BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON ORIGAMI CARD (Fundraiser for NYC Bird Alliance)
One origami card, envelope, and donation insert.
• Consists of an original design of a Black-crowned Night Heron with hand-drawn details, attached to a small folded card (3.5" x 4.875").
• Includes a 4Bar sized black envelope (3.625" x 5.125").
• The origami card can be framed as a small artwork, or shared as a card with the envelope.
• A small insert explains my fundraiser: that with each card, a $20 donation is made to NYC Bird Alliance, to support the scientific research and critical conservation work they do, helping protect Black-crowned Night Herons and other birds in NYC
• Packaged flat in a larger envelope, and sent by regular USPS mail.
My goal is to try and sell at least 50 cards and raise $1,000 for NYC Bird Alliance! After I sell over 50 cards, I will make the donation to NYC Bird Alliance and post the receipt (on my Instagram page).
Shipping: I make each origami card by hand and it takes time, but I aim to send out your order after 1 week, by regular USPS mail.
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone's generosity! I've exceeded my initial goal and am *very close* to selling 100 cards and raising $2,000 for the NYC Bird Alliance! Once all 100 origami herons are sold, I will take a pause on orders. But please follow me on IG at @origamimilesnyc where I will update with a new origami bird fundraiser soon!
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This month, I am making Black-crowned Night Heron origami cards to raise money for NYC Bird Alliance — a nonprofit in New York City that does critical conservation work and scientific research to help protect birds in NYC. I volunteer with their Project Safe Flight, and admire the work that they do. With your $20 card purchase, all of that amount will be donated to NYC Bird Alliance. (For transparency, I will post a photo of the receipt of the donation amount after the project is finished.)
A week ago, NYC Bird Alliance published new research showing that the Black-crowned Night Heron, one of the most abundant wading birds in NYC, is vanishing quickly. Without conservation action, Black-crowned Night Herons will become locally extinct within the next 11 years. I still remember seeing my first Black-crowned Night Heron in Central Park, and it would be devastating to see this bird disappear.
Dr. Dustin Partridge, director of conservation and science at NYC Bird Alliance said, “Black-crowned Night Herons are in serious decline—but if we act now, we can help them recover."
About me: My name is Miles Wu, and I'm a 14 year old in NYC who loves origami and birds. You can see more of my origami at @origamimilesnyc.
Learn more about NYC Bird Alliance (@nycbirdalliance) and how they are helping Black-crowned Night Herons, and sign a petition to help these birds here:
tinyurl.com/bcnh-nycbirdalliance