FRANCIS BAIN BIRDATHON TO SUPPORT GEOFF HOGAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH FUND 
     
    
   
   
    
     For over a decade, Geoff Hogan was a keen supporter and motivator of 
     
     projects both within and outside the Natural History Society of Prince Edward 
     
     Island. The significant role he played in increasing public awareness of 
     
     biological systems and the biological knowledge on Prince Edward Island led the 
     
     University of Prince Edward Island to name the Biology Honours Research Fund, 
     
     created by the Alumni, in his honour. The interest on this fund will be 
     
     utilized to assist students who want to do biological research for an 
     
     undergraduate thesis so they can obtain an honours degree. Your assistance will 
     
     thus serve to support in perpetuity biological research on Prince Edward Island. 
     
    

    
     The members of the Natural History Society re-initiated the Bain Birdathon 
     
     as a fund raiser with the specific purpose of contributing the funds raised in 
     
     1992 to the Geoff Hogan Biology Honours Research Fund. Last year's birdathon 
     
     raised over $3,000 and helped bring the fund to its present total of $19,000. 
     
     You can help the Society's effort toward the fund this year by sponsoring the 
     
     Society's Birdathon Team. The Team expects to find between 90 and 120 species 
     
     of birds during the Birdathon which is scheduled for May 29, 1993. If the 
     
     weather is quite poor, the Team will conduct a count within seven days either 
     
     before or after this date. The Team includes Ray Cooke, Roberta Palmer, Bill 
     
     Bowerbank, D.G. Stewart, Linda Thomas, and Dan McAskill. The count will be 
     
     conducted under the American Birding Association Rules. ' 
     
    

    
     To contribute to the Birdathon, simply fill in your name on the attached 
     
     form. If it is a flat pledge for the count, it would save money and time if you 
     
     would submit your pledge with the sheet. Cheques should be made payable to the 
     
     Geoff Hogan Biology Honours Research Fund. Visa and Mastercard pledges will be 
     
     accepted if you complete and signs the form provided below. An upcoming copy of 
     
     the newsletter will provide a report on the number of species seen and they must 
     
     turn in their completed forms and the money by June 7th to the Island Nature 
     
     Trust office. If someone requests a pledge collector's form, have them contact 
     
     Diane Griffin or Barb McDonald at the Island Nature Trust office at 892-7513 or 
     
     Dan McAskill at 569-4351 (evenings). A tax creditable receipt will be 
     
     automatically issued by U.P.E.I. for all donations to the Birdathon of $10 or 
     
     more. Receipts for lesser amounts will be sent if you place an asterisk by the 
     
     pledge amount. 
     
    
   
   
    
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