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December 2007
Hi everyone! Just a quick note before the end of the year to say THANK YOU to everyone who has played a part in our last twelve months: coming to visit, bringing a school group, inviting us to your classroom, making a contribution, finding a bird, volunteering, or just appreciating the nature that surrounds us and taking steps to help preserve it. Our world depends on you!
Our annual print newsletter will be going out this week to everyone for whom we have a regular mail address - with lots of news, case studies, background information on new education birds and more in those 20 pages! And, just FYI, we're hoping to find a vehicle for our enewsletter that will allow me, the complete non-techie, to include photos... when I rely on our generous volunteer web-master, the newsletters are gorgeous but don't get out as often or are as timely, since I'm usually late getting them to him. NEW EDUCATION BIRD: Here's a sneak preview of a new eagle joining our flock: Denali, an adult bald eagle, originally from Kodiak Island in Alaska! She was injured as a first year bird, spent a year undergoing physical therapy at Bird Treatment & Learning Center in Anchorage, but could never completely extend her right wing. She has been at Wind over Wings in Connecticut since 2000 and we are delighted to be adding a glove-trained bald eagle to our education team later this month.
HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS: Many of us are busy with our holiday shopping this time of year and/or considering to whom to make our year-end charitable contribution. I just wanted to let you all know what WE have going on so you, your family, and friends can consider including us in your holiday giving or holiday shopping! Here are some great options!
The Challenge Grant
To prepare for the challenging growth of 2008, CRC has secured a Challenge Grant of $20,000! This means that any donation received before the end of the year will be matched by one of our generous donors, up to $20,000! Each donation to Cascades Raptor Center between now and the end of the year will have double the impact!
Please spread the word to friends and family! Let them know that they can support the work that YOU do by making a tax deductible financial gift!
GIFT IDEAS! (really and truly perfect for the person who has everything or the person who wants nothing!)
Mouse University Scholarship Gift Baskets
Each year CRC helps orphaned raptors hone their hunting skills by giving them the opportunity to practice catching live food. Send an orphan to Mouse University by purchasing a Mouse University Scholarship Gift Basket! Available for purchase in ourgift shop.
The Bachelors Degree $30 - Sends a small owl, falcon or hawk to Mouse University.
Gift basket includes: Owl finger puppet, mouse finger puppet, and scholarship certificate.
The Masters Degree $50 - Sends a hawk, falcon or owl to Mouse University.
Gift basket includes: Plush Audubon hawk or owl, mouse or quail finger puppet, and scholarship certificate.
The Doctorate Degree $70 - Sends a large owl or eagle to Mouse University.
Gift basket includes: Owl or eagle stuffed animal, mouse or quail finger puppet, and scholarship certificate.
CRC Raptor “Adoptions”
Give a gift that lasts all year! CRC “adoptions” help to support a CRC education bird.
An adopter (sponsor) receives: An adoption certificate with a photo of their bird, the personal and natural history information of their bird and its species, a website listing and a sign on the aviary of their bird acknowledging the adoption, a one-on-one visit with a trained education bird and its handler, and a one year CRC membership! Please visit www.eRaptors.org/gowild.htm for a list of the birds and adoption costs; and www.eraptors.org/residentraptors.htm for the personal stories of each one.
PLUS... don't forget about the adorable Free Trade owl ornaments in the gift shop, or the playing cards, or the books, or the t shirts, or the stuffed anmals!!!!
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Thanks for making Cascades Raptor Center part of your world!
Louise
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