Leslie Science & Nature Center Eagle Veteran Fund

The LSNC seeks funding for a second bald eagle, for use in our education and community programming, including the construction of an additional enclosure to house the new eagle, and funding for up to three years of Veteran’s related programming.

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Imagine an eagle, flying free, soaring majestically past your head to land safely and softly a few feet away.  The strength and grace demonstrated leaves you speechless, as thirty others around you whisper excitedly among themselves. 

This is the impact of the Leslie Science & Nature Center’s current bald eagle. 

Raised in captivity since three weeks of age, she cannot be released into the wild. Known as a “human imprint”, she relates more with us than with her wild brothers and sisters.  Instead of remaining captive for the rest of her life, never flying or leaving her enclosure, our bald eagle comes out to fly free and educate thousands throughout Southeastern Michigan each and every year.  Interacting with school children, scouts, families, college students, adults and seniors...our bald eagle inspires everyone to be more aware of their connection to the natural world around them.

A symbol of our nation and of freedom, we have found that our bald eagle also serves as an inspiration to corporations, businesses, and community organizations as the striking and inspirational symbol for freedom and power through grace.  Due to her impact both as an educational and inspirational tool, we have recently hit our capacity for events with our eagle.  Recognizing an increased demand for her time and the potential to reach and connect with more groups throughout the region, the Leslie Science & Nature Center has sought a second bald eagle to add to our Birds of Prey.

We wish to take this opportunity to recognize the deep connection between our national symbol of freedom and those who continue to defend and stand for our country—our veterans.  What better way for us to acknowledge and thank this group than to dedicate our next eagle and its enclosure to our nation’s veterans?

In order to ensure continued and undiminished Birds of Prey eagle programming, $104,924 is needed for our new campaign: the Leslie Science & Nature Center Eagle Veterans Fund.  These funds will cover the construction materials and labor for the eagle enclosure; staff, public, and educational program training with our new eagle; a formal dedication of the new enclosure to our community veterans on Veterans’ Day 2012; and, built into this cost, six free veterans programs both onsite at LSNC and offsite at the VA hospital over the next three years. 

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With your support of the Eagle Veterans Fund, the Leslie Science & Nature Center can continue to meet the demand of excellence in Birds of Prey programming for the Southeast Michigan community.   

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