This is relatively short notice (actually really, really short notice) but the MOU has a unique opportunity this weekend at the Urban Birding Festival!!!!!
Imagine being in the midst of the event - a bright 70 degree day with hundreds of eager birding enthusiasts milling about talking about the FOY birds they saw that day and where to find them! Imagine the wide eyed wonder of young kids coming to their first birding event and looking for some type of guidance from someone other than their parents - and there you sit! You have a free check list of all the birds in the state! The kid takes it and cherishes it like a golden ticket, then starts his path of birdwatching - spring boarding on the check list you gave him. Imagine all of the different binoculars people will have, different birding hats, different birding books, different clothes for birding - some with their pants tucked into their socks - different levels of expertise - and all of it parading in front of you for your enjoyment, education and experience. And they are coming to you because you all you did was volunteer for a 3 hour shift at the MOU information table inside the Spring Brook Nature Center in Fridley - the activities center for the Urban Birding Festival of the Twin Cities. The festival is quickly becoming one of the most popular mid-May events for birders and families and it is growing every year. We need 4 volunteers - two per shift - to cover the two shifts that will run from 9 am-to-noon and noon-to-3 pm at the nature center. Volunteers only need to show up, sit at the table or stand, and hand out checklists and MOU membership pamphlets. We will have some beautiful poster handouts and will likely have most of the similar stuff that is at the State Fair booth. This is a great opportunity to get out, volunteer, contribute and make a difference just by being there! Before or after your shift you can take advantage of any of the numerous birding events offered for free at the festival. Check out there web site to see what all they offer - www.urbanbirdingfestival.org. We will have all of the components there in the nature center and all the first volunteers will have to do is pin up the MOU banner on the table and arrange the materials on the table top. The last shift will have to take it all down and put it back in the box. That is basically it. Everything else is gravy!! Please contact Jennifer Vieth at 651-270-4736 as soon as possible to jump in and to clarify any questions before you create an amazing spring experience for yourself and to many others. This memory will last you quite a while. Start smiling now! Thomas Maiello Angel Environmental Management, Inc. Maple Grove, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
