Have you met Margaret Atwood's challenge yet? Time is running out to get your 2017 charitable receipt. And her offer will expire on Dec. 31st! Will you help us today and double your gift? Here's why she cares so much about stopping the enormous mega-development - 10,000 homes !! - slated for rural Midhurst UNLESS concerned citizens like you help us fight it. Our cause is about the basics - public health, food security, environmental preservation and well-being. Needs and values important to you. This is how Margaret Atwood sees it: “In my global travels, I've seen first-hand the power of small communities to safeguard their best interests. Local residents step forward with solutions to save what they - and most reasonable people - value most. Right now, I see the folks in the small rural village of Midhurst working hard to protect their water, an internationally important wetland, the Minesing Wetlands - famed for its biodiversity - and prime farmland from rampant sprawl. This looming disaster could also send sewage overflow into beautiful Georgian Bay. Here's your chance to help the "little guy" in a cause I support. Until Dec. 31st, I will match every dollar donated to the MRA up to $5,000.” To donate, go to our website: http://www.friendsofmidhurst.ca. There you can either donate directly to us or through the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario who will issue charitable receipts for donations over $25. With your support, we can win our battle to protect our water and farmland, pristine southern Georgian Bay and the UN-acclaimed but fragile Minesing Wetlands. Thank you for your generosity. We appreciate it!