Freedom — December 11, 2011 — Dear Friend of the Lake: This has been a very busy and successful year for us, but it’s also been an expensive one. We need your financial help.

Support from people like you helped us secure an agreement from the State to replace the onerous “410 Rule” with a new regulation that returned ownership of large parts of the shoreline to lake property owners. Your financial support also allowed us to start an ambitious initiative to secure an agreement from the State to pay a larger share of the ever-growing cost of controlling milfoil in our lake.

Ossipee Lake Alliance is a 100 percent volunteer organization, which means all of the funds we raise from people like you go directly to support initiatives like the ones above. We are not paid for our work, but our work can only continue with your support.

This is a busy time of the year, but before it ends, please take a few moments to make a tax deductible contribution in any amount. If you’ve already contributed this year, please consider making another donation. If you’ve been waiting to help out, now is the time.

Our mailing address is P.O. Box 173, Freedom NH 03836.

Thank you, and all the best from all of us at the Alliance for a great holiday season.