Hello all!
I wanted to let all of my TpT seller friends know that I'm collecting contributions for the Tambopata Macaw Project fund raiser. If you haven't read my post in the forums, read below for an explanation of the project, or go to the Saving the Macaws TpT Store where the fund raiser will be running from September - October for the free download explaining everything!
If you decide to contribute, please visit and fill out the Google Sheet for Saving the Macaws, and I will contact you before the 14th with what I need from each person! We have some GREAT contributions already, but we want to have some beefy bundles for teachers to purchase. And sellers, even if you aren't in the classroom, we have some mighty fine clip art as well!
If you want to help even further, please spread the word about the fund raiser. We need a lot of sellers to participate, and if they all spread the word once the fund raiser begins, we will surely be a success!
Here is my post from the forums:
Hello everyone!
With the awesome help of Nicole and Amy at TpT, the director of the Macaw Project, Dr. Brightsmith, and hopefully many of you, I will be hosting a fundraiser during the months of September and October!
Let me give you a little back story...
In the summer of 2013, my husband and I visited the Tambopata Research Center in Peru. There, researchers are helping to study and conserve the macaw population, and study the parrots that live in the area. We got to witness the absolutely amazing event of parrots on a clay lick. I know it sounds dull, but trust me...it isn't! It was like being in a National Geographic special. In fact, the thoughts in my head started to sound like David Attenborough was narrating. It was that cool.
Anyway, a researcher gave us a presentation about their efforts to help the macaw population (which is dwindling...
) and the other parrots. They also shared their theories about why the parrots eat the clay, etc... It was a wonderful stay at the ecolodge and we made 3-4 treks a day through the jungle to observe animals and learn more about the ecosystem.It really touched my heart and it is such a worthy cause. These researchers are out every morning by 4:30 counting parrots at clay licks, making observations, and hauling themselves up 100 foot trees checking on baby macaws. Not to mention hauling huge man-made nests up into the trees (since the macaws nest in old-growth trees that are regularly cut down during deforestation and selective logging.) Volunteers from all over the world go there to help with the effort. In fact, I'm hoping to go sometime and lend a hand myself.
If the name sounds familiar, two recent discoveries were made at the Tambopata Reserve:
The "Decoy" Spider : http://blog.perunature.com/2013/12/weve … stery.html
(In fact, the guy who took that picture, Troy, was the one who gave us the talk about their efforts!)
and a "Glow Worm": http://www.livescience.com/48789-peru-g … vered.html
(You 80's kids can appreciate that...right?)
So, we are looking for contributions to bundles. I am planning on making a K-2, 3-5, 6-8 (hopefully by subject), 9-12 (again, hopefully by subject), and Clip Art!
After talking with Nicole and Amy, they both agreed it would be great to try to keep most contributions to the bundles "themed" with the cause. So, anything pertaining to animals, jungle, rain forest, biomes, conservation, general science, insects, saving the Earth, etc...
HOWEVER, if you want to contribute, but do not have an item that fits that description, please still fill out the Google Sheet! We want this fundraiser to be successful and we want everyone who wants to participate to be able to!
Also, I'd love to make the clip art bundle a success! Artists, if you want to contribute just an image, or a couple images from a set just for this fundraiser, that is A-OK!
If you have any questions at all you can email me at savingthemacaws@gmail.com!
We have the store set up, Google Sheet set up, and now we just need YOU!
Thank you SO much!
(and Franz)
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