Global Owl Project Raffle
Each year we hold a raffle with all proceeds going to the Global Owl Project to help with their work on a global level. Raffle tickets are $5 each, and the prizes can be pretty amazing! All prizes are donated. Tax receipts for donations can be provided upon request.
Two hand-carved dendritic soapstone owls made and donated by Clarence Cameron (larger owl 2.5" tall x 4" x 3"; smaller owl 2 3/8" tall x 1.25" x 1.25"; total retail price $295)
Professional Weather Station by La Crosse Technology
Vortex Vulture 8.5x50 binoculars donated by Eagle Optics
Sandicast Snowy Owl donated by Loretta Dickes (15" tall, retail price ~$100)
Quilted Great Horned Owl Family Wall Hanging/Lap Quilt (34 x 45") made and donated by Cori Green
Other Prizes:
-Autographed copy of "50 Uncommon Birds of the Upper Midwest" by Nancy Overcott, illustrated by Dana Gardner. Donated by Nancy Overcott (hardcover, 132 pages, retail price $34.95)
-Two $25 Prairie Moon Nursery gift certificates
-Owl and cardinal wall hangings made by Joyce Grier
-11" cast metal owl
-Small owl lamp
-Snowy Owl ornament
Proceeds from the 2007 Global Owl Project Raffle were used for:
-work on the Common Scops Owl in Slovenia
-a project on the owls of Turkey
-a megaphone playback system (used in the National Geographic/National Park Service Rock Creek Bioblitz and elsewhere)
-producing a DVD that includes original descriptions of every owl species and subspecies in the world
-the World Owl Conference in The Netherlands in November 2007
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