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NOTE- To donate by mail:

1. Make checks payable to Humboldt Area Foundation (Tax ID #: 23-7310660)
2. On the memo line, write the name of the fund or the purpose of the donation
3. Mail to Humboldt Area Foundation, 363 Indianola Road, Bayside, CA 95524
4. Donors will receive a tax receipt when the donation is processed

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David Nathan Chain was a young forest activist killed in 1998 while trying to prevent illegal logging in an Earth First! action near Grizzly Creek in the Van Duzen River valley. Childhood friends in Texas remember David as a gentle, loving man who considered becoming a chiropractor. Traveling to Humboldt County in the midst of the timber controversy, David learned tree-climbing and nonviolent protest tactics; he took the wood’s name “Gypsy.” The story of his vibrant life and tragic death at twenty-four is documented in 'A Good Forest For Dying,' by Patrick Beach (2004). On the 20th anniversary of Gypsy’s death, community leaders, friends, and fellow activists established this fund to provide an annual scholarship for a local high school senior or first year student at Humboldt State University or College of the Redwoods who has demonstrated commitment to issues of forest ecology through volunteer and/or academic projects.