Your support is critical to our ability to provide an array of nature education and conservation programs. By making a donation to the Audubon Naturalist Society, you are helping to preserve and protect the natural treasures and wildlife habitat of the Washington, D.C. region.
Please consider fulfilling one or more of our staff member's wishes by purchasing an item below. To fulfill an ANS wish, please email Kathryn Mitchell.
Preschool
$15 Nature Game or Eco-Story Book
$15 Nature Journaling Supplies
$15 Child-size Butterfly Net
$15 Child-size Garden Gloves
$25 Nature Artifacts, such as skulls, skins, scat, tracks
$25 Bird Song CD
$25 Child sized rake
$30 Felted Acorns
$35 Wooden bird eggs
$300 Playground Equipment for Preschool
Children and Family Programs
$25 Eco-Story Books
$50 Rubber Scat Models
$75 Replica Bird Eggs
$100 Replica Animal Skull
$100 Other Nature Artifacts
School Programs
$25 Send 5 Students on an ANS Sanctuary Field Trip
$50 Send 10 Students on an ANS Sanctuary Field Trip
$75 Send 15 Students on an ANS Sanctuary Field Trip
$100 Send 20 Students on an ANS Sanctuary Field Trip
$200 Send 40 Students on an ANS Sanctuary Field Trip
Summer Camp
$8 Identiflyer Bird and Frog calls
$10 Observation Containers
$12 Large Loupe Magnifier
$15 Books for Camp, such as Eco Art, Native American Games and Stories, Little House series, Poet Tree, Roxaboxen, Hey Little Ant
$20 Professional development materials for camp teachers and administrators (manuals on best practices, texts on teaching specific science topics)
$25 Kids Camping Wilderness Survival Kit
$25 Balls, Hula Hoops, and Frisbees
$35 Identiflyer (bird call identifier)
$35 Table Top Magnifier
$75 Geocaching Jr. Unit (the latest in orienteering technology)
$75 Propane Stove
$80 Kick Net (for stream sampling)
$100 Hand Pump Water Purifier
$150 New tent
Senior Naturalist
$50 Field Guides for Senior Naturalist's Bookshelf
$150 Attendance at Professional Development Conference
$200 Digital camera for field trip pictures
Hands-on Conservation Projects
$15 Water Quality Monitoring Replacement Net
$25 Water Quality Monitoring Microscope Eyepiece
$25 Water Quality Monitoring Forceps and Pipettes
$25 Sponsor one beehive placed in the Ag Reserve to enhance pollination
$25 Sponsor a conservation advocate at a conference on local food protection
$25 Sponsor the planting of two native trees to enhance wildlife habitat in Montgomery County
$25 Sponsor the planting of two native trees in an urban area
$30 Native Plants for GreenKids Butterfly Garden
$60 Water Quality Monitoring Net with Pole
$100 Water Quality Monitoring Microscope
GreenKids
$50 Salad Science party for 100 children at a GreenKids school
$90 Student Stereo Microscopes
Northern VA Programs programs
$15 Summer Camp Art Supplies
$15 Summer camp toys and games
$20 Nature artifacts such as skulls, skins, scat, tracks
$20 Insect guidebook for naturalists
$50 Dip Net
$75 Geocaching unit
$150 Scholarship money for school program
$150 Scholarship money for summer camp elementary half day
$200 Scholarship money for summer camp elementary full day
$300 Scholarship money for summer camp middle school campout
ANS Outreach
$250 NPR Day Sponsor
For more information or to discuss a confidential contribution, please contact:
Kathryn Mitchell, Director of Development
8940 Jones Mill Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-652-9188 x31