Jaime Gonzalez, President of the Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island (FAMI) National Wildlife Refuges, has sent out an email to Refuge System supporters regarding help for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel who were affected by Hurricane Ike.

The letter states:

As you well know, Hurricane Ike dealt a severe blow to portions of the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast which has impacted thousands of people residing in Ike’s path. The impact includes U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Personnel in Texas and Louisiana.

Because we understand that there are many that have been asking how they can assist during this difficult time, the Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island Refuges (FAMI) have established a voluntary Hurricane Ike fund to help U. S. Fish & Wildlife employees that were significantly affected by this storm.

To help our U. S. Fish & Wildlife employees and their families that are displaced with a monetary contribution, they can do so by sending their donations to the FWS Hurricane Ike Fund. Checks should be made out to the FAMI and state in the memo field “FWS Hurricane Ike Fund.” Please mail your donations to:

FAMI
P.O. Box 74
Austwell, Tx 77950

or they can make a deposit at any Wells Fargo Bank to the Friends of Aransas and Matagorda, FWS Hurricane Ike Fund. If the Wells Fargo Banker has any questions they should contact Deana Justice, Wells Fargo Personal Banker at the Victoria, Texas Navarro Office by calling 361-485-6676. All contributions will be tax deductible as FAMI is a 501(c)3, tax exempt organization. FAMI is contributing $1,000 to help kick off this effort.

For additional information concerning donations, please contact Charla or Carroll Marsh at 361-645-8746.

You can read more about the Friends of Aransas and Matagorda Island on the Aransas NWR website.

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wildlife, wildlife refuge, conservation, National Wildlife Refuge System, Hurricane Ike, Aransas NWR, US Fish and Wildlife Service