Accountability

Accountability

As stated in About, I am mainly sharing and selling my pics and writing this blog to help support wild and rural land conservation and will hold myself accountable to you, my dear readers and customers, and routinely report with complete transparency what conservation and charitable groups (many listed in "Organizations I Support")  received what amount of proceeds from this blog and my other work (including my e-stores.)

As of this writing, I paid $35 to become a member of the San Diego River Park Foundation (SDRPF) and donated $10 for its Temescal Creek Preserve Area acquisition and $5 for its latest project, the South Rim Conservation Area Acquisition. While these donations are small now, I will donate more to the SDRPF and other conservation and charitable groups, many listed in "Organizations I Support," when my blog and other work start becoming profitable. So please purchase a photo, or a gift or product at my Zazzle or REDBUBBLE e-store, click on an AdSense or another Affiliate sponsor, with no pressure to buy as I get paid per click, or make a donation, knowing that you will not only receive a great product in return, and not only have the satisfaction of the knowledge that you helped out a just-starting out entrepreneur and contributed to the foundation of a new company, but that you also contributed to the rural and wildland conservation movement and to other charitable groups through this budding and aspiring businessman-philanthropist. Thank you.
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I donated $10 for its Temescal Creek Preserve Area acquisition and paid $35 to become a member and received the following e-mails in response:

 

Dear Mr. Forte,

Thank you for your generous donation of $10.00 to support the Temescal Creek property acquisition as a part of the South Rim Conservation Initiative! Your donation will help us work to protect and preserve this area as critical wildlife habitat. Please check back on our website for updates as we advance this project: www.sandiegoriver.org.

On behalf of all of us here, thank you so much for your generous donation. Your support will really make a difference. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, please contact us!

Sincerely,

Melissa Sumera, Administrative Associate

The San Diego River Park Foundation PO Box 80126

San Diego, CA 92110

(619) 297-7380

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Dear Chris,

Welcome to The San Diego River Park Foundation. We are happy to have you as a member of our community.

In the future, you will receive periodic emails specific to your interests based upon the selections you made when you signed-up.

Privacy is important to us; therefore, we will not sell, rent, or give your name or address to anyone. At any point, you can select the link at the bottom of every email to unsubscribe.

Thanks again for registering. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,

Rob Hutsel

The San Diego River Park Foundation email: rhutsel@sandiegoriver.org

phone: 619-297-7380

web: http://www.sandiegoriver.org

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I donated $5.00 for The San Diego River Park Foundation’s (SDRPF) latest project: The South Rim Conservation Area Acquisition and received the following e-mails in response:

4/13/2016 Gmail ­ Receipt for your donation to The San Diego River Park Foundation

Christopher Forte Receipt for your donation to The San Diego River Park Foundation

1 message service@paypal.com Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:55 PM To: Christopher Forte
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Hello Christopher Forte,

This email confirms that you have donated The San Diego River Park Foundation $5.00 USD using PayPal.

This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as "PAYPAL *SDRPF".

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Donation Details

Donation amount: $5.00 USD Total: $5.00 USD

Purpose: SDRPF­ South Rim 

Reference: Acquisition

Contributor: Christopher Forte 

Message: No.

Recipient information

Donations coordinator: The San Diego River Park Foundation

Contact email: info@sandiegoriver.org

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Keep your Receipt Number (shown above) for future reference. You will need to refer to this number if you need customer service from The San Diego River Park Foundation or from PayPal. 4/13/2016 Gmail ­ Receipt for your donation to The San Diego River Park Foundation

If you have questions about your purchase, such as shipping and tracking, we encourage you to contact the seller, The San Diego River Park Foundation at info@sandiegoriver.org. If you have been unable to resolve your questions with the merchant, PayPal offers a free buyer complaint resolution service that offers a quick, easy resolution to your concerns. It covers physical goods purchases made through PayPal, and is offered at no charge when you register for a free PayPal account. To sign up for an account, click on the 'Save My Information' link above.

Sincerely,
PayPal

Please do not reply to this email. Email sent to this address cannot be answered.

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Hi Chris,

Saw your donation come in and just wanted to send a personal note of thanks. I really appreciate your making the gift. Thank you,

Hopefully we will have good news to share soon. Just $1565 left to raise. We will do another Facebook post this weekend. Please feel free to share with any friends that might want to join with you in making a donation.

best wishes,

Rob Hutsel

San Diego River Park Foundation
Engaging people to improve the future of the San Diego River
www.sandiegoriver.org
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Anther way I support conservation and charitable organizations is by writing about and mentioning them here on my blog and by writing about them and sharing posts from their pages on Facebook on my personal and business Facebook pages. My business page, Forteography.com, so far has 256 "likes," a post reach of 1,652, a post engagement number of 21, and 3 clicks on the "Contact Us" button. I have 769 "friends" on my personal Facebook page and 79 followers. As I create and post more content here on my blog and on my Facebook pages,   I will attract more visitors to each.

Video of the Eagle Peak Ranch at Temescal Creek Preserve Dedication: