Unique opportunity for North State families

Durham, CALIFORNIA - August 2011: The Worm Farm Learning Foundation announces that it will be participating in the 2011 edition of the Annie B's Community Drive organized by the North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF).

The Worm Farm Learning Foundation provides free outreach activities for schools and universities, associations and individuals throughout the California North State, teaching the benefits of composting with worms and demonstrating how we can all have a positive impact on man's global environmental imprint.

The community services provided by The Worm Farm Learning Foundation have long been considered a "must see" for the entertaining and often humorous tours given by founders Mark and Arlita Purser. Over the years, these activities have taken on an increased importance in the light of diminished or even cancelled state budgets for many educational programs.

School tours can cost $14 or more per student and The Worm Farm Learning Foundation provides tours at no cost. Consequently, the 1,873 students in 54 schools that visited the foundation since 2010 alone have saved up to $26,222 - and counting.

Since 1990, hundreds of classrooms of all ages - from preschool to university - have benefited from the educational tours provided at The Worm Farm. During the Annie B’s Community Drive, donations made to TWFLF will be supplemented with a percentage grant from North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF).

For donations to qualify under the program:

     Donate between August 1 - September 30;

     MAIL: Make checks payable to "Annie B’s: The Worm Farm Learning Foundation" and mail to The Worm Farm Learning Foundation, 9050 Lasell Lane, Durham, CA 95938, or

     WEB: Visit the NVCF web site and select "Environment" under the Annie B's participant categories (http://www.nvcf.org/index.php?q=donate&list=c31 ); select "The Worm Farm Learning Foundation", enter donation amount and click 'Donate Now' to make credit card or Pay Pal donation.


First organized in 2007, the Annie B's Community Drive is a unique program which helps grow donations to non-profits by partially matching donations with NVCF grant funds. Involving close to 200 local nonprofits, since its inception a total of nearly $3.1 million has been donated to participating nonprofits, and a further $300,000 in percentage grants was added by NVCF.

For editorial information on The Worm Farm Learning Foundation, contact:
Melisa Lasell or Arlita Purser
info@thewormfarm.net / 530-894-1276