Simcoe County Parrot Club
Enhancing the Lives of Pet Parrots Through Education
Welcome
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Contest
Hurray! The SCPC Get's It's Very Own Monthly Newsletter
Thanks to the consideralble talents and extreme generosity of Bev and Tom Lewis, who have graciously offered their publishing services, we will finally have a newsletter to call our own. It will represent our club and it's members. Our newsletter / e-mag will be chock full of club news, interesting and informative articles, fun and amusing stories, regular features such as "Ask A Vet", and so, so much more. Look for the launch issue in early March.
Name that Newsletter!!
Our new newsletter needs a new name and we are putting it out to you to help us come up with one. You may submit as many entries as you wish. Your submissions can be whimsical or serious but must reflect what our club and it's membners are all about. The winning name will be selected by the Executive Committee. Aside from bragging rights, the winner will recieve a fantastic prize. The winning name and the name of the winner will be revealed in the April issue of the newsletter.
Submit your ideas to simcoecountyparrotclub
Next SCPC Meeting
Monday, March 29th, at 7:30pm
It's Cooking for your Birds Nig
ht and we have a fun and interactive night planned for you..... This year we will enjoy a cooking demonstration from Allison Bain who will show us how to make her famous "birdie balls", and together we will make a quick and nutritious "birdie sushi". We are also developing a cook book, which we hope to distribute on nutrition night..... so if you have any recipes that send your bird(s) into a twitter, please let us know about them. Also, please feel free to bring in samples of your favorite recipe to share with the rest of the gang. If you do, It would be nice to have a few photocopys of the recipe for people to add to their new cookbooks.
Next YRPC Meeting
Tuesday, March 16th, 7pm - YRPC Meeting
(For more information visit the YRPC link at the bottom of this page)
Upcoming Events
It's that time again!
The All About Pets Show 2010
is just around the corner... And we'll be there!
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The March 3 event will benefit World Parrot Refuge, a charity that gives a permanent home to previously owned parrots. The facility houses for life former pets and ex-breeding stock, many of them abandoned, abused and neglected. Such animals are commonly sold privately and in pet stores, often victims of the illegal trade in exotic birds. The refuge, in Coombs, B.C., is an educational facility with more than 700 parrots that have arrived from across Canada, and that number is growing. Since 2005, dedicated volunteers and a skeleton staff have cared for more than 50 species in 23,000 square feet of heated, indoor, free-flight aviaries. In the works is a 16,000-square-foot outdoor expansion for warm weather. At the March 3 event, Toronto singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega will host a concert sure to be as colourful as the beneficiaries, with local musicians and a speech by the refuge's president and co-founder Wendy Huntbatch. Details: March 3, 9 p.m., at The Supermarket, 268 Augusta Ave.; $10 cover goes to the organization. For more information, go to www.worldparrotrefuge.org ____________________________________________
Bird lovers can flock together for a night of song that's actually music for the birds
The World Parrot Refuge is very proud to present a unique opportunity that you won't want to miss. We are hosting a conference from in Parksville, BC, which will help to educate people about conservation and the illegal parrot trade. We have a number of amazing parrot experts joining us from Canada, the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom who will be speaking as part of our goal to educate the public about what is being done to protect the parrots of the world.
For more details visit: The World Parrot Refuge
(For a complete list of upcoming events visit our "Upcoming Events" page)
Next Executive Committee Meeting
Next SCPC Executive Committee Meeting will be in April 2010.... Date and location to be announced.
