Three Weeks Until Bowling For Rhinos!
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urbpanBack in November I solicited donations for Bowling For Rhinos!
Many of you responded generously, and I thank you! Instead of begrudging the unexpected delay (the venue was temporarily closed due to a fire code violation) I'm going to take the opportunity to thank you again, and give those of you who missed it last time an opportunity to support rhinos and rhino habitat. In return, Alexis and I will bring our cameras and present to you the spectacle of zookeepers participating in the sport-like activity of rolling a heavy ball at some wooden pegs. We will be doing this Monday night, July 14th, at Lucky Strike Lanes in the Fenway. A good time for a good cause. But don't take my word for it -- here's Nikki, the liaison for the New England chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers:
Bowling For Rhinos is not only about saving rhinos! The money we raise helps save rhino habitat so we help save everything from orchids to elephants! For example, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya has the second largest population of elephants in Kenya and 25% of the world’s Grevy zebra population. [Nikki mentions Grevy's zebras because our zoo has a collection of several individuals of this endangered species.]
Indonesia’s Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park contains tracts of highly threatened lowland forests, which, in addition to Sumatran rhinos, is home to Sumatran elephants (fewer than 2,000 are left island-wide) and the Sumatran tiger, which numbers no more than 400 animals.
As of September 15, 2007, $289,354 has been raised by 45 AAZK chapters or institutions for 2007. The American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) “Bowling For Rhinos” (BFR) fund-raiser has raised over $2.9 million since 1990 entirely through volunteer efforts. Help us raise a little bit more this year!
Thanks, Nikki!
So if you want to help endangered species and habitats, all you have to do is click the button below and donate however much you want! If you don't know how much to donate, most people have donated ten dollars, some more and some less. Whatever you donate is very much appreciated.
And just so you know I haven't taken the money to buy powdered rhino horn aphrodesiacs or something, here's the list of confirmed donors to our team, The Pinheads: AB of Cambridge, RKW of Catonsville, EO of Willimantic, KE of San Leandro, BT of Bellevue, RK of Somerville, HW of Portland, FM of Limerick, RK of Austin, SK of Brooklyn, and CG of Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton. Thank you all so much!
EDITED TO ADD: if you don't want to use PayPal, write a check to Bowling for Rhinos and send it to me, Jef Taylor/The Urban Pantheist 423 Brookline Ave Suite 271 Boston MA 02215.
Many of you responded generously, and I thank you! Instead of begrudging the unexpected delay (the venue was temporarily closed due to a fire code violation) I'm going to take the opportunity to thank you again, and give those of you who missed it last time an opportunity to support rhinos and rhino habitat. In return, Alexis and I will bring our cameras and present to you the spectacle of zookeepers participating in the sport-like activity of rolling a heavy ball at some wooden pegs. We will be doing this Monday night, July 14th, at Lucky Strike Lanes in the Fenway. A good time for a good cause. But don't take my word for it -- here's Nikki, the liaison for the New England chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers:
Bowling For Rhinos is not only about saving rhinos! The money we raise helps save rhino habitat so we help save everything from orchids to elephants! For example, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya has the second largest population of elephants in Kenya and 25% of the world’s Grevy zebra population. [Nikki mentions Grevy's zebras because our zoo has a collection of several individuals of this endangered species.]
Indonesia’s Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park contains tracts of highly threatened lowland forests, which, in addition to Sumatran rhinos, is home to Sumatran elephants (fewer than 2,000 are left island-wide) and the Sumatran tiger, which numbers no more than 400 animals.
As of September 15, 2007, $289,354 has been raised by 45 AAZK chapters or institutions for 2007. The American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) “Bowling For Rhinos” (BFR) fund-raiser has raised over $2.9 million since 1990 entirely through volunteer efforts. Help us raise a little bit more this year!
Thanks, Nikki!
So if you want to help endangered species and habitats, all you have to do is click the button below and donate however much you want! If you don't know how much to donate, most people have donated ten dollars, some more and some less. Whatever you donate is very much appreciated.
And just so you know I haven't taken the money to buy powdered rhino horn aphrodesiacs or something, here's the list of confirmed donors to our team, The Pinheads: AB of Cambridge, RKW of Catonsville, EO of Willimantic, KE of San Leandro, BT of Bellevue, RK of Somerville, HW of Portland, FM of Limerick, RK of Austin, SK of Brooklyn, and CG of Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton. Thank you all so much!
EDITED TO ADD: if you don't want to use PayPal, write a check to Bowling for Rhinos and send it to me, Jef Taylor/The Urban Pantheist 423 Brookline Ave Suite 271 Boston MA 02215.
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Date: 2008-06-24 01:25 am (UTC)I am interested in donating money for Bowling for Rhinos, but do not have a paypal account. I am in Somerville. Best way to get money to you?
Let me know.
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Date: 2008-06-24 11:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-24 09:47 pm (UTC)I'll try to get a check in the mail soon.
Do you want to buy a raffle ticket? :-)
http://bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com/38984.html
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Date: 2008-06-24 11:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-25 02:51 am (UTC)Write me a check (made out to Voices Rising) and send it to the address on my check. Include your phone number and I'll fill out a ticket for you and send you the stub.
Seems a bit convoluted.