Adopt a manatee this Father’s Day
To the editor:
Having trouble finding an out-of-the-ordinary Father’s Day gift?
Please consider adopting a manatee this Father’s Day. Gift adoptions cost $25 and include a color photo, biography, and adoption certificate of the chosen manatee, a membership handbook, a personalized gift card, a year’s membership in Save the Manatee Club, and four printed newsletters and six e-newsletters throughout the year. Shipping is free within the United States.
Also, each new member who joins the Adopt-A-Manatee program online for a $35 tax-deductible donation, will also receive the new official Club T-shirt with a full color tropical design by renowned Florida artist, Nancy Blauers.
There are 33 real, living manatee adoptees with known histories to choose from in the Club’s Florida adoption programs. Manatees available include adoptees at Blue Spring State Park; Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park; in the Tampa Bay area; and along the East Coast.
Manatee deaths in the first three months of 2010 have already exceeded the number of deaths recorded from all of 2009, which itself was a record-breaking year! More than 500 manatees, or 10 percent of the estimated population, have already died this year, many from cold stress due to the prolonged cold winter weather.
Please help in our mantaee conservation efforts, as we believe every single manatee’s life is precious.
Save the Manatee Club was founded in 1981 by world-renowned singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, and former Governor of Florida and U.S. Senator, Bob Graham. The Club is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership-based organization.
Learn more about the manatee’s plight, adopt one for Father’s Day, and check out more wildly different gift ideas in the Club’s online gift catalog by visiting Save the Manatee Club’s website at www.savethemanatee.org or by calling toll free at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646).
Thank you!
Janice Nearing
Save the Manatee Club
Maitland, Fla.