This year, on the first weekend in October, thousands of people around the world will march as one voice to put an end to the ivory and rhino horn trade. Unless action is taken now, in just five to ten years we will lose these majestic, highly intelligent, and emotionally sentient creatures forever.
In Vermont, Ivory Free Vermont will be staging a march to add our voices to this global outcry. The march will be held in Burlington on Sunday, October 4, at 11:00 a.m. We are asking folks to gather in front of City Hall on Church Street (149 Church Street) to march at 11:30 and then attend a noon rally. Please register for the march (required) by visiting: www.ivoryfreevermont.org
We will also be hosting an “Ivory is for Elephants” Kid’s T-shirt Making Workshop on Sunday, September 27, at 10:00 a.m. at Davis Studio, 4 Howard Street in Burlington. Davis Studio is a proud supporting sponsor of the march. In celebration of and preparation for this event, the studio will open its doors on September 27 for children and families to create a T-shirt to wear at the march, showing their support for elephant conservation. For a small fee, each participant will receive a T-shirt and all of the creative materials necessary to make a personalized ellie shirt. There will be a documentary about elephants shown after each workshop and refreshments will be served. Registration is limited, (and also required! ). Please register today and find more information at http://davisstudiovt.com/products/t-shirt-painting-for-global-march-for-elephants-rhinos.
Both of these events are designed to create awareness about the plight of elephants in the ivory trade and to ensure that Vermont’s own ivory and rhino horn trade ban bill, H.297, passes without exemptions in 2016.
Other important links:
https://www.facebook.com/events/650002705135165/
https://twitter.com/hashtag/ivoryfreevermont
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