Creating for Conservation Raises $26,700

The signage throughout C4C was made with recycled materials in the 
spirit of the African attitude of reuse, recycle!

Thanks to all the wonderful people involved in Creating for Conservation 2012 - our Exhibition raised $26,700 (AUD) for conservation education at Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust in Zambia.

A brief wrap up of the event!
Song: Eggulu Lyajjula Ettendo by African Children's Choir
Can't see the video? Watch on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/jrz5iq1lkm8

Special thanks to our C4C partner Painted Dog Conservation Inc (Perth) our Major Sponsors, Sponsors, Supporters and the excellent hardworking crew of people, especially Pulteney Grammar School Conservation Corps students who pulled together over the months, weeks and days leading up to and on the weekend of the Exhibition.


Thanks to the 300+ people who turned out to attend our Opening Night and the many people who attended over the weekend. 

Collectively the artists participating in C4C2012 sold hundreds of art pieces. A real showcase of South Australian, interstate and international talent. A special thanks to our Headline Artist Noel Dansie.








A message from C4C Founder - Emma Still

C4C Founder, Emma Still with MC for the Opening Night Ian (Wally) Walton

Zimbabwe Choir performed at opening night

As the dust settles on the Creating for Conservation Art Exhibition for 2012, I would personally like to thank each and every person involved in the event. From those that exhibited or donated, sponsored or volunteered their time in its creation, attended the opening night or visited on the weekend – each of you have individually contributed in making a difference! 

C4C is as much about raising awareness as it is raising funds. C4C believes that conservation is a celebration…

• Celebrating the African attitude of reuse and recycling
• Celebrating the colours and rhythms of Africa
• Celebrating the wonders of the African wildlife, culture and sense of community
• Celebrating the joy of coming together to make a difference. 

On behalf of C4C, we thank you for celebrating with us. 

This year, with your help, we have raised a record $26,700 in profit! 

We estimate that to bring 10 students from Zambia on a conservation exchange in 2014 to Adelaide will be approximately $65,000, so with you, I stand proud in our joint efforts and contribution towards this amazing opportunity for these children and ultimately the wildlife they live with.

With a record 330 attendees on opening night, gospel tunes from the Zimbabwe Choir bought the Pulteney Grammar School Quad to life.  With Rhino welcome biscuits and a ‘make a difference’ greeting from Pulteney Grammar Conservation Corps students on arrival, guests celebrated with great food and wine. Sharing the conservation vibe Anna Tolan, who had flown; thanks to benefactors, all the way from Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust in Zambia to open the event. 

What a celebration!

Auctions

All 39 Silent Auction items that we were generously donated by Artists and Volunteers raised a total of $3,913

Our Live Auction, again filled with 100% donated items raised a total of $3,580

How much scat was in that jar?

There were 112 guesses and while not one of those guesses was correct, congratulations to

Edie Bransbury who guessed 825 – only 2 away from the 823 inside the jar. 

Edie wins a double pass into Monarto Zoo and a Giraffe Safari experience – to hand feed the bull giraffe behind the scenes! 

Wear-a-Snare Raffle 

151 snares were sold in our raffle. Congratulation on wearing your snare as that  means the wire is out of circulation and cannot go back into the National Parks of Africa and trap, injure and kill the wildlife. It is a reminder of making a difference and of the importance of conservation education in the protection of wildlife. 

Thanks to Send-a-basket for their generous donation of the wrapping of all the donated raffle prizes.


The snare bracelets were also a raffle ticket so congratulations to:

First prize =  congratulations to Jennie Holder

McLaren Vale Package for 2

Overnight at Penny’s Hills Winery in their beautiful 2-story homestead with a tasting degustation menu with matched wines. Lunch at The Currant Shed and a personalized wine tasting and private vineyard wine tour with Joch Bosworth, the wine maker of Battles of Bosworth. Get the taste for the experience and enjoy a bottle of Penny’s Hill Shiraz in Riedel glasses as a prelude to your Winery escape. 

Second prize = congratulations to Tim Trainor

Coffee and Mag pack

An Electrolux coffee pod machine and the full collection of Adelaide Hills Magazine plus a 2-year subscription. Take a drive into the Adelaide Hills and enjoy a voucher from Stirling’s The Essence Café and visit Stirling Variety Meats and spend up on some free-range organic meat to enjoy on the BBQ. 

Third prize = congratulations to Lindell Andrews

The Lakes Getaway for 2

Overnight in an Executive spa suite, including full buffet breakfast at The Lakes Resort including dinner in the Crusoe’s Restaurant. Enjoy a hamper of cheese and a glass of wine in your own Riedel glasses as a lead up.

Fourth prize = congratulations to Lynne Rawson

Luxury Package

Pamper yourself with indulgence vouchers - a hair 'cut and colour' at Abache Hair Salon with Susie, enjoy massages from Hills Wellness Massage and Equil-ibrium,  a Flight Centre Burnside voucher to go towards your next holiday with beach towels, candles, beauty products, Sarah Jessica Parker’s ‘Lovely’ Fragrance and a photo album to share the memories with others. And of course some chocolates and champagne to top off the indulgence package

C4C is becoming a bi-annual event. We hope you can join us again to make a difference at C4C 2014. 

Hands up for conservation!

Emma Still

Left to Right: Monarto Zoo Education Team Carolyne Ryan, Ruth Hall, Liz Bonney, Emma Still with Anna Tolan Director of Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust.

Left to Right: Ben Gibson, CEO of Orlando Wines – Sponsor, Anna Tolan Founder and Director Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust, Mark Lethbridge and Emma Still, Founder of C4C.

Auctioneer Robbie Hunkin calls the donated piece from our headline artist Noel Dansie during the Auction. Congratulations to Pulteney Grammar School's Dr Christina Jarvis for winning the bid!

The trees  at the Exhibition were supplied by Adelaide Advance Trees
The smaller plants were supplied by Coromandel Native Nursery 
Tree and plant sales at the exhibition contributed to the fundraise, thank you!

Faunature donated a number of habitat boxes and a range of habitat boxes were for sale during the event.

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Thanks to our Sponsors and Supporters

Abache
The Alma
Adelaide Advance Trees
Adelaide Hills Magazine
Battle of Bosworth
Baa Moo Oink
Best and Less
Burnside Pet Centre
Coromandel Native Nursery
Cosmo Foods
The Currant Shed
Daily Backup
Equal-ibrium
Essence Cafe
FauNature
Flight Centre Burnside
Galipo Food Company
Haughty McNaughty (on Facebook)
Hills Wellness Massage
Painted Wolf Wines
Pets need a life too
Reuben’s Blackwood Pet Food and Accessories
Scholars in Collars
Send-a-Basket
Semaphore Fine Art Framers
Stirling Variety Meats
Tribal Textiles Zambia
Snap Printing
Unifresh
Zimbabwe Choir

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C4C People: John Lemon - PDC Inc

John Lemon
Chairman, Painted Dog Conservation Inc - PDC (Perth)
Chairman, Zambian Carnivore Programme 
Curator Operations, Perth Zoo.

John Lemon has been working with the conservation of Painted Dog; also known as African Wild Dog, since 2000. He is the chairman of Zambian Carnivore Programme and the Curator Operations of Perth Zoo. He was a founding member of Painted Dog Conservation Inc (PDC) Perth in 2003. PDC Inc is a Partner Organisation with Creating for Conservation.

Born in Dubbo, John’s love of animals was apparent throughout his childhood years. He worked at a Pet Supply company in Dubbo part-time while at school. John's qualifications and *tertiary study includes a Masters in Captive Vertebrate Management (CSU).  In 1989 he joined the Western Plains Zoo, holding the position of Divisional Supervisor, specialising in African Carnivores and Primates. During the next twelve years he also held the positions of Australasian Primate Society President, Australasian Species Co-coordinator and Studbook Keeper for Cheetah.

John’s passion for Cheetah and Painted Dogs lead him to travel the world gaining work experience at other Institutions which included; De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre South Africa, San Diego Wild Animal Park U.S.A, Fossil Rim Wildlife Centre Texas U.S.A, White Oak Conservation Centre Florida U.S.A, Honolulu Zoo Hawaii U.S.A, New Zealand Zoo's and Australian Zoological Institutions.

“I had a burning passion to do more for Conservation. I was awarded the New South Wales Zoo Friends Fellowship to undertake field work in Zimbabwe in 2000 with the Painted Dog Research Project. I returned to the project in 2001 with my own funding. During 2002, aware that the plight of the dogs was worsening, I resigned from Western Plains Zoo to work full time for the Project in the capacity of Project Officer Painted Dog Conservation. During 2003 I completed the largest rehabilitation holding facility for the dogs in the World, as well as rescuing several dogs from lethal Snares, delivering  human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) Education to Rural Communities and conducting Anti-poaching Patrols.”

As a result of his work John was a finalist in the 'Audi Terra Nova Awards' South Africa for contribution to conservation, 2003.

In November 2004, John was involved in the translocation of four dogs from Bulawayo to the rehabilitation facility for acclimatisation before movement to ‘Starvation Island’ in Lake Kariba. And later, in May 2005 he was involved in a world first release of a pack of rehabilitated dogs onto 'Starvation Island' in Lake Kariba to learn the fine art of hunting before release into the wild proper. He and his team  also relocated two smuggled dogs, being held in South Africa, back to Zimbabwe for later release.

In 2006 John was involved in the translocation of 16 dogs from Pilanesburg South Africa to the rehabilitation facility in Zimbabwe for later release.

Spreading their reach in July 2007 PDC Inc. commenced work in Namibia to underpin a new project, assisting with the darting and collaring of a yearling male for research. This animal was the fourth dog in ten years to be collared and the second pack in known history. Throughout 2008 PDC continued work in Namibia including building the new base camp for the project in Bushmanland in November.

Other initiatives include working with the African Wild Dog Project in Zambia (Now Zambian Carnivore Programme) which is also supported by PDC Inc. in conducting anti-poaching patrols, village dog vaccination programmes and community development work.

The PDC and Creating for Conservation Partnership

PDC Inc works in partnership with Creating for Conservation as the benefits of the program assist in furthering the education of children in rural communities in Zimbabwe and Zambia, the future conservationists that will take our work of today into the future. C4C is making a real difference on the ground where the need is at its greatest.

“Conservation Education is important to me because it is the process of influencing people’s attitudes, emotions, knowledge, and behaviours about wildlife and wild places. This is done through the efforts of skilled educators and interpreters, who use a variety of techniques, methods, and assessments to reconnect people with the natural world.”

PDC Inc’s mission is the:

• provision of resources and facilities to support research into the African Painted Dog (Lycaon pictus)
• conservation of the African Painted dog with particular emphasis on threat prevention
• education of the wider community on Painted dogs and related wildlife issues
• treatment and care of sick or injured Painted dogs and the rehabilitation of such dogs back into their natural environment
• Increasing in the range states the population of the African Painted Dog

Read more about Painted Dog Conservation Inc. here: www.painteddogconservation.iinet.net.au

*John Lemon Studies
Post Graduate Certificate, Captive Vertebrate Management (Charles Sturt University, CSU.)
Graduate Diploma Captive Vertebrate Management (CSU)
Masters Captive Vertebrate Management (CSU)
Conservation Biology & Biodiversity (UNSW)
Awarded Zoo Studies Scholarship (CSU)
Certificate IV in Business Management (West Coast TAFE WA)
Certificate III Captive Animals (Western Sydney Institute TAFE)
Certificate IV Captive Animals (Western Sydney Institute TAFE
Foundations of Leadership (AIM/University Western Australia)

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Painted Dog Conservation is hosting
'An Evening with Anna Tolan'

A Fundraising Dinner in Perth

3rd November 2012
Details here

In Perth - An Evening with Anna Tolan

A great night out and fundraiser!
Painted Dog Conservation Inc (Perth) Presents...

An Evening with Anna Tolan
5th November 2012

Painted Dog Conservation, a partner of the Creating for Conservation Exhibition is holding a fundraising dinner in Perth on Monday 5th November to benefit Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust, Zambia.

Special guest, Anna Tolan, Co- Founder and Director of Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust.

Click here for details: An Evening with Anna Tolan

7pm, Monday 5 November 2012
Hippo Creek’s New Restaurant
Shop 55 Waterford Plaza, 230 Manning Road, Karawara
$65 per head for a two-course meal