It is the time of year when you can expect to receive a letter from me asking you for the money needed to sustain our operations for the year ahead. The collective generosity of our membership represents roughly 40 percent of our operating budget and provides the means to meet our obligations to you to do good work on behalf of the Cape’s environment. I ask you to read on and sacrifice a few more minutes of your day to see how we see ourselves and why we ask for your support.
APCC distinguishes itself by being Cape Cod’s leading environmental non-profit organization focusing on regional environmental challenges. APCC has always possessed the ability to address current challenges, as presented in our first 55 years, while also looking toward the future and anticipating the pressing needs of our region. APCC member contributions support the staff needed to effectively engage in current issues while always seeking to anticipate, understand, and address future challenges.
APCC achieves its objectives through the development of internal core competencies in environmental policy, advocacy, science, and outreach. We supplement staff expertise as needed through partnerships with towns as well as compatible and complementary environmental organizations, both big and small.
Our ability to work effectively with local, regional, state, and federal government agencies is central to APCC’s ability to achieve success. Establishing ties and connections at all levels of government that reflect a nuanced and detailed understanding of how each level of government functions is an intentional and purposeful part of our work. APCC consciously establishes and maintains durable relationships at the leadership and staff levels of government. APCC maintains a deep institutional understanding of, and appreciation for, the processes of rulemaking, appropriations, and project financing as a means of achieving a better environment.
As a membership-based organization, APCC is reliant on its members for the resources needed to operate. But more than that, APCC staff and leadership have a pact with our members to provide the knowledge and tools needed to effectuate change. APCC members are the implementers of the measures put forth by APCC staff. Staff do their work to inform and enable the membership to make the change happen. APCC’s approach, through aggressive and factual education and outreach, is to create, enable, and motivate an activist membership to work on behalf of the environment of Cape Cod.
The land and waters of Cape Cod will always be the focus of APCC’s attention. Challenges to both are continually evolving and APCC’s approach to their protection is similarly fluid. Over the next year, with your help and support, APCC will focus on:
- Water Quality and Nutrient Management
- Land Protection
- Environmental Monitoring
- Education and Outreach
- Resource Restoration
- Emerging Threats
- Promoting Landscaping Practices that Support Nature
If you have read on this far, you know that pressure on Cape Cod’s land and water has never been greater. APCC, with your help, is fully committed to meet the challenges of the day. That is our promise to you. Thank you for your support.
