Thank you to the Community Fund and the provincial employees who thought of us
Thank you, PECSF. It takes a village to support a science foundation.
The Provincial Employee Community Services Fund (PECSF) is a volunteer driven organization working with BC Public Service employees. It’s pronounced pek-sef.
It’s an employee-driven, giving program. They make it easy for provincial employees to make tax deductible donations to registered charities, including Raincoast.
In 2015 they celebrated 50 years of giving. It’s also referred to as the Community Fund.
Until recently, I didn’t know this fund existed. And it’s very inspiring.
There are 1,000 volunteers across the province that help make PECSF tick. And there’s 6,000 donors. Wow, right?
“Started by caring, community-minded public servants in 1965, it has raised over $45 million for charities throughout the province.”
This year they were recognized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ National Philanthropy Day Awards. And they also won an honourable mention by the PR Daily Corporate Social Responsibility Awards.
They deserve it. At this time of year I make a habit of counting my blessings, and this year, PECSF is among them.
Their support means, in part, that we can collect the data we need to help build models and deepen our understanding of BC’s raincoast. There’s a remarkable amount of slogging in the mud and rain to collect that data, but it’s a necessary (and enjoyable) part of research that forms the basis of everything we do.
Thank you, PECSF, for your commitment to social responsibility and to making life better for our communities. It means a lot. With your support, we will continue to work to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia and the Salish Sea
Everyone is invited to donate to our programs directly. However, if you are a provincial employee, you can make a regular donation to us via the Community Fund, by visiting the PECSF website.
You can help
Raincoast’s in-house scientists, collaborating graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professors make us unique among conservation groups. We work with First Nations, academic institutions, government, and other NGOs to build support and inform decisions that protect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and the wildlife that depend on them. We conduct ethically applied, process-oriented, and hypothesis-driven research that has immediate and relevant utility for conservation deliberations and the collective body of scientific knowledge.
We investigate to understand coastal species and processes. We inform by bringing science to decision-makers and communities. We inspire action to protect wildlife and wildlife habitats.
