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Both Celeste and Alex are committed to land conservation issues. Celeste
has been involved with land management for more than a decade,
working as a forestry consultant and a liaison between land
owners and members of the forest industry in the Triangle and
eastern North Carolina. Alex graduated from North Carolina
State with a degree in forest management and now works for the
City of Durham.
Celeste is a member of TLC’s Board of Directors and has been involved with
the organization for eight years. Because of their busy
lives with their girls, the couple does not have extra time to
pursue their own interests; and as a one income family, they
carefully monitor their spending. But when TLC
approached them to donate to the Our Water, Our Land
campaign, they agreed.
“Alex and I don’t
make a lot of money,” Celeste said. “When we do contribute to
charity organizations, we want to keep it local and for
something that matters to us.”
Celeste thinks the
Our Water, Our Land campaign is important because it will
allow TLC to compete on a larger scale with developers. “They won’t be just shaking
bushes,” she said, “They’ll be out there with their wallets
saying, ‘We’re going to stop this from becoming a golf course.’”
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