CALL
FOR MEMBERS
Dear
Friend of Industrial Hemp,
How has NAIHC funded its extensive efforts and
progress to date?
We've done it on a shoestring.
NAIHC
board members have contributed time, money and other
resources.
We haven't received the corporate contributions that
would normally flow to a new industry because of the
hesitancy in the board rooms about the
"marijuana" issue. Instead we've relied
primarily on member dues and the help of two
extraordinary philanthropic entities.
- The
Turner Foundation (yes, Ted the media mogul)
sees industrial hemp as good for American
farming and forests, and recognizes that its
superior fiber characteristics make hemp the
renewable fiber of choice.
- The
Wallace Genetic Foundation (yes, Henry, the
plant breeder, Secretary of Agriculture and
Vice President under Franklin Roosevelt) sees
industrial hemp as a vital component of
sustainable farming.
Presently NAIHC runs without staff. It is a
board-directed and a board-operated organization. The
NAIHC board is quite a network in itself and has the
capacity to succeed where previous efforts have
failed. Check
them out:
The NAIHC coalition that includes the likes of
Woolsey, Anderson, Turner and Nader is a coalition
that can't be ignored. That's why NAIHC has made the
breakthroughs we have.
To get where we are today, the NAIHC has spent nearly
every dime it has.
The media relations work cost about half of our
approximately
$120,000 annual budget. The rest went primarily for
travel, conference calls, printing, and our annual
conference.
In the
coming months we want to do more media work, more
advocacy, more public education, and to build on this
great momentum. But we need money to do it. The
foundations have been critical to our funding, but
they can only do so much. NAIHC must rely on
membership dues to get the job done.
The NAIHC has made huge breakthroughs. With your help
we can do the necessary follow-through to see
industrial hemp again planted on US soil.
Thanks
for promptly joining today!
Sincerely,
Erwin A. "Bud" Sholts
Chairman, NAIHC
P.S. For those in a position to make a large
contribution to the NAIHC and would like to discuss
it,
please don't hesitate to contact me.
Tel & Fax: 608-835-0428
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