Give 'til it herps - Phase 2

[Smynx]

Phase 2 of the benefit/fundraiser for Rusty Reptiles is ready to begin!

As you know, ball-pythons.net is holding a fundraiser throughout the month of December which will benefit our very own Rusty of Rusty Reptiles. Rusty and her husband, Winslow, do outstanding rescue work with herps of all kinds, and we figured the holiday season would be a great time to give back to them a small fraction of what they give to their herps. The Admin Council has decided to donate half our profits from our Café Press store to Rusty Reptiles, but we just don’t feel that’s nearly enough.

Several people have asked about making donations to Rusty Reptiles. If you’ve already ordered from our Café Press store, or if you just have no desire for that kind of thing, you CAN make an outright donation to Rusty Reptiles. You can donate any amount you wish, from $1 up to millions, if you have it to spare.

Donations can be made in one of two ways:

1. You can send a check directly to:

Rusty Gilman
61 Union St #2
Manchester, CT 06040

2. You can also make a donation via PayPal to this account:

ball-pythons@ma.rr.com

PayPal donations will be sent to Rusty at the end of the month along with an itemized list of donors, and rest assured, every penny will go to Rusty Reptiles.

To make things a little more interesting, Rusty suggested a “Sponsor a Herp” program where for a certain donation, you can name and sponsor a particular herp of your choice. Rusty has provided us with a list of the animals she has in her care, and she has designated which ones already have names. (Feel free to sponsor the ones that already have names, too.) In addition to naming a herp, you will also receive Rusty’s quarterly newsletter which contains updates on her work and on the herps in her care. If you choose to take advantage of this program, please include a note with your donation (PayPal provides a little “message” space on the payment page) letting us know which herp you want to sponsor, what name you want to give him or her, and your name, address, and/or email address.

The donation levels are:

$50 - name/sponsor a giant
$40 - name/sponsor a boid or varanid
$30 - name/sponsor a colubrid, iguana, or gecko
$20 - name/sponsor a small herp

The following is a list of Rusty’s herps and their designated donation levels:

At the $50 level:
Boids
0.2.0 Albino Burmese Pythons
1.3.0 Burmese Pythons--(Only one Named: Merlin)
0.1.0 Indian Python---Owatanya
0.1.0 Reticulated Python
1.1.0 Yellow Anaconda

At the $40 level:
Boids
1.1.0 Central carpet Pythons
0.1.0 Coastal carpet Pythons
0.1.0 Diamond carpet Python
1.2.1 Ball Pythons--(2 named, Eyecap, Vivian)
1.2.0 Macklottes Pythons---(only one named, Lusepher)
1.2.1 B.C.I. Boa Constrictor
Varanids
1.1.0 Nile Monitor---(only 1 named, Ripper)
0.1.0 Argus Monitor
1.0.2 Water Monitor
0.1.0 Black Water Monitor
0.1.0 Lace Monitor

At the $30 level:
Colubrids
1.1.0 Albino Corn Snake
1.0.0 Candy Cane Corn Snake
0.0.1 Albino Corn X Bull Snake
0.0.1 Spectacled Rat Snake
0.1.0 Taiwan Beauty Snake
0.0.1 Trans Peco Rat Snake
Iguanas:
2.1.1 Green Iguana
0.0.1 Spiny Tail Iguana
Geckos:
1.5.0 Leopard geckos--(only three named: Tiny, Stubby, Baby)
0.0.1 White Spot Gecko

At the $20 level:
Chelione
4.2.0 Red Eared Slider--- (only one named) Soup
1.0.0 Russian Tortoise--- Ms. Theo
0.0.1 Painted Turtle
0.1.0 Musk turtle
0.0.1 False Map Turtle
Amphibians
1.0.0 Argentina Horned Toad
2.2.0 Whites Tree Frog
0.1.0 Foam Nest Tree Frogs
0.0.5 African Clawed Frogs
Tarantulas
1.1.0 Chilean Rose Hairs
1.0.1 Mexican red knees
0.0.1 Goliath Bird Eater
0.0.1 Green Bottle Blue
0.1.0 Rio Grand Gold
0.1.0 Indian Ornamental
0.1.0 Ornamental Baboon
0.1.1 Curly Hair
0.0.1 Costa Rican Suntiger
0.0.2 Mystery Species
Scorpions
0.1.1African Flat Rock
Miscellaneous Insects
0.1.0 African Giant Millipede
20.5.30 Madagascan Giant Hissing Roaches

Of course, any donation amount will be appreciated. We know all of you here have big hearts when it comes to herps, and we’re sure this fundraiser will be a success!

Keep an eye out for an announcement about Phase 3 of this fundraiser, which will consist of a chat-a-thon with Rusty and Winslow as our featured guests, and stay tuned to ball-pythons.net for updates about our fundraising efforts!

Thanks for your support!!!

[alexrls]

i wanana donate some $$ and name a herp how do i do it thru paypal?

[BallPythonBabe448]

Yes, how do you do it through pay pal? Let me ask my 'rents.
EDIT: Also, can you do this program through mail?

[gen]

Great idea, I can't wait to sponsor a herp!

[Smynx]

To use PayPal, you have to have a PayPal account. If you don't already have one, they're easy enough to make. Go to www.paypal.com and follow the instructions for setting up an account. Accounts are identified by email address, so to make a donation for this fundraiser, you simply make a "payment" to ball-pythons@ma.rr.com. There is a little message box that will allow you to specify what the "payment" is for and which herp you want to sponsor.

And yes, you can do this through the mail as stated above:

1. You can send a check directly to:

Rusty Gilman
61 Union St #2
Manchester, CT 06040

[gen]

Question:

Is it safe to assume the sponsor a herp program will be going on through next month? I'd like to wait till I get my next paycheck so I can make a better donation. Turns out I'm a little low on money this month. Might have something to do with the holidays. Or maybe something to do with a $258 traffic violation I had to pay. :wierdface:

[BallPythonBabe448]

Yea, because I probably wont be able to sponser one till the end of the month, and that would give me like 2 days to sponsor it.

[sarahannp]

Hey Rachie (Rusty) - I'm sending a Merry Christmas donation - luv your big sis!

[Smynx]

I'm sure Rusty would be happy to accept donations at any time, any month. If there are unnamed animals left at the end of the month, and you would like to sponsor one, contact me or Rusty directly.