{"id":135,"date":"2018-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-post-135"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","slug":"thank-you-events-for-our-volunteers-and-donors","status":"publish","type":"wingbeat","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/thank-you-events-for-our-volunteers-and-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You Events for Our Volunteers and Donors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\u200b<strong>By Outreach and Communications Director Kristin Butler<\/strong><\/div> <div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/this-orig_orig.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Our work to conserve birds and their habitats through science and outreach would not be possible without the people in our community who give generously of their time and money.<\/span><br\/><span>\u00a0<\/span><br\/><span>To thank our supporters this year we held our Volunteer Appreciation Party in May and our Big Sip last month.<\/span><br\/><span>\u00a0<\/span><br\/><span>On May 19th, we threw our Volunteer Appreciation Party at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/Don_Edwards_San_Francisco_Bay\/visit\/plan_your_visit.html\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Education Center<\/a><span>\u00a0in Alviso. Our program directors gave project &#8230;<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n  <div class=\"paragraph\">updates, Board President Jan Hintermeister thanked everyone for their service, and Executive Director Yiwei Wang tried out a fun new social media survey to get feedback from our guests. Participants also enjoyed eats from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunchwithtony.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lunch with Tony<\/a>, got to learn about some of our science work by reading conference-style posters, and competed in a bird and habitat bingo walk.<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>On June 30th, we hosted our annual Big Sip to thank our major donors. The event was at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.numulosgatos.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NUMU (New Museum Los Gatos)<\/a>, which featured modern artwork and an exhibit about the history of Los Gatos during the 1960s.<\/div> <div> <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/img-2077.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/img-0454.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/div> <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>Guests also enjoyed delicious wine donated by\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guglielmowinery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guglielmo Winery<\/a><span>, science poster presentations by some of our science staff, a silent auction, and an interesting presentation and bird walk about<\/span><span>\u00a0bird languages by<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeffcaplan1?fref=mentions\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Caplan of The Common Language Program<\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><span>Thank you to everyone who participated for joining us and for your support!<\/span><br\/><br\/><strong><em>You can reach Outreach and Communications Director Kristin Butler at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kbutler@sfbbo.org\">kbutler@sfbbo.org<\/a>. You can learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"\/staging\/1924\/volunteer\/\">volunteering<\/a>, or make a\u00a0<a href=\"\/staging\/1924\/volunteer\/\">donation<\/a>, on our website.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u200b<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b By Outreach and Communications Director Kristin Butler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1230,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"class_list":["post-135","wingbeat","type-wingbeat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thank You Events for Our Volunteers and Donors - San Fransisco Bay Bird Observatory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/thank-you-events-for-our-volunteers-and-donors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thank You Events for Our Volunteers and Donors - 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