This week at camp we held our 28th annual Harvest Feast. The Harvest Feast serves as a time to give thanks for another, and acts as an occasion for us to appreciate the contribution that each and every member of our community puts forth. Our Campaign functions as a unit and does not exist without the contribution of each and every individual member. Not one single person is expendable or replaceable, and despite all of the mistakes, flaws, frustrations and insecurities that may separate us, it is important that we remember that. The Harvest Feast, the time of thanksgiving is a time for us to celebrate our appreciation for and dependency upon one another. But this appreciation and recognition of the contributions of the other members of our community, cannot be limited to specifically designated holidays. It is something that must occur on a daily basis for us to be able to survive and thrive. We are a group of equals who seek to improve our own little corner of the world.

Just as we - as a Campaign - depend on one another, we also depend upon our supporters to exist. This past Saturday, our Kitchen Coordinator, Jacob Faye, and Volunteer, Robert Traceski, organized an outreach event at Patagonia's store in Dillon, with the help of their activism team lead, Brendan Clark. Patagonia supports us in much the same way that we support the Buffalo. Just as we offer our protection to the Buffalo when they are susceptible to danger, by being there with them when they follow their natural migratory routes, along with all the other wildlife in the ecosystem, and ventrue out of Yellowstone National Park onto thousands of availabe acres of public lands, Patagonia provides us with the necessary gear we need to be able survive in the outdoors amidst the dangers of the harsh winters of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Patagonia has supported us in this way since our inception, and for that we are thankful.

This is the path forward...unity and community...as the Buffalo go, we follow.

Pictured Left to Right: BFC Kitchen Coordinator Jacob Faye, Patagonia Dillon Activism Team Lead Brendan Clark, BFC Volunteer Robert Traceski

In the presence of the Buffalo,
I found connection - to them, to myself, to my family, and to my
fellow volunteers. In the eyes of our last wild bison,
I remembered what it meant to be a part of the whole.
I never forgot and I never turned back.
– Justine Sanchez, BFC Board President