Remembering the tender meaning behind Valentine’s Day motivates many gift-givers to Adopt-A-Manatee® for those they adore. Georgia Vahue, a gallery director and curator for an arts center in New York, selected Ariel from Save the Manatee Club’s adoption program for her granddaughter, Rebecca, last Valentine’s Day. Growing up in Florida, Georgia has wonderful memories of spending time with her daughters and parents by the water. “I am very proud that my daughters have continued our legacy by teaching their children, my grandchildren, to love and respect manatees and all of Florida’s wildlife,” said Georgia. “The Christmas before, I had adopted a manatee for my grandson, Evan, and then my granddaughter Rebecca wanted one of her own. I thought Valentine’s Day was a perfect time.”
A tax-deductible manatee gift adoption from Save the Manatee Club costs $25 and includes a color photo, biography, and adoption certificate of a real endangered manatee living in Florida. There are 32 manatees featured in the Club’s Florida adoption programs at Homosassa Springs, the East Coast, Tampa Bay, and Blue Spring. Also included with the gift package is a membership handbook filled with photos, facts, and information, plus subscriptions to the Club’s official quarterly newsletter, The Manatee Zone, and the bi-monthly e-newsletter, Paddle Tales. A personalized Valentine’s Day gift card comes with each adoption, and shipping is free within the United States. A $35 gift adoption includes an 8-inch manatee plush toy along with all the adoption materials offered in the $25 package.
Funds from the adoption program help in many ways. Save the Manatee Club is an award-winning 501(c) 3 nonprofit conservation organization, established in 1981 by singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, and former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham. The Club’s mission is to protect endangered manatees and their aquatic habitat for future generations. It accomplishes this by working closely with federal, state, and local governments, as well as at the grass roots level, supporting policies that are based on the best scientific data available. The Club raises public awareness; educates; sponsors research, rescue, rehabilitation, and release efforts; supports land acquisition; promotes aquatic habitat protection; advocates for improved protection measures; and supports conservation efforts in other countries.
“2010 was a tragic year for manatees, with 767 deaths, almost half due to cold stress from the prolonged cold weather in the first three months,” said Patrick Rose, Aquatic Biologist and Executive Director of Save the Manatee Club. “Manatees face other threats every day of their lives from shoreline development, dangerous boat traffic, harassment, pollution and more. We need the public’s continued support to help us carry on with our life-saving conservation work.”
Find out more about adopting a manatee this Valentine’s Day, whether you live down south, up north in New York like Georgia Vahue, or anywhere in the country and abroad, you can help. Visit Save the Manatee Club’s website at www.savethemanatee.org, or call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). Also, sign up for the Club’s free E-Newsletter.
You can follow the Club using Twitter http://twitter.com/savethemanatee, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Manatee-Club/66640207299 and MySpace http://www.myspace.com/savethemanateeclub.
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A tax-deductible manatee gift adoption from Save the Manatee Club costs $25 and includes a color photo, biography, and adoption certificate of a real endangered manatee living in Florida. There are 32 manatees featured in the Club’s Florida adoption programs at Homosassa Springs, the East Coast, Tampa Bay, and Blue Spring. Also included with the gift package is a membership handbook filled with photos, facts, and information, plus subscriptions to the Club’s official quarterly newsletter, The Manatee Zone, and the bi-monthly e-newsletter, Paddle Tales. A personalized Valentine’s Day gift card comes with each adoption, and shipping is free within the United States. A $35 gift adoption includes an 8-inch manatee plush toy along with all the adoption materials offered in the $25 package.
Funds from the adoption program help in many ways. Save the Manatee Club is an award-winning 501(c) 3 nonprofit conservation organization, established in 1981 by singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, and former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham. The Club’s mission is to protect endangered manatees and their aquatic habitat for future generations. It accomplishes this by working closely with federal, state, and local governments, as well as at the grass roots level, supporting policies that are based on the best scientific data available. The Club raises public awareness; educates; sponsors research, rescue, rehabilitation, and release efforts; supports land acquisition; promotes aquatic habitat protection; advocates for improved protection measures; and supports conservation efforts in other countries.
“2010 was a tragic year for manatees, with 767 deaths, almost half due to cold stress from the prolonged cold weather in the first three months,” said Patrick Rose, Aquatic Biologist and Executive Director of Save the Manatee Club. “Manatees face other threats every day of their lives from shoreline development, dangerous boat traffic, harassment, pollution and more. We need the public’s continued support to help us carry on with our life-saving conservation work.”
Find out more about adopting a manatee this Valentine’s Day, whether you live down south, up north in New York like Georgia Vahue, or anywhere in the country and abroad, you can help. Visit Save the Manatee Club’s website at www.savethemanatee.org, or call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). Also, sign up for the Club’s free E-Newsletter.
You can follow the Club using Twitter http://twitter.com/savethemanatee, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Manatee-Club/66640207299 and MySpace http://www.myspace.com/savethemanateeclub.
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