Dear Friends of Sax-Zim Bog,First I (and the GREAT GRAYS, CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, PINE GROSBEAKS & ORCHIDS) want to thank all of you who have given generously to Friends of Sax-Zim Bog over the last year. With your donations we have PURCHASED 40 acres of pristine Black Spruce bog and created a parking area and placed TEN FEEDERS on the Owl Avenue site. We have also raised a fair amount for construction of the Sax-Zim Bog Birder/Photographer Welcome Center. With your donations we can COMPLETE THIS PROJECT in 2013!GIVE TO THE MAX DAY is TODAY! Thursday November 15thWe invite you to donate generously to Friends of Sax-Zim Bog, MOU, Hawk Ridge, Audubon (or any of your other favorite organizations).Here is the link to our Give to the Max page:http://givemn.razoo.com/story/FoszbAs a premium for your donation (over $100), Alaska artist Nancy Hausle-Johnson will create a one-of-a-kind 8x8 inch bird tile (with your name on it), for a permanent installation in the Birder/Photographer Welcome Center.
We have already purchased 40 acres of pristine black spruce/tamarack bog and have started work on the Welcome Center site where we have placed a feeder trail and 11 feeders. But we need donations now to complete the Welcome Center itself in 2013...and to purchase an additional bog parcel. Thanks for helping us preserve and promote one of Minnesota's most famous birding sites!Contribution Levels$20-$99 level (any contribution over $20 is considered a membership and qualifies for all member benefits)$100-$399 level (your name with at least four others on a 8x8 bird tile of our choosing)$400-$999 level (your name name alone on a 8x8 bird tile of our choosing)$1,000-$2,999 level (your name alone on a 8x8 bird tile of YOUR choosing)$3,000-$4,999 level (your name on a 8x16 2-tile mural of bird of YOUR choosing)$5,000-$9,999 level (your name on a 16x16 4-tile mural of bird of YOUR choosing)$10,000+ level (your name/business name on the centerpiece 8-tile mosaic ( species of your choice)Of course, you can always donate at our website www.SaxZim.orgThank you in advanceSparky StensaasExecutive DirectorPO Box 3585Duluth, MN 55803www.SaxZim.org ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
