How You Can Support Year of the Gorilla 2009
Monday August 10th, 2009 From 7:00 – 8:15 pm ; Marshall, Michigan, USA
the Marshall District Library will host a talk by David Begg about gorillas and the Limbe Wildlife Centre in Cameroon. Door Prize: Family Pass to Binder Park Zoo. This event is FREE. Contact Marshall District Library (269) 781-7821
Tuesday August 11th, 2009; Marshall, Michigan, USA
The Marshall District Library will host a walk-in program for kids. Activities include making “Save Gorillas” posters. Prizes will be awarded for best posters within age groups. 10 AM – 2 PM, FREE. Contact Marshall District Library (269) 781-7821 www.unitedinservice.info
Tuesday August 11th, 2009 At 6:30 pm; Marshall, MI
the Marshall United Methodist Church will host the screening of “GORILLAS IN THE MIST”. The film will play in their Theater Room. Parental Discretion Advised – this is not a film for younger children. Running time just over 2 hours. Reserved seating. FREE! Contact Marshall United Methodist Church to reserve your seat (269) 781-5107
Friday August 14th, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm; North Marshall, MI
join the Gorilla Daze Team has organized a special karaoke event, the “SING FOR GORILLAS” Fund Raiser. Come for an evening of family oriented fun. Sing, listen, or do both as we eat ice cream and enjoy a few surprises. Dennis Gorsline will be the Master of Ceremony. Jim Oliver will be our Special Guest. One lucky karaoke singer will be selected to sing back-up on Mr. Oliver’s music video in our own gorilla-style American Idol! There is a Door Prize of two free tickets to the Detroit Zoo. We will also have a great Silent Auction, including a Website designed and set up by Skategarden Web Design, a $100 Gift Certificate from Artistic Expressions of Battle Creek, a one hour Massage from Mary Ann Churchill of Z’s Salon, and a Gift Basket from Maplewood of Marshall. We’ll also have cool gorilla stuff! 100% of all proceeds will be used to help save gorillas and their habitat. This event is free and open to the public, and will be held at the Marshall United Methodist Church 14711 Old US 27 North Marshall, MI. For more detail visit www.unitedinservice.info or call (269) 781-9627. The purpose of Gorilla Daze is to raise awareness of the threat of extinction of gorillas. The Sing for Gorillas event hopes to raise money to support non-profit organizations working to protect gorillas and their habitats.
Sunday August 16th 2009; Marshall, Michigan, USA
Two lucky winners will be driven to the Detroit Zoo to see live gorillas! To find out where and when, you can register to win two FREE tickets to the Detroit Zoo. Read the event listing for August 14th. Winner may opt to provide their own transportation and choose an alternate date.
Saturday August 29th, 2009 10 am; Los Angeles, CA
“The New Gorillas: The state of gorilla biology and conservation in 2009” by Dr. Craig Stanford (Professor, Department of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, University of Southern California; Co-Director, USC Jane Goodall Research Center) Date: August 29, 2009 10 am Location: Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Witherbee Auditorium; 5333 Zoo Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90027-1498 Contact: Please RSVP to Laurel Colton, Tel. 323-256-8406 Comments: $10 general public (plus Zoo ticket); $10 L.A. Zoo members. Light refreshments will be served. Free parking.
Saturday August 29, 2009, 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM and Sunday August 30, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM; Los Angeles, CA
Go Gorilla! Weekend Find out more about gorillas when you visit the L.A. Zoo’s Campo Gorilla Reserve. See examples of current conservation projects that are helping to save endangered gorillas. Hear docent and enrichment talks about the Zoo’s gorilla family and bachelor groups. Play games that teach about gorillas, threats to their survival, and what we can do to help save them. Become a Junior Gorilla Researcher and learn how data collected during field studies helps us discover more about gorilla populations and behavior. Visit the L.A. Zoo for this special weekend and Go Gorilla! Date: Saturday-Sunday, August 29-30, 2009 Time: August 29, 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM and August 30, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Location: Gorilla Campo Reserve, Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens; 5333 Zoo Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90027-1498. Tel: 323-644-4702. Comments: This event directly follows Dr. Craig Stanford’s gorilla lecture (at 10:30 AM in the Zoo’s Witherbee Auditorium). Go Gorilla! Weekend is free with L.A. Zoo admission.
Friday September 25th, 2009 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine Street Cincinnati, USA “Through the Congo” Thematic day
