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Help keep BirdCare Aotearoa's nest warm for baby birds!

  • Baby birds at BirdCare Aotearoa - Update for the start of summer! 😎

      1 December 2022
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    We are hugely grateful for your donation during our Generosity Generator campaign, and would like to share a cute photo of one of the special young patients which your donation has helped us to care for during spring. It is one of the two gorgeous, fluffy ruru/morepork chicks we currently have in care. We have raised many chicks during baby bird season so far, including tūī, tauhou/silvereyes, warou/welcome swallows, poaka/pied stilts, pūkeko, various ducklings, pigeons, sparrows, blackbirds and song thrushes, among others 🦉

    Here are 3 FREE ways you can support BirdCare Aotearoa this summer, to help us to save more precious baby wild birds 🐥

    1 - You can make your donation go 33% further for BirdCare Aotearoa by registering with our partner Supergenerous, who will then collect the receipts from charities you have donated to within the past 4 years, and claim the tax rebate from IRD on your behalf. They will then donate the rebate to BirdCare Aotearoa if you wish. It is very quick and easy to register!

    Supergenerous will also give BirdCare Aotearoa a bonus donation of $200 if we have 25 people register in time for them to claim rebates before the end of December. If we get 100 people, they’ll bump that up to $1,000! That would make a wonderful Christmas gift for the baby birds 🎁

    https://www.supergenerous.co.nz/superpartners/birdcare-aotearoa

    2 - If you are unsure what you would like your family to buy you for Christmas, perhaps you could consider setting up a gift registry at The Good Registry for BirdCare to receive donations in your honour.

    The Good Registry is a non-profit which makes it easy for people to ask for and receive charity donations instead of physical gifts 🥰

    https://app.thegoodregistry.com/charities/birdcare-aotearoa

    3 - We are currently seeking corporate sponsorship to help support BirdCare Aotearoa - If you have contact with a business which you think might be interested in supporting BirdCare Aotearoa wild bird hospital’s charitable work saving the lives of rescued wild birds and supporting communities, please email the contact name and business details, along with a description of your relationship to the company to support@birdcareaotearoa.org.nz

    Thank you very much for your support! Our team BirdCare Aotearoa greatly appreciates your help with providing care for wild birds in need, and releasing them healthy and strong back into the wild where they belong 💚

    We hope you have a wonderful summer! ☀

    P.S. If you are interested in regular updates about patients at BirdCare Aotearoa you can follow us here: https://www.facebook.com/BirdCareAotearoa or https://www.instagram.com/birdcareaotearoa

    If you’d like to find other ways of supporting BirdCare Aotearoa, you can find options like our Wish List and Gift Certificates here: https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/donate/

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  • Final total raised! 😍

      5 October 2022
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    Thank you once again from BirdCare Aotearoa and the baby birds for all your generous donations and support throughout our #GenerosityGenerator campaign! 🐣

    Our campaign page has now officially closed and future contributions can be made to www.birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/donate.

    We're pleased to announce the final total raised during this campaign:

    • $20,365 via Givealittle

    • $2,620 via direct donations, including 5 new regular donors who have signed up for monthly/weekly contributions

    Over two weeks, together, we raised $22,985 for baby birds in need! We are profoundly grateful for your kindness and generosity. 💚

    We look forward to staying in touch so we can share updates about our patients and so you can learn more about the impact of your donation on our precious feathered friends.

    With sincere thanks from BirdCare Aotearoa. May your Spring be filled with birdsong! 🥰🦉

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  • Heartfelt thanks from BirdCare Aotearoa!

      30 September 2022
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    Our Generosity Generator crowdfunding campaign has now closed. Thanks to your incredible generosity, we have raised over $20,000! 🥰🎉

    This is a huge boost as we enter what we expect will be our busiest ever baby bird season. These funds will support the purchase of food, essential medication and housing for the 2,500+ birds we’ll care for this spring and summer, plus help support our small team working around the clock to care for them. 🐣🐥

    Thank you for helping us smash our campaign goal of $15,000 – an incredible achievement, which was only possible with your support. Heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who donated, shared our campaign with others, put up a poster, sent words of encouragement, or helped in any other way. This was a team effort, and we’re absolutely blown away by your generosity and support. THANK YOU!! 🦉💚

    Special thanks to:

    • The wonderful individuals behind the Generosity Generator who made all this possible and provided endless support and wisdom: The Funding Network NZ, Givealittle, Chorus, and NZME.

    • Our incredible match funders: Veterinary Specialists Aotearoa, Parrot Treats, and our two wonderfully generous anonymous match donors.

    • All media who supported us and provided publicity: Scoop Independent, The Aucklander / NZ Herald, Voxy, The AM Show, RNZ, and The Breeze Auckland 93.4FM.

    • Two wonderful donors: Vet Post and Green Bay School.

    If you happen to know anyone who missed out on donating to this campaign, they’re most welcome to make a donation directly through our website: https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz/donate/

    Thank you so much from BirdCare Aotearoa - and all our feathered patients! 🐧💚

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  • Today is the FINAL day of our campaign 😍 Donations close at MIDNIGHT!

      28 September 2022

    Thank you so much for all of your wonderful donations and support, we're so very grateful! 🥰

    There is still time to help us gain even more donations and to smash our goal! 😍

    We'd love it if you can please help us with one last push by spreading the word about our campaign, to save baby birds! 🐣

    We hope you enjoy our video of cute little duckings having their bath 😊

    Thank you very much everyone, you are all so wonderful, we are immensely grateful! 💚 🦉

    https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/help-keep-birdcare-aotearoas-nest-warm

    A big thank you to our final match donors Veterinary Specialists Aotearoa (VSA) and Parrot Treats for their generous matched donations!

    Also thank you very much to The Funding Network NZ, Givealittle, Chorus and NZME for their wonderful support with the #GenerosityGenerator campaign!

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  • Great News - Double your impact today!! 🥳🐥

      27 September 2022

    A huge thank you to Veterinary Specialists Aotearoa (VSA) who are matching the next $1,000 of donations! This means that any donations made will be DOUBLED!!

    Please share this awesome news and encourage others to donate today to double their impact - the precious birds will thank you for it!

    Thank you so much everyone for all your wonderful support so far, we are so very grateful! 🥰

    We hope you enjoy this video of a gorgeous tūī having a waterproofing shower in preparation for its release 😍

    https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/help-keep-birdcare-aotearoas-nest-warm

    Huge thanks to: Veterinary Specialists Aotearoa (VSA), Givealittle, The Funding Network NZ, #GenerosityGenerator

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  • Cute chicks!!

      25 September 2022

    We're celebrating the start of baby bird season. 🐣 🐥

    We hope you enjoy our compilation of some gorgeous chicks from previous seasons. 🥰 Be sure to watch TV3's AM at 7.35am and 8.35am Monday 26th September to see some of the beautiful birds currently in care at BirdCare Aotearoa! 🎥📺 And please share to spread the love! 💚🦉

    Thank you so very much for your support and for caring about precious wild birds, we are hugely grateful! 🥰

    Our #GenerosityGenerator campaign runs until midnight Thursday 29th September, so there's still time to donate and share our campaign.

    With many thanks to The Funding Network NZ and Givealittle. 😊

    https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/help-keep-birdcare-aotearoas-nest-warm

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  • This calls for a celebration! 🤩

      23 September 2022
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    We're half-way through our #GenerosityGenerator campaign and thanks to all of you amazing supporters, we've already raised over $10,000! 😍

    We have a special announcement - no spoilers here but let's just say that we recommend you watch The AM Show on Monday 26th September (at 7.35am and 8.35am).

    We're extremely grateful for all your generous donations and support so far. Our campaign runs until midnight Thursday 29th September. Please keep sharing to spread the word, so we can smash our campaign goal and continue caring for all the precious wild birds who need us! 🦉💚

    https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/help-keep-birdcare-aotearoas-nest-warm

    BirdCare Aotearoa would also like to thank the following for their wonderful support with our campaign:

    #thefundingnetworknz

    #GenerosityGenerator

    #givealittle

    #chorus

    #nzme

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  • Thank you so very much! 💚

      21 September 2022

    We are immensely grateful for all your support with sharing our campaign and for your wonderful donations, including from some additional generous supporters who have pledged matched funding during the campaign 😍 $500 of which is currently available for unlocking from now until 11.59pm 22nd Sept!

    This sweet baby bird is just one of many who will be hugely grateful this season! 🥰

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    • 21/09/2022 by BirdCare Aotearoa

      A big thank you from BirdCare Aotearoa also to the following for their fantastic support and some of the previous matched funding:

      #SuperpowerHour #GenerosityGenerator2022 #matchfunding #generositysuperpower #doubleyourdonations #smallKiwicharities #crowdfunding #chorus #nzme

  • Awesome update and first baby pūkeko of the season! 🐣

      18 September 2022

    Thank you so very much to everyone who has supported us in our #GenerosityGenerator campaign so far!

    It is wonderful that we have reached over $4,500 - almost a third of the way to our goal, thank you! 💚

    We feel very privileged to be able to help save the lives of wild birds in need, including the large number of orphaned babies we'll be caring for this spring and summer 🦉

    We'd be so grateful if you can please continue to spread the word to help save precious baby birds 🐣

    We hope you enjoy this video of a sweet little pūkeko chick, the first of the season!

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