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May 17, 2011
Contact:
Tom Myrick, Communications Director
(763) 560-7374 (ext. 225)
763-567-1907 (cell)
tmyrick@wolf.org
www.wolf.org
International Wolf Center is the only Minnesota nonprofit to qualify for round two
of the Chase Community social media campaign.
The Chase Community online Giving Program is awarding $5 million dollars to
nonprofits through a national Facebook campaign that began in mid April and ends
May 25, 2011. The Center came in third in the nation during round one of the
competition, winning $25,000 to support its mission to teach the world about wolves.
The Center is the only Minnesota charity to qualify for the next and final round
of voting. Only the top 100 charities with the most Facebook votes received $25,000
in round one. The Center received 3,690 Facebook votes.
Your click could help the Center win $500,000
"We were flabbergasted at the support we received in round one," said the
International Wolf Center's Executive Director Mary Ortiz. "Our Facebook fans really
came to the rescue as did North American Bear Center fans, Red Wolf Coalition fans
and a host of other Facebook groups who share our dedication and love for wolves. Our
efforts now turn to round two, where we stand to win up to $500,000," stated Ortiz.
"We've never had an opportunity like this in the history of the Center, so I'd
just like to ask everyone to go to our
Facebook landing page and vote for us," said Ortiz. "We expect round two competition
to be really fierce, so we'll need all the Facebook voting support we can get."
Round two voting begins May 19 as the top 100 nonprofits compete for the
remaining $2.5 million dollars.
- The eligible charity receiving the most votes will be awarded $500,000
- The second place winner will be awarded $400,000
- The third place winner will be awarded $300,000
- Eligible charities in fourth and fifth place will be awarded $200,000 each
- Sixth through 10th place charities will be awarded $100,000 each
- Winners in 11th through 15th place will be awarded $40,000 each
- The remaining 10 eligible charities will be awarded $20,000 each
Winning the Chase Community Giving Program will help the International Wolf Center
inject reason, science-based information and healthy dialogue into the nation's
worsening human-wolf conflicts. Wolves are stepping off the endangered species list
into an era when some people's fears about the wolf are running high and the species
is less protected and sometimes hunted. We want to give wolves a voice in a dialogue
too often dominated by hyperbole. The Center is uniquely positioned to infuse lively,
friendly, fact-based education into an often-inflamed public dialogue. With this
funding, we will expand educational tracking programs featuring wild wolves through
state-of-the-art technology, broaden programs that bring the Center's wolves and wolf
education into classrooms around the world via video conferencing technology, and
implement live streaming cameras of the Center's ambassador wolves. Wolves are a
valued national resource. We teach humans so that wolves might live.
Important links:
Link to our official Chase facebook voting page
The official International Wolf Center Web site
The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching
about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future.
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ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER- The International Wolf Center, founded in 1985,
is known worldwide as the nation's premier source for wolf education. The mission of
the Center is to advance the survival of wolf populations by teaching about the wolf's
life, its relationship to wildlands and the human role in its future. The Center
educates through its Web site, www.wolf.org, its ambassador wolves, museum exhibits,
on-site adventure and outreach programs and International Wolf magazine. Its flagship
educational facility in Ely, MN, 1396 Highway 169, Ely, MN 55731. (Phone: 218-365-4695)
The Center's administrative and outreach offices are at 3410 Winnetka Ave North,
Minneapolis, MN 55427.
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