TJJ "Hatch-A-Hawksbill" Jumble Sale 2005

The Tom's Jalan-Jalan community group, or simply TJJ, will be organising a charity jumble sale come this end of June at Amcorp Mall in PJ. The primary purpose of the jumble sale is to raise funds for a community-based turtle conservation project at Padang Kemunting, Melaka. TJJ is setting up a volunteers program to assist in on-going turtle conservation activities at the site.

Objectives

1. To raise funds to establish, manage and operate a volunteers program to assist in on-going turtle conservation activities at Padang Kemuning, Melaka, Malaysia [Primary]
2. To raise funds to for additional group equipment and to support future outdoor and conservation activities by TJJ [Secondary]
3. To encourage recycling by making good use of unused and unwanted items.
4. To promote charity by providing a channel in which the public can donate unused or unwanted items.

Details

Date : 25th & 26th June 2005 (last weekend of June)
Venue : Amcorp Mall, Petaling Jaya (Next to Taman Jaya Putra-LRT station and A&W drive-in restaurant)
Time : 10am – 5pm

How You Can Contribute

1. Donate your unwanted items (but in good salable condition) to us so that we can sell it at the jumble sale. However, we do not collect clothes and hazardous, dangerous, illegal or pirated materials/items. The collection period is from 28th May until 19th June. Donated items can be dropped off at the collection center closest to you (see list of collection centres below). We will also pick-up items from nearby or commonly-known locations. Kindly contact the person to arrange a convenient time for the drop-off or pick-up.
2. Collect or get unwanted items from family, friends and relatives, and temporarily keep it for us until we can collect it from you, or you can send them to the collection point nearest to you.
3. Become a volunteer and help us during the jumble sale, which will be on the 25th & 26th of June, 2005.
4. Spread the word for us. Tell family, friends and relatives of our charity jumble sale.
5. Any other ways and means you can think of that can help us make this event successful! Contact one of the committee members, or just post your idea here!

Collection of Items

Collection Period : 28th May - 19th June 2005 (3 weeks)

We would greatly appreciate if you can drop off the donated items at the nearest collection centre (see below). To do so, kindly contact the following person at the nearest collection centre (CC) to arrange a suitable time and place for the drop-off or pick-up.

CC Location : Cheras
Person : Tom Chan
Mobile/Phone : 012-291 8883
Email : tom_chan_@hotmail.com

CC Location : Kajang
Person : Roy Bosco Leon
Mobile/Phone : 012-305 1313
Email : roybl13@streamyx.com

CC Location : Petaling Jaya
Person : Kok Meng, or Shiau Chen
Mobile/Phone : 016-260 2662 or 019-354 5701
Email : km_hoe@yahoo.co.uk, shiauchen@gmail.com

CC Location : Puchong
Person : Andrew Lee
Mobile/Phone : 019-600 2093
Email : alkc@tm.net.my

Daily Items Needed by Volunteers

• Electric kettle
• Hot plate
• Rice cooker
• Medium-sized pot
• Thermos flask
• Torch light
• Sleeping bags / Mattresses
• Lamps (Electric)

Project Website & Email

Website : http://geocities.com/tjjturtle
Email : tjjturtle@gmail.com

Jumble Sale Committee

Project Leader : Fong Shiau Chen (shiauchen@gmail.com)
Finance Officer : Chong Sweat Ling (ChongSweat.Ling@cornproducts.com)
Public Relations : Hoe Kok Meng (km_hoe@yahoo.co.uk)
Logistics : Roy Bosco Leon (roybl13@streamyx.com)
Project Advisor : Tom Chan (tom_chan_@hotmail.com)

Further Information

Padang Kemunting in Melaka is the largest Hawksbill turtle landing in the whole of Malaysia. Located next to Port Dickson, it is a beach approximately 25km in length. Hawksbill turtles and Painted terrapins arrives, mostly between the months of May and September, to nests on the coastal sandy beaches of this secluded location. However, the mortality rate for turtles here has been increasing to 70%, as compared to Ma-Daerah where it has been reduced to only 35%. This strongly indicates that the turtle eggs have not been hatching well, and if nothing is done soon, the number of these endangered turtles will continue to dwindle thus facing a greater threat of extinction.