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Dear Friends, 

 

2014 and another year.  So we must press on to help those poor animals.  Along with Betty, we will be running a coffee morning, raffle and bring and buy.  This will be held in April 2014.  Date to be confirmed.  Let us hope for more funds for the animals,

Happy New year to all, Deborah x

 

Further progress!  Denise from Companion care and I got up very early on  MayBank holiday Sunday for a car boot sale.  Thanks to many donations of goods and a good clear out of my daughter's bedroom!  we had a wonderful morning.  The sun shone and the final total is:

£229.42!  Thank you to everyone!

 

 

At an open evening at the Companion Care surgery in Pets at Home in Cambridge a further £12.77 was donated to the bears.  Thanks Chaim and Rutty and all at the practice.

This concert was wonderful and a huge thank you to Marie-Noelle and Rachel for their superb performances.  Thanks too to Nicky from the Foundation for a great update on their work at the present time.  Everyone enjoyed my presentation on the trek and the rescue center in China.

!FINAL TOTAL £792.85, WOW, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!  DUE TO LATE DONATIONS FROM FRIENDS WHOM WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE CONCERT:)

Together WE RAISED AN AMAZING £73O , so thank you everyone!

!!NOVEMBER 1ST 7PM, GONVILLE & CAIUS, CONCERT!!

Marie-Noelle Kendall concert pianist, Rachel Godsill soprano.

Rachmaninoff preludes, songs by Parry, Gurney, Verdi, Balfe, Novello and Gershwin.

Talk on the work of Animals Asia Foundation for the Moon Bears.

 

 

Further to my talk in April Shepreth Wildlife Park have donated three animals experiences !  The first with the Lemurs has kindly been sold to a colleague at work.

That leaves:

Two Meerkat experiences, spend time with these cute creatures, accompanied by experiences keepers.

Any bids kindly accepted to raise funds directly for the Moon bears.  Participants also gain full entrance to the park and a Bugs World and the Watery world.  Folk must be 18 for health and safety reasons.

The Meerkats experience is valued at £75, if bought at the park!  So please make a bid:)

In October half term we are planning a classical concert in Cambridge, so watch this space!

 ILLUSTRATED TALK OF THE TREK IN CHINA FOLLOWED BY THE BEAR SANCTUARY IN CHENGDU.  VIDEO CLIPS OF RESCUED BEARS.  VERY MOVING AND REWARDING!

 Held on WEDS, 25TH APRIL, 7 FOR 7.30PM.  SANCTON WOOD SENIOR SCHOOL, 1-2 ST PAUL'S ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 2EZ.

UPDATE: Dear Friends 

 

I am pleased toannounce the final total raised for the Moon Bears' talkwas :

£234.50.

This was despite some very adverse weather conditions!

 

 

Thanks so much to all those that came and thanks too to Sancton Wood school for generously hosting the evening and to Josh for invaluable IT support!  Deborah x 

 

 

As you may know I was lucky enough to make the Trek in China in October of last year, the highlight of which was the visit to the bear sanctuary in Chengdu, Yunnan province.

 

The trek was stunning covering 52 odd miles in 5 days, staying at local farm houses and marvelling at wonderful, unspoilt moutainous terrain.  Then the pinnacle of last year's efforts, the visit to the sanctuary! Jill Robinson the founder of AAF hosted us for the day and we were lucky enough to see every aspect of the foundation's work here and view all the bears.  It is a large site and has around 100 staff, all committed to helping these tragic animals.

Whilst on the trek I made several good friends and I remain determined to raise further funds to aid these animals and their desperate plight.

I am planning on holding a lecture with slides of the trek and video clips of the bears in April, followed by a Chopin piano recital by Marie Noel-Kendall in May.  Both venues Cambridge.

I would be so grateful for any donation you feel able to make, I appreciate times are very hard for most, but rest assured the money will go towards relieving a great deal of real distress.

Lots of love and hugs,

Debbie xxxx