News
Our annual fundraising efforts for 2009 are still in full gear as summer months are much better for most fundraising efforts as we continue on with another year of bird rescuing and sheltering. This marks our third fiscal year as an offical 501c3 certified and approved bird rescue and we hope to make it one of our best years yet. We have so much talent and knowledge within our organization now that we can offer even more than ever before. But as you all know, it takes funding to make these things work so please help us out whenever and whereever you can with our fundraising efforts.
On Saturday June 27th we had our annual rummage sale on the corner of 8th and Cottage Avenue just catty cornered from the rescue. We took donations of items to sell up until June 15th and ended up with a decent sized rummage sale. Our profits for the day were just over $175.00. All help and support was appreciated.
We are always looking for ways to raise money for Healthipet Network. Please get your minds to working and send us any ideas or thoughts you may have. We are always looking for fresh ideas and assistance in generating funding for our Network. Any help we can get is always greatly appreciated.
Come join us on our Yahoo group site and help us spread the word. Just go to healthipets-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to join or email mambomacaw@sbcglobal.net and have him send you an invite. It's that simple and is a great group to belong to. Hope to see you all there.
This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first. So much is going on and we continue to grow with your help and support. Please be patient with us as we continue to work on our site!
We are working feverishly on getting our site updated and current now. We have begun adding our available birds to the site, along with applications for home checkers and rescues. We've added more pictures and information. We still have a long way to go, but please know that we are working on this constantly to get everything as current as possible. Please bear with us as we work through this. We have begun putting bios and pictures of our approved Homecheckers on the site also. Be sure to check them out periodically as we continue to grow.
Media
Here you will find information on us in the media.
Television
Newspaper
"Herald Republican", Angola's newspaper gave us front page headline of "Best Booth in Show" on 2/25/08 for our participation in the Auburn Home show.
"Evening Press", Dekalb County's newspaper featured an article on us on page 2 2/25/08 for our participation in the Auburn Home Show.
Magazine
"Birds USA" magazine: Executive Director Tim Lacy was recently featured in the annual edition of "Birds USA" magazine 2008 edition. This is the annual magazine put out by "Bird Talk" magazine. The article features a picture of Tim with some of his birds and several quotes from Tim as well on dealing with Birds as pets. "Parrots" magazine: The April issue of "Parrots" magazine features an article written by Executive Director Tim Lacy about our very own Healthipet Network. The article features several pictures of our rescue, birds, and business. They also asked Tim to write at least two more articles for the 2008 season and possibly more. "Parrots" magazine is an international magazine sold in 55 different countries and published in the U.K. Tim's second article was published in the July 2008 issue # 126 and his third article was published in the October 2008 issue #129. "Bird Talk" magazine: "Bird Talk" magazine has asked Executive Director Tim Lacy to serve on their board for resources and info. What this entails is that Tim will be considered an expert that the magazine goes to for answers and advice about any bird related questions they may have. A Bird Book on DVD: This is as yet unnamed but is due to come out sometime this year. It will feature several pictures of our rescue birds and many quotes and info from Executive Director Tim Lacy.
Events
Here you will find information on upcoming events that we are participating in and information on events that we have been to or participated in.
2009
We are currently planning many fundraising events for our 2009 season and hope that many of you will join in and help us as we raise money to further our efforts in helping displaced avians and exotic animals. If anybody has any ideas for fundraisers please contact Tim Lacy to discuss. We welcome all ideas.
On Saturday June 27th had our annual Rummage Sale on the corner of 8th and Cottage Avenue. We had a pretty good turn out considering it turned out to be one of the hottest days of the summer. We profitted about $175.00.. Thanks for all that helped and supported this event.
On Friday, May 15th we participated in the Little 500 "Pet Stop" event held in the parking lot of Cross Street Market and Speck's Pet Supplies on the corner of Scatterfield and Cross Street. The event ran from 5:00PM-10:00PM and was lots of fun. We took several birds with us and got alot of much needed exposure.
On Wednesday, April 1st we presented two seminars at the WonderLab Museum in beautiful downtown Bloomington. We were showcased as a part of their Spring Break Science Days. Our purpose was to educate pre-k through middle school students and adults on exotic birds. This was our first time attending this event and turned out to be a memorable one.
2008
February 23rd and 24th we sat up a booth at the Auburn, IN Home Show. Our purpose was to get our name out there and educate people on the proper care of birds and the why's and why nots of getting a bird for a pet. We also solicited for donations and raised $40. Dedicated members Paul and Candy sponsored this event by paying for our booth rental as well as putting us all up for two nights at their home. Many warm thanks to them for their hospitality and generosity. Below are a few pics from the event.
March 9, 2008 Tim will be speaking at the Kentuckiana Feathered Friends meeting in Louisville, KY. Tim, Robert, and possibly another volunteer or two will be taking a few of our birds down and Tim will be giving an overview of what all our organization does and plans on doing in the future. The Feathered Friends picked our organization to honor and bestow a donation to and asked Tim to give a presentation on our group.
April 26, 2008 we once again attended and set up at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, MI. This is an annual event that just started last year and has enjoyed overwhelming response and praise. We were a part of it last year and were thrilled to be asked back again for this year's event. This year's event was even bigger and better than last year's. We took several birds and volunteers to assist with this. Please let us know if you are interested in being a part of this event in the future.
Sunday May 4th, 2008 we had our first ever annual fundraising auction. We were blessed with many wonderful donations of items or services to be auctioned off. We are hoping to make this an annual event. Please try to help out with this fundraiser in the future in any way that you can. The auction was actually a part of our Healthipet Family Funday. The event lasted from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm with the auction taking place at 1:00 pm. We had fun events going on all day long such as face painting, refreshments, big bouncy toys for kids, a bird booth, etc. Scheduled events and entertainment included Animalia exotic animal show, ballroom dance lessons, country singer Linda Gossett, organ music by Norma Pugsley, soft rock band MLP, etc. Come join us for fun.
Fall of 2008 we are offered our first ever Carnival Group Cruise as a fundraising event. It was set for September 7th, 2008 and was a 7 day cruise. It departed from Miami and went to Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and Cozumel, Mexico. Please keep this in mind as this could be a great benefit both to our Network as well as those desiring to take an affordable cruise while helping support the Healthipet Network. If this is something uyou would like to see us do again please let us know. Please contact us asap if interested.
Our Calendar fundraising started the first of August. Be sure to help us out by selling as many as you can and encouraging others to do so as well. For every calendar we sell we earn $10 for the Network. This could add up quickly and is one of our easiest and quickest ways to raise money for the birds. We hope everybody plans on being an active part of the team and helps us help them. You can download an order form right here. images\Documents\Parrotsatplayorderform.doc
2007
April 14th Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan Air Zoo Online 10:00am to 5:00pm with Laki's Home Bird Rescue.
