<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello MN birders,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am still collected for binoculars for youth in Azerbaijan. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">People have already generously donated 4 pair and $50. Another pair came to me broken but I’m hoping for an easy repair, and I have one pair maybe in the works.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you have an old pair sitting around you’d be willing to donate, or if you’d like to donate some funds to help with shipping or purchasing, please email me at <a href="mailto:ASimsoDean@gmail.com" class="">M</a><a href="mailto:amabirdmn@gmail.com" class="">amabirdmn@gmail.com</a>. It’s not tax deductible, but it is for a great cause.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I’m coordinating this effort with a gentleman in Sweden whose organization helps support nature programs in developing nations…</div></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class="">"Several projects are running in developing countries where we have enthusiastic young naturalists but they lack equipment such as binos. I lead one such initiative in Azerbaijan where the binos on the photo would make a HUGE difference, if they or others are available…?</font></span><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class="">”</font></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Thank you to the admin for letting me post this to this group.</span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class="">Happy Birding!</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class="">Amy Simso Dean</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class="">MYBirdClub</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class="">Minneapolis</font></span></div><div class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#010101" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>