Great idea! Gary and I will mail in $50. The Duluth trip...40+ owls...was priceless!
Sally Cagle Minneapolis On Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at 09:03 PM, Jim Williams wrote: > I'll contribute a dollar per Great Gray Owl seen this winter, give or > take five dollars. Put me down for $50. How about the rest of you? Are > the owls worth helping or just worth seeing? > > And how about the MOU? With a quarter million dollars in the bank, can > it afford to help an owl or two? > > Jim Williams > Wayzata > > > > > On Mar 16, 2005, at 5:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > The University of Minnesota's Raptor Center has admitted over 90 great > gray owls this winter. The owls are coming from collision injuries > with vehicles as opposed to starvation and the average cost of a > surgical patient at TRC is $1500. Typically this time of year is slow > at TRC but with the unusually high patient load, the center is facing > some financial constraints. > > The Kathering B Andersen Fund of the Saint Paul Foundation is offering > a 1:1 matching challenge grant to The Raptor Center, so any money > donate right now will be matched dollar for dollar. > > If you have been enjoying the great gray owls this winter please > consider making a donation. The Raptor Center receives more than 50% > of it's budget from contributions. They take in a lot of birds and > none of them have health insurance. You can call in or donate online > at www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu. > > Sharon Stiteler > Minneapolis, MN > www.birdchick.com > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >
