CALL FOR ARTISTS & DONORS | 2020

& that's a wrap! We are speechless by the overwhelming support of this fundraiser!
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A Relief Fund for TRR:

The Toucan Rescue Ranch (TRR) is in solidarity with its country, Costa Rica (and the world) as it loses one of its most lucrative and major sectors: Tourism.
Many rescue centers, tour agencies, hotels, restaurants, and dozens of other industries are suffering from the effects of coronavirus and the borders closing to international tourism. TRR has certainly been among those that are experiencing a loss, having 50% less overall income, forcing employee cuts, and putting a halt to certain programs altogether.

However, the show must go on for all those working in places such as veterinary clinics, hospitals, and rescue centers. As the country takes necessary precautions to ensure public safety, TRR still needs to attend to the 320 animals in its care. Our main source of income is from its educational walks from both national and international visitors. On March 18, we followed suit with Costa Rica and decided to close its doors to the public until borders reopen on May 15. Due to this, we have lost our main source of income as well as the ability to accept new international volunteers and interns.

How it's Affected Toucan Rescue Ranch: 

Amid COVID-19, we need the public’s help to continue to feed the dozens of sloths, toucans, macaws, parrots, owls, cats, and other mammals in our care.
The money raised from our educational walks directly benefits our wildlife clinic where we treat, rehabilitate, and release dozens of animals. It helps us feed and care for the animals who are provided sanctuary at TRR and allows us to continue with our educational, release, and reforestation programs.

During this crisis, we are having to make major cuts to keep the lights on and water running.  Our primary goal is to keep the animals in our care from feeling the effects of this situation – we are continuing to provide premier medical treatment, nutritious diets, and frequent enrichment. 

Donations from this campaign will help us cover an entire month's worth of costs for our animal care needs.

Art & Donor Involvement:  

In 2019, Toucan Rescue Ranch launched its first-ever Call for Artists crowdfunding campaign. During that year's efforts, we raised $8,839 with 63 donors from all over the world for new medical equipment for its headquarters clinic! We overreached our goal by $6,272 and were able to purchase an anesthesia machine, operation lamp, IV Stand, and autoclave.
All of that equipment is in daily use to this day. With 41 submissions from our first campaign, we hope to have those people submit again and (perhaps even) MORE.

🌎 This year's campaign will act as a RELIEF FUND, which will help us maintain our daily animal-care operations. The money raised from this campaign will help us with our mission to feed, treat, rehabilitate, enrich, and release wildlife! 

FOR DONORS: How do I Vote? 

• 💸 $1.00 donated = 1 VOTE  
  • To VOTE for a submission:
    • Make a "DEDICATION NOTE" when donating right here on MightyCause. A step-by-step video has been provided at the bottom of this page on how to do so.
• The artwork that receives the MOST VOTES by the end of the voting period ⌛(May  30 at 8:00 p.m. Costa Rican Time) is the WINNER! 
• Your donation is manually updated on the RANKING SHEET & UPDATES. You will get a confirmation email from socialmedia@toucanrescueranch.org.
• You can use VENMO to vote for a piece of artwork! Please just follow the same guidelines above.

Ranking Spreadsheet

PRIZES FOR THE ARTISTS WITH THE MOST VOTES:

🎨 1ST PLACE

• Virtual tour of your choice
• FREE winning CustomInk T-Shirt
• Artist of the Year Title and Certificate 

🌟 2ND PLACE

• Virtual tour of your choice
• Artist of the Year Runner-Up Title and Certificate

⭐ 3RD PLACE

• Virtual tour of your choice

Artwork Submission Guidelines:

SUBMISSION PERIOD CLOSED - Submit (email) your artwork to socialmedia@toucanrescueranch.org

1. What to include with your submission:
   1. Name of Artist 
   2. Age of Artist 
   3. Your Location
   4. Title of Artwork 
   5. Medium Used (oils, acrylics, colored pencil, clay, etc.)
2. Recommended: 
   1. Your Social Media Handle(s) 
   2. The Inspiration Behind Your Submission
3. TRR will post submissions on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
   Once posted, we will encourage people to VOTE (donate toward) their favorite submission.
4. The artwork with the most VOTES (donations) wins and will be used on our next CustomInk T-Shirt fundraising campaign.
5. Don't be discouraged, if your artwork does not win, TRR will surely make sure you are recognized with a "Recognition Post".

CALL FOR ARTISTS RULES:

1. You may only submit ONE(1) piece of artwork.
2. The submission period 🕦 ENDS MAY 15 AT 11:59 P.M. CST Time zone.
3. The artwork must follow the theme of 🐵"YOUR WISH FOR WILDLIFE"
4. A parent must submit your artwork if you are a minor with all the necessary information.
5. Only artwork submitted through EMAIL (socialmedia@toucanrescueranch.org) will be considered for this contest.
6. 🚫 No photography as art submissions.