Simon's Town Penguin Festival 2-3 October 2010

Simon's Town Penguin Festival - Save the Date 2 - 3 October 2010

Every year during the Simon's Town Penguin Festival there is a Benefit Auction and Dinner - this is an invitation only event on the 2 October 2010 but SANCCOB needs your help for auction items.

Cape Point Route received a letter from SANCCOB CEO Venessa Strauss with an appeal...

Calling everyone GREAT and small, BIG or thin, FAT and tall, short and square.

You see - this year we really are asking YOU to help Boulders Beach Lodge raise R100 000 to help SANCCOB to save our precious penguins.

SANCCOB (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) is a well-loved nonprofit organization that has been saving penguins (including the tuxedoed- tykes that hang out at Boulders) and other vulnerable seabirds for the past 42 years.

African penguins have recently been reclassified as ENDANGERED on the IUCN (International Union of Conservation of Nature) Red Data List. This makes SANCCOB’s attempt to save each and every penguin vital to the survival of the species. SANCCOB’s dedicated staff work 365 days a year to save our oiled, injured and sick seabirds.

You can help SANCCOB to save a true South African icon - the African penguin.

On the evening of 2 October penguin-lovers will yet again gather at a glitterati evening in Simon’s Town to outbid each other at the All Creatures Great and Small auction to support SANCCOB.

Together with the hosts of the 10th annual Simons Town SANCCOB Benefit Auction, Boulders Beach Lodge, SANCCOB is asking you to assist us with this fundraising drive by donating items to be auctioned on the evening.

The driving force behind the festival, Janine Genade, GM Boulders Beach Lodge, has set the target at R100 000…. which translates into a lot of goodwill, a lot of auction and a lot of GREAT items.

This year we are again privileged to have Michelle Garforth-Venter MC the evening. A new and exciting development in 2010 is that her husband Riaan Garforth-Venter (Die Nutsman) will join her up on the stage. The evening is themed ‘All creatures great and small’ to pay tribute to 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. With canapés and welcome drinks on arrival, the 100 selected guests will be served a 3-course dinner, paired with wines selected to complement each dish. We are confident that the Garforth-Venter team will get them reaching deep into their pockets in support of SANCCOB.

This year we have been blessed with a generous donation of an education tent from Nomadik Tents. Which means that our education festival for children will be bigger and better than it has been for years. More children equals more prizes, so please folks, if you do have gifts the SANParks staff, who is kindly organizing a great week-end of fun-filled activities, can do with your donations.

Kick off this year is on Saturday with the annual African penguin Awareness Day beach release. So why don’t you waddle on down and join us this year and see what the fuss is all about.

We’ve compiled a Wish List to help you, but if it’s not on the wish list and you think we can auction it, (… and the rules haven’t changed from last year, you still can’t donate your mother in-law), then by all means send it along.

It’s our sincere hope that you’ll find it in your heart to help us to reach the R100k milestone.

With your help we know we can do it!

Yours sincerely

Venessa Strauss

SANCCOB CEO

Auction Items:Anything from .....

Restaurant and holiday getaway vouchers
Wine / spirits
Helicopter flips
Wine tastings / courses
Balloon rides
Furniture
Ornaments
Rugs
Paintings
Cell phones
Gadgets
Electronic equipment
CD’s / DVD’s
SPA/beauty treatments
Jewellery
Sports gear
Sushi hampers
….. and anything in between.

Items for our junior festival-goers:

Caps
Jackets
Scarf’s
Socks
Beanies
Jewellery for teenagers
Toys (ages 2 – 10 years)
Voucher (clothing stores)
Games for teenagers (board or computer games)
Arts and Crafts items (paper, cardboard, stationary, face paint, hair spray)
Curio-type items (key rings, gadgets, interesting and fun items)

Photographic competition:
Photographic equipment or vouchers

Please contact Janine at Boulders if you are able to donate an auction item.
Janine Tel: 021 786 1758 Email: boulders@iafrica.com