What a way to start the 2022 New Year. Very happy to share that we were fortunate once again to receive a grant from the Bristol-Hansen community based charitable trust. Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary is extremely grateful. This grant means so much to our non profit. To be recognized for the work we do is immeasurable.
MARS specializes in working with exotic avians. Helping so many people with their parrots and the numerous varieties of issues that arise. We help when ever and where ever we can. Established in 2008, our organizations reach is ever growing. Rehabilitation, and adoption our ultimate goals.
Established in the memory of Grace Bristol, and Gladys Hansen, both school teachers, then eventually living in Melbourne Village. These two women of vision, anticipating the future financial needs, within the community they loved, established a true testament to their legacy by creating this charitable foundation. To this day it continues on, helping so many non profit organizations within Brevard County Florida.
As a recipient, we wish to express a heartfelt thank you to Grace and Gladys, and the trustees of this grant program.
M.A.R.S. Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary
Let there be DRAMA, bird drama that is.
- My “Web Master” Marc,  has given me a new way to share stories  and pictures and links of Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary , which I am hoping will allow me to be more creative and visual with my posts and not so afraid of screwing everything up when I do so. However, all ready I have erred, by creating a run on sentence. Oh well!
My all to brief Christmas get a way to Asheville, where we all converged to celebrate the season allowed me a chance to be tutored by Marc and hopefull retain some of the vast amounts of information he shared with me.
- From using this venue to do posts,  to using Instagram for attracting followers to our cause,  to direct postings to our  MARS you tube and so on. You get the idea. Increasing our followers and our viewers to our Florida Parrot Rescue MARS website is also needed for 2016.
- Now if I can just figure out how to do simple paragraphs without bullets and numbers then I suppose I will have it down. Perhaps I will try a picture right now and then get really brave and start posting adoptable birds right here as well. Wish me luck!! Cause I sure need it. ps I miss Christmas decorations already.
- And the picture of wine is just for fun. Right Janey?
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Our annual fill the Christmas Tree Toy Drive is coming to a close.
This year we are excited to say we have raised $675.00 from our  Facebook posting toward our annual “Fill the Christmas Tree Toy Drive”. Four very generous donors helped us get this far and we are so very grateful to them for doing so.
Now here is the reason for this post so late in the toy fund drive. All here at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary are wondering if our supporters who receive  our web page feed, or simply follow our blog posts which sorry to say are few and far between, might just be able to help us reach our goal of  an additional 200.00 more so we can place our toy order ASAP……
We know this is last minute but as always we need all of your help to continue doing what we do here at M.A.R.S..
So if any of you can find it in your heart to donate at this wonderful time of the year  we can safely say you have helped  keep a whole lot of  parrots very quiet and happy for many months to come. At least three or four that is……
Donations can be made right here through our web page by simply clicking on the donate button.  And as I always say you will have made many beaks here at our  Florida based Parrot Rescue very very happy indeed.
Happy Holidays everyone and a very Merry Christmas to all.
Amazon Smile could put a smile on all of our beaks
This year we hope you keep MARS in your thoughts as the holiday season approaches. Shopping at amazon smile using this direct link https://smile.amazon.com/ch/80-0161378 would surely help put a smile on all our beaks here at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary our Florida based parrot rescue.
It has been a long and hard but very rewarding journey since M.A.R.S. Began in the Spring of 2008 and our journey is far from over. To continue on we need all of your help to do so. Amazon.smile.com is really an easy way to help out, Â all you have to do is shop and spend, Â they do all the rest. Although the percentage is very small it could add up if you pass the word and get everyone you know to use the site and specify Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary as their charity of choice. Thank you to all who do so.
Yard Sale Spectacular, Oct. 2nd and 3rd.
Yard Sale Spectacular. October 2nd and 3rd.
Time: 8:00 to 3:00 Friday and Saturday, Rain or Shine. Please no early birds.
Location: 418 Ocean Avenue Melbourne Beach, Fl. 32951(MARS)
Hello my name is Keiffer and I have been given the task of letting all of you know we are having an amazingly spectacular yard sale to raise funds for all of the birds here at Melbourne Avian Rescue Sanctuary.
This will only be the second sale MARS has had this year to raise funds for the rescue so we have got to do our best to make it simply the best sale ever for all of you.
There will be so many fun items and so many treasures and just plain ole bargains all for your shopping pleasure. Pictures of items for sale will be available to view on our Facebook page almost daily leading up to the sale day. So please stay tuned for those to be posted.
This sale is a “rain or shine†sale. Please no “early birdsâ€. Hours are 8:00 to 3:00. Sometime we can last a bit longer if we still have people shopping.
Thank you to all for reading this and for all your continued support of our organization.
