Dear Kroka Community,

During the last year, with your generous help, we have accomplished a truly amazing and hard to imagine task: We have moved the whole organization to its new home. The farmhouse is cozy and warm. The smoke is rising from two dwellings in Kroka village in a clearing below. The office is buzzing with life in preparation for the return of students from Ecuador, the beginning of the Vermont Semester, the school season, and a new summer season. Our staff are using a new and improved computer network. The food room, equipment room, workshop and student lodges are under construction and all close to completion. Through its physical move Kroka have moved closer to its ideal: a tri-fold organization encompassing a school, a working farm and an intentional community.

In its 12 years, Kroka has always been fiscally independent, relying on tuition as its main source of income. This approach has allowed us to create a responsible business culture within the organization. At the same time, this approach in a non-profit organization has required sacrifice from teachers and staff. Our goal as co-founders for the next decade is to continue to grow the organization within a responsible business model, while at the same time creating sustainable working conditions for those wonderful people who dedicate their lives to the future of children and the world. In order to achieve this goal we need to place more emphasis on fundraising.

Everyone who supports Kroka knows that their donation is being used directly to move Kroka closer to its dream. This is a frugal organization and everyone who works here strives to use precious resources Kroka has with great care. The same philosophy we learn while traveling in the wilderness permeates our life in the modern world: take only what you need and use it wisely, and with gratitude.

One of the arms of fundraising is your support of the annual giving campaign. Combined 2007 annual and special appeals have raised $26,000. Our goal this year will be to raise $30,000. In addition to continuing to offer financial aid to summer campers, and improving Kroka Village, this year’s annual campaign will aim to create much needed scholarships for the semester students.

We appreciate your donation no matter how small or large it may be. Your continued support creates positive energy and encouragement for us to do our work.

Your contribution is fully tax deductible.

Thank you for your amazing support!

Lynne Boudreau, Misha Golfman,
Co-Founders