WHY I GIVE.

Bonnie Christie

Hopkinton, NH / Champions Club Member since 2018

Bonnie Christie has seen CLF's work from multiple angles over her years living and working in New England.

Her first experience with the organization came when she worked for the Appalachian Mountain Club in Boston. "I got to know and collaborate with many dedicated environmentalists during that time, including attorneys at CLF," she recalls. When she and her family later moved to Vermont, they saw firsthand how pollution was harming iconic Lake Champlain. "This amazing lake was, and still is, suffering from many forms of pollution, which weren't tackled sufficiently until CLF brought a lawsuit against EPA to clean it up."

Christie now lives in New Hampshire, where another issue has drawn her to CLF: eliminating plastic pollution and cutting waste. "Over the past year, I have had the benefit of connecting with [Zero Waste Project Director] Kirstie Pecci on plastics reduction legislative initiatives and getting started on moving our school district toward waste reduction and recycling," she says."Her wealth of knowledge helps us avoid reinventing the...