I am happy to report to you that the Washington Butterfly Association is a healthy and thriving organization. One expression of that is a robust Work Plan for this year developed by the excellent leadership of our Board of Directors. It involves a commitment to:

• expanding education in a variety of ways
• working with others on conservation issues
• expanding our presence by letting the public know who we are and what we do
• using our very successful field trips to further several of these goals
• spreading the load of leadership and
• making opportunities for volunteering available to members

Your volunteer help is welcome. If you have an area of interest such as education, conservation, publicity, field trips or in an area we have not developed yet, please let us know. You can fit in at just about any level. As robust as the Work Plan may be, it has to comply with our basic approach – it has to be fun, rewarding or satisfying and preferably all of those at once. Thank you for infusing WBA with your energy and good will. We are looking forward to another fun, rewarding and satisfying year.

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