We are gearing up for our annual global baking event, Cakes for Apes, which takes place throughout April. Now in its fifth year, Cakes for Apes sees people all around the world holding cake sales and tea parties to raise money to support our orangutan conservation project in Indonesia.
We are hoping to make this year’s event the best yet!
Event organiser Phily Kennington says: “Everyone has been through such a difficult time during the past two years, both personally and professionally, and the pandemic hit our community fundraising activities particularly hard. Now, finally, we’re hoping our supporters can bounce back to normal, get baking and hold face to face events with friends, family and colleagues.
Cakes for Apes is a great way to have fun and get your community involved in helping to protect orangutans and their forest habitat. The opportunities for taking part are endless! We rely entirely on public donations to fund our conservation project and we created Cakes for Apes as a way for everyone to get involved. After all, who doesn’t love cake! So those of us who aren’t keen on baking can do our bit by making a donation in exchange for some cake or by buying some cakes to sell to friends or in the workplace. We hope this will be a really enjoyable event for people all over the world that will help raise awareness as well as funds for our vital work.”
Anyone thinking of taking part can find out more and sign up by visiting www.cakes4apes.org or by contacting us on 01825 767688 and requesting a postal copy of the fundraising pack. The pack is brimful of information and ideas on how to hold a successful event that is fun for everyone and will also make a vital contribution to the protection and preservation of critically endangered orangutans.
Alan Knight, IAR President, concluded: “Orangutans are classified as Critically Endangered and the species needs all the help it can get to survive. We are so grateful to everyone who raises funds to help protect and preserve them and of course we’re also really looking forward to seeing photos of all the cake sales and tea parties held in support of them. The orangutan is an extraordinary creature and so closely related to the human race. It would be a crime to see the species vanish from the face of the earth and I know our supporters are as determined as we are not to let that happen.”