Guthrie and I love visiting Minnesota state parks -- we even honeymooned at Myre-Bige Island. I am a big believer in supporting the things that you love and thought we should put our money where our mouth was (or the bumper sticker on the back of our car that says Take A Hike! MN State Parks). We do have our state park annual pass already -- got that when we renewed our MPR membership (another thing everyone who listens to MPR should do--support the news/music you listen to--become a member!).
With the license plates, we get our choice of a cool looking Minnesota wildlife scene, but we add on $30 to the price of the plates which we will pay each year with our tabs. The money is given to the Minnesota DNR. There are actually four new designs -- even though we went with the old loon since it was the one we could agree on.
I don't fish, but I like how the "O" in Minnesota is a bobber. :)
There are many different specialty license plates to choose from if the north woods ain't your thing, but you still would like to make an annual contribution to something great (while sporting cool license plates). I know we thought about going for the Goldy (any MN college/university available) and giving money to the scholarship fund of that school. It also states that you don't need to be an alumni to order the plates -- so if your team is the St. Thomas Tommies, support them!
The Support Our Troops plates donates your contribution to the Department of Military Affairs for financial support of military families and the Department of Veterans Affairs for grant programs for homeless veterans. Here's more info on all of the other specialty plates. Next time you see an old, green Honda Civic go by with Loons on the plate, honk!
Peace!
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