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Trees, Water & People is pleased to announce that we have received an A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming. The BBB Accreditation remains the most reliable way for consumers to identify trustworthy businesses.

BBBs throughout North America have launched an updated versions of their BBB Reliability Reports, which feature a more visually appealing and user-friendly format, and a new rating system. The new rating program will replace the scale of “satisfactory” and “unsatisfactory” with a more comprehensive letter grade (A+ through F).

Getting married? Now you can support Trees, Water & People by registering with the I Do Foundation. From honeymoons to invitations to wedding gifts to charitable wedding favors, the I Do Foundation allows couples and their guests to make wedding-related purchases that generate donations in lieu of gifts. All of these services are available free of cost at www.IDoFoundation.org. Check it out today, and be sure to select Trees, Water & People as the beneficiary of your charitable wedding.

We are proud to announce that we have achieved Charity Navigator’s four star rating for our ability to efficiently manage and grow our finances. This exceptional designation from Charity Navigator differentiates us from other nonprofit organizations and shows the public we are worthy of their trust.

Green Dining is not about eating your greens- it’s about sustaining out environment. FortZED Green Dining Week will be held from November 3-9. During the week, participating Fort Collins restaurants will commit 8 percent of the week’s average daily revenue to implementing sustainable practices like investing in energy efficient equipment and implementing conservation programs.

99.9 The Point has been in the Fort Collins community for many years and will be doing a November non-profit awareness month. The Point will be featuring Trees, Water & People (TWP) on-air and on their website this Wednesday, November 5!

Tune into 99.9 FM and visit www.999ThePoint.com to find out more about TWP’s efforts. TWP would like to thank 99.9 The Point for this opportunity!

Awesomely great take on McCain's total dismissal of women's reproductive health.

We would like to thank everyone who visited Odell Brewing Company on October 16 to support Trees, Water & People. We are very grateful to have been chosen as Odell’s Charity of the Month and every purchase helped save our planet!

Remember, you can still help support Trees, Water & People through the end of the month. One hundred percent of all taster tray proceeds will be donated to TWP, so stop by and enjoy their delicious brews.

This last week was an important one as our good friends from the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) came to visit us on the Pine Ridge Reservation. RREAL is working to break down financial and informational barriers to the widespread use of solar energy out in Minnesota. They feel that like the digital divide which separates communities based on access to information, there is also a renewable energy divide and that specifically lower income communities are in danger of being left behind as our society shifts towards a renewable economy.

With the weather turning cooler this week, we have been on hibernation watch. In the next few days, we'll pack away more than 35 box turtles and desert tortoises. Most of the turtles will be refrigerated for hibernation while larger animals are packed in specially designed hibernacula and store in a cold room. Our Hibernation Guide http://www.corhs.org/CoRHS_Box_Turtle_Hibernation_Guide_08.pdf explains the process and why it is so important to the health of these animals.