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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
After five weeks of colouring fun provided by the Conchservation campaign ten weekly winners were selected. Additionally, Sean Lynes and Ashanti Marshall were selected as the grand prize winners of the competition. Pictured are (left to right) Ashanti Marshall, Eric Carey, BNT Executive Director and Cara Brennen, Tribune Rep
(BNT Photo)
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Nassau, Bahamas – Everyone loves eating conch, and with the Bahamas National Trust’s (BNT) recent children’s Conchservation campaign, children are learning to protect the conch just as well.
The children’s campaign was a partnership between the BNT, Wendy’s, the Sandals Foundation, the Tribune and Harbourside Marine, and included a cartoon Conchservation PSA launched via social and mainstream media, a kid’s activity booklet that was available with all Wendy’s kids’ meals and the conch colouring competition, which was a highlight for primary school students in both Nassau and Grand Bahama.
Ashanti Marshall and Sean Lynes Named Conchservation Colouring Grand Prize Winners - Pictured are (left to right) Sean Lynes, Eric Carey, BNT Executive Director and Cara Brennen, Tribune Rep.(BNT Photo)
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“We’re extremely grateful that our sponsors stepped up to the plate to join us on our Conchservation campaign,” said Eric Carey, BNT Executive Director. “This campaign will only be successful if we have support from our corporate partners. For these kids, Conchservation seeks to ensure they always have conch to eat in the future, so getting them involved in the messaging seems the smart thing to do.”
Wendy’s joined the Conchservation campaign to help the BNT get the message out to young children by inserting kids’ activity booklets about the queen conch in all of the kids’ meals in both Nassau and Grand Bahama. Additionally, they played the audio version of the Conchservation PSA in their restaurants to help educate everyone that dined in their establishment about how important it is to let conchs mature before catching or eating them.
Reps from Harbourside Marine and The Tribune Stop by the BNT to choose the Grand Prize Winners (BNT Photo)
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“Wendy's embraced this opportunity to partner with the BNT because we understand that conservation has to be community driven and requires each of us to lend support and do our part,” said Yolanda Pawar-Bain, Wendy’s Bahamas Marketing Manager. “Responsible stewardship of our country's conch and natural resources can start at home by creating awareness, and a call to action among our children. This initiative allowed us to do just that, by making our Kid's Meals a vehicle to educate and inspire our youngest customers about their role in conserving conch for future generations.”
After five weeks of colouring fun provided by the Conchservation campaign weekly winners were: Gemma Cafferatta (GB), Tiffany Rutherford, Ashanti Marshall, Elias Hanson Fair Bhatti, Debra Dorval, Sean Lynes, Jayden Gardiner, Kennard Rolle Whymys, Tianique Thurston and Tyreik Jones. Additionally, Sean Lynes and Ashanti Marshall were selected as the grand prize winners of the competition.
Gemma Cafferatta - the only Conchservation Colouring Winner from Grand Bahama -
Pictured are (left to right) Lisa Wildgoose, BNT Office Manage and Gemma Cafferatta.
(BNT Photo)
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The students received weekly gift bags from Wendy’s, and the grand prize winners received both the bags and their own fishing rods from Harbourside Marine. The students had been asked to colour in a conch scene reminding them to always choose the ‘more mature or thicker lip’ conch.
“Creating awareness on the need to stop the harvesting of juvenile conch is the major goal of the Conchservation,” said Agnessa Lundy, BNT Marine Science Officer. “The Conchservation Coloring Competition indicates strong corporate support for a sustainable conch fishery in The Bahamas. Our new Conch PSA and the awareness raised by the Colouring Competition is important in keeping the conversation about conch going. Decisions regarding an iconic fishery like Queen Conch will affect fishermen and a broad spectrum of purchasers of the resource, which is why the BNT and its Conchservation Partners want to provide as many people as possible with the relevant information needed to make important decisions about our conch fishery.”
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