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Shane is an intelligent, eco-activist high school student who has been accepted into the Peruvian Rainforest Conservation Project.
Read about it here: http://volunteer-conservation-peru.org/
Shane has been trying to raise the $4000 necessary to participate in the program for 2 yrs. He is about $1750 short. The program starts in mid-July� he is currently going door-to-door and to shopping centers asking for money. I have no doubt he is going to Peru!
He lives with his Mom in MD and has maintained excellent grades while working part-time in a pet store and other odd jobs. He is the parront of Jack, a young female Blue and Gold Macaw and, earlier this year, an elderly relative asked him to take Petey, an older Amazon, since she could not properly care for him. Petey has been in the family for many, many years and Shane was supposed to inherit him but the relative decided to rehome him with Shane now. Obviously, this is a very special young man.
I have known him online though two other bird forums for about two years and have been impressed with his affection for his parrots and level of commitment to their care, while trying to balance his educational goals, family responsibilities and a part-time job.
If you would like to help Shane get to Peru, please just send me a donation through Paypal(make sure you note it is for Shane) and I will make sure he gets the money. If you have any other questions or would like to speak to Shane directly, please email me at ginisbirdiebread@aol.com and I will send you his contact info.
BIRDIEBREAD� has already made a donation to help this young man live his dream and, perhaps, find his future career!
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Gini didn't put her e-mail address to send the donations for Shane - so please send to ginisbirdiebread@aol.com If you want to contact Shane or him Mom directly, you can ask Gini for their contact info. She doesn't want to post Shane's contact info here because he is a minor. I am heading to paypay now to send something to help out. 
Last edited by Mavis - Editor, Birds Site; 07/05/08 11:02 AM.
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Thank you,Mavis!  Shane has promised to send back Reports from the Rainforest to all the forums that help him meet his financial need! He leaves on July 14th.
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Shane left for the Rainforest in Peru on Monday, July 14th. He was very excited that he was really going and a little nervous about going through several airports and making all his connections by himself. He has his laptop and a new digital camera with him and he will post here when he arrives and gets set up. What an exciting experience!
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How exciting for him! I'm so happy that he got to go and am looking forward to seeing some pictures and hearing his stories.
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