By Alex Tuchman | Director
Dear Friends and Supporters,
We have made it our mission at Spikenard Farm to work towards a harmonious relationship between human beings, the honeybees, and the Earth. Over the years of participating in the evolution of our organization, I can say that it is truly remarkable to witness what has been able to grow up around the honeybees on this beautiful 41 acres and through the contributions and participation of our beloved community. With your help and support, with the participation of hundreds of students in our annual educational offerings, and with the colleagueship of many who are starting sanctuaries of their own, we are all helping to carry this important work out into the world and allow it to more robustly serve our living Earth, who is in dire need of the medicine that the bees, the pollinators, and the stinging insects can give.
Your continued financial support is necessary for us to continue to serve this greater mission. In the coming year, new staff will be necessary to fill the gaps in our organizational structure and help us embrace this new phase of growth and development. We also need support to help us purchase an additional two acres adjacent to the Sanctuary and build a new office building on our own land. The Board of Directors and our staff are aligned in seeing how beneficial this move will be for the future of Spikenard Farm, especially for the internal communications and collaborations among our staff. No longer will there be a separation between the office and the sanctuary. This full integration will allow us to be more efficient with our energy and channel our operational and capital resources most effectively.
In this spirit of integration in times of transition, let us continue to become an organization and a community that can consciously evolve in pursuit of a sacred relationship to human health and longevity which matches our commitment to honeybee health and longevity. May this naturally lend itself to many more harmonious and heartfelt exchanges of vibrant human activity, that we may continue to successfully promote and help proliferate honeybees and sanctuary across our Earth! Like a honeybee colony, we can only rightly do this work in service of the needs of the greater whole together.
We wish you, dear friends, a wonderful and uplifting holiday season, with the gentle winds of good health and joy to fill your wings and lighten the load for the good work ahead,
with love and sincere gratitude,
Alex and the Spikenard Team
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