All Australian Schools are invited to join Save The Bilby Fund
in our fundraising efforts to help save the Bilby and
other endangered Australian species, plus take part in
"Face The Challenge"
Threatened Animals Crossword Competition

Your school should receive a letter during July 2009 inviting you to support us and encourage you to learn more
about Australia's many endangered species so that you can

HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

The letter includes an invitation to help, order forms for purchasing Save The Bilby Fund merchandise,
information on how to get to this website, a poster for the notice board and some
Face The Challenge flyers to be distributed to the classrooms for the students to see.

1. Enter "Face The Challenge" Threatened Animals Crossword Competition
Please encourage your friends and school to enter our competition so that everyone can learn about the unique animals we share this great country with. ENTRY IS FREE and you could win some fantastic prizes!

Teachers, please register your school to let us know how many entrants you expect.

Your school could be the winner of the Major Prize:
a visit from a live Bilby and Mr Frank Manthey Co-Founder of Save The Bilby Fund

A list of schools that register is published on this website in our Hall of Fame.

Individual entries are also invited too. So kids please join the competition, get an entry form

2. Buy Save The Bilby Fund Merchandise
Please encourage your school, club or community group to purchase some of our Save The Bilby Fund merchandise
and sell it to your students or members. Imagine the difference we could make if everyone of Australia's 20 million people
spent just two dollars each to buy a National Bilby Day Clutch Pin!

Schools - if you order some merchandise to sell at your school
you can return any unpurchased items after your event. So you only pay for what you sell.

3. Hold a National Bilby Day Fundraising Party
Please encourage your school, club, work place or community group to have a Fundraiser to raise some much needed funds. By simply collecting a gold coin donation for Save The Bilby Fund your students, work mates or members can enjoy a special celebration and know that they are making difference.

By selling Bilby merchandise Your School can make a BIG IMPACT on the success of our work!

Save The Bilby Fund has become one of Australia's success stories thanks to the support of many everyday school children, Mums and Dads and pensioners. Our project has captured the imagination and help of many Australians who like us, would like to protect our unique species for future generations to see and enjoy. Donations are used to maintain our Bilby Fence and to support other essential work on the bilby and other threatened species.

The Bilby Fence at Currawinya National Park, Queensland, was built to protect the bilbies from feral animals and dangerous predators to enable them to live and breed in safety. The electrified fence encloses a 25 square kilometre area and the first bilbies were released into the area in December 2005. This fence was built from fundraising money and the help of many thousands of donations and some very special volunteers and sponsors. Your continued help and contributions will assist us in our efforts to maintain this fence, and expand our operations to help save the bilby and other endangered Australian animals.

If you would like to help with fundraising please contact
"The Bilby Man" Frank Manthey: