La MICA Biological Station (www.lamica.org), our small, community-run project in Panama working on conservation, education, and research (and employing all local people in the operations) is in the midst of our last fundraiser for the year. We hope to raise about $1000 to run operations securely until the New Year. Obviously we feel really badly about asking people for money right now with so many people displaced from Hurricane Sandy, yet we need funds to continue our project. We would like to take a percentage of funds we raise during this fundraiser and donate them towards the hurricane relief effort. We feel it would be appropriate to donate to an organization working to assistant local wildlife or the environment, perhaps even displaced pets. We are looking for ideas of organizations who are doing such work in the area hit by Hurricane Sandy. We know it will not be a lot of money, but we feel that every bit will help, as every bit helps us. We also welcome donations for this effort, to both benefit La MICA and the hurricane-hit area and they can be made at www.lamica.org/Donate.html. Thank you for any ideas and donations! Julie
Dr. Julie M. Ray Director La MICA Biological Station US Address: Julie Ray, 12458 132nd Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 Fundación Centro de Investigación Biológica El Copé, S.A. (Panama) El Cope-La Pintada. Provincia de Cocle. Republica de Panama http//www.lamica.org
