Author: Glenda

Adventures in Conservation – CLIP 2024 Week 1

Written on June 6, 2024.

Welcome to the first week of TLC’s 2024 Conservation Leader Internship Program (CLIP)! This week’s update is provided by CLIP’s 2024 crew leader, Emma. This is my second year leading the summer internship program for TLC, and...

Native Seed Collection for the Home Gardener

Written on June 5, 2024.

Use those seeds! Join Sarah Michehl from The Land Conservancy of McHenry County for tips and tricks on how to collect your native plant seeds. She will cover basic seed identification, collection methods and timelines, and...

Volunteers Plant Milpa Garden in Woodstock

Written on May 22, 2024.

Thank you to the many volunteers who helped prep and seed TLC’s Milpa garden at the Food Forest on May 21! What is Milpa? Milpa is an Indigenous style of gardening in which species are selected for mutual benefits...

Company Matching Gifts

Written on May 17, 2024.

Many larger, for-profit employers match donations that their employees make to qualified charities (501(c)(3)s like TLC. Some of the companies that TLC has received matching gifts from include Follett, HSBC, Allstate, PepsiCo...

IRA Charitable Gift

Written on May 17, 2024.

Tax-Free Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs): Now Permanent! If you are 70½ years of age or older, you can make tax-free gifts – or QCDs – from your IRA to TLC. Congress reinstated a law that allows you to make a tax-free...

Make a Bequest

Written on May 17, 2024.

A will is the easiest and most effective means to ensure that you fully provide for your family and that your assets are distributed as you wish. Gifts by will, or bequests, both large and small, are very important to The Land...