Birds, Habitats, Kids, and YOU
Protect and inspire in 2022
Join Madison Audubon for a day of giving back! Your donation for birds will be MATCHED, dollar for dollar!
The Big Share is a day of online giving for 70 member organizations of Community Shares of Wisconsin, all focused on social and environmental justice. Madison Audubon is honored to be one of them.
We helped birds AND people in 2021! Madison Audubon has provided programs, inspiration, and land for exploring throughout the past year and we need to increase our impact in the year to come.
That's why our goal is to raise at least $15,000 and bring in at least 50 new supporters through this year's Big Share.
There are THREE main ways you can help support birds on March 1:
Make a donation to madisonaudubon.org/bigshare — especially between 6am-7am. That's our "Power Hour," and if we get the highest number of donations, regardless of the amounts, we win a $1000 cash prize! Thanks to all of you, we won the $1000 Most Donors prize during the Early Bird Power Hour—thanks to Tom Linfield and the Madison Community Foundation for providing the prize!
Share the Big Share on social media. We have sample posts and images ready for you at madisonaudubon.org/tbs-toolkit. We’d love for your bird- and nature-loving friends to join us!
Create a Facebook Fundraiser to encourage your friends to make a donation, lickity-split, on the Facebook platform. It’s already easy, but we’ve made it easier by giving you instructions, sample photos, and sample text to use at madisonaudubon.org/tbs-toolkit.
Madison is emerging from a long winter that followed a difficult year for many. But migrating birds are returning to southern Wisconsin and spring is on the way. Madison Audubon is prepared to share the wonders of birds with new audiences through virtual (and, when possible, in-person) programming; secure and manage land for birds, butterflies and other wildlife; and increase our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts to ensure that everyone can enjoy and access the beautiful outdoors and its amazing birds.
You can make a BIG difference for local birds, kids, and lands on The Big Share day by donating to Madison Audubon. As an added bonus, Madison Audubon board members and friends have chipped in to offer a $2,550 MATCH. No matter what the amount, $1 or $1,000, your donation is important and valuable. For ways to make an even BIGGER impact, tune in for these special activities on March 1:
6-7 am Power Hour — donate during this hour, no matter how big or small the donation is, and help us earn extra cash prizes for having the highest number of donations! We won it last year and want to secure those extra dollars for birds again this year.
Help us meet our match! Thanks to Pat Clark, Matt Fortney, Lisa Lepeak, and Marcia Mackenzie, your individual donations will be matched dollar for dollar up to our match amount, leveraging still more money for local birds!
A series of Facebook Live videos that introduce you to our staff, their work, and what we do for birds and conservation.
We value our members and supporters every day of the year, with or without a dedicated day of giving. Thank you for all of the ways you help birds and nature!
