Hello Everyone – Several people have written recently inquire about how La MICA Biological Station is doing since the unexpected demise of our nonprofit fiscal sponsor in mid-January (see http://www.lamica.org/ppsupport.htmlfor more details). We would like to pass along an update. First, thank you to everyone for all of your concern and encouragement through this very difficult time. Thank you very much to those of you who kindly offered donations despite the fact that you could not receive a tax deduction for your gift. It is these very funds that have kept our project alive over the past nearly three months. Also, thank you to our recent students and group who volunteered a great amount of help around La MICA and provided some work for our local people. Finally, thank you to the local people who continue to sacrifice for and believe in this project. We currently are working on arrangements with another fiscal sponsor. We are waiting to make the grand announcement until everything is completely in order, but we are very excited and thankful for the opportunity. We also have begun paperwork to set up our own independent nonprofit organization. This process can take up to a year to finalize, so we will utilize a fiscal sponsor until everything is in order. So, right now we continue a holding pattern; we are not making any significant advancement, but are maintaining our project despite the huge curve ball that was thrown at us. If anyone would like to make a small donation to aid us in this time as we wait for everything to come into place, please visit http://www.lamica.org/ppsupport.htmland make a donation through PayPal (no account needed). Even the smallest contribution goes a long way in Panama and every penny will go to maintaining our project and most importantly our local people during this time. THANK YOU to everyone for continuing to believe in La MICA Biological Station and our mission for conservation and humanity in central Panama!! Julie, Macedonio, Pablo, Reina, and all of our part-time staff Please contact us if you received this email in error or would like to be removed from our mailing list. Julie M. Ray, MSc, PhD Director La MICA Biological Station Fundación Centro de Investigación Biológica El Copé, S.A. (Panama) US Address: Julie Ray, 12458 132nd Street, Chippewa Fall,s WI 54729 http//www.lamica.org [email protected] El Cope-La Pintada. Provincia de Cocle. Republica de Panama Panama telephone: [011-507]-6707-8900
[ECOLOG-L] update from La MICA Biological Station
Julie Ray, La MICA Biological Station Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:14:58 -0700
