Grants

Eeyore’s Birthday Party gave us a donation!

Eeyore is the grumpy donkey in the classic children’s tale Winnie-the-Poo.
He mopes around so much that his buddies throw him a birthday party to cheer him up.

Well, even bat workers can get a little mopey when things don’t go well for bats.  And bats have hard lives.
This year, the local non-profit organization The Friends of the Forest Foundation cheered up Austin Bat Refuge with a wonderful donation from the proceeds of Eeyore’s Birthday Party!
Thanks so much from us at ABR to this wonderful organization that has been giving back to the community for decades!

Wow! This brought a huge smile to all our faces!  Love you all!
Please join us all in cheering up Eeyore again next year on April 27, 2019 (always the last Saturday in April).
Next year’s event will be Eeyore’s 56th Birthday Party!
Please bookmark eeyores.org, put on a costume (or nothing at all!) and meet us there!

Thank You Lori Moore – and all the good people at FotFF for the very generous donation!

 

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Bats For the Future!

The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation asked us to “represent” as they announced grants given for “Bats For the Future” at the Shell Campus in Houston’s Energy Corridor. Nothing like seeing live bats up close and personal.  Our “Bat Ambassadors” were the stars of the show!
Thanks NFWF!
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Cottonwood Foundation

Thanks so much to the Cottonwood Foundation for the generous grant to our fledgling organization!

The seed money they have provided will make a huge difference for the orphaned, injured, and displaced bats of Central Texas.

We are honored to join over 400 organizations whose diverse projects they have funded, including half-way homes for battered women, a library for children in Kenya, a dance studio in Harlem, a jobs program in the Bronx, arts in the Connecticut prison system, combating hunger, innovative pre-schools, peace work, disability rights, etc.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Austin Bat Refuge

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Pollination Project

We are so honored to have received a grant from the Pollination Project!
Thanks so much for believing in our mission!

The Pollination Project provides micro grants for social change projects worldwide.
This is a link to some of the projects they funded in 2016.
https://thepollinationproject.org/portfolio_skills/grants-awarded-2016/

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The Pollination Project values “compassion consciousness.”

Compassion consciousness means we think through and acknowledge the impact of our choices and our work: from the food we eat, to the questions we ask, to the office supplies we use, to the projects we fund and, ultimately, to the institutions and systems we challenge.

Thanks all!

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