Overflow That Easter Basket With A Florida Manatee
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“Kara has always been an animal-lover, and she would love to be able to meet Brutus, her adopted manatee” says Kara’s dad, Michael Signorelli, who took the above photo of his daughter.
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Janice Nearing,
Director of Public Relations
Phone: (407) 539-0990
E-mail: jnearing@savethemanatee.org
For Immediate Release
Note: A high resolution jpeg (300 dpi) of a manatee image, as well as a photo of Kara, are available upon request.
Easter treasures come in all shapes and sizes. Save the Manatee Club suggests thinking big this year and “green up” Easter gift-giving with manatee adoptions.
Michael Signorelli, an animal-lover from Texas, asked his daughter, Kara, who goes to college in the Lone Star state, what she wanted for Easter last year. “She asked me to adopt a manatee for her, so we chose Brutus from Save the Manatee Club’s Blue Spring State Park Adopt-A-Manatee® program,” said Michael. “He was one of the biggest ones out there and we liked his name. Kara actually made a Facebook page for Brutus and he now has over 30 friends.”
An Easter gift adoption from Save the Manatee Club costs $25, is tax-deductible, and includes a color photo, biography, and adoption certificate of a real endangered manatee living in Florida. Photos of Brutus, Lily, Whiskers, Deep Dent, and all 34 manatees available for adoption are featured on the Club’s website at www.savethemanatee.org. Also included with the gift adoption is a membership handbook filled with photos, facts, and information, plus subscriptions to the Club’s official quarterly newsletter, The Manatee Zone, and the bi-monthly e-newsletter, Paddle Tales. Shipping is free within the United States. For $35, the gift adoption package also includes a charming 8-inch plush manatee.
Funds from the adoption program help Save the Manatee Club, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization established in 1981 by singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, continue to engage in numerous areas of manatee conservation, including raising public awareness by providing free educational and outreach materials to schools, parks, environmental organizations, the media, the boating community, and the general public. The Club also sponsors research, rescue, rehabilitation, and release efforts, both in the U.S. and abroad; advocates for strong protection measures for endangered manatees and their aquatic habitat; and supports land acquisition.
“The Club’s adoption programs continue to delight so many and also provide a unique and interesting way to spread the word about manatees and the threats to their long-term survival,” explained Patrick Rose, Aquatic Biologist and Executive Director of Save the Manatee Club.
“Without Save the Manatee Club, people would not be aware of the many personal stories of the manatees,” said Michael. “We find it interesting to receive the newsletters and learn about the Club’s conservation work and also what’s going on with Brutus and all the other manatees, too.”
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