Lily & Hope calendar – almost ready!
November 11, 2010 – 6:06 PM CST
On this windy, chilly day (currently 37 F), bears are probably curled up secure in their dens.
The big event today was reviewing the online proof of the Lily and Hope calendar. If the printed version looks anywhere near as good it looked online, it will be a commemorative treasure of Lily and Hope’s first year of bringing us all together. The 38 pictures include many of the familiar pictures that have come to characterize their lives. The cover picture is the famous picture of gentle Lily’s face. The inside pictures show Hope at her cutest. We see that it includes a picture each of Lynn and Sue, but those pictures didn’t completely take away from pictures of the bears because Hope is in one of them. We’re pleased with how the calendar turned out.
The Ted, Lucky, and Honey calendar we saw a couple days ago also is great. It shows the personalities that make us love these ambassador bears.
The voting contest to win $20,000 for Ely’s Schools had us on our toes as second place surged. But it must have been discouraging for them to see you post over 140 votes to bring the lead to 3,290 to 1,986 over second place with less than 18 hours to go. Lily’s fans are a determined bunch! To vote, go to http://www.care2.com/schoolcontest/2704/054/?refer=9880.01.1284979606.252382.
Your fundraiser auction has pushed the thermometer on bear.org past a milestone—over $400,000! You’re bringing down the debt.
Thank you for all you do!
—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center