<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>The Omaha Chapter of American Association of Zoo Keepers hosts an annual fundraiser event call Buzzed for Bees.  We have local brewers create special beers for an evening beer festival and donate our profits to pollinator conservation.  Originally, the nonprofit of choice was specific to honeybee keeping, but I have been trying to steer us more towards native bees.  I am looking for recommendations of worthy native bee/pollinator nonprofits that are national in scope.  We hope to share our success with other US chapters of AAZK so that they can use our event as a template for their own Buzzed for Bees.  </div><div><br></div><div>We are currently supporting the<font color="#000000"> <span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Pollinator's Partnership Bee Smart School Garden Kit program and would like to add one more nonprofit.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Additionally, please let me know if you have any educational material or bee-themed donations you would be willing to contribute to our event.  It will be held in Omaha, Nebraska on June 22nd this year.  You can find us on facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/buzzed4bees/">https://www.facebook.com/buzzed4bees/</a></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">)</span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Please email any nonprofit organization ideas (preferably with links) to me at <a href="mailto:aardvarksarah@gmail.com">aardvarksarah@gmail.com</a></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Thank you,</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Sarah Jenkins</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Buzzed for Bees Committee Member</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Social Media Chair, Omaha AAZK</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Senior Keeper of Invertebrates, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium</font></div><div><br></div></div>