 Monarch Watch will again be featured in the University of Kansas' annual One Day One KU 24-hour fundraising campaign which will begin on Thursday, February 20th at noon this year. The event will provide an opportunity for Monarch Watchers all over the globe to come together and show their support of our program. Please help us get more milkweeds in the ground and support our mission to sustain the monarch migration! Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference and this is especially true for this unique campaign. Monarch Watch has held the #1 position on the campus-wide leaderboard for total number of gifts received in each of the last four years. This is extremely gratifying but not only that, it helps us by demonstrating to the entire KU community the substantial reach of our program and the incredible support we receive from all of you. We hope to top the chart once again this year and we need your help! Our 4-yr average number of gifts for this event is 649 and we would love to meet or beat that number. Several Monarch Watchers have stepped up to provide challenges to make your donation go even further. And new this year, more than $220,000 will be awarded as bonus contributions for challenges throughout the giving event - see details below. Please plan to visit us February 20-21 (noon to noon) to give and if you would like a reminder with a direct link to the campaign, please sign up to receive our periodic newsletters and we will send you an email on the day. Please spread the word about this opportunity and thank you for your interest and continued support! |
CAMPAIGN PREVIEW (come back February 20-21, noon to noon, to donate!) |
Monarchs Need Your Help!Monarchs have experienced substantial population declines and habitat loss in recent years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened with species-specific protections, including the goal of incentivizing the creation of more monarch habitat. Join Monarch Watch in supporting monarch conservation efforts by making a donation today. Monarch Watch's on-the-ground conservation efforts have focused on encouraging people to create Monarch Waystations (places that provide resources for monarchs to produce successive generations and sustain their migration) and providing free native milkweeds (a crucial host plant for monarchs) to schools, educational nonprofits, and habitat-restoration projects. More than 49,000 Monarch Waystations have been registered since 2005, and Monarch Watch has distributed more than 1 million milkweeds since 2010. We need your help to spread the word about the importance of monarch habitat and to distribute even more free milkweed plants. Your One Day One KU donation will be used to:
• Provide free native milkweeds to schools, educational nonprofits, and habitat-restoration projects
• Distribute educational resources about the importance of milkweeds and nectar plants for monarchs and how to create a Monarch Waystation Monarch Watch engages more than 100,000 people each year and has become a leader in efforts to sustain the monarch migration. Your support will have a lasting impact on monarchs and those dedicated to their conservation. Thank you!  |
BONUS CHALLENGES FOR SHARE OF MORE THAN $220,000 |
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As mentioned above, this year more than $220,000 will be awarded as bonus contributions for challenges throughout the giving event. Some of the challenges are for overall totals at the end of the event but there are also several at specific times during the 24-hour fundraiser (all times are CST): Overall
Thursday, February 20
Friday, February 21
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