Profile Adopt a Dolphin for WDCS

Alexa Radcliffe-Hart is raising money for Whale And Dolphin Conservation

“Alexa Radcliffe's Fundraising Page”

on 26 March 2009

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August 2010 UPDATE:
For those who have supported us, we send our sincere thanks. We raised a fantastic £2000.35 within the auction which has brought our fundraising total to £5617.08 for 2009-2010. Thank you so much for all your support – due to the auction’s success we will be running annual auctions for this amazing charity as well as our other fundraising activities. And last but by no means least, we have been able to rename “744 - Squat Fin” – the winning name drawn from the hat is “Bonnie”. We will be continuing with our fundraising for WDCS in 2010-2011 so please keep your eyes on the adoption site for more information!

Thanks for visiting the Profile fundraising page.
CHARITY AUCTION FOR WDCS IS NOW LIVE!! Please visit www.profile.co.uk/auction to check out all the wonderful donations and start bidding!

May 2010 UPDATE:
We haven't updated you all in a little while, but we have been working hard to ensure we reach our target for 2009/2010. At the end of this month, we will be running an auction on eBay to sell our services as well as products and gifts from our clients and friends of WDCS! Keep an eye on www.profile.co.uk/wdcs for more details on when etc and how you can help! We will pick the winning name for Squat Fin once the auction is completed, so there's still time to pick a name!!

December 2009 UPDATE:

Happy Christmas to all you wonderful supporters! We've got a fantastic gift for you - our new website just for our sponsored Dolphin. Please check out www.profile.co.uk/wdcs to see all the latest news and updates as well as some beautiful pictures of Squat Fin and her friends taken by Charlie Phillips. Thank you once again for all of your support for this worthy cause. We're nearly at our target with just three more months to go - please sponsor Squat Fin, offer her a new name and help WDCS today.

August 2009 UPDATE:

Just a little update. The full calculations have been made now, and will costs taken away for the Skydive and Gift-Aid added in for the events, so far we have raised £3,466.73! £1,185.41 was raised by the fantastic four when Skydiving and £2,281.32 was raised at the Whacky Whale Races Day! So only £1533.27 is needed to hit our £5,000 target. And of course, we'd love to go above and beyond our target so please, sponsor our lovely girl today!

July 2009 UPDATE:

So we're half way through the year, and half way through our fundraising target! Those who attended Mike's Whacky Whale Races Day raised an amazing £2033 towards the target - and had a fantastic day, even with a spot of rain! Photo's will be up shortly to show you the results of that day.

Previous to this, we also had the fantastic four (Alison, Matt, Laura and Alexa) who did a Skydive from 12,000 feet raising a group total of around £2000. Look out for the next fundrasing event in aid of WDCS shortly...!

Throughout 2009, Profile is raising money for our adopted dolphin, a resident bottlenose dolphin that resides in the Moray Firth. Our dolphin is one of 130 animals, part of the only surviving population of its kind in the North Sea. As part of the donation process, we will be running a competition to name our dolphin. Please write your suggested name in the comment box when you sponsor us, and you will be entered into the draw. The winning name will be announced on 22nd March 2010 which marks our one year anniversary of being sponsors of this dolphin.

Our Dolphin ("744" currently, she's waiting for you to name her!) is a lovely young female bottlenose dolphin who was first identified in 1999 through her unusual markings of small nicks along the trailing edge of her small, triangular dorsal fin. We know that she is at least 10 years old. WDCS have not yet seen her with a calf but she enjoys playing with her great friend Kesslet’s 18 month old little boy. She is a very social dolphin, always in the company of other dolphins and is loyal to the same circle of friends such as Rainbow, Kesslet, Sundance and Moonlight. She can be found around Chanonry Point and Cromarty a lot, either hunting or socialising with her companions. She can be picked her out of a group not only through her distinctive dorsal fin but also by her very light coloured eyelids – no other dolphin that the WDCS team know has this.

WDCS addresses the conservation concerns and the welfare needs of cetaceans wherever they occur. WDCS has offices in the UK, US, Germany, Australia and Argentina and are active in over 25 countries. Their network of experts works tirelessly to campaign for global protection for these animals and they fund and manage field projects, research, conservation and educational initiatives, aimed at reducing and ultimately eliminating the threats to whales and dolphins, and raising awareness of the need to protect them in their natural environment.

Please lend your support for the staff of Profile and the work of WDCS by donating / sponsoring today. If you would like to find out more about the work the WDCS do, please go to www.wdcs.org.uk. If you would like to find out more about Profile Technology Services and the solutions they provide, please go to www.profile.co.uk.

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