Just a quick update for anyone thinking of coming out to our African Stew and a World Seabird Conference Dry Run on September 19th at the QCC VIC - you can now reserve a spot at the Lakseek Bay office in Queen Charlotte City. Viv will be there from roughly 9-5 on Sept 8 - 11 and will happily add your name to our reserved list and collect the recommended donation of $10. Remember that we're limited to a max of 30 people. Hope to see you there!
As a thank you to the incredible support from the community for Viv Pattison and Keith Moore's upcoming trip to the World Seabird Conference in South Africa, we'd like to invite everyone out to an evening of African peanut stew! Maureen from the Queen Charlotte Visitor's Centre has a fantastic recipe and we hope others will bring treats that we can all enjoy together while listening to Keith and Viv run through their presentations on the Ancient Murrelet, citizen science and 26 years of work at Laskeek Bay Conservation Society!
We're asking for a $10 donation that will go towards the trip, and we will begin serving food around 6:30pm. Please bring your own bowls! The presentation will begin at 7pm, and if you want to skip the stew, show up around 7 and your entry will be by a donation of your choice.
Space is limited to about 30 people, so show up early! We will do our best to accommodate everyone who RSVPs "attending" on our Facebook event, but we will not be formally selling tickets.
The Details:
Spread the word and we hope to see you there!
We have to say that we are TOTALLY blown away by the local support we've received over the past few weeks for our trip to the World Seabird Conference in South Africa! Our loonie-toonie auction was a gigantic success, raising over $2400 in support of Viv and Keith! We had a lot of fun manning booths at the Credit Union, the Visitor's Centre and the Tlell Fall Fair and want to send a giant thank you to all who bought tickets! We did our draw for the prizes last week at the unveiling of the new whale sculpture, and have been excitedly awarding prizes in the days since.
We want to send an extra special thank you out to all the local businesses and artists who donated a collection of fantastic prizes for auction. Be sure to check them out around town!
Thank you all again - and stay tuned for an opportunity to hear a dry run of Keith and Viv's presentation in the fall!
We're excited to announce that in just a few months, Viv Pattison and Keith Moore will be heading off to Cape Town, South Africa to make presentations about the Ancient Murrelets of East Limestone Island at the 2nd World Seabird Conference. The two will be speaking to our 26 years of experience, and all that we have learned in partnership with over 1200 citizen scientists! It is an absolute honour to have been invited, and we cannot wait to speak about the global significance of our local seabird populations, and the threats that they face.
As an organization, we are working hard to raise the funds needed to support Viv's trip. Viv was born in Queen Charlotte and first went to Limestone as a young student with the Living and Learning School. She spent summers volunteering with us before taking on the role of biologist and field camp supervisor. Viv has spent the last few months on Limestone Island as our camp supervisor, where she worked with volunteers, school groups and teachers as they participated in the research and monitoring of seabirds, marine mammals and other wildlife in Laskeek Bay. Viv has been a devoted supporter of the organization over the years, and her passion for conservation are what we hope to inspire in all youth. We couldn't be more thrilled to have her involved in our delegation in South Africa!
But of course, a trip to South Africa is no small endeavor. Our fundraising campaign was generously kicked off with a donation from the Credit Union. A private donor has since helped with the cost of Viv's flight, but we're still working to collect funding for registration and other travel costs. To support Viv, swing by the Queen Charlotte Visitors Center or the Credit Union to participate in a loonie-toonie drive, supported by TONS of great prizes from local artists and businesses. We will be selling tickets until July 31st, and will host the draw the following week on August 3rd! You can also make straight donations to us online, at our office or at the Credit Union.
