Where were you in 1991?

1991 -- Sonic the Hedgehog was 'born'; the TV show Dallas ended and Home Improvement began; Minnesota had a blizzard on Halloween.

 

The Minnesota Environmental Fund was incorporated.

 

The Minnesota Environmental Fund was founded by six groups who banded together to offer an environmental choice in payroll giving programs: Friends of the Boundary Waters; Clean Water Fund; Izaak Walton League of America, MN Division; Land Stewardship Project; MN Conservation Federation; Audubon MN of NAS; Project Environmental Foundation (which was a project of Sierra Club and eventually became MCEA.)

 

The Fund has since grown to 24 organizations working on issues impacting Minnesota's air, land, water, food, energy, recycling, public health and climate change. After raising just over $90,000 that first year, the Fund has gone on to raise more than $10 million dollars for Minnesota's environment.

 

We couldn't have done it -- and can't continue to do it -- without you!

 

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