[Durham INC] FW: Celebrate Urban Birds Mini-Grants Available

[Pat Carstensen]

Some neighborhoods might be interested in doing something like this......

From: pel27 at cornell.edu
To: Headwaters.group.nc at sierraclub.org
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:06:36 -0500
Subject: Celebrate Urban Birds Mini-Grants Available



For Release: January 12, 2009 Mini-Grants Available for Local Events
Neighborhood activities focus on birds and natureIthaca, NY--The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites organizations and educators to apply for its Celebrate Urban Birds project mini-grants. Mini-grants average $100 to $500 and help fund neighborhood events across North America. Organizations working with traditionally underserved communities are strongly urged to apply.Celebrate Urban Birds is a free year-round project that collects information from everyday people about 16 species of birds that may be found in urban areas. Participants spend 10 minutes watching birds in their neighborhood and report their observations online at www.CelebrateUrbanBirds.org. This information helps scientists better understand how birds survive in cities and make use of greens spaces, including parks and gardens.A local Celebrate Urban Birds event connects the arts, music, dance, and gardening with birds and science. Celebrate Urban Birds mini-grants could be used to support a bird-activity day at a local museum, afterschool, library, or community center, or fund art and gardening activities at your club, business, school, senior center, or neighborhood. To qualify for a mini-grant, please plan to:hold a Celebrate Urban Birds event in 2009 introduce the public/youth to birds collect Celebrate Urban Birds data and inspire others to observe birds  and collect data distribute Celebrate Urban Birds kits (with posters, seeds, and more) integrate the arts integrate gardening/habitat creation get people outside Application deadline is February 15, 2009To apply for a mini-grant, please visit www.CelebrateUrbanBirds.org.  No experience with birds required.Contact:Karen Purcell, Project Leader, (607) 254-2455, urbanbirds at cornell.eduThe Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a membership institution dedicated to interpreting and conserving the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Visit the Lab’s web site at www.birds.cornell.edu.Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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