to give—will be matched by your employer. It’s a great way to double or triple your gift! Make a gift of stock or other securities. You can support MSHS with a gift of appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares. By giving securities that you have held for more than one year, you can take a tax deduction for the full market value of the gift, and avoid capital gains taxes. To get the maximum benefit for you and MSHS, the security should be transferred, not sold. But please check with your tax or legal advisor to confirm the anticipated tax benefits. Your broker may make an electronic transfer of stock or other securities to MSHS with the following information: Join the MSHS Heirloom Circle: MSHS has been inspiring and serving northern gardeners since 1866. Consider including MSHS in your will, or as a beneficiary of your IRA or other retirement fund, or insurance policy. You’ll be part of our Heirloom Circle of donors, special people who appreciate the Society’s rich heritage and want to ensure that MSHS will be here to help future generations. In designating MSHS as a beneficiary, please use our full name: Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Our tax ID number is 41-0635199. Contact Rose or Diane if you would like more information and please let us know if you have made a provision for MSHS so that we can include you in our Heirloom Circle. Too often, gifts entrusted to us have gone unrecognized because they have come at the end of a donor’s life. The Heirloom Circle provides a way for MSHS to recognize and thank donors who have designated us as a beneficiary of their estate during their lifetime and to involve them more intimately in the Society’s work. |