November 30, 2013 Dear Friends, Family, and Colleagues, Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to you and yours! We are thankful that we get to work together on Amigos Alados, which you probably know is the project we started to link classrooms in California and Mexico. As penpals, Amigos Alados students study and communicate about the migratory songbirds they share. Amigos Alados is six years old now, and we’ve grown. This year we are serving 22 classrooms – 600+ students in California’s Bay Area and in Jalisco, Mexico. Since the email fundraiser we conducted about five years ago, which raised about $400, we have funded the project mostly from our own private bank accounts and countless volunteer hours. Please consider making a year-end, tax-deductible donation to support our efforts. We welcome anything – from $5 to $500! Your generous gift will help children here and in Mexico to develop a life-long attitude of respect for each other, for migratory birds, and for the environment. You can give through PayPal (go to amigosalados.org/Donations.html) or by sending a check to: Amigos Alados c/o MarinLink 5800 Northgate Mall, Suite 250 San Rafael, CA 94903 Please visit and “like” us on Facebook. With much appreciation, Alison Quoyeser & Martina Goegelmann Our recent expenses include: • Hosting of four ornithologists who teach our classes in Mexico, three times per school year • Food and travel expenses for ornithologists in Mexico • Ornithology workshops and field trips in California • Teacher dinner and workshop in California • Printing of 12 teacher manuals • Printing of student Bird Guide books in Mexico • Mailing of teacher manuals • Mailing of penpal letters • General office supplies, including printer ink, staplers, paper, posterboard, etc. • Binoculars and Kaufman Field Guides for teachers in Mexico • Materials for ornithology lessons in Mexico • Annual fiscal sponsorship fee to MarinLink • Fictitious Business Name fee to Marin county • Amigos Alados Coloring Book artwork and printing Our dreams (if only we had enough money) include: • Professional development workshops in ornithology and environmental education for teachers in Mexico • Professional re-design of our website • Providing hats and or tee-shirts with the Amigos Alados birds and logo for participating students in California and Mexico • Hiring of student interns to help with the project Through the fiscal sponsorship and nonprofit status given to us by MarinLink (501(c)(3) # 20-0879422, your donation is tax-deductible.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 06:44:14 +0000
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