Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Professional White Dove Release Business leads to Scholarships

Twin sisters, Rene and Robyn Cooper, are co-owners of Highland Doves, a professional white dove release business located in Morgantown, West Virginia. They provide professional white dove release services for weddings, funerals, memorials, and special events such as their local American Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraising event, Veteran’s Day programs, and many other community benefit releases. The sisters have donated numerous professional white dove releases for non-profit events over the years.

Rene and Robyn began their white dove release business when they were just 15 years old. They received some coaching from their uncle who also raises pigeons, and has his own professional white dove release business. They began by building their own specialized pigeon loft from plans; doing the work themselves with a little assistance from their father. Once their loft was built they trained their first flock of young pigeons for the white dove release work, and continued to increase their flock by breeding, hatching and training more birds every year. This process has allowed them to build their business as the demand for their white dove release services has grown.

Rene and Robyn have operated their white dove release business very successfully, and almost totally independent of adult help since the beginning. At first the girls’ father had to drive them to do training tosses (training flights), and to their white dove release jobs because they weren't old enough to have driver’s licenses. But since the age of sixteen they have done all their training tosses, professional white dove releases and marketing events such as bridal fairs without any adult help.Rene is now a sophomore attending West Virginia University School of Dentistry. A couple of weeks ago one of her professors pulled her off to the side, and invited her to an upcoming awards banquet. Rene attended the banquet, figuring she was probably going to get a plaque or something similar. It came as quite a surprise to her when they were down to the final award of the night, and she was awarded a large scholarship for the rest of her college career. When she was presented with the award the crowd was informed that this was the most distinguished scholarship a dental student could receive from this school. To receive this award the recipient must excel in all categories of the dental school. Rene was advised during the presentation that the sponsor of the scholarship was impressed with her grades, her attitude and the fact that she had established and operated a professional white dove release business since the age of 15.

Robyn attends West Virginia University on the West Virginia Promise Scholarship. Her scholarship requires the recipient to maintain a 3.4 grade point average. Robyn feels that her experience with the white dove release business has contributed a great deal towards her being awarded and maintaining this scholarship.

Rene and Robyn both have bright futures ahead of them, and can thank their feathered friends for paving the way.

7 comments:

  1. Rene and Robyn,
    Congratulations on a fantastic achievement!! For the two of you to actually start your own business and to perform a service that helps others in a very unique way is really something special.

    God Bless you both, and may you both have very happy and successful lives.

    George in Bama

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  2. I think it's an excellent idea to help people find reputable dove release pros. I used one for my Father's memorial last month.

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  3. Thanks for your comments. We, as professionals, are concerned with educating people about white dove releases. We want you to be completely satisfied with your white dove release, and we want the best for the birds. Hiring a professional will guarantee both.

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  4. I am very excited about the new WDRP Blog which will help educate Couples getting married finding a professional Dove Release company and / or Families looking for a Memorial Dove Release.

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  5. The main purpose of our blog is to educate people about White Dove Releases so they can make the best choices. Thanks for your comment.

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  6. Congradulations Renee & Robyn Cooper. I also release doves for weddings & funerals in Los Angeles & have donated my doves services to cancer & community events on several occasions, It's very nice to hear when others contribute white doves for special events.

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