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Birdathon 2010
Celebrates
25 Years of Oxbow, Inc.
by
Jon Seymour
Birdathon
2010 will be a celebration of Oxbow, Inc.'s first 25 years. We started
in 1985 as the Save the Oxbow Society and incorporated a year later as
Oxbow, Inc. However we trace our origin to the Save the Oxbow
Society and so 2010 will be our 25th Anniversary. We hope that the
number of participants and the dollars raised by them will be the
largest ever and we will need your help to see that hope come true.
So
mark your calendars for Friday and Saturday, May 7-8, and plan to do one
of the following, donate to the Birdathon, enter the competition, and
attend the Tally Pizza Party at Winton Centre, at 5:00 pm on Saturday
May 8, for all participants. Money raised from the Birdathon goes to
habitat improvement and improved access so both animals and people can
enjoy the Oxbow are even more.
In
our 25 years of existence we have gone from a loosely organized letter
writing group to a newly formed grass roots non-profit land trust, to
owning our first property, to obtaining our first conservation
easements, to growing our holdings to over 1100 protected acres, to
being named an Important Bird Area by the Audubon Society, and this year
recording our 286th and 286th species of bird seen in the 5 square mile
area we call the Oxbow.
So
let's make this anniversary year's Birdathon the best ever. See below
for information on how to donate or how to enter a team or yourself in
the "competition". And remember the main competition in the
Birdathon is to see who can have the most fun – and raise the most
money for Oxbow, Inc.
Each participant is asked to raise money for Oxbow,
Inc. by obtaining donations from family and friends to support their
efforts. All money collected by Oxbow, Inc. will be reserved for
projects involving bird habitat improvement and increased viewing
access. As in the past we will ask other organizations to sponsor teams
and solicit donations. We have adopted the practice of splitting
donations raised by sister organizations 50/50 between the sister
organization and Oxbow, Inc.
Birdathon
Pledge Form
Birdatlion
Registration Form
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