Giving Tuesday 2021

It’s Giving Tuesday, and I want to take a chance to give a shout out to some great local nonprofits that could use your help this holiday season:

• Joshua Tree National Park Association is a private nonprofit that works in partnership with Joshua Tree National Park to help in its achievement of programming goals. You’ve probably interacted with JTNPA at the park's visitors centers, and JTNPA offers classes through the Desert Institute and even has an artist-in-residence program! Click here to donate.​
• Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is a nonprofit that helps the advancement of programs at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve in Morongo Valley. At 31,000 acres, the diverse landscape of BMCP has been an important part of the Morongo Basin’s natural and cultural history for almost 2 billion years, and it’s one of the 10 largest cottonwood and willow riparian (stream) habitats in California. Donations help pay for trail maps, educational materials, trail maintenance, youth programs, and more. Click here to donate.
• Mojave Desert Land Trust has conserved over 100,000 acres of desert habitat, to date. Its mission is to protect the Mojave Desert ecosystem and its scenic and cultural resource values. MDLT offers great volunteering opportunities that are a wonderful way to learn about the desert ecosystem. The annual plant sale is also a good way to landscape your properties with native desert plants.  Click here to donate. 

Know of some other nonprofits in the hi-desert that deserve a shout out? Post in the comments to spread the word!