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Symbolic Migration Update: October 23, 2002
Today's Report Includes:
Ooooh! Aaaah!
"Oh, that's so pretty!", "Look at this one--it's so beautiful!",
"That's so Cool!", "This one even shows the friendship and
goodwill of all three countries!" This is a soundbyte of what the Journey
North office has sounded like for the last week as we opened all of your
envelopes of beautiful butterflies. Take a look at some of what we've been
seeing:
Coming Together to Go to Mexico
Grade school, middle school, high school, girl scouts, cub scouts, college
students, garden clubs, nature centers and libraries! These are just some
of the groups that have come together to participate in the Symbolic Migration
this season. The diverse community and growing generosity of everyone
has been heartwarming.
Butterflies Now Staging in Minnesota
Here's the latest news from the symbolic migration staging ground in Minnesota,
where your butterflies are resting comfortably--at least for now.
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Beth Allen
coordinates the Symbolic Migration each year. Thank you, Beth!
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Since the deadline a few weeks ago, the Journey North staff and volunteers
have been taking on the enormous task of processing the big beautiful
butterfly cargo, in preparation for the rest of its migration to Mexico.
We check to see if all of the necessary information is on your return
envelope which helps provide the best chance of a safe return of butterflies
back to you (and it keeps Beth very happy too).
But before your Butterflies are tucked into their boxes for the final leg of their
fall journey, we've paused to take LOTS of pictures.
Take a look!
Symbolic Migration Art Gallery Now Open
Journey North's premiere art curator Mary Hosier is busy displaying many of your
butterflies in the Symbolic Migration Art Gallery. We think you'll love visiting
this special exhibition of your fine artwork! And even though we couldn't display
all of the thousands and thousands of butterflies in the Gallery, we consider all
of your work masterpieces!
Tour the Gallery, see if you can find YOUR Butterfly, and discover
more too:
Very Special Deliveries
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Maggie,
Jessica,Renee and Kelsey surprised us when, at the end of two days
of hard work processing the butterflies on their vacation, they
donated their wages to MBSF!
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Inside your envelopes we found many generous contributions for the Monarch Butterfly
Sanctuary Foundation(MBSF). Classrooms brainstormed to find creative ways
to raise funds to help the monarchs:
Fifth graders from Cari Andrew's class at Central Elementary in Holton
KS spent several weeks selling cotton candy after school with a machine
lent to them by a local store, and some of the nature art class students
have made crafts to raffle too.
Students from Gerald Axelbaum's and Kathy Lewis' classes at The College
School in St. Louis MO held bake sales before during and after school
for three days. They also raised more funds by writing a letter to send
home with students, and by going to speak about the MBSF in other classrooms.
And Ms. Givens, Ms. Eibels, and three classes of 6th grade students from Alliance,
OH teamed up with the Alliance Garden Club and raised $300.00 for MBSF!
These are just a few examples of the generosity that so many of you have shown.
More heartfelt thanks will come later, but on behalf of the MBSF, the monarchs, and
the future generations that we hope will witness the miracle of migration, THANK
YOU ALL!
Try This! Are You an Ambassador for Your Country?
Symbolic monarchs that we exchange are ambassadors that carry messages between northern
students and students in Mexico, where the monarchs overwinter. The symbolic monarch
you made represents you and expresses your interest, friendship, and appreciation
for the role the Mexican people play in monarch conservation.
As you follow the migrations of real and symbolic butterflies this year, plan to
look for similarities and differences between the migrations. Keep a list of comparisons
all year in your Journal and watch it grow. If you haven't already done so, here
are some questions to consider and some lessons to try.
Journaling Questions:
- Who is responsible for the monarchs at each stage of their lives?
- What happens when the butterflies cross national borders?
- What obstacles might they encounter during their migration?
- How do the butterflies find their wintering grounds?
- Are there times during the fall, winter or spring when the entire population
is at risk?
Symbolic Migration Lessons:
Butterflies
Fly Free, Thanks to UPS
For the 6th year
in a row, all of your butterflies--thousands and thousands of them--will
be migrating to Mexico, all thanks to UPS (United Parcel Service)! Their
generosity, year after year, is an important part of this successful Symbolic
Migration. We hope you'll take the time to send them a thank you note for
their support--they'd love to hear from you!
Please send your thanks to:
Mr. Ed Gill
UPS Minnesota COO
3312 Broadway St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Mark your Calendars! Here's What's in Store
for Your Symbolic Butterflies
Watch for these updates over the next few weeks and get your terminals warmed up
because here's what we're planning:
COMING NOVEMBER 5th:
- Symbolic Butterflies take off for Mexico!
- Passenger Lists (so you can make sure your Symbolic Butterflies were on board).
- Challenge Question #1: Facts will be posted to help you predict the total number
of symbolic monarchs migrating to Mexico.
- Challenge Question #2: A special UPS Tracking number will be posted so you can
try to predict exactly how many days, hours, minutes and seconds the symbolic migration
will take to Mexico. (To be sure you're ready, bookmark the UPS tracking system now:
- UPS Online Package Tracking
System
COMING NOVEMBER 20th:
- Total number of Symbolic Butterflies revealed.
- Total days, hours and minutes it took to reach Mexico.
- List of donors to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation displayed proudly.
- While your Butterflies are in the care of the Mexican people, read about life
in the sanctuary region.
The Next Symbolic Migration Update Will Be Posted on November
5, 2002.
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