The Moreton Bay Regional Council, Pine Rivers Community
Nursery and Koala Action Pine Rivers Inc. invite your
School/Community Group to participate in the 2008, “Gum
Trees for Koalas” fundraising campaign which will
coincide with Save the Koala month in September.
One of the major reasons local koala populations are
diminishing is because of loss of habitat. If we do
not put Eucalypts back into Koala Corridor areas now
our wonderful local koala population will soon disappear.
Our aim is to involve schools and community groups in
the Moreton Bay Regional Council area, and use the campaign
not only as a way to get gum trees in the ground but
also as a fundraiser for the groups themselves.
- The Campaign will start with a poster competition
to raise initial awareness of the Gum Trees for
Koalas Campaign. Children will design a poster,
and one will be chosen to promote the campaign.
- During the last 4 weeks of term 3 schools/community
groups will run a fundraiser similar to the format
of a chocolate drive. Students will take home a
sponsorship sheet and ask family and friends to
sponsor a Gum Tree for $2. Each $2 sponsorship will
guarantee a Gum Tree will be planted in the ground
by our coordinating team.
- $1 from each tree sponsored will stay with
the school/community group. The other $1 will go
to the Community Nursery to fund the propagation
of the trees. All sponsored trees will then be in
credit at the Nursery for plantings in the Shire
by Koala Action Pine Rivers, other community groups,
corporate groups and other revegetation projects
that are deemed suitable. Each school will be invited
to plant a Koala Food Garden in the grounds of the
school to highlight the project to the school community
using some of the sponsored trees.
- Prizes will be awarded to the winner of
the poster competition, the school/community group
who’s student wins the poster competition,
the student in each participating school/group who
sponsors the most trees, and the school/group which
sponsors the most trees. We anticipate selected
businesses will be corporate sponsors of the campaign.
- Now in its fifth year, “Gum Trees
for Koalas” has become an annual event and
gives us a pool of Eucalypts to revegetate Koala
Corridors throughout the region.
Register your school/group NOW to join in the campaign
by e-mailing kimp@kumbartcho.org.au
Or contact us by phone on 3264 3953 or 0417 627 039(W)
for more information.
We welcome the support of your school/group in this great
campaign.
Download this information page here
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