by jesouellette | Nov 18, 2023 | Newsletters
A Board Near and Far It was a year ago in November that Mark’s parents moved to Central Virginia. Perhaps since Mark was born in Indiana, moved to Maine when he was three, and then lived in Los Angeles for a period, while walking across America in 81 days in...
by jesouellette | Mar 12, 2023 | Newsletters
Mark Baumer Newsletter (Winter 2022) Mark’s Birthday was December 19—a Christmas gift like none other. He would have celebrated his 39th birthday this week. In honoring Mark on his birthday, won’t you celebrate Mark and help us help others in the coming year? Here are...
by jesouellette | Mar 12, 2023 | Newsletters
Mark Baumer Newsletter (Winter 2021) Happy Birthday, Mark! (December 19) Mark continues walking on through The Mark Baumer Sustainability Fund. Here are some fund highlights from 2021. Growing To Give- We continue supporting Growing to Give, a local farm growing...
by jesouellette | Mar 12, 2023 | Newsletters
Earth Day Edition We have some news to report at the Mark Baumer Sustainability Fund. Mary, Mark’s mom, is now our president. This change has been in the works and given that I felt that Mary has the greatest passion around the causes of what we established the fund...
by jesouellette | Mar 12, 2023 | Newsletters
Another Year Down (and what a year it was!) I am overdue in updating the Mark Baumer Sustainability Fund newsletter. My goal had been to get out three newsletters each year. 2020 has been a brutal year for staying true to that goal. To be honest, I can’t blame it...
by jesouellette | Mar 12, 2023 | Newsletters
Birthdays and Anniversaries Mark’s birthday is this week. As I’ve written before, he was a “Christmas baby.” A special gift—the best kind that two young parents 1,500 miles away from friends and their extended families could have been delivered in 1983. Mark would be...
