As promised…the check for our sponsorship of Mandela went out today. CHINESE NEW YEAR… to Alice Ng (cc to founder Jill Robinson) who is the US representative for Animals Asia Foundation.  Below is my email to Alice. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL once again for your help in sponsoring our beautiful Mandela!!! Your quilt squares are almost ready to download…I”ll update on that this week

OUR SECOND MOONBEAR PROJECT IS WELL ON IT’S WAY…THERE WILL BE A VALENTINES DAY SURPRISE COMING TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE!!!

Hello Alice and Jill,

The check for Mandela is on its way!  At the bottom of this email, I put the same info which will be in the envelope and a notation has also been made on the check that this is for Mandela.  Have a fantastic week and thank you again for working so closely with me on this!!  Our second sponsorship is doing well, which I will send on Valentines day

Happy Chinese New Year to you both and all the AAF staff and of course the moonbears.  If it’s possible Jill, can someone give Mandela a special treat again from us?? They all deserve a treat!!

Moonbear Hugs!!,
Sandra Miller

Sponsorship of Mandela for one year by Sandra Miller’s group at https://pandarazzi.com

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We collected $600.00 for Mandela

Check is made out for $600.00 USD to Animals Asia Foundation

Here are the list of contributors to MANDELA through MISSION MOONBEAR

• 1  JUDY DOLAN
• 2   BONNIE YOUNG
• 3   LORI LOVE
• 4   KATHE ZINS
• 5   DODY TAPLIN
• 6   LINDA WROTH
• 7   LINDA BRANTLEY
• 8   PAT PEARSON
• 9   DIANA HILLYGUS
• 10  GAIL BRADLEY
• 11  DALANIi MCKIBBEN
• 12  EUNICE MESSER
• 13  SANDRA PARSHALL
• 14   LINDA BRANTLEY
• 15   DEB HETHORN
• 16   LOIS DUBS
• 17    KAREN TRACY
• 18   ALICIA SNYDER
• 19   GAYLE DICESARE
• 20   CATHY ELLIOT
• 21   CATHY CROOKS
• 22   CAROL MILLER
• 23   GAY NOLAN
• 24   ELISE NEY
• 25   CHET CHIN

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Welcome my Pantastic Friends to the NEW AND IMPROVED Pandarazzi!!

Now that we have finalized our 4 Panda Tribe adoptions through Pandas International, I discovered that the forum was not going to work as well as I had hoped.  I went to update this weekend and got hit with a storage fee and various other limitations that I was not willing to live with.  Any extra money should go to the pandas and other needed causes and not in the pocket of a “Free Blog” service…lol!

So after a lot of thought as to what to do, I decided that I adore blogging as I do on GRAFFITI GOSSIP.  I am religious about it and know my way around the Word Press admin very very well by now!   I am in the process of transferring all our Panda Tribe info over to a really nice storyboard html page that will link from here.  We can add our baby photos to the albums as we get them.

You will see my 4 favorite pet projects are above in the photo links.  Each will take you to the corresponding charity that I personally visited in those countries and can attest to the care and dedication these folks give the animals in their charge.  These will be the 4 species I will concentrate on working to raise funds for via Project Panda.

There is much more to come.  I just wanted to make sure you all didn’t wonder if you were going crazy when this blog came up instead of the Pandarazzi Forum.  Please comment on the posts as often as you like and feel free to leave suggestions.  This is going to be a very GREEN blog with a variety of helpful suggestions for all of us to create a happier planet

Panda Hugs to all!

Sandra

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PICTURED ABOVE IS MATILDA. I TOOK THESE PHOTOS IN FEBRUARY 2010

After two months of fundraising, I am proud to announce to the purchasers of the “In a Perfect World” pendant set, that I am putting 50% of the money raised on this pendant towards the model for the artwork…”Matilda”.  That is $200.00 to help keep Mz. Matilda comfy and healthy at Animals Asia Foundation in Chengdu

Matilda (left) is the girl I mentioned who was practically glued to one of her exercise pen mates “Bottom”  (right)  Thank you to Animals Asia Founder Jill Robinson, Nic and Alice for ID’ing these two bears for me.  Keeping track of names was not easy as I was so overwhelmed with bears and Jill’s stories….. and photographing them while I had this incredible opportunity I missed writing down a lot of names

We were on a wonderful overlook platform viewing the bears a distance so the long lens came in handy.  I’m really pleased with the closeups I got of the moonbears from such a great distance.  Jill on right, Gayle on Left

Above image shows how far the bears were away from where we were standing on the platform.  This was new since my 2006 visit and I could have stayed up there for hours observing the bears and their behaviors and antics.  What a feeling it must be to have this freedom!!!

Matilda just melts me and I know she will melt you too!!!!

Matilda and Bottom just hanging out and being FREE.  It’s hard to imagine any of these bears, now rescued, in such beautiful coat weight and condition, having been squeezed into body sized coffin style cages, with no freedom, very little nourishment, sick with infection…. mentally and socially deprived as well.

The trust and lack of fear so many of these bears exhibit are testaments to the constant and loving care which the AAF staff and volunteers provide the moonbears in their charge 24/7.  The resiliency of the rescued bile farm bears dumbfounds me!!

Animals Asia keeps this pile of crush cages which they rescued the bile farm bears from as a grim reminder of the past for those bears but also a reminder of the new and better life for those who are now free.  Some unfortunate moonbears never had the chance to live long following their rescue due to the horrendous condition they were found in…….. but they are also no longer suffering which is a blessing.

Matilda on the left…Bottom on the right

SO THANK YOU ONE AN ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS FUNDRAISER!!!

I hope you all are enjoying your pendants and wear them often!!  Every person who asks, “what is on your pendant” opens the door for you all to spread the word about the incredible work Animals Asia Foundation does for the moonbears!!!

IN A PERFECT WORLD pendant peeps are below!

Valerie Gilb

Elise Ney

Rachel Lepree

Christie Harper

Deb Hethorn

Tuula Tammelin

Deonaha Conlin

Michelle Padula

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