Investment Funds for Forestry Projects

Her name was Pam Taylor; she was retired from Lloyd Fonds. She had worked there for many years in the shipping funds (Schiffsfonds) department. Pam had learned so much about the ins and outs of shipping funds that she made the decision years ago to take out some investment funds on her own.

Pam went back home in July to see her family in Kansas. She had been looking forward to this trip for some time now. Not only was she excited to see her family, she was just as excited to see Kansas. She loved the big beautiful farms with hay fields for miles and all the cattle and horses all around. The trees were what she missed the most. Living in Nevada most of the time since retiring from Lloyd Fonds, she did not get to enjoy many trees anymore.

She had everything all planned. She was going to surprise her family by telling them that she was moving back to Kansas. Then, she would spend the rest of her visit finding a place to live. She wanted a quaint little house; she had lost her husband Bill to a heart attack some years back and was on her own. She wanted a yard with lots of big beautiful trees all over. She wanted trees with birds' nests all in the branches. She was going to hang a hammock in the back yard for the grandkids to enjoy. She wanted two big trees right out front so she and her friends could sit in the shade when they came by for tea and cake. She daydreamed about it on the plane ride all of the way from Las Vegas to Kansas.

She hailed a cab from the airport terminal and gave the driver instructions to take her to her son's house that he shared with his wife at three beautiful little girls. Her son, Jeff, lived about twenty miles from the airport. Pam was looking forward to gazing upon all of the lovely scenery as they made their way to Jeff's house.

Pam was shocked and appalled at what she had seen between the airport and Jeff's house. Four major tornados had ravaged the land in the last couple of years. There were no trees left. Just broken sticks here and there, it was horrible. The cab driver told Pam that the city knew it was a terrible eyesore, but could not afford the major forestry project that it would take to make it the land as beautiful as it once was. The way Pam remembered it, the way she wanted it to be again.

As soon as Pam made it to Jeff's house and said her hellos to the girls, she scolded Jeff for not letting her know the tornadoes had done so much damage to the beautiful land that she loved so dearly. Then, she got on the phone. She called up her old friend that still worked at Lloyd Fond and arranged to cash in on her investment funds. Pam was going to use all of her money to fund the major forestry project that would make her city beautiful again.