In this issue:
• 20th Anniversary Challenge Grant!
• Free Day at the Raptor Center!
• Name That Eagle
• Beautiful Custom Calendar
• Santa Claws is Back
• CRC's Gift Guide for the Holidays
• REI Giving Tree
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20th Anniversary Challenge Grant!
Generous, long time supporters have offered us $10,000 if we can
raise a matching $10,000 before the end of the year ... and I would love
to see us raise even more! I’d like to set a goal of raising
$20,000 in honor of our 20 years serving our human and natural
communities. Won’t you please help?
CRC has grown from a backyard/back bedroom, one-person operation to a
nature center with one of the most extensive and diverse collections of
native birds on the west coast. Over 60 resident birds will greet
some 15,000 visitors this year. These birds are cared for by
three staff members and over 100 volunteers, who have contributed nearly
20,000 hours this year in their service. CRC’s hospital has
provided care for over 3000 birds in our 20 years, releasing at least
half back to the wild.
The support of our donors and members is what allows us to do all
that we do - we get no city, state or federal funds. YOU are the
key to freedom for these birds who come to us broken, scared, young or
sick; and YOU are the key to prevention of those problems through the
education about wildlife received by our visitors, and their increased
understanding, respect, caring, and compassion.
Won’t you please help us meet this challenge and prepare us for the
next 20 years? Please be as generous as you can, and also tell all
your friends, post it on your Facebook page, and include it in your
holiday letters that any contribution received by December 31st
counts twice, up to $10,000 ... let’s start a wave of support for the
birds!
THANK YOU SO MUCH from all the birds at CRC!
>> Clicking
here will take you to our secure, online donations page, where you can
contribute by credit card or PayPal, or print out a form to mail with a
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 Free Day at the Raptor Center!
Come visit all your favorite birds FOR FREE on this Friday,
November 26, 2010, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Relax after a hectic
morning shopping, or just come walk off your Thanksgiving left-overs!
This is Cascades Raptor Center's thanks-giving to YOU, our community.
Parking is limited, so plan to carpool, if possible, or be prepared to
be patient or to walk up the driveway. You can also hike the
Ridgeline Trail, or bike! However you come, we’ll be delighted to
see you.
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 Name That Eagle
CRC has a new bald eagle that needs a name. He was found
in 2002 in Nebraska as a sub-adult, just starting to get his white head
and tail, with a fracture of the right wing very near the
shoulder. Sent to The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota
for evaluation, he was deemed non-releasable due to limited mobility of
that wing. For the last eight years, he has been in South Dakota
as an education bird. When his organization closed this year, he
was sent to us - and he needs a name! Name suggestions can be
submitted by email to info@eRaptors.org or by mail or by picking up a
form in the Visitor Center during a visit. We will announce the
winning name at the end of December. Put on your thinking caps and
let us know what comes to mind. The contributor of the name selected
will win a one-on-one visit at CRC with He-Who-Is-Not-Yet-Named!
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 Beautiful Custom Calendar
Support CRC and create your own beautiful calendar! You
can use our carefully selected raptor photos or upload your own, have
the calendar start in whatever month you want, add tide information
and/or personal reminders - your custom calendar will make a wonderful
gift to yourself or others, while supporting the birds of CRC.
Order now in time for holiday gift-giving.
>> Click here to see our calendar! |
 Santa Claws is Back
Come be Santa for a day!
From now until the New Year ... Visit Cascades Raptor Center and
purchase customized wooden tokens, each depicting a gift that no one
would appreciate more than our magnificent birds: items such as mice,
fish, wellness exams, quail and toys!
Stockings are hung on the aviaries with care! YOU can be Santa
for a day and stuff raptor stockings with tokens as you tour our
facility and renew your commitment to nature education and
compassionate, responsible care for wildlife!
A GREAT way to involve the whole family in the spirit of holiday giving!
Join us to celebrate the season! Happy Holidays!
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 CRC's Gift Guide for the Holidays
More Holiday Treats! Don't forget to stop by CRC's gift shop on your holiday shopping adventures:
• Plush Owl Toys • Owl Gourd Ornaments • Family Passes • Personal Tour Gift Certificates • Raptor Adoptions • CRC Memberships • CRC
T-shirts and Sweatshirts • Stocking stuffers • CRC & Rainsong Vineyard 2008 Chardonnary • and
more! •
Not a creature was stirring, especially the mouse!
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 REI Giving Tree
This year Cascades Raptor Center has been selected as the
charity of choice at the Eugene REI store! While doing your
shopping there, please consider adding an ornament to the Giving Tree by
making a donation for the birds! Thank you.
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