Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration Update: November 3, 2006
Greetings from the Symbolic Butterfly Capital of the World, where your butterflies are uniting butterflies sent from students across the U.S and Canada. All of your symbolic monarchs will soon travel side by side and spend the winter together. (Watch for the Passenger List in our November 22 Update.)
As we are sorting and preparing your butterflies for their journey to Mexico we are amazed by the hundreds of beautiful and unique butterflies. Each one deserves recognition! Come and view a sampling posted in the Symbolic Migration 2006 Art Gallery.
Journey North's premiere art curator Mary Hosier has been busy collecting and photographing many of your butterflies for this year’s gallery. We think you'll love visiting this special exhibition of your fine artwork!
Tour the Gallery, enjoy the artwork, and see if you can find YOUR Butterfly:
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Visit
the Galleries
Do you see your Butterfly? |
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Gallery
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Ambassador Butterflies |
Gallery
Two
Collage Creations |
Gallery
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Artistic Realism |
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Gallery
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Sensationally Symmetrical |
Gallery
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Special Messages |
Monarchs Official Arrival Coincides with Dia de los Muertos
The symbolic butterflies you make and send connect you to the school children in the Mexican sanctuaries. They open the door to sharing traditions and concerns between countries. We have
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Students
celebrating Dia de los Muertos at a Catholic school in
Angangueo.
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just
received news that the fall monarch migration has been completed.
They have
arrived in El Cerrito and El Rosario Sanctuaries!
Each year at the same time the monarchs arrive, Mexicans celebrate
the holiday of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Many people
in the
region believe
the monarchs are the souls of their ancestors, returning for
their annual visit. Take a minute to learn more as Estela shares
her
Day of the Dead report and pictures from her daughter’s
school.
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Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) >>
Very Special Deliveries
Inside your envelopes we found many contributions for the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation (MBSF). Your donations both large and small have served as a true gesture of appreciation to the Mexican people for caring for the butterflies.
Over the years hundreds have engaged in creative fund raising projects to send contributions for the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation (MBSF). We would like to collect and share your ideas. Here’s our start:
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MBSF Fundraising Stories >>
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Thank
you for your
"We're Helping Monarchs" Donation |
We'll proudly display all the names of those of you who donated, and the grand total in an upcoming report. And when the real butterflies return next spring, you'll be proud to know that you helped!
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COMING
NOVEMBER 22nd
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Passenger
Lists (so you can make sure your Symbolic Butterflies were on
board).
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More
Butterflies fly into the Galleries
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COMING
December 9th
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Total
number of Symbolic Butterflies revealed.
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List
of donors to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation proudly
displayed.
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While
your Butterflies are in the care of the Mexican people, read
about life in the sanctuary region.
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The Next Symbolic Monarch Migration Update Will be Posted on November 22, 2006.
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