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...to purchase and protect rainforest!�
Preakness Clean-up 2000


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    Join volunteers from the Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show (MARS), MARS
Preservation Fund, Inc. (a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization), the
National Aquarium in Baltimore and others in our annual clean-up at
Pimlico Racetrack following the Preakness. All the proceeds from
our work and the recycled aluminum cans go directly toward the
purchase and permanent protection of rainforest acreage in Costa
Rica. ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST BRING WORK GLOVES.
    Over the past 10 years, more than $73,000 was raised to
purchase 678 acres of rainforest in Costa Rica�s Talamanca
Biosphere Reserve. This coastal reserve is the home to thousands of
species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and numerous other
creatures. North American song birds such as the Baltimore Oriole
are known to migrate during the winter to this region. This reserve
also includes important nesting beaches for endangered leatherback
sea turtles and is the home to many tropical frogs like the
red-eyed tree frog and four species of poison dart frogs.
    This year's clean-up will take place on MAY 21 from 6:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m. (please be prompt � we want to finish by noon!) and
involves picking up aluminum cans and trash from approximately 1/3
the infield (an amount that will increase as volunteers sign-up).
We will once again have a picnic lunch and door prizes for
volunteers following the clean-up. All volunteers must be 16 years
or older to participate (under 18 need work permit).
    For further information and to sign-up as a volunteer call
Holli at 410-580-0250 (or e-mail holli@reptileinfo.com).

MARS Preservation Fund, Inc.
P. O. Box 201
Jarrettsville, MD 21084