To the editor:

Contributions large and small continue to build up the Whidbey Camano Land Trust fund to purchase Trillium Woods. Local donors include fourth- and fifth-grade students at South Whidbey Elementary School, riding clubs, 4-H groups and individuals giving in memory of a loved one.

All of these contributors see great value in donating money to preserve more than 600 acres of forest land, the origin of three creeks, one running to Mutiny Bay, another to South Whidbey State Park and the third to the wetlands of the Wilbert Trail.

A total of $4.2 million is needed by Sept. 10. So far, donors have contributed or pledged $2.5 million. With your help, this land can be preserved for our children and grandchildren. Please donate as generously as you are able to savetheforestnow.org; or Whidbey Camano Land Trust, 765 Wonn Road, Barn C-201, Greenbank, WA 98253; or by calling Whidbey Camano Land Trust at 222-3310.

Gloria Koll

Freeland