11/29/2016 1:12 pm PT update:

Matching funds have run out!  THANKS to YOUR incredible generosity, and the matching funds, we have raised a total of $17K. That's about half of an average month's vet bills - woohoo!  

Our volunteers and birds are incredibly thankful to you.   We hope to see many of you at our upcoming Holiday Party in Alameda on December 3! 

11/29/2016 7:22 am PT update:

Because of YOUR collective generosity - and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation matching gift funds! - we have raised $10,725 so far! That's about 1/3 of our average monthly vet bills - so wonderful! There remains $130K in funds to match YOUR gift (up to $1000) at 50%.  Please consider giving before the matching funds run out - and get yourself a tax deduction to boot!

Here is a picture of more of the birds involved in this month's aviary rescue.  Giving now makes your donation go further.  Our volunteers and the birds we help thank you for considering.

11/28/2016 11:05 pm PT update:
Thanks to some very generous donors, the funds raised so far (including matching funds) total slightly less than $10K!  WOW! There remains over $300K in matching funds, and your gifts (up to $1000) are matched at 50%.  

Here is a picture of some of the rosellas involved in the this month's aviary rescue.  Please help us help them with your donation while matching funds remain - the giving link is here.

We and our birds appreciate your generosity!

GlobalGiving is offering a 50% match on donations made from now (11/28/16) until 9 pm PT tomorrow (Tuesday 11/29/16), up to the first $1 million raised

on GlobalGiving as a whole!  Make a difference in your community - get a tax deduction at the same time - by going to this donation page before the matching funds run out.

A recent rescue shows how your dollars have an impact: An elderly man recently passed away, leaving behind an aviary with over 40 birds.  His family asked Mickaboo to take the birds, which included rosellas, Rosy Bourke's parakeets, finches, lovebirds, and budgerigars.  About 20 Mickaboo volunteers participated in caring for, catching, transporting, and providing temporary or permanent housing for these beautiful birds, many of whom are currently receiving medical attention.

Thank you for your generosity - we could not do what we do without you!  Watch this space for updates on our fundraising progress!

P.S.  As of this typing, about $364K of the $500K in matching funds are still available.  Donate now before the matching funds are gone!

9 pm - final update:

The matching gift events for today have ended.  THANK YOU for your collective generosity!  Together you raised $17K - exceeding our $15K goal.

We are hoping to hear tomorrow from Jasmine's vet as to whether she can leave the hospital.  We will update you here.  

THANK YOU for enabling Mickaboo to fulfill our rescue mission - we truly couldn't do so without your support.

8 pm update:

There's just $1400 of matching funds left in the Jasmine Challenge Grant! We have until 9 pm to use it up - just about an hour from now.  Every donation counts, and every donation will be appreciated by our birds.  Donate here by 9 pm today!

5 pm update:

There's still $1700 of matching funds left in the Jasmine Challenge Grant! We have until 9 pm to use it up!  NO amount is too small, and every donation will be appreciated by our birds.  Donate here by 9 pm today!

2 pm update:

There is still $1,740 in remaining Jasmine Challenge Grant matching funds! Join the fifty Mickaboo supporters who have already given - no amount is too small, and every donation will be appreciated by our birds.  Donate here by 9 pm today!

Noon update:

There is still $2,060 in remaining Jasmine Challenge Grant matching funds! Join the over 40 Mickaboo supporters who have already given - no amount is too small, and every donation will be appreciated by our birds.  Donate here by 9 pm today!

6:30 am update:
The GlobalGiving matching gift funds are GONE!  That was fast!  If you missed your chance to use those matching funds, we have another opportunity for you.

Members of Mickaboo's Board and another generous supporter have created today's "Jasmine Challenge Grant" - this new matching opportunity offers a 30% match rate if you give TODAY before 9 pm PT at this giving link:  PayPal.me/Mickaboo

There is $2500 in the Jasmine Challenge Grant pool - let's use it all up, to help Jasmine and our 450+ other birds! Stay tuned to this blog for updates!

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Jasmine needs your help to pay her vet bills.  Would you help her and our many other birds at today's matching gift event?

YOUR help and that of our many dedicated volunteers are what make Mickaboo's rescue work possible. Your donation today can go further– a matching gift event is underway now (June 15), 6 am - 9 pm PT. GlobalGiving will match your online donations, up to $1,000 per donor, with $110,000 in matching funds at 50% - if you give while matching funds remain. Give early to help ensure YOU get the match!  

Our featured bird today is Jasmine, at the right-hand side of this picture, saying "Hi!" to her mate Mackie. Jasmine is a blue and gold macaw with Papilloma, a chronic disease that ultimately shortens a bird's life - though still allows for quality in that life, with proper management. Jasmine has been hospitalized for about a month for various Papilloma-related procedures. Her status has been tenuous a couple of times, but she is finally on the mend! Jasmine's feistiness has returned and she gave Mackie (her feathered significant other) what-for!  (Yes, poor Mackie who gets seriously car-sick has made the 80-ish mile trip twice to see his girl!) 

In addition to her Papilloma, Jasmine developed Aspergillosis because of her weakened immune system.  It got very serious (only about 15% of her throat was open), but the vet was able to get the "plug" out of her throat.  

Help Jasmine and our other birds heal! We have a $15,000 fundraising goal for today, about a half-month of vet bills.  Take advantage of today's matching gift opportunity now, and watch our progress today at this blog.

We ended up raising about $7k from 70 generous people like you!  That sum will allow us to pay for roughly a week's worth of much-needed veterinary assistance for our flock of rescued birds. THANK YOU for participating and supporting our mission!

Thanks to the support of over SIXTY of you, we have raised about $6.5K toward our $15K fundraising goal.  The giving event ends at MIDNIGHT, so there's still time to join the giving party!

Give today to help Jasmine, our four tiel friends (named Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, and Spy), and others like them at this donation page, and share the link with a friend! 

Thanks to the support of over 50 of you, we have raised almost $6K toward our $15K fundraising goal.  Your funds pay for urgent medical care for birds like Jasmine, a feisty 36+-year-young Blue and Gold Macaw who came to us about a year ago with several old, untreated fractures in her legs and wings, and Papillomatosis.   She can now hold her wings over her head - and has been able to fly! Jasmine has brought much joy to her foster parent's home. 

Give today to help Jasmine and others like her at this donation page, and share the link with a friend! 

Send questions to donations@mickaboo.org. Thank you VERY much for your generosity!

Thanks to the support of almost 40 people, we have raised over $3K toward our $15K fundraising goal.  All of our birds, including a beautiful Mallee Ringneck (representative picture shown here) rescued from a household where the elderly owner was unable to care for their pet any longer, appreciate your generosity!

There's still about $1000 in matching funds left!  Give today at this donation page to have your gift go farther, because of the 100% matching offered by our generous challenge grant fund donors  Share the link with a friend!

Send questions to donations@mickaboo.org. Thank you for your generosity!

Thanks to the support of many many generous people, we have raised almost $3K toward our $15K fundraising goal.  All of our birds (including these four, recently rescued from a household where the owner had passed away) are very appreciative that so many people care about them!

There's still more than $1000 in matching funds left!  Give today at this donation page to have your gift go farther, propelled by the 100% matching offered by our generous challenge grant fund donors  Share the link with a friend!

Send questions to donations@mickaboo.org. Thank you for your generosity!

Silicon Valley Gives is live NOW! This online giving event that ends at midnight on May 3 (today!), uniting our community with local nonprofits such as Mickaboo.  Matching funds are available for the first $4000 in donations!  Go to this page to take advantage of this opportunity; please share with your friends and family.

Your donations help birds like Carver, the male of a budgie pair surrendered by their owner to the Sacramento SPCA. Charming little blue Carver had a large mass on his wing, about the size of his head. The SPCA gave the pair to Mickaboo so Carver could get urgently-needed medical care. 

A Mickaboo volunteer picked up the two budgies and was planning to make an appointment with an avian vet; however, when she felt how thin Carver was and saw that his tumor was bleeding some, she rushed him to the UC Davis Small Animal Clinic. There, he was given fluids and antibiotics and allowed to rest overnight before diagnostics were done. We learned the mass was likely a fast-growing and malignant sarcoma.

The volunteer drove Carver the following morning from UC Davis to Medical Center for Birds in Oakley, where Dr. Speer examined him to see if his wing could be saved. Dr. Speer found that the cancer had spread into the first wing joint, so the best course of action was to amputate the wing at the elbow joint. 

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Watch this space for progress notes.  Thank you for your generosity!