...to organizations supporting our mission statement, based on nomination and voting of our members. Nominations are open until January 31, 2011. Information about nominees will be distributed in the February newsletter and posted here, in the order received, as it becomes available. How it works - contact our President, Dave Kinkade, giving him the name of the organization, a description of its activities/mission, and contact information. All active members present at the February meeting may vote once for up to three recipients. Four nominees receiving the most votes will receive a grant of $300. | Recipient | Description | | STAR | St. Louis Avian Rescue - formerly Perfectly Precious. STAR's mission is to provide public education about avian care and accept relinquished birds, then provide veterinary screening, foster homes for rehabilitation and eventually permanent rehoming. STAR has a standards-based screening process for potential adopters. | | Feather Distribution Project | The Project, operated for more than twenty years by Jonathan Reyman, collects feathers from a number of sources and distributes them to Native Americans in the Southwest for use in religious ceremonies, traditional clothing and artifacts. Dr. Reyman has been our guest several times to explain the positive impact the simple act of saving our birds’ feathers can have on Native Americans as well as reducing the incentive to capture wild birds just to harvest their feathers. Feathers are provided free of charge. Our donation will help offset operating expenses such as shipping costs. | | World Bird Sanctuary | Our mission is to preserve earth's biological diversity and secure the future of threatened bird species in their natural environments. We fulfill that mission through education, captive breeding, field studies and rehabilitation. We maintain a parrot population as well as raptors, and have an Adoption Program, where GPC might adopt several parrots, thereby focusing a donation. | | AAV Research Association of Avian Veterinarians | AAV is the American branch of an international organization devoted to, "Advancing and Promoting Avian Medicine and Stewardship." We would donate to their Research Fund. The AAV then allocates funds to individual projects as they see fit. | | GeesePeace | Mission - Building better communities through innovative,effective and humane solutions to wildlife conflict. GeesePeace volunteers work to educate the public and help manage the wild goose population in the St. Louis area. In the last seven years 6,109 eggs have been replaces with wooden eggs in 1,104 nests to humanely control the population. | | Wild Bird Rehabilitation | WBR helps over 2,500 birds a year, representing 100 different migratory bird species. WBR receives referrals from St. Louis city, county and state animal agencies as well as many veterinarians and other animal welfare organizations. | | ALEX Foundation | The Alex Foundation, represented by Dr. Irene Pepperberg, continues to advance our understanding of avian cognition and explore non-human use of language and symbols. | | Monteverde Conservation League | In 1987 Swedish school children started a worldwide effort to purchase and protect rainforest in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica, one of the planet’s most bio diverse habitats. Since then, children and adults from 44 nations have joined that effort. Today, the 55,000 acre Children’s Eternal Rainforest is a testament to the change that can be accomplished by individual direct action. Your support helps to protect the air we breathe, the water we use and the amazing abundance of life on which we depend. |
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