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PREAKNESS CLEAN-UP 1998
PIMLICO RACETRACK - - BALTIMORE, MD
One way we can help save the Rainforest!
 Join the Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show (MARS), MARS Preservation Fund,
Inc. (a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization), the National Aquarium
at Baltimore, the Nature Conservancy
and other volunteers in our annual clean-up at Pimlico Racetrack
following the Preakness. All the proceeds from our work and the
recycled aluminum cans go directly towards the purchase and
permanent protection of rainforest acreage in Costa Rica.
Over the past 8 years, we have raised over $65,000 to purchase 500
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 17 from 6:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m. 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 and door
prizes for volunteers following the clean-up. All volunteers must
be 18 years or older to participate.
For further information and to sign-up as a volunteer contact Holli
- holli@reptileinfo.com