Those who've been here for a while will know that as a group, we sponsor a chimpanzee at Monkey World, the reknowned ape rescue centre down in Dorset. We've been doing our bit for 3 or 4 years now, sponsoring Micky. In return we get a photo, an adoption certificate, a quarterly newsletter & a group entry ticket which gives free entry to the park for up to 30 people. That's a once only thing -one visit per year as a group, so we try & organise a run down there at the end of April, before the rally/show season begins. The last Sunday in April, 2011 -put it in your diaries guys. Taz & I have also bought a paving slab engraved with the website logo, which is now part of a "Walk of Thanks" within the park.
It may have started out as a bit of a joke, picking a cause to back simply because it's monkey related, but we've raised nearly a thousand quid since we began & helping endangered species definitely ain't a joke. We're very proud of you guys.
http://www.monkeyworld.org/So. To qualify for group adoption, we have to raise a minimum of £120 & this year's sponsorship expires on the 16th October, which gives us about 3 weeks.
As always, we don't want anyone to feel pressurised into taking part. It's an entirely voluntary thing & all we can offer in return for your money is a day out at MonkeyWorld for you & maybe your kids, depending how many people are free to go on the day.
If you'd like to make a contribution, we'll ask the same as previous years -£10 per person, but I'll say it again,
please don't feel you
have to get involved. Money's tight for everyone at the moment.
We'll start the list with 10 quid each from Taz & me. Anyone else want to step forward?
Taz
Manky
