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Student Intern program. Our award-winning restorationand information assistance volunteer programs costapproximately S80,000 to administer each year. Thehistoric Ostrander Ski Hut requires costly periodicrestoration to deliver its unique backcountry experience.Matching funds are needed to support "A Park forAll People," an Outdoor Adventure course series thatbrings to light the lesser known legacies of peopleof color in Yosemite. In concert with the CentennialChallenge Junior Ranger Center project, YA will developa nationwide program that includes new and excitinghandbooks, equipment, a website, a Junior Rangermembership, and parent/family events to engage the nextgeneration of public land stewards . All of this, of course,will require funding to accomplish.YA has come far with our members' help. We inviteyou to deepen your investment in park stewardship bymaking an extra gift to YA today . Your extra financialsupport will help many more people come to love andprotect Yosemite.Laurel Rematore has been YA's Membership andDevelopment Director since 2001 . In addition toYosemite, she enjoys dark chocolate and alpine skiing,and has a perhaps unhealthy obsession with"Stargate SG-1."BE PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH YOUR YEAR-END GIFT!Our members are special to us, and we want youto know it! Donors of $100 or more to our fallfundraising drive will receive a numbered, limitededitionlong-sleeved t-shirt featuring a striking fullcolorimage of a Great Gray Owl and Half Dome,created just for us by naturalist/artist John Muir"Jack" Laws . Only 375 shirts will be made, so sendyour gift toYA using the envelope enclosed in thismembers' journal, or make a donation online todayat www.yosemite .org/helpus/donations .html .Thesedonations won 't renew your membership, but theywill helpYA attain new levels of vital stewardshipprogramming to protectYosemite National Park.Thanks for your support!YOSEMITE ASSOCIATION, FALL 2007