The Indiana Audubon Society is hosting a fall membership drive now through early December. The statewide organization, based in Connersville, is the oldest continually running conservation organization in Indiana, having been founded in 1898. Individual memberships begin at $30, with family and life memberships available.
As part of the membership drive, anyone that joins, renews, gifts, or refers a member through December 10 will be entered for a drawing for one of two $500 birding essentials baskets sponsored by Premier Sporting Optics and Wild Birds Unlimited. Each basket contains Alpen Wings 8x42 binoculars, bird feeders, bird seed, several birding books, IAS merchandise, and a free ticket to the Indiana Dunes Birding Festival.
A bonus giveaway will also be drawn for a pair of Steiner 10x44 Wildlife XP Binoculars, valued at $2,099 from Steiner Optics. Additional entries to win the binoculars will be given to any new or current member that joins the Indiana Audubon sandhill crane motor coach tour, from Cool Creek Park in Carmel on November 18 to view the migrating sandhill cranes at Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area.
Indiana Audubon Society members enjoy multiple publications, free or discounted field trips, workshops, and festivals, access to the Birds of North America online, and special use of the society's Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary, in Connersville. The drawing for all three prizes will take place on December 15.
Indiana Audubon Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. All dues and donations are tax deductible. To learn more about the Indiana Audubon Society and to search for programs near you, visit them on the web at www.indianaaudubon.org.
Media contact: Brad Bumgardner, Executive Director. (219) 928-6905. bbumgardner@indianaaudubon.org
