Have-A-Heart collection update. A busy week for REGI!

Our Have-A-Heart campaign is proving to be successful! And we now have 2 more locations to drop off deer hearts!

Northwoods Veterinary Center, LTD

(9920 State Hwy 22 E, Gillett)

and


Gary's Quality Foods
(N5977 US Highway 41, Wallace, MI)

have offered to be collection sites for us!

Thank you all for your support. Every deer heart collected provides an additional meal for our beautiful birds.

Here is the current list of donation sites for deer hearts:

Antigo

Ken’s Hwy 45 Meat Market (N2220 US Highway 45, Antigo)

Land O’ Lakes

The Tackle Box (4267 County Rd. B, Land O’Lakes)

Rhinelander

YMCA - Ministry Rehabilitation Services (2003 Winnebago St E.)

Wausau

Zillman’s Meat Market (1910 6th Street, Wausau)

Wild Birds Unlimited (4121 Rib Mountain Dr, Wausau)

Country Fresh Meats (9902 Weston Ave, Weston)

Stevens Point

People’s Meat Market (6811 Burr Oak Rd, Stevens Point)

Renee’s Red Rooster (2339 County Road PS, Stevens Point)

Rusty’s Backwater Saloon (1715 W River Dr W, Stevens Point)

Milwaukee

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center (1111 E. Brown Deer Rd., Milwaukee)

Wallace, Michigan

Gary's Quality Foods (N5977 US Highway 41, Wallace, MI)

Gillett

Northwoods Veterinary Center, LTD (9920 State Hwy 22 E, Gillett)

It has been a busy week at REGI, as usual. We have been doing some

seasonal cleaning. (It has suddenly become winter again!) Along with getting ready for the next newsletter.

(Karissa Mohr (Wildlife Educator and our newest addition to the REGI staff) in the midst of a deep clean.)

We have had some visits from reporters lately.

We were featured on WSAW Wausau, Channel 7 for our deer hearts program!

View the clip here: Have-A-Heart for REGI

Today we had a visit from Rhinelander's Channel 12 News! Look for us featured tonight about our use of Goodsearch and Goodshop for online browsing and shopping and again this weekend for a special feature on lead poisoning in eagles.

We will share those links when we get them.

Have a safe and happy holiday this week, and hunters, don't forget to have a heart!

Have-A-Heart for REGI

(Photo: One of our resident education birds, a Red-tailed Hawk, who will greatly benefit from our deer heart collections. By Karissa Mohr)

Gun deer hunting season is almost upon us again. Here in Wisconsin this coming weekend is opening weekend for hunting. That means it is also opening weekend for our Have-A-Heart for REGI program. Have-A-Heart for REGI is a great way for hunters to help us care for our raptors.

So hunters... DON'T LEAVE YOUR DEER HEARTS IN THE WOODS!
Put them in a plastic bag and drop them off at one of our donation sites located around the state. If you can't drop it off right away just store it in the freezer. Deer heart is an excellent source of low-fat protein for our birds. It also helps us to keep our food costs down. With over 150 birds to feed the cost really adds up quickly. Last year we collected over 500 deer hearts, which helped us feed the birds for months. We hope that this year will be even more successful! Deer hearts are collected from November 20-28, 2010.

So what can you do?

1. Shoot a deer (or know someone who has shot one.)
2. Save the deer heart in a plastic bag
   
3. Drop it off at one of our donation sites around the state from 11/20-11/28/2010
   
4. Start your own collection site if there isn't one near you!

(Photo: Pat Zillman gets donations ready for pick up for the 2009 Have-A-Heart collection. Zillman's Meat Market is one of our annual collection sites.)

2010 Collection Sites:

Antigo

Ken's Hwy 45 Meat Market (N2220 US Highway 45, Antigo, WI)

Land O' Lakes

The Tackle Box (4267 County Rd. B, Land O'Lakes, WI)

Rhinelander

YMCA - Ministry Rehabilitation Services (2003 Winnebago St E. Rhinelander, WI)

Wausau Area

Zillman's Meat Market (1910 6th Street, Wausau, WI)

Wild Birds Unlimited (4121 Rib Mountain Dr, Wausau, WI)

Country Fresh Meats (9902 Weston Ave, Weston, WI)

Stevens Point

People's Meat Market (6811 Burr Oak Rd, Stevens Point, WI)

Renee's Red Rooster (2339 County Road PS, Stevens Point, WI)

Rusty's Backwater Saloon (1715 W River Dr W, Stevens Point, WI)

Milwaukee

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center (1111 E. Brown Deer Rd., Milwaukee, WI)

Contact Molly for more information at:
(715)623-2563
or
mollym.regi@gmail.com