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Dear Members, Friends, and Neighbors,
Thanks to your generous support the Great South Bay Audubon Society (GSBAS) had another successful year in our educational and conservation endeavors as well as our stewardship of Brookside County Park. We hope you’ll consider making another donation in support of your local Audubon chapter.
 Your support enabled us to have several free programs at
Brookside County Park. "Children’s Art Time"
was held on
October 3, 2010; "Sea Shore Safari" presented by Tracy
Marcus, Marine Educator from Cornell Cooperative Extension
was held on March 6, 2011; and
"Northern Bobwhite Quail"
complete with quail chicks soon to be released in Connetquot
River State Park was held on June 5, 2011. Our renowned
annual outdoor program was held on June 16, 2011. Sue
Krause from Sweetbriar Nature Center presented "Birds of
Prey."
Local students from Sayville High School, East Islip High
School, and East Islip Middle School continue to use
Brookside as an outdoor lab for their environmental and
biological studies. We continued our scholarship program,
awarding a total of $1,500 to four high school seniors who
will be majoring in the environmental sciences. We also
funded two campers through Starflower Experiences, Inc. and
one camper to attend a NYS DEC camp.
 Our newly established
Brookside Butterfly Garden Club had
a very busy year preparing the soil and planting butterfly
and Hummingbird friendly plants. Several species of
butterflies and two Hummingbirds have been observed enjoying
the fruits of their labor.
Your continued support of our Annual Appeal goes
above
and beyond your membership dues and allows us to also: i)
continue maintaining the historic property at
Brookside, ii)
sponsor public education programs, iii) sponsor children’s
 programs, iv) purchase bird feeders and the large amount of
seed and suet necessary to feed the birds, v) properly
catalog and expand our library, vi) provide
free monthly
general meeting programs at Connetquot River State Park
Preserve.
Thanks to our
volunteer tour guides, Brookside
tours are available on Wednesdays and Sundays from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. The first Sunday of every month, tour guides Janet
Gremli and Juliane Wohler host the
GSBAS' Young Naturalists.
Thank you for in advance for participating in the GSBAS'
Annual Appeal. We greatly appreciate your
support of our chapter. Please come see Brookside for
yourself at 59 Brook St, West Sayville, NY.
Sincerely,
Judy Davis, Chapter
President
 Click
here to download the Gift Plan form
*ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AS GSBAS
IS AN ALL-VOLUNTEER NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501(c)(3) ORGANIZATION
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