The Virtual Parrot Head ClubIn the early 1990s, Jill Pearson presented her idea of a different kind of Parrot Headclub... an online Parrot Head Club!It wasn't long before word about a place Parrot Heads could phlock online spreadquickly. With Jill using the tools available at the time, she built the Virtual ParrotHead Club.There would be no geographical boundaries to limit membership, only one's appreci-ation for the lifestyle Jimmy Buffett sings about would be a requirement.The success of the Virtual Parrot Head Club was recognized when the Parrot HeadClub sanctioning body, Parrot Heads in Paradise, when it granted the VPHC an offi-cial charter... the first, and only online Parrot Head Club!Today, a large portion of the club membership remains as the cyber roost for ParrotHeads who have no land based club or Parrot Heads who recently moved and werepast members of another PHIP Club. For many, the Virtual PHC was their very firstclub and they remain loyal members.Over the 20 years, annual donations have varied but included these charities ... TheAmerican Red Cross, Toys N Tots (A Key West Police Department Toy Drive), Walkto End Alzheimer's, Bike MS, The Visiting Nurse and Hospice Association of the Flor-ida Keys and The Scleroderma Foundation to name a very few.4