Koala and kangaroo lovers from across Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows can help out their favourite marsupials and get some stylish, gently-used threads in the process at Fashion Fur Friends Australia this Saturday.
The event will be a used clothing swap at Maple Ridge CEED Centre with all of the proceeds going to WIRES Wildlife Rescue, the largest wildlife rescue and rehabilitation charity in Australia.
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Sarah Johnston of Plastic Battle, an environmental not-for-profit, is helping to organize the swap.
“What moved me to organize the event was seeing the catastrophic impact climate change is having around the world –and specifically in Australia – on the innocent wild animals,” she said.
“They don’t deserve to be experiencing such devastation at the hands of humanity.”
Hundreds of millions of animals have died in the 2019/ 2020 Australian bush fires with many more suffering injuries.
Johnston is hoping Maple Ridge can do its part for the critters down under.
“We have lots of clothing donations and a lot of awesome prizes that local businesses have donated for the raffles that we’re going to be doing,” she said.
Entry is $5 and will come with a ballot to place in one of the raffles.
Clothing will be $1 a piece.
ronan.p.odoherty@blackpress.ca
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