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 There are many ways to be directly involved in the ongoing conservation efforts of the GCBO. In addition to making annual membership contributions, many choose to provide support through a variety of alternative giving and volunteer opportunities. For more information on the following programs, please contact us at (979) 480-0999. Band-Aider. Support the banding program at GCBO - $500. Birder. Help fund the next Great Texas Birding Classic which supports great conservation projects on the Gulf Coast - $1000. Builder. Help build the new GCBO Conservation Center - $5,000. Fairy Godmother. Our scientists need a refractometer to measure water salinity, a boat trailer for their 14’ flat-bottom boat, an auger for tree planting, etc. - $1000. Feeder. Buy seed and suet cakes for the bird feeders at GCBO - $100. Flyer. Support the En-Raptor-Ed event and help fly a raptor - $1000. Hummer. Sponsor the Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza in September - $1000. Modernizer. Purchase updated versions of software for publications and membership - $1000. Partner. Provide travel expense money for staff visits to our partner sites in Mexico and other Gulf Coast states - $1000 or airline points. Patron. Help with expensive utility bills at the GCBO office - $1000. Planter. Landscape a new garden full of butterfly and hummingbird plants - $500. Printer. Give a new office printer that actually works without a struggle - $500. Programmer. Update the computers of the Office Manager and new biologist to the current millennium - $3000. Reader. Help provide more books and items for the Nature Store - $1000.
Reporter. Sponsor an issue of the Gulf Crossings newsletter - $4,000. Road Builder. Help repair chuckholes and resurface our entrance road - $3000. Saver. Save some valuable bird habitat by donating to our land acquisition fund - $1000+. Supplier. Buy those expensive ink tanks and reams of paper that end up costing more than the printers - $500. Sweetener. Provide sugar and feeders for the hummingbirds at GCBO - $50. Volunteer. Work on habitat restoration projects at GCBO and Quintana. Priceless. Warbler. Help fund the study of the endangered Cerulean Warbler - $1000. Watcher. Support the Smith Point Hawkwatch research program - $1000.
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