Bornean Sun Bear Conservation

Category: BSBCC, Fund raising | Date: Nov 16 2009 | By: Siew Te Wong

Great News! You can order the Sun bear Tote bag by email!

 The creator of Save the Sun Bear Tote bag, Ms Rika Koreeda, agrees to take purchase order of the sun bear tote bag.

Each tote bag is $15 + sale tax and shipping fee.

 If you would like to purchase one, please email Rika at sunbearny@gmail.com with your order information and the shipping address. She will contact you with the total amount due once she shipped out the bag. You then send her a check with the correct amount.

Rika is doing this voluntarily to help save sun bear and help us fund raising. All proceed of the bag will be donate to Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sabah to help sun bear. Please remember to thank her for doing so when you email her!

Happy shopping!

Tags: Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Fund raising, new York, Rika, Sabah, sale, sun bear, Tote bag

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Category: BSBCC, Fund raising | Date: Nov 13 2009 | By: Siew Te Wong

During the fund raising event in New York last summer, Caroline in the audience asked me how could anyone do to help sun bear.  “Anyone can help sun bear with whatever they do best.” I replied. “if you are rich, you can donate fund to us; if you are a writer, please write about sun bear and our work; if you are a film maker, please make a film about sun bear and tell the world about their story and their plights; if you are a student or biologist, please study sun bear; if you have spare time, you can be a volunteer to help us; if you are an artist, you can create artwork on sun bear…” and the list go on.

Rika Koreeda was among in the audience who intrigued by this statement. Her company,  Spoon+Fork, a New York City based boutique creative agency, is dedicated to feeding those hungry for fresh insight alongside a healthy portion of delicious growth-driven design. Spoon+Fork offers the arts, advertising, consumer brand and non-profit worlds a complete range of creative services, among others. Rika, like many other people who has help us promote sun bear conservation awareness and raise fund, started to take actions. Rika make bags! Rika and her team have collaborated with textile designer Wakane Koike of MEW New York and have designed an exclusivethe and the FRIST bag in the world to help save sun bear-The Save the Sun Bear Tote bag with the Save Sun Bears message. All proceeds of the sale of this cute tote bag will go directly to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre.

If you have happen to be a New Yorker, please stop by Factoriem Boutique,Destination, or TuTu to pick up a bag of your own.

Factoriem Boutique,

Destination, NY

32-36 Little West 12th Street, 1st Floor New York, NY 10014

tel: 212. 727.2031 / fax: 212. 727.7030

email: destination_ny@hpgrp.com www.destinationny.net

 In addition, Spoon + Fork is going to have Tote bag sale at their office building on Nov 18th. (50 small business tenant is in the building.) at Spoon+Fork, Inc. 419 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND FLOOR,  NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 USA. 

Thank you Rika, Wakane and everyone who make this sale and the tote bag project possible. I see hope to save this little know bear every time I look at this bag!

Tags: Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, Fund raising, new York, Rika, Sabah, sale, sun bear, Tote bag

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Category: BSBCC, Fund raising, Siew Te Wong | Date: Jul 06 2009 | By: Siew Te Wong

Tags: AAF, BSBCC, Fund raising, sun bear

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Category: Fund raising, SBCT UK, education | Date: Jun 19 2009 | By: Siew Te Wong

By Anna Cocker (Sun Bear Conservation Trust)

The Rare Species Conservation Centre in Kent, England hosted a very successful fundraising event on Sunday 24^th May and Monday 25^th May 2009. 

The event which was co-organised by the UK-based Sun Bear Conservation Trust (SBCT). This event was part of the endeavour to raise funds for sun bear conservation in South East Asia. Visitors at the centre had the opportunity to indulge in a selection of homemade cakes, including gingerbread bears, play the tombola and buy a range of bear goodies such as teddy bears and handmade sun bear cards, as well as plants.  Visitors were also made sun bear aware by educational talks by Wai-Ming Wong (Sun Bear Conservation Trust member and PhD student) and leaflets on sun bear conservation.  BBC Radio Kent joined in the action and interviewed Fiona McInally (Sun Bear Conservation Trust member) about sun bear conservation.  In total, £278.48 was raised.

The two Cambodian sun bears play fight at RARE Species Conservation Centre. 

Our table full with toys, tombola (you know what it is?) and many other goodies

Fiona and her cake table- yummy cookies, gingerbread bears, cake, etc., all to raise money for the bears!

Tags: Fund raising, Rare, SBCT, sun bear

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Category: BSBCC, Fund raising | Date: May 11 2009 | By: Siew Te Wong

A fun family bowling event to raise money for Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre will be held May 16 from 2:00-4:00 at Boulevard Lanes in Dover, Ohio. It is organize by Wild4Ever (http://www.wild4ever.com), a non-profit wildlife conservation foundation dedicating 100% of generated funds to the preservation of wild animals in the wild.

Adult Tickets $15.00, Children 12 & Under $12.00. Ticket price includes 2 hours of bowling, food, beverage and fun! Raffle will be held the day of the event with lots more great items to choose from! Wild4Ever Sun Bear tees will be available for $15.00 each.

For more information email shamu_1@sbcglobal.net.

Please visit http://www.wild4ever.com/news-wild4ever.php to learn more.

Thank you very much to Dr. Gary Riggs, DVM, chairman of Wild4ever, and his team to organize such a wonderful event to help us in Borneo. We wish you have a success event!

Tags: BSBCC, Fund raising, sun bear, www.wild4ever.com

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