Thanks to your compelling nomination and many, many online click votes, MickaCoo made it to the Top 7 SF Charities of 2013 and won a much needed $2000 grant from PG&E!

We had lots of fun at the fancy awards party in SF on 1/7/14.

L-R: Jill, Josette, Susan, Zoe, Elizabeth, Christiana & Lori

Christiana led our voting campaign on Facebook, enabling little MickaCoo to successfully compete with SF Habitat for Humanity, The SF Food Bank and other big, worthy charities.

Thank you to all the many MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue supporters who vote vote voted for us! We couldn’t do any of this without you!

MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue is extremely proud to have earned Great Nonprofits’ Top-Rated Award again for 2013 (fewer than 1% of nonprofits nationwide are eligible). Thank you for making our work possible, for endorsing our efforts and for adding your voice in support of the birds.

MickaCoo is proud to be recognized as a Top-Rated Great Nonprofit again in 2013

Here are excerpts from a few of our 52 reviews.

“Such a worthwhile organization doing fantastic work! I’m inspired to spread the word and hope to work with wineries in Sonoma and Napa counties as potential aviary builders and pigeon adopters!! So many need permanent homes.” 

“In addition to directly rescuing and rehabilitating the birds, they also spend a great deal of time educating people from all walks of life about pigeons and doves and what great birds they are, as well as the may dangers they face and abuse they needlessly suffer. They encourage people to adopt, not breed, these birds (so many need homes!)….and they promote kindness and compassion toward these sometimes misunderstood creatures (and in doing so, they help create a kinder, gentler, more compassionate world). MickaCoo’s work is 24/7 and they do an amazing job!!”

 “Donors can be absolutely confident in their donations being used wisely and efficiently for the MickaCoo pigeons and doves. I know this as I have been consulting ton nonprofits for over 10 years and I am very picky with the public’s money and how it is spent.”

“Sadly, it never occurred to me that pigeons needed rescue. The creation and growth of MickaCoo has made the plight of homeless, abused, abandoned, and neglected racing pigeons, King pigeons, homing pigeons, “fancy” pigeons, and the hybridized domestic/wild birds a vivid and worthwhile object of philanthropy. The dedication and passion brought to the care of these birds and the care taken to characterize their beauty, gentle nature, and positive characteristics makes it very clear why we as human beings have a responsibility to protect them.” 

MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue works hard to save the lives of domestic (unreleasable) birds that would otherwise be killed in shelters for lack of adopters and it takes a lot of “palomacy” to bring the plight and potential of these gentle creatures into the public’s awareness. So, imagine how excited and proud we are to be included in 7×7’s Top 49 San Francisco Charities for 2013! And, with your votes, we hope to win a cash prize as one of the Top 7!

MickaCoo is honored to be chosen one of San Francisco’s Top 49 Charities of 2013

7×7, (“a San Francisco-living-focused fashion, lifestyle, food, culture, opinion and entertainment digital, print, mobile, social, commerce and events platform”) writes, “After a few thousand emails passionately nominating an astounding array of San Francisco’s hard-working charities, we’ve arrived at the Top 49 finalists. From those that support abandoned animals to creators of homeless outreach programs and help for at-risk youth, we’ve got top-notch contenders this year. It’s time to rally the troops like never before and start voting, because that $10,000 grand prize (and $2,000 each to the six runners-up) furnished by the philanthropic-minded folks at PG&E looms large as a major way for the winners to take their work to new levels.”

Many of you are already voting for us every day- thank you! Please continue to do so and, if you’re not already, there’s still time! To vote, click here, scroll down (we’re the last listed) and select MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue from the “Additional Community Vitality” category.

Scroll down to the bottom and select MickaCoo

It’s your time and energy and generosity and help that enables MickaCoo to save lives and change minds. Rescued King pigeon Zel and all the many others thank you for your compassion and support.

Photo by Connie Pugh