Manatee Adoptions available on Valentine’s Day
It could be that many of Cupid’s arrows are “green” tipped.Seems like more Valentine’s Day shoppers are searching for environmentally-friendly gifts ones that come straight from the heart like “green” manatee gift adoptions from Save the Manatee Club.
The Adopt-A-Manatee program funds help Save the Manatee Club protect endangered manatees and their aquatic habitat for future generations. To accomplish this, the Club raises public awareness; educates; sponsors research, rescue, rehabilitation, and release efforts; supports land acquisition; promotes aquatic habitat protection; works for improved protection measures; and supports conservation efforts in other countries. There are only about 3,800 manatees left in Florida waters. Manatees face ever-increasing threats mostly from watercraft-related mortality and loss of winter warm-water habitat.
This Valentine’s Day, people will be connecting with loved ones, and many will choose to express how much they care about the world around them in the gifts they bestow on one another.
Save the Manatee Club, a national nonprofit advocacy organization, was founded in 1981 by Jimmy Buffett, world-renowned singer/songwriter, and former Governor of Florida and U.S. Senator Bob Graham.
For more information about manatees, and to adopt one for Valentine’s Day, contact Save the Manatee Club at 500 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland, FL 32751, call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646), or visit their web site at www.savethemanatee.org.Also, sign up for the Club’s free E-Newsletter and check out their online gift catalog.
You can follow the Club using Twitter twitter.com/savethemanatee, Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Save-the-Manatee-Club/66640207299 and MySpace www.myspace.com/savethemanateeclub.