Comfort Maple Pens Fundraiser – A good medium to raise awareness:

Comfort Maple Pens Fundraiser – A good medium to raise awareness.   NPCF Board and staff express deep gratitude to Marv Ens for his continued dedication to producing pens from the wood of the beloved Comfort Maple tree. Since 2016, we have sold over 350 pens, with sales totaling over $32,500. The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation programs support conservation projects and programs that contribute to improving water quality, increasing green spaces, wetland and habitat restoration, and environmental research and education. The Comfort Maple is thought to be the oldest sugar maple (Acer saccharum) in Canada and is designated as a heritage tree under the Ontario Heritage Act. As such, the tree possesses considerable biological and cultural heritage value. When Marv presented NPCF with the opportunity to use the wood that falls or is pruned from the tree and “turn” it into beautiful hand-crafted pens, he provided us with a unique way to allow the public to purchase a piece of history that is significant locally, in the Niagara peninsula, and across Canada. We saw the extent of the community connections with this tree when people from across Canada reached out to purchase a pen and share their stories of visiting the tree for marriage proposals, special events and family drives.