July E-News for Primates Incorporated七月成立的电子报的灵长类动物.doc

July E-News for Primates IncorporatedPTOPICSAtwood Festival UpdateRock the Monkey Benefit - October 24th in Madison and October 31st in Fort Atkinson!Online Auction - September 1st September 30th - Donations are still needed!Volunteer Corner - Volunteers are needed! Duties include picking up donations from local businesses, making follow-up phone calls with potential auction donors, and running an informational table at Pride Fest (8.15.09), Triangle Ethnic Fest (8.16.09), or Willy St Festival (9.20.09). Comments Corner - comments were sent in since the last e-newsletter about fund-raising strategies.Topic Summary - new monkey species discovered in Amazon rain forest.Fund-raising Progress - $27,000 raised toward the building - still searching for that millionaire!UPDATESAtwood Festival Thanks to the wonderful volunteers, Deb, Susan, Sarah, Shelly, and Shane, for running the table at Atwood festival on July 25th! The volunteers had 13 meaningful conversations, sold $140 in merchandise, and collected $30 in donations! 29 pamphlets were taken, and 17 people signed up on our email list a record! The volunteers told me they had a great time, but that we should definitely replace the gorilla suit. Due to windy conditions, and the fragility of the stuffed gorilla costume, the head of the gorilla kept falling off the suit which scared the children! A giant plush monkey would be appealing for kids and families to come over and get their picture taken next to the monkey. Deb and Susan said they are going to get us a large plush monkey that is kid friendly thank you! Please let me know if you would be interested in volunteering at the PI informational table at future festivals!UPCOMING FUND RAISERSRock the Monkey Benefit October 24th and October 31st!Please mark your calendars! -Rock the Monkey in Madison, WISaturday, October 24th at The Frequency in the downtown area. So far, The Daves, The Motherhive Syndicate, and Captains Remorse have been generous enough to play for us that night! Start time, TBA. -Rock the Monkey on the Rock River in Fort Atkinson, WIAnd, a week later on Halloween, Rock the Monkey will take place in Fort Atkinson at The Caf Carpe. Bill, owner of Caf Carpe, and folk singer will be performing along with Paul and Kim from The Daves! Start time, TBA. We will publicize both events on our poster and in the press release. I will send the press release in next months e-newsletter. We still need to finalize a couple of details. September Online Auction If anyone would like to donate to our online auction in September, please let me know at . Items that do not sell in the auction will be raffled off at our Rock the Monkey Benefits. Please mark your calendars to bid on the donated items during the month of September at !Googling for Good Please also make /orgpi/ your home website page. Every time you google at this page, money goes to Primates Incorporated! VOLUNTEER CORNER I have sent out 150 post card inquiries to local businesses. We need help calling the businesses to follow up with them and request the donation. We also need help picking up the donations around Madison as they start to come in. There are also a few festivals that are fast approaching. We havent secured an informational table yet at these events, but we would consider it if we have volunteers sign up for the events.Madison Pride FestivalSaturday, August 15th, 2:00p-7:00p Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WITriangle Ethnic FestSunday, August 16th, 11:00am-6:00p. Presented by the Bayview Foundation. Location: 601 Bayview Located at Park and Regent on Braxton in Madison, WIWilly St. FairSunday, September 20th, 11:00am-7:00p. Located on 800, 900, and 1000 blocks of Williamson St. in Madison, WI Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers for helping us with internet research, article summaries, and grant editing! If you havent heard from me in a while, please check back in with me as it is hard for me to keep track of who is available, etc. thanks!COMMENTS CORNERRe: fund raising for Primates IncorporatedKristin wrote:“In response to the idea about fundraising in schools, I dont know about newspapers, but I do know many schools in the area have raised money by asking students to save can tabs. I think that is a good idea; that way students arent hauling huge bags of trash to school. You could also maybe have a bake sale or a fun run (good way to promote exercise too!).”Re: finding alternative fund raisers to Jane GoodallGayeLyn wrote in and suggested Melissa Etheridge as she has worked on animal rescue causes. Dana suggested we contact Jane Wiedlin, original member of the Go Gos, to help us out as she lives near Madison now!Great suggestions! I will follow up on the celebrities and incorporate the soda can tabs into my presentation the next time I am asked to speak at a school venue. and we still need to research newspaper recycling to see if it would be worth it to have kids bring in newspapers. TOPIC SUMMARYNew monkey discovered in Brazilian Amazon/s/nm/20090707/sc_nm/us_brazil_monkey July 7th, source: ReutersTiny monkey species discovered in the Amazon rainforest/2009/0707-new_monkey_wcs.html July 7th, source: MArticles summarized by Lisa: Fabio Rhe of The Wildlife Conservation Societyand associateshave published an article in the online edition of the International Journal of Primatology documenting a new monkey species. The Muras saddleback tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis mura), named for the Mura Indians that live in the same area, is gray and dark brown in color with a mottled saddle. This type of saddleback tamarin weighs less than three-quarters of a pound and is nine inches tall with a 12.6 inch tail. “The newly found monkey was first spotted by scientists in 2007 in the Brazilian state of Amazonas and is related to the saddleback tamarin monkeys, known for their distinctively marked backs, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said.” (Reuters, 2) Rhe, along with other colleagues are concerned by the planned development in the area. The paving of Manaus-Poro Velho (BR 319) highway will aid logging anddeforestation for cattle pasture that will fragment and destroy the habitat of this newly discovered primate. Two Hydroelectric dams and a proposed gas pipeline are also threatening the Muras saddlebacks habitat. Dr. Avecita Chicchon, Director of WCSs Latin America Programs stated We hope that the discovery will draw attention to conservation in this very fragile but biodiverse region. (, 7) This is not the first species that WCS researchers have discovered in recent years. The Arunachal macaque was discovered in India in 2004; the Madiddi monkey was discovered in Bolivia in 2005 and the Kipunji was discovered in Tanzania in 2005 (, 8). The continued discovery of new species is a reminder that we know too little about our world to let it disappear through development before it is even discovered.Application to Primates Incorporated: This article emphasizes the importance of educating current and future generations about conservation. Earlier this year, we teamed up with Ricardo Cavalcanti, owner of two plots of land in Brazil. We plan on allowing him to raise funds under the name of Primates Incorporated so that he can protect his rain forest land while establishing a primate sanctuary and rehabilitation center on his other land near the ocean. This topic of discovering a new primate species could help us get a grant from conservation organizations! Patricia, a talented and multi-lingual Primates Incorporated volunteer, is communicating with her connections in Brazil to see how Ricardo can set up a nonprofit there so funds can be transferred from the US to Brazil. This is a great addition to the mission for Primates Incorporated as we will have both a conservation program and a sanctuary program here in the states for monkeys who cant go back to the wild. Just like with the Primates Incorporated sanctuary, this will be a long and slow process, but well worth it! FUND-RAISING PROGRESSTo date we have raised $27,000 toward our goal of $600,000 that is needed to purchase land, build the primate sanctuary, and run it for one year. -Plus we will need approximately $300,000 per year after that to run and sustain the sanctuary. We will continue writing grants, contacting celebrities, coordinating benefits, and contacting pharmaceutical companies until we get there! Please let me know if you have any other fund-raising ideas or know of someone else to contact!Thanks for reading and for caring about the primates! Have a great weekend!Sincerely, AmyAmy M. Kerwin, M.B.A.President and Executive DirectorPrimates Incorporated(