Membership Matters

Membership Matters

Your membership allows us to give the best possible care to the thousands of birds brought to us each year.

“Seeing a bird lift from my hand and fly free again is the greatest gift I know.”
– Lynne Frink, Tri-State’s Founder

 Edit your monthly donation account at this link.

Membership levels are changing! While our membership dues have remained unchanged since 2004, the cost of transportation, food, medicine, and supplies for our patients has continued to climb. We hope that you will continue to help us rise to these challenges through your membership gift. Read more below. 

Monthly Donation Membership

Are you MODOvated to save birds’ lives? 

Then join our flock of MODOs! Not  MOurning DOves,  MOnthly DOnors. (MODO is the birding abbreviation for mourning dove.) Your monthly gift provides a steady resource for our patients to receive the best care.  Your credit or debit card is automatically deducted each month, safely, securely, and hassle-free. All MODOs receive an automatic membership when they sign up.

Starting at only $5 a month, you can start your own MODO membership and become a sustaining member. 

Why become a MODO?

What do I need to know about monthly giving?

Why become a MODO?

  • To make a difference throughout the year 
  • To save writing and mailing a check
  • To give at a higher, manageable level
  • To help save birds’ lives!
  • To make a difference throughout the year 
  • To save writing and mailing a check
  • To give at a higher, manageable level
  • To help save birds’ lives!

What do I need to know about monthly giving?

  • Your donations are always safely and securely processed
  • You control what you give and can change your monthly donation amount any time
  • Through your donor account you can update your payment information or schedule
  • You will receive an automatic membership when you begin your monthly donations
  • Donation receipts are emailed to you automatically for your records
  • Your donations are always safely and securely processed
  • You control what you give and can change your monthly donation amount any time
  • Through your donor account you can update your payment information or schedule
  • You will receive an automatic membership when you begin your monthly donations
  • Donation receipts are emailed to you automatically for your records

Annual Membership

Prefer to make an annual membership gift? Current membership levels are below.
$35 Northern Cardinal (formerly Individual)
$50 Eastern Bluebird (formerly Family)
$75 Wood Duck (formerly Donor)

 

 

$150 Great Horned Owl (formerly Sponsor)
$500 Red Knot (formerly Patron)
$1,000 Bald Eagle 

 

Membership Levels & Benefits

All membership levels include the following benefits:

  • Tri-State’s quarterly newsletter, A Bird’s Eye View, with information about our patients, upcoming events, and more!
  • Invitations to special events
  • Member discount on select Tri-State Store merchandise
  • Tri-State Window Decal to show your support for Tri-State’s work in wildlife rehabilitation
  • 10% off bird food, houses and feeders at 1st State Seed & Garden Supply (Suite 950 People′s Plaza, Newark, DE)
  • 10% off bird houses and feeders at Bird & Barrow (1916 Kirkwood Highway, Newark, DE)
  • 10% off bird food, feeders and accessories at Score Seed & Garden Supply (2721 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont, DE)
  • 10% off a yearly examination and vaccines at VCA Kirkwood Animal Hospital. The discount is good for one pet per member per year. (1501 Kirkwood Highway, Newark, DE)
  • Backyard Birds Emporium:  10% off everything in store. (260 College Square Shopping Center, Newark, DE)

Membership Benefits

All membership levels include the following benefits:

  • Tri-State’s quarterly newsletter, A Bird’s Eye View, with information about our patients, upcoming events, and more!
  • Invitations to special events
  • Member discount on select Tri-State Store merchandise
  • Tri-State Window Decal to show your support for Tri-State’s work in wildlife rehabilitation
  • 10% off bird food, houses and feeders at 1st State Seed & Garden Supply (Suite 950 People′s Plaza, Newark, DE)
  • 10% off bird houses and feeders at Bird & Barrow (1916 Kirkwood Highway, Newark, DE)
  • 10% off bird food, feeders and accessories at Score Seed & Garden Supply (2721 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont, DE)
  • 10% off a yearly examination and vaccines at VCA Kirkwood Animal Hospital. The discount is good for one pet per member per year. (1501 Kirkwood Highway, Newark, DE)
  • Backyard Birds Emporium:  10% off everything in store. (260 College Square Shopping Center, Newark, DE)

Great Horned Owl Members (formerly Sponsor) enjoy all the basic benefits above, plus the following:

  • A Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research sticker

Red Knot Members (formerly Patron) enjoy all the benefits listed above, plus the following:

  • An invitation to our annual Patron Reception for you and a guest
  • A Northern Cardinal level Tri-State membership to gift to a non-member
  • Inclusion in Annual Report

Bald Eagle Members enjoy all the benefits listed above, plus the following:

  • Personalized end-of-year impact report
  • Bald Eagle Pin for first year

Membership Questions

While our membership levels haven’t changed in nearly 20 years, our costs have. To best serve our patients, we’re increasing membership donation amounts to help fund their care. Membership is our second largest fundraising effort. Your membership makes our work possible. 

No, however, after a time membership benefits will only be renewed at new levels.

Memberships are just one way to support. If a membership level no longer makes sense for your giving, that’s okay! If you’d still like to make a gift you can switch to a different level, switch to a monthly gift, or make a general donation. 

We’ll be offering a grace period for members who renew at the former rates. After 1/1/23, membership benefits will only renew at these levels. 

When you become a member, you’re joining a group of people dedicated to helping us save wild lives. Membership provides steady donations that allow us to provide care, medicine, food, and housing for our patients. 

In addition to helping a wild bird take flight again, Members receive a few other benefits.  This includes discounts from local retailers, information on how membership has helped in the past year, patient cases stories (coming soon), and more depending on level. 

If you have questions about your membership, please email us at giftsandmembership(at)tristatebird.org

Wing & A Prayer Membership Program

Support the work of Tri-State with a holiday gift.

Tri-State Gifts

These finely detailed hand-painted ornaments by a local artist are available in your choice of Snowy Owl, Wood Duck or Yellow Warbler designs.

$25  

Featuring the best of backyard birds, our 2019 calendar is packed with dazzling photographs contributed by friends of Tri-State, along with fascinating information about wildlife rehabilitation.

$16

Adopt-a-Bird Packages

Symbolically adopt a bird and support all our patients here at Tri-State. These packages are a delightful gift for adults and children alike.  

Cedar Waxwing or Barn Swallow   – $50

Bald Eagle – $100

  • Personalized Certificate of Adoption
  • Color 4″ x 6″ photo of your bird choice
  • Fact sheet on bird of your choice
  • Plush, 6″ Audubon bird  with real bird call
  • Tri-State’s quarterly newsletter for one year
  • Personalized gift card (for gift recipients)
  • Personalized Certificate of Adoption
  • Color 4″ x 6″ photo of a Bald Eagle
  • Fact sheet on Bald Eagle
  • Plush, 12″ Bald Eagle
  • Tri-State’s quarterly newsletter for one year
  • Personalized gift card (for gift recipients)

Cedar Waxwing or Barn Swallow   – $50

  • Personalized Certificate of Adoption
  • Color 4″ x 6″ photo of your bird choice
  • Fact sheet on bird of your choice
  • Plush, 6″ Audubon bird  with real bird call
  • Tri-State’s quarterly newsletter for one year
  • Personalized gift card (for gift recipients)

Bald Eagle – $100

  • Personalized Certificate of Adoption
  • Color 4″ x 6″ photo of a Bald Eagle
  • Fact sheet on Bald Eagle
  • Plush, 12″ Bald Eagle
  • Tri-State’s quarterly newsletter for one year
  • Personalized gift card (for gift recipients)

*Shipping through USPS is included with your gift purchases.

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