GIFT’s Final Chapter – and an Epilogue

The non-profit corporation Golden Isles Fund for Trees, Inc. has been voluntarily dissolved effective August 6, 2026.  The funds raised through your generous contributions have been deposited in the GIFT Fund at the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation and will continue to be available to support tree planting, education and advocacy in Glynn County. Future donations may be directed to coastalgeorgiafoundation.org and designated for the GIFT Fund.

The board and volunteers who founded and served GIFT created beautiful programs, educated children and adults, planted many trees for future generations, and advocated for the preservation of our iconic Live Oaks.  We did not always succeed, but we always tried!

It is our hope that other organizations with the capacity to provide tree planting, education and advocacy will advance the mission that GIFT started in 2015 and will seek grants from the GIFT Fund to support those efforts.

If you know of any worthy organization that shares the commitment to preserve and enhance our coastal tree canopy, please have them reach out to miriam.lancaster@icloud.com.  For now, she will continue to serve as the liaison to the Coastal Georgia Foundation.

This web site will continue to serve as a resource and repository for the stories associated with our registered Live Oaks.  It will be known as Golden Isles Favorite Trees – a new GIFT for the community.

With sincere thanks for your support, farewell!

Golden Isles Fund for Trees, Inc.