Stop Shooting Doves e-Newsletter Update - October 2005

In this issue:
1) Recoup and Regroup!
2) Announcing our Holiday FUNdraising items!
3) Thank You Thousand Dollar and Thousand Endorsement Points Club Members!

1) Recoup and Regroup!

Now that everyone has had time to recoup a little from the grueling-yet-successful petition drive to protect our doves, it’s time to…REGROUP!

As you know, the NRA, the Ohio U.S. Sportsmen Alliance and other dove-shooting proponents have been very busy aggressively organizing in hopes of defeating our grassroots citizen effort in 2006.  They have pledged to spend upwards of three million dollars to confuse voters with fear-based attack ads based on misinformation that has nothing to do with the issue of mourning doves. 

Therefore, we also need to do a lot of organizing -- and FUNdraising!  We also need many more endorsements (pdf attached).

Endorsements=Votes on Election Day!

Endorsement lists are often what undecided voters use to gauge the level of public support an issue has.  More public support means more voters will feel comfortable VOTING NO Shooting Doves on the 2006 mourning dove referendum. 

To help us regroup, a series of special, invitation-only “second-half kick-off” meetings will be held around the state in October, where we will discuss Round Two of our fight to save between 200,000 - 300,000 mourning doves each and every year in Michigan!   

Mike Markarian, Executive Vice President of External Affairs for the Humane Society of the United States will be our special guest speaker at most meetings.

Invitations will begin arriving over the next few days to participants and volunteers.  If you receive an invitation (which details specific times/locations), please make every effort to attend!  If you do not receive an invitation and would like to join the effort to protect Michigan's mourning doves, please call the Committee at (517) 321-DOVE for details.

If you and your efforts have been missing for a while…THE DOVES URGENTLY NEED YOU BACK!

2) Announcing our Holiday FUNdraising ITEMS!!

We wanted to give you all a heads-up to the FUNdraising holiday items the Committee will have available for purchase/order starting at the second kick-off meetings in October.  Items will include:
   
a) Official "Protect the Doves" Campaign T-shirts
b) Carl Sams’ beautiful Holiday Mourning Dove Greeting Cards
 c) Pewter Dove Ornament with Emily Dickinson's quote that has inspired the volunteers of the Stop Shooting Doves campaign
 d) Artisan Glass Dove Suncatchers
 e) Cooing Plush Mourning Dove Toy


You may purchase or order these FUNdraising items at the meetings (checks only, no cash), or via our website at the end of October.  Please watch for details!  All proceeds go directly to the effort to help save Michigan’s official Bird of Peace!   

3) Thank You Thousand Dollar and Thousand Endorsement Points Club Members!

A special thanks to those of you working on endorsements and working towards joining the 1,000 Endorsement Points and $1000 Clubs!  It takes local individuals within their own communities to make our cause strong -- our mourning doves cannot do it without your participation!!  

THANK YOU Thousand Endorsement Points Club Members!

Julie B. of Lansing (10 organizations, 2 businesses)
Bee F. of Canton (7 organizations, 2 businesses)
William M. of Clio/Kalamazoo (3 businesses, 3 celebrities, 1 organization)
Jodi L. of Saline (4 organizations, 2 businesses)
Joyce J. of St Clair Shores (5 businesses)

To be inducted into the Thousand Endorsement Points Club, simply get any 5 businesses, organizations or legislators to officially endorse the Campaign (each worth 200 points). Endorsement form attached in pdf, additional material available upon request. It's so easy...once you get started you can't stop.

Others on their way to Thousand Endorsement Points Club – Thank you!

Carol A. of Oak Park (3 businesses and working on several more)
Sharon W. of Interlochen (2 businesses and working on several more)
Nancy L. of Traverse City (1 business and working on several more)
Richard V. of Grand Rapids (1 organization)
Joyce S. of Brighton (1 business)
Roger T. of Holland (1 business)
Maureen G. of Ann Arbor (1 business)
Patricia M. of Ann Arbor (1 business)
Robert K. of Ypsilanti (1 orgnaization)
Donald P. of Mt. Clemens (1 business)
Jennifer L. of Encino CA (1 business)
Sarah F. of Grand Rapids (1 business)
Caroline D. of St Johns (1 organization)

THANK YOU Thousand Dollar Club Members!

Rosemary B. of Clinton Twp.

Candis S. of Ann Arbor

Joyce J. of St. Clair Shores

William F. of Jackson

Sharon N.S. of Bingham Farms

Helmut S. of Ann Arbor

Leslie N. of Williamston

Barbara A. of Ann Arbor

To be inducted into the Thousand Dollar Club, raise and/or donate $1000 (or more - many listed above have donated more than $1000) to the campaign. Have a house party, yard sale, etc to help raise funds to contribute to help keep this important grassroots campaign going.

$750 donated by William F. of Jackson.

 

$500 donated by Sharon N.S. of Bingham Farms,  John B. of Jackson,  Denise C. of Ortonville,  Joel S. of Ann Arbor,  Rosemary B. of Clinton Twp. 

$250 donated by Susan C. of Kalamazoo,  Patricia H. of Grosse Pointe.

$200 donated by Joyce J. of St Clair Shores,  Elizabeth T. of Midland,  Gayle K. of Canton, F Dale R. of Fenton.

$100 donated by Dondra H. of Bloomfield Hills,  Lensworth C. of Grand Rapids,  Heather A. of Brighton,  Catherine E. of Hope,  Lois K. of East Lansing,  Janice P. of of Haslett,  Kimberly C. of Caledonia,  Barbara W. of Lansing,  Fran H. of Harrison Township,  Leslie D. of West Bloomfield,  Ann C. of Livonia,  Louise C. of Boyne City,  Delores F. of Ada,  Robert S. of Grand Blanc,  Sandra S. of Royal Oak,  David P. of Dexter,  Wendy P. of Hartland,  Merrick R. of East Lansing,  Howard J. of Lansing, Clara P. of Portage,  Doris A. of Oak Park,  Helen M. of Traverse City,  Barry H. of Empire,  Lauranne O. of Flint,  Kim H. of Ottawa Lake,  Constance H. of Clarkston,  Gloria P. of Northville,  Dale R. of Rochester, Anne H. of Birmingham,  Evelyn S. of Jackson,  Michael U. of Detroit,  Susan K. of Royal Oak,  Elizabeth L. of Jackson,  Joan H. of Lincoln Park,  Jack C. of Burton,  Kathleen S. of Saint Clair,  Deborah U. of Chicago,  Suzanne G. of Beverly Hills,  Cynthia B. of

 Cheboygan,  Donald P. of Mount Clemens,  Justine S. of East China,  Susan K. of Muskegon,  Gary G. of Southfield, John A. of Vestaburg,  Thomas H. of Alma,  Kathryn B. of Old Lyme,  Donald S. of Riverdale,  Kathleen P. of Gaylord,  Nancy E. of Ishpeming,  Annette H. of Jenison,  Laurie D. of Ann Arbor,  Paul H. of Grand Haven,  Jeanne U. of Bloomfield Hills,  Sally L. of Muskegon,  Walter R. of Marine City,  Kathleen S. of Birmingham,  Patricia L. of Romeo,  Julie W. of Clawson,  Olivia M. of Goodrich,  Frances G. of Clinton Twp,  Helen S. of Traverse City,  William S. of Belleville,  WIlliam C. of Livonia,  Patricia R. of Dewitt,  John A. of Lansing,  Cyndy M. of Pentwater,  L James B. of Mears,  Elizabeth L. of Jackson,  Georgean B. of Bloomfield Hills,  Kimberly C. of Caledonia,  Evelyn S. of Jackson,  Dennis M. of Ortonville,  Carole P. of Coldwater,  Linda G. of Shelby Twp,  Lynne M. of Temperance,  Usha G. of Northville,  Margaret L. of Grosse Pointe,  Jay R. of East L

ansing,  Ruth B. of Cadillac,  Alyce S. of Lincoln Park,  Suzanna R. of Pinckney,  Barbara M. of Lansing,  Jean S. of Clinton Twp,  Sandra G. of West Bloomfield,  Mary K. of Waterford,  Susan A. of Grosse Pointe,  Bernice L. of Spring Lake,  Malcolm B. of Kalamazoo,  Catherine E. of Hope,  David P.

of Dexter,  Robert S. of Grand Blanc,  Jason A of Trenton,  Joan H. of Lincoln Park,  Judith S. of Hickory Corners,  Jack C. of Burton,  Marilyn F. of Laingsburg,  Jane P. of Beverly Hills,  Viola B. of Muskegon,  John S. of Flint,  Wendy P. of Hartland,  William L. of Bloomfield Hills, Dolores F. of Ada.  

Note: We were not able to list all donations in this email. A big thank you to all donors who help keep the campaign going!

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT to keep the campaign going.  Please DONATE TODAY!
Again, THANKS to all who contribute so much! 

 

To Help Save Michigan's Doves, please send donations to:
The Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban (checks payable to)
PO Box 81183
Lansing, MI 48908
Donate by credit card using PayPal  here (please include your mailing address) http://stopshootingdoves.org/donate.html

THANK YOU MICHIGAN FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND EFFORTS TO SAVE YOUR DOVES!!

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