Mission Moonbear sponsors..meet your boy “Mandela”
After much anticipation on my part as well as the 25 MISSION MOONBEAR sponsors of the quilt project, I am extremely pleased to announce that we get to sponsor the bear I chose at AAF China! This is MANDELA!!!
Photo of Mandela all happy healthy and proud in 2007, courtesy AAF staff
Mandela when he arrived…the fur rubbed off his head from the small cage…..photo courtesy AAF staff
Photo of Jane Goodall with Jill Robinson AAF founder with Mandela… courtesy AAF staff
Photo of the rescue of the bears by the AAF staff
And here is Mandela as we saw him last February 2008 on-site at the AAF Rescue facility in Chengdu. Thank you Diana Hillygus for letting me use this image of him here!! I will be posting more of Diana’s and my images of Mandela over time.
A huge THANK YOU goes out to Jill Robinson/founder of AAF and Alice Ng, the US AAF representative for all the help you gave me and the photos you provided. They are truly appreciated by all of us!!
I will be sending the money for Mandela by January 26th…CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! I would also like to add some more Hung Bao /red envelopes to the stash I’m sending AAF for Mandela….take a peek at the previous blog entry for more info on Hung Bao for Mandela.
Also, your personalized quilt squares will be ready to download soon…stay tuned!!
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Oh beautiful Mandela! I am so happy he our adopted guy. Seeing this magnificent boy with that sparkle in his eye makes me so happy. I wish we could adopt them all!
Woo Hoo—THE SECRET IS OUT!!!!!!! I couldn’t be more proud!!!
I am soooo happy to see our efforts are bringing the good life for that handsome boy I have a smile from ear to ear…., to think he was named by Jane Goodall too, what an honor indeed. I’m with you Elise, if only we could bring more joy and less heartache to these beautiful creatures of God.
From your lips Deb! Maybe we can adopt them all. 😉
Girls..isn’t he beautiful???? I am so pleased we got to sponsor Mandela. He isn’t on AAF’s regular list of bears we could sponsor. I asked for him specifically and was so tickled they agreed to it. I am with you all….lets adopt more!!!!