Hello all,
A couple of announcements.
1. We will be at booths 48 and 49 at
MACNA with at least 200 gallons of tanks holding
frags for Charity.
2. We will have at least 100 corals donated by Eric Borneman with many other corals donated by MARSH members. We are still counting, but it looks like we'll have a lot more than 100, so stop by!
3. We have changed the name of the booth from the "Frag booth for Charity" to the "Invertebrates For Charity Booth" as I will personally be donating several different mobile invertebrates to the charity as well. (Mostly Gastropods and
Echinoderms, but a few others as well). All the
frags are propogated and all the mobile invertebrates are captive bred. I will announce a list of what we'll have soon.
4. MARSH has selected the charity that will receive the proceeds from the sales generated by the "Invertebrates For Charity Booth". We examined many options and wanted to give our donation to the best charity that would help promote a sustainable trade in corals and reef animals.
We have chosen TERANGI (The Indonesian Coral Reef Foundation) which is a non-governmental organization that is working to preserve the coral reefs of Indonesia through education and training of the local population to produce a sustainable harvest.
60% of the worlds coral reef species are found in Indonesia, yet 82% of the reefs there are threatened with a variety of problems. Hopefully MARSH's donation can help make a difference at the source.
If you want more information, please visit their website:
http://www.terangi.or.id/index.htm
If you want to see what they have already done, visit this page:
http://www.terangi.or.id/about/done.htm
I will have more information soon on what corals and invertebrates we will have at our booth.
Brian
