[mou] The Raptor Center Needs Help

[Sally Cagle]

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, sharonks@mn.rr.com 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
>
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