Do U have an hour or 2 on 2/27 or 2/28 in SF to help stop shark finning?

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Just in case you didn't see this -- it's this weekend!

 

Hello fellow animal lovers,

 

I am forwarding a message (see below) regarding an opportunity to

volunteer to

hand out brochures against shark finning; this will be in San

Francisco's

Chinatown on February 27 and 28. So far 7 people (including me) have

signed

up to do this, probably for 2-4 hours on Saturday morning/afternoon, and

I will

be receiving the bilingual brochures shortly. It would be WONDERFUL to

have

even more people volunteer, so if you're interested in doing this for

any amount

of time on either day, please email Shu-Jen directly (schen). If

you've never done

anything like this before, here's your chance -- and of course you will

be with

at least one other supportive person doing the same thing (unless you're

fine on

your own, of course).

 

So if you're available for an hour or two or more on Feb. 27 or 28,

please let

Shu-Jen know. There will be tons of people (assuming it doesn't rain, of

course) and it will be a great opportunity to (1) educate people on this

incredibly cruel practice and (2) potentially save the lives of many

sharks.

Thank you!!

 

P.S. We MIGHT get rained out on Saturday, so that means it's even more

important to have more people on Sunday!

 

Nadine May

 

 

 

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Shu-Jen Chen [schen]

Monday, February 01, 2010 7:49 AM

Shu-Jen Chen

Humane Society International Campaign Against Shark Finning

 

 

 

 

Volunteers Needed to

Help Stop Cruel Shark Finning

 

 

 

Dear HSI friends,

 

 

 

Thank you for taking action in the past to help protect sharks. As part

of our

campaign against shark finning, we are seeking volunteers to help hand

out

brochures and campaign materials at a Chinese New Year celebration.

Would you be

interested in participating?

 

 

 

As shark fin soup is often served at Chinese New Year banquets, we are

working

to educate consumers about problems surrounding shark finning.

 

 

 

Millions of sharks are finned every year to meet the demand for shark

fin soup.

Sharks have their fins cut off while still alive and are then thrown

back into

the water, enduring a painful death from suffocation, blood loss or

predation by

other species. Sharks are top predators who play an essential role in

marine

ecosystems. The cruel and ecologically devastating practice of shark

finning

endangers their survival -- and that of the species that rely on them.

 

 

 

Because there are so many Chinese New Year events around the world, we

cannot

have HSI personnel at every event to educate consumers, so we hope you

can help

us by getting the message out at events where we would otherwise not

have a

presence.

 

 

 

If you are interested in helping by attending and passing out brochures

at the

following Chinese New Year event, please contact Shu Jen Chen at

schen.

Please include your name, street address, phone number, and email

address, and

she will get in touch with you.

 

 

 

Event: Chinese New Year Street Fair

 

Time: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

Sunday, February 28, 2010 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

Location: Chinatown

 

Grant Avenue from California to Broadway

 

Pacific Avenue from Kearny to Stockton;

 

Washington & Jackson Street from Kearny to Stockton

 

Website: www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/events/communityfair.html

 

 

 

To learn more about shark finning, visit our website at hsi.org/