Text and photo by Siew Te Wong
Alex Lamb, a 17 year old teenage from Kota Kinabalu, organized a fundraiser event “Sun Bear Sunset Serenade and Supper” at Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa on Friday August 10th. The event is a private informal fundraising event to help raise money specifically for food for the sun bears at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre. The evening included an international buffet dinner and a varied musical program, with performances by local musicians Asif Pishori, Rene Barrow, Amir Yusof, as well as Alex himself and his band. Cynthia Ong, the CEO of LEAP was invited to give an opening speech and I also was invited to give a talk on sun bears and its conservation issues.
The event was attended by about a hundred supporters of sun bear in the state capital Kota Kinabalu. A net total of RM11,070 was raised by the event from ticket sales and donations.
On behalf of BSBCC, I would like thank Alex for his inspiring hard work to organize the fundraiser. Special thanks also go to Alex’s mom and dad, Anthea Phillipps and Tony Lamb, and buddy Nathan Wood to make this event successful and possible!
So, what can a 17 year old teenage do to help sun bears? The answer is A LOT!
A cartoon sun bear holding a signboard at the entrance of the event’s room at Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort.
Alex welcomes and thanks the audience for their kind support to make this event successful.
Welcoming speech by Cynthia Ong highlighted the history on Wong’s sun bear works and the initial ideas of Alex’s fundraiser efforts.
Music performances by Asif Pishori, and Rene Barrow captivated the audience before dinner was served.
Wong gave a presentation on sun bear conservation and Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre.
Nathan Wood & Alex Lamb in pix handing over donation to Cynthia on 15th Aug 2012.
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