Hello good folks of LSC.

Greetings from a frozen Lake St. Catherine & Happy New Year!

It's that time of year again... As the Lake St. Catherine Association heads into its 69th year, we are asking for your support for the 2022 season.

What does the LSCA do? Well, you can start here by checking out our 2021 Year In Review.

Your membership dues and contributions help to fund many of the services provided by the LSCA:

• Maintaining & purchasing navigation and shoreline protection buoys throughout the lake.
• Testing the water for E coli, phosphorus (nutrient) concentration, chlorophyll-a (algae and cyanobacteria) concentration, and Secchi depth (water clarity).
• Conducting 2 free boat-safety courses that are state mandated for all persons born after January 1, 1974 (look for an announcement in the Spring for dates).
• Greeter Program: Inspecting boats wishing to enter the lake for aquatic invasive species (AIS) to keep them out of the lake.
• Controlling milfoil.
• Working with the state to solve the problems of silting and impacts of phosphorus and other sources of pollution. We are now accepting requests from property owners to participate in Lake Wise in 2022 - email us to sign up.
• Long-term planning for the future of the lake by beginning a 3 year process to create a Watershed Action Plan for Lake St. Catherine.
• Maintaining "welcome" signs and gardens.
• Liaising with other lakes in order to exchange information.
• Sponsoring the annual fun-filled July 4th Boat Parade.
• Disseminating information to our membership and the lake community through newsletters, emails, website & social media postings, and other local publications.
• Organizing funding through membership fees, donations and grants from the State of Vermont, Poultney and Wells, and environmental groups.
• Representing you to state and local governments to protect your rights and the lake in general.
• Protecting the value of your property by maintaining the beauty, access, and safety of the lake.

There are two easy ways to renew or become a member of the LSCA.

Soon, you will be receiving a mailing from us that contains the 2022 Membership Form. You can also download a copy by clicking here: 2022 LSCA Membership Form PDF. Just print and fill out the form, then mail it in with your check to:

Lake St. Catherine Association
PO Box 631
Wells, VT 05774

[Please note: our long time treasurer Elaine Bagley retired from the board last year. Please be sure to send all correspondence to our PO Box address. We thank Elaine for her years of service to the LSCA & Lake St. Catherine!]

Or, you can renew or become a member on our website. If you were a member in 2021, click here to renew, or click here to become a new member - and you can pay your dues online with your credit card. If you were a member last year (whether you paid by check or online by credit card), the website has an account ready for you. If you don't remember your password, or have never logged in, please click here to set or reset your password.

We'd also like to encourage you to check with your employer to see if they have an Employer Matching Gift Program for charitable donations. Many generous businesses will match donations made by their employees through these programs. So, take a look - you may be able to double your contribution!

If you are a business in the Lake St. Catherine community, we have a Business Sponsor Membership we'd like to tell you about. The Business Sponsor Membership includes:

1. A listing on our ‘Sponsors’ page on lakestcatherine.org with your logo, a link to your web or Facebook page, including a brief description of your business and services.
2. The posting of your events and special occasions to our Events & LSC Community Website Calendar.
3. A posting on our Blog and Facebook page about your business as a ‘Sponsor Spotlight’ feature.
4. A posting for your business in our Spring and Fall newsletters. Newsletters will be made available to the community in both printed and digital versions.

Thank you to our Business Sponsors! Please click on the Sponsors page of our website to check them out.

Your membership and the dues and contributions we receive allows us to accomplish our work. Maintaining the lake costs approximately $125,000 annually. While we do receive annual grants from Poultney, Wells, and the State, membership dues and contributions make up the majority of our funding.

Upon receiving your membership contribution, we will mail you your receipt, a '2022 Member' sticker for your LSCA window card (or a card & sticker for new members), and a 4" x 4" LSC sticker for your car. We will also continue Elaine's practice of including handwritten thank you notes in your membership package. 

We are happy to report that in 2021, we had 372 paid members, which includes 10 Business Sponsors. The average contribution of our members was $202 - THANK YOU! Your membership dues and additional contributions over and above our base $100 membership level are crucial to funding our important lake programs. As always, we ask you to help us to spread the word by discussing the LSCA with your neighbors. We are hoping to get our membership to over 400 this year.

We will continue to work hard for Lake St. Catherine to earn your support.

Thank you for your support of the LSCA!

- The Trustees of the Lake St. Catherine Association

If you ever have any questions about your membership or Lake St. Catherine, please email us at info@lakestcatherine.org.