Turkey Sponsorships

Looking for a way to celebrate your vegan Thanksgiving and help care for rescued turkeys? Consider sponsoring a turkey! I did a quick search today, clicking through the sanctuaries listed on Your Daily Vegan's Animal Sanctuary Database, and here are the options I found:

Turkey Sponsorships (Thanksgiving Specials)

Catskill Animal Sanctuary (Saugerties, NY)
“You have two options for turkey sponsorship this month:
For a one–time donation of $25 you’ll receive:

1. A PDF booklet of Chef Linda’s Compassionate Thanksgiving recipes
2. A glossy photo of your new turkey friend to place at your table

For either a recurring monthly donation of $18 or a one-time donation of $216 you’ll receive:

1. A PDF booklet of Chef Linda’s Compassionate Thanksgiving recipes
2. A one year Family Membership (a $65 value!) Your Family Membership entitles your household to free tours April–October and reduced admission to special events.
3. Two glossy photos of your turkey along with their rescue story, perfect for a place at the dinner table.
4. The option to come and visit your sponsored turkey year–round by appointment (please call or email 72 hours in advance) and see for yourself the quality of care your support provides.”

Turkeys you can sponsor: Declan, Daisy.

Farm Sanctuary (Watkins Glen, NY & Orland, CA)
“For a one-time donation gift of just $30, anyone can sponsor a turkey. As a turkey sponsor, you will receive a special Adopt a Turkey certificate with a color photo of and fun details about your new friend.... For a gift of $210, you can sponsor the whole flock and have adoption certificates sent to family and friends!”
Turkeys you can sponsor: Tibbott, Martha, Gable, Anna, Elsa, Cecelia, Turpentine. 

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary (Woodstock, NY)
“With each sponsorship, you’ll receive a beautiful card that includes a color photo of the turkey you are sponsoring along with their story of how they came to us, and a bit about their unique personalities.... During the period before Thanksgiving we are offering a flat $50 special instead of the usual $15 a month.”
Turkeys you can sponsor: Tomoko, Loren, Jean, Lennon, Marley, Beatrice.
 
Feast for the Turkeys

Heartland Farm Sanctuary (Madison, WI)
“$25 per person – includes a complimentary TURKEY SPONSORSHIP packet. The packet contains a beautiful color photograph of your Heartland turkey, the turkey’s personal rescue story, and sponsorship acknowledgement – all in a stand up frame card that will go perfectly on your Thanksgiving table to show everyone that YOUR Thanksgiving turkey is a friend!”

Turkey Sponsorships (General)

Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary (Deer Trail, CO)
“Turkeys: $180.00 or $45 quarterly... We'll send you a picture and bio of the animal you are so kindly sponsoring.”

Kindred Spirits Sanctuary (Ocala, FL)
“Receive the following: T-Shirt + Animal Created Painting + Framed Photo ...for a one year sponsorship.” (Turkey sponsorships are $20/month.)

Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary (Poolsville, MD)
“You will receive a framed photograph and your animal’s story, along with the opportunity to visit in person.” (Turkey sponsorships are $8/month.)

Maple Farm Sanctuary (Mendon, MA)
Turkeys can be sponsored for $20/month; turkeys you can sponsor: Charlie, Dale.

SASHA Farm (Manchester, MI)
“Animal sponsorships start at just $30.” ($30 = Emailed certificate; $50 = Mailed certificate, letter and a picture; etc.) 

Indraloka Animal Sanctuary (Mehoopany, PA)
“Receive weekly updates, free visits, tours and special bonding time with your favorite animal!” (Turkeys can be sponsored for $15/month.)

Ching Farm Rescue & Sanctuary (Riverton, UT)
Animal sponsorships are $25/month (or a one-time payment of $280 for the full year). Turkeys you can sponsor: Apollo, Lincoln, Clementine, Daphnie.

Let me know if I missed any opportunities for turkey sponsorship & I'll be sure to add them! 

P.S. Putting this list together may have been me procrastinating a bit on my NaNoWriMo writing. Hehehe. (I'm at 6,947 words total after the writing I got done yesterday.)

Peace. :)

Turkey Sponsorships

Hello everyone! I just wanted to talk a bit about two very special turkeys, Petunia and Tibbott.

This Thanksgiving, Zach and I decided to start a new tradition by sponsoring a turkey at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, which we visited over the summer for their July Jamboree. We chose to sponsor Petunia. Here's her photo and a bit of her story from the sponsorship e-card we received, which described her as "cute, inquisitive and sensitive."

Petunia

"When Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary received a call that a turkey was running in the streets of Queens, we immediately dispatched one of our amazing volunteers, Dawn Ladd, to the rescue. Dawn found out from neighbors that a local man had bought the turkey as a Thanksgiving joke for his family, but when the holiday was over, they kicked her out into the streets to fend for herself. Dawn found Petunia terrified and running between cars, being taunted by neighborhood children who did not understand the little bird was in great distress and very fearful. Dawn, who is an expert at rescuing and gently capturing birds who need help, brought Petunia to safety here at the Sanctuary, where she is cared for, loved, and gets to have the comfort of other rescued turkey friends."

Additionally, for my birthday, my parents surprised me by sponsoring a turkey on my behalf. His name is Tibbott, and he is very colorful and handsome.

Tibbott

He lives at Farm Sanctuary's Northern California Shelter, and was "rescued from a feed store, where he was going to be sold for snake food." He is "outgoing and friendly; likes people," and his favorite foods are "lettuce and grapes" (http://www.farmsanctuary.org/giving/adopt-a-turkey/meet-the-stars/). You can find his story online here.

Have you ever sponsored a turkey or another animal at a sanctuary?

"Why did you put my picture here? I am not a turkey."

Peace. :)