The 2018 Roundup

And ta-da! “Round numbers” short version of the end of the year round-up:

How much did we raise, including all auctions, raffles, and donations, plus our Amazon Smile and Chewy kickbacks, and the cashback on our credit card, AND $2,338 worth of MyBirdStore reward points?

My chicken scratch version says $65,142, the most ever!

3 Macaws on a perch in an outdoor flight with the caption, "Total Raised $65,000 Helping 48 Rescues and 1000's of parrots" over the photo
Total Raised $65,000 – Helping 48 Rescues and 1000’s of Parrots

This year, we dodged the flood of very large seizures we’ve helped out within past years, and we also were spared natural disaster relief missions.

This meant fewer donations in for those big missions, but it also meant more donations out for those we help: this past year, that was 48 people and places last I counted, and literally thousands of parrots.

What did we spend? Ahhh…….all of it and then some? “Close enough” for now. Fundraising will have to crank up again soon! Bigly!

As for what we bought, oxygen concentrators, climbing nets, toys toys toys toys, rope perches, and bungees, more toys, heating panels, stainless steel buckets, and some other things I’m sure I’ve forgotten!

  • A box of colorful parrot toys
    Toys!
  • An Umbrella Cockatoo in a cage, chewing on a purple block of wood which is part of a large bird toy
    Toys!
  • An oxygen concentrator on the floor in front of a decorated Christmas tree. To the right of the concentrator is an African Grey parrot sitting on the back of an upholstered high-back chair
    Lola and all of us at Tallgrass Parrot Sanctuary want to thank the Posse for the oxygen concentrator!!! Best holiday gift ever.
  • 18 small stainless parrot toy buckets filled to the top with shredded paper, wood sticks, and other foraging materials
    A huge thank you to The Posse from Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary!!! …These buckets ROCK! This morning we had 2 youth volunteers with their mom learn about natural behavior and creating foraging for our cockatoos. They packed our beautiful shiny new SS buckets and then got to watch as our cockatoos dove right in
  • A close-up view of a Moluccan Cockatoo's face, eye looking directly at the camera, while his beak digs through a stainless foraging bucket filled with paper, wood, and other foraging toys.
    Mango turns on the charm
  • Goffin's Cockatoo in a cage, looking startled with his crest up next to a large, colorful wood toy
    Toys!
  • A lady smiling and holding a large box filled with parrot rope perches with the caption, "Many Thanks to the Parrot Posse" across the top of the photo
    Looky what I got in the mail today. Thank you The Parrot Posse for always thinking about us at MEBS😘
  • Two Blue & Gold Macaws perched at the top of two different parrot cargo net toys.
    Your Posse dollars at work in several ways. The nets both birds are on came from the Posse. Elvis, right, got his first vet care ever some years ago thanks to the Posse. Both birds are receiving pellets bought by the Posse.
  • A Moluccan Cockatoo standing on some rope perches, holding a sheet of paper showing a cartoon reindeer with Christmas bulbs hanging from his antlers, with the caption, "From Parrot Posse"
    Cowboy would like you to know we got presents!
  • A Military Macaw with plucked shoulders and back hangs on the side of a cage near a heating panel
    Harley really loves her heat panel

But mostly, FOOD! This year, if I’m adding correctly which is always problematic, we’ve bought and shipped 2,844 pounds of in-shell nuts. Not to mention a lot of shelled cashews!

AND, drum roll…other food?

We bought and shipped an amazing 13,387 pounds of pellets.

  • An Umbrella Cockatoo perched on top of a large parrot food back with an additional bag of cashews and other boxes of parrot food behind him
    Thank you from A Helping Wing Parrot Rescue for the food goodies and the toy buckets! Whoopie Bear is looking forward to opening the Nutriberries
  • A close-up of an Umbrella Cockatoo holding an almond in his foot and eating it out of the shell
    Powder
  • 3 Macaws outside on the ground, feeding on colorful parrot food pellets served in a stainless container
    I hope everyone in the Parrot Posse can see just how grateful the parrots of Noah’s Ark are to be supported by you. THIS is what YOUR donations DO! We are so appreciative of the very generous donation of Zupreme pellets, especially at this point in the year because the birds are consuming more food as the temperatures drop. We are beyond blessed to be recipients of your generosity. THANK YOU!!!

Your donations, your crazy auction bids, your continuing support makes this possible. Your generosity is what drives The Parrot Posse, and makes our generosity possible.

Thank you all, and…time to start trying to make 2019 even bigger!