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The Xerces Society is a science-based conservation organization that promotes pollinator health, endangered species conservation, and pesticide-free habitat. Our monthly donors provide reliable and sustainable funding to support this essential conservation work. As a valued member of our community, we promise to shower you with the attention and gratitude you deserve. Join our cause with a monthly gift today! 

The Xerces Society is a 501 (c)3 non-profit. Your gifts are tax-deductible.

You Can Celebrate Special Occasions for Invertebrates

With peer-to-peer fundraisers supporting the Xerces Society, you can raise funds to help us help the little creatures you care about. Any occasion could become a fundraiser — think birthdays, weddings, holidays. And you can always invent a creative reason to support invertebrates!

Celebrating Xerces Members

Member Spotlight

Members of the Xerces Society not only provide financial support, but also lend their unique personalities, interests, and efforts to our community, and to the cause of invertebrate conservation. From cultivating home pollinator gardens, to giving talks in their communities, to sharing their enthusiasm for invertebrates through photography, to simply being the wonderful people they are, they⁠—you⁠—are making a difference!

Jan Mooney of Baltimore, Maryland is a Xerces monthly donor who is passionate about urban green spaces and pollinator conservation. Jan’s love for nature began in childhood, inspired by the gardens of her mother and grandmother in Severna Park, Maryland. Jan recalls, “I was attracted to plants and invertebrates at a very young age. The tiny creatures were always on the move and hard at work, which always fascinated me!”

After a long career in human resources, Jan retired and dedicated herself to environmental stewardship and became an active volunteer at the Upper Fells Point Community Garden in Baltimore. “The garden is the only green space in our neighborhood boundaries,” says Jan. “It is not only an oasis for me but also for many birds and invertebrates. It is also a space where the community can come together as one.”

Jan’s favorite plants in the garden include crocus, bee balm, milkweed, aster and sedum, all key nectar sources for pollinators. “Monarchs love the sedum in late summer, and cosmos bloom from May through the first frost, providing nectar for months!” says Jan.

Jan has led as garden chair for the past eight years. Under her leadership, the garden has expanded to 26 plots with 34 gardeners and includes pollinator habitat. It has also gained recognition, earning awards from the Maryland Cooperative Extension and becoming a Monarch Waystation. Beyond growing food for themselves and wildlife, the gardeners donate produce to the community and lead beautification projects, including a mural and a mosaic sidewalk created with local school children.

Looking ahead, Jan hopes to expand the garden’s impact. “We want to keep providing habitat and food for invertebrates and birds while growing fresh produce right here in the city,” she says. “The Upper Fells Point Community Garden is a real gem, and I’m honored to be a part of it.”

Thank you, Jan, for your dedication to urban conservation and community engagement. Your work is a powerful reminder that even in the heart of a city, pollinators and people can thrive together!

 

Take a look through the beauty and conservation efforts of some of our wonderful members!

Past Member Spotlights

Wings Magazine

Members receive a hard copy of our biannual publication Wings: Essays on Invertebrate Conservation.

 

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Xerces Gift Center

Xerces books and our popular Pollinator Habitat sign are available for a donation through our online Gift Center. 

 

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Donation Inquiries

(855) 232-6639, ext. 2

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Donations and membership renewals may be mailed to:

The Xerces Society
P.O. Box 97387
Washington, DC 20090-7387

Tax ID Number 51-0175253

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