Thursday, February 2, 2012

Save the Manatee Club

This year, we decided that we want to give back. I have been scouring the internet for an organization that I feel strongly about donating to, and after having little to no success finding a good hunting dog rescue, and feeling leery about a few others, we came across the Save the Manatee Club here in Florida. I instantly knew this was the one I was looking for. I grew up coming to Florida several times a year and visited the Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park with my family often. I have super fond memories of the sweet manatees.

We are so very excited to now donate $1 for every order placed in our shop. At the end of every month we will make a bulk donation to SMC. In January, we had 56 orders, and hope to double the amount we can donate for February! It doesn't take a lot of money to give back, and if you don't have the money, you can always donate time! 2012 is the year of giving back in any way you can!
{via Pat Rose}
Follow @savethemanatee on twitter or check out their website for more information on how you can help. You can also adopt a real manatee and you get a photo of them, and an option to visit them in their habitat! If you have never seen a manatee in real life, you should, because they are so gentle and majestic.

xo,
Beca & Doug

14 comments:

  1. Manatees are my favorite animals. :)
    When I'm out of school/have more time, I'm going to open an Etsy store I'm going to have $1 per purchase go to the manatees. This is so exciting that someone else has the same idea.

    <3 Ashlynn.
    http://www.sillycyclops.blogspot.com

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    1. Thats amazing Ashlynn! Let us know when you have a shop so we can help you raise money for the manatees too! xox

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  2. This is amazing and such a great organization to give to! I have actually supported SMC for a couple years now trying to get the word out there about them. I still have yet to see a manatee in person but they have always seem to tug at my heart :)

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    1. I'm so excited to have such an amazing cause to donate too. I'm glad you have been supporting them too!
      xo

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    2. i absolutely love this beca, and it's just one more way of showing how kind and generous you are!

      i remember the first time i saw a manatee (after reading about their often tragic life and declining numbers) and it was pure magic!

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    3. they are one of my favorite animals. im sad that they are so endangered and we just want to help as much as we can. it may not be much, but its something!

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  3. awesome! we are planning to go to blue springs on tuesday in hopes of seeing a manatee in the wild! i love them.

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    1. where is blue springs? in TN? I want to go!!!

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    2. no in florida! in between sanford and daytona beach! we're down here this week visiting my grandparents! apparently there are hundreds of manatees in blue springs it the winter to keep warm! i am so excited!

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    3. update, we went and only saw one, but it was AWESOME! apparently when it is colder there are over 100 in the spring!! so cool!

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  4. I can't stress enough how much I LOVE that you are doing this! <3

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    1. aw, thanks Crystal! We are pretty stoked. Like beyond stoked!

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  5. I haven't ever been lucky enough to see one of these lovely and gentle creatures in real life... I hope I get to, one day. Love this idea :)

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