This Thursday (11/18) the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter (MRVAC) will hold its annual auction fund raiser. Last year we raised over a thousand dollars for the goods and services that were offered at the auction. We invite you to join us at visitor's center of the refuge for the fun. The auction starts at 7pm, but come between 6pm and 6:30 for the refreshments and if you have anything you want to contribute for the auction. Sharon Stiteler will be calling the auction. Some of the many items that will be offered include baked goods, jams and jellies, Aveda products, books (including the North Woods Naturalist Series of fieldguides), and a Vortex Skyline Spotting Scope from Eagle Optics. We have committed to fund internships at the Minnesota River Valley National Refuge for the next three summers. We have already found matching funding for our $2500 annual contribution. In addition to this we will be providing funds to provide busing for school children to programs at the refuge, which again is doubled by matching funds. We also provided classroom materials for teaching environmental education in elementary schools in our area. As with last year's funds, all the money raised at the auction will be spent on environmental education and conservation projects. In all we have committed to providing $10,000 annually for these programs. Not bad for our little organization of less than a thousand members.
Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
