Our New Name and You

Posted: 01-Apr-2000;

With this issue, we introduce our new name, Environmental Defense, and a new look for our newsletter. We shortened our name from Environmental Defense Fund because "Fund" was a source of confusion and "EDF" led some to mistake us for a government agency. So we decided to simplify things.

We've also adopted a new logo, the "e" from our name, as a symbol of the Earth and of recurring themes in our work--environment, economy, equity, empowerment. We are grateful to Young & Rubicam for donating their efforts to update and strengthen our materials.

If you have included Environmental Defense Fund or EDF in your will, your bequest to us will not be affected by our name change.

We do suggest, however, that when your attorney is otherwise making changes to your will, you include language such as the following: "I hereby give and bequeath ____________ to Environmental Defense, a not-for-profit membership organization incorporated by the laws of the State of New York, having as its principal address 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010, for its general purposes."

If you have questions about your will or other planned giving opportunities, please call Anne Doyle at 1-877-OSPREYS (1-877-677-7397).