Thank you to all of you who participated in the 2008 American Express Matching Program. With your help, $100,000 was raised to help protect wildlife and wild places in the U.S. and around the world.

This goal was reached in just two months, with the help of guests who used their American Express card to reserve an Animal Interaction program at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens. As part of this matching campaign, American Express matched 50 percent of each program's purchase price as a donation to the non-profit SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund.

The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund offers park guests and others an easy, direct way to help protect at-risk animals and habitats. Since its launch in 2003, the Fund has donated $5 million to more than 350 projects in 60 countries.

The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund would like to thank and recognize American Express and their Cardmembers for helping protect animals, people and places close to home and around the world. Together, we are making a world of difference.