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A Different Kind of Collectible--Adoption

© Edwina Lewis

Well, Christmas is over at our house and things are beginning to quieten down a bit as we contemplate the new year before us. We've had a wonderful holiday season and enjoyed our family about as much as we could all stand. And I'm sure we quite overspent beyond what good sense dictates, but we all enjoy seeing faces light up at unexpected pleasures. I was the recipient of several of those pleasures this year, but one of them, in particular, I want to share with you, my readers.

My daughters gave me a "Wolves of the Nez Perce" Adoption Kit as one of their gifts.

Just look at this precious face from the front of my adoption package.

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Now--this was a totally unexpected gift. My daughters know how I love wolves and also that I love gifts that continue to give. So, for me, this was an especially thoughtful gift. And I wanted to share with you this opportunity to give to someone you love while benefiting education and saving precious endangered lives.

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How To Adopt

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Healthy Planet and Friends of the Forest sponsor the adoption of endangered species. Healthy Planet "is a socially and environmentally responsible company that is committed to issues of the environment and the protection of animals and habitat" (quoted from their adoption registration card). You can contact them by: Phone (800) 424-4422, or Fax (800) 362-5999, or online at http://www.friendsoftheforest.org/ or http://www.healthyplanet.com.

This is the way the adoption process works. When you purchase a kit, you receive color photos and biographical profiles of the animals you can sponsor. You select the one you want to sponsor and fill out and return a registration for adoption. You then receive an Official Adoption Certificate showing your new "family member" in full color and listing you as a sponsor. For a full year, you receive updates and information on your adoptee through an informative and fun newsletter.

With my kit, I received photos and biographical information on the Wolves I could sponsor, wildlife photos of Wolves, a booklet on the history, habitat and lifestyle of Wolves, an 18" x 24" full-color Wolf poster, an Official Wolf Sponsorship Registration Card, and a "Support the Wolf" sticker.

I was delighted to learn how the Wolf Education and Research Center (WERC) is working to save the Wolves of the Nez Perce from extinction. Charles Hayes, former Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee Chairman, echoes my feelings when he writes, "There is a tremendous uplift in spiritual and cultural value welcoming wolves back in the place of our ancestors."

Baby Wolf

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