Give to the Max Day
November 14, 2010 – 6:19 PM CST
With all the bears bedded down for the winter and 5 inches of beautiful snow clinging to branches and covering the ground, we can only think of the bears resting in their dens, drifting to lower and lower metabolisms. If they haven’t done so already, they will soon be reducing their blood flow to their limbs in their effort to conserve energy. You probably saw how it looks on the pond cam. I wish someone had thought to take a picture to show the full beauty of the snowy forest.
The best thing that happened today is learning that Team Bear (Lily the Black Bear’s online fundraiser committee) has gotten behind the GiveMN.org fundraiser for the Bear Center. They are getting together a group of people who will put up matching money to double your dollars for the Bear Center on November 16. That date is GiveMN.org’s official “Give to the Max Day”—when people can put up matching money. That’s also the day when the nonprofit with the most individuals donating will get an extra $20,000. So save your donations for that big day! If you are interested in providing matching money, go to the discussion page at http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=263755115498&topic=18812 to see how to do it.
We also learned that people are going to the GiveMN.org home page and registering to make sure they are all set up for November 16. To register, look on the blue bar at the top of the GiveMN.org home page and click on Sign Up.
In addition, an event was created on the Lily the Bear fan page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142521875797098&index=1 with all the information. To put the information on your wall to easily share with your friends, just click the Share button on the event page. It automatically puts it on your Facebook page.
What a difference between this year and last year because of all of you. It is just amazing all that has happened this past year. Thank you all!!
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center