BirdBoard.com Charitable Fundraiser For "The Gabriel Foundation"

[Kevin]

BirdBoard.com - The Gabriel Foundation Bird Toy Fundraiser

We encourage you to become a bird board supporter and help "The Gabriel Foundation" a non profit organization that rescues abandoned / abused birds as well as take in unwanted birds from private parties that would either be euthanized or let loose and most likely die due to lack of survival skills and natural predators.

The Gabriel Foundation is the first beneficiary of our efforts this year to raise funds for worthy organizations who set out to do good work for the betterment of parrots.



Alittle background information about The Gabriel Foundation:

A parrot welfare organization provides for the complete physical, psychological and environmental well being of the parrots in the organization’s care. Through the education of the public, proper legal documentation, extensive support services, and constant follow-up procedures, a parrot welfare organization insures that whether the parrots remain in a sanctuary, in rehabilitation, or are placed into adoptive or foster homes, that the parrots are continually nurtured. The parrot welfare organization also provides for the general welfare of parrots in the public domain by providing accurate, comprehensive and reliable educational materials and resources to the public.

With the proliferation of psittacine birds into the pet marketplace, the issue of unwanted birds is rapidly growing. This is no longer one person’s problem or even one industry’s problem. It speaks to the entire issue of being responsible for anyone and anything in your life for which you have chosen stewardship. All living creatures deserve respect and kindness. Societies value birds for economic, cultural, ethical and spiritual reasons. The avicultural and pet industries must heighten public consciousness that animals are not creatures put on this earth for man to dominate, or “own,” but rather they are “other nations” with which to co-exist. The disposable mentality or throwaway cultural attitude prevalent in our society does not speak well for the lives of animals often viewed as commodities that are greatly affected by this trend. They cannot fend for themselves when we do not. The Foundation receives dozens of inquiries daily from around the country because people must "get rid of their birds". The hundreds of inquiries received monthly regarding our programs demonstrate that there is an overwhelming need to provide continuing education and information to the public, the veterinary community and the avicultural industry about the physical, psychological, social, environmental, medical and nutritional needs necessary to provide for the total well being of these highly intelligent, long-lived creatures.

The challenge for veterinarians, breeders, retailers, hobbyists, welfare, rescue and sanctuary groups for companion animals is the realization that there are not enough facilities providing appropriate standards of care for the animals dependent upon their care. The Gabriel Foundation® is currently a part of a working committee of the Association of Avian Veterinarians whose task is to develop a standard of care for parrot welfare organizations, which include rescue and sanctuary groups. The Foundation is also an integral part of the WPWA (World Parrot Welfare Alliance), an international parrot welfare organization whose goal is to develop and promote greater awareness of the needs of parrots in captivity, whether in homes, rescue, sanctuary, or breeding facilities and in the retail pet trade through a set of guidelines and standards.

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The current Gabriel Foundation aviary is able to provide consistent, high quality care for up to 250 psittacine birds at one time. Birds enter the Foundation for a variety of reasons such as family or financial hardship, human guardian’s illness or death, conflict with spouse or children, lack of human interest and/or time, moving/relocation, a bird’s incomparability with human’s expectations, a bird’s physical handicap, a bird’s chronic illness, rescue from animal cruelty, abandonment, lost bird, or request from a pet store, animal welfare organization, veterinarian and breeders to provide on-going care.

The Foundation’s Medical Director evaluates the acute, chronic and long-term medical needs of all incoming and outgoing birds. Our team of attending and affiliated veterinarians, certified veterinary technicians, staff members and volunteers provides for the total health care, as well as psychological and environmental needs. Our staff to bird ratio is crucial to the rehabilitation process of our psittacine residents, where the needs of the individual bird come first. With the in-depth quality of care that the Foundation provides, many caring and committed adoptive families and guardians provide homes for those birds who will continue to thrive in a companion pet situation through the Foundation’s highly structured adoption and screening process. For those birds that remain with us for the remainder of their lives, permanent sanctuary is a safe and enriched habitat dedicated to each resident’s well-being.





With that said 75% of all funds raised from the BirdBoard Supporter Program from
May 25th - July 25th will be donated to "The Gabriel Foundation's Toy Drive"

The collected funds will be in turn purchase a large quanitity of bird toys for the
larger birds at the facility... Mainly the macaws, cockatoos, and african greys that
go through toys in a matter of days.




HOW TO HELP

Every member who becomes a BirdBoard Supporter Membership the following amount is donated to The Gabriel Foundation.

6 Month Membership - $25 of which $18.75 Will be donated to TGF Toy Drive

1 Year Membership - $45 of which $33.75 will be donated to TGF Toy Drive

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The difference helps off set the expenses this FREE site incurs each month and each year since 2001.

Our expenses to maintain this site:

Yearly Dedicated Server Hosting - $3,500
Software Upgrades - $600 - 800
Programmer Labor Expenses - $800+
Misc Advertising & Hardware Costs - $1000+


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Our goal is a modest goal but we would like to raise $1000 for The Gabriel Foundation. Of which will be spent directly on bird toys for the gabriel foundation operation in colorado.

Extra Bonus!

If your company has a special program of matching funds donated to non profit groups your small donation just doubled. TGF will be able to provide you and your employer with their non profit tax exempt identification number, to make sure your employer gets a tax write off for that amount. Thus a great WIN - WIN - WIN situation.

You in a sense doubled your donation, employer gets a 100% write off on the funds matched, and your helping a well known and respected operation in The Gabriel Foundation.

====How to Donate & Support The Gabriel Foundation & BirdBoard.com ====


If you would like to help out please visit your "USER Control" Panel
and click on paid subscriptions. or CLICK HERE

Donators & Supporters will have a special icon on there profile, and also just below their avatar on posts through out the site.

Here is what it looks like.





WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPREAD THE WORD IN HELPING INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THIS ON GOING FUNDRAISER

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If you wish to donate directly to The Gabriel Foundation here is their info.

The Gabriel Foundations Website
The Gabriel Foundation®

[catschair]

This is wonderful! Kevin and Gayla, many thanks for bringing this together. I know our members will appreciate the opportunity and the TGF birds will have a great time with their new toys.

[Kevin]

thread updated with a lil video

[gbird]

Kevin, it's fantastic. Thank you. I have forwarded this onto the ladies at TGF.....

Just an FYI to everyone. All the toys Kevin gets, will be shipped to me, and I personally will take them to TGF. I will also get lots of pictures & video so you can all see the toys you helped us get.

Thanx Kevin, and everybody from me & most importantly, the birds at TGF.

[gbird]

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This is a great way to show support to 2 things we all love.

Our Birds, and others

and this forum, which is so very helpfull for both first time bird owners and long time owners.

Anyquestions regarding the Toy Sponsorship drive, please contact Kevin or I, any questions regarding sponsoring a bird at TGF, please contact me.

Thanx for all you do.

[catschair]

How about an update? I have been out of town. Hope we have had lots of supporters join us!

[kat3k]

Did I miss a link somewhere? How about one for the bird toy/contributing Gabriel site? Thanks!

[Kevin]

Link is in the post where it says "Click Here"

[kat3k]

Yes, I did see that link. I was hoping for one to the toy-buying support of the Gabriel Foundation.

[Kevin]

The money raised will be used to buy toys for gabriel foundation.