COMMITTEE TO ABOLISH SPORT HUNTING
P.O. Box 13815, Las Cruces, NM 88013
Voice: (201) 937-3721; Fax: (201) 368-7050
e-mail:
CASH@AbolishSportHunting.com
In an effort to send Noble High School’s music students on a trip
to New York City, the school is holding several fundraisers, one of
which is a raffle for a six-day bear hunting trip.
There has been much opposition to allowing this raffle to take
place, and Sue Austin, assistant superintendent for the School
Administrative District 60 Board, is saying that she “respects” the
views of those who object to schools endorsing animal killing trips
as raffle prizes, but she has not taken steps to call the raffle
off.
Please contact Ms. Austin and the following officials and
POLITELY request that they not allow the raffle to take place:
Susan Austin, Assistant Superintendent
Maine School Administrative District #60
PO Box 819
North Berwick, ME 03906
Tel: 207.676.2234 Fax: 207.676.3229
Paul Andrade, Superintendent
Maine School Administrative District #60
PO Box 819
North Berwick, ME 03906
Tel: 207.676.2234 Fax: 207.676.3229
Joseph Findlay, Principal
Noble High School
388 Somersworth Rd.
North Berwick, ME 03906
jfindlay@sad60.k12.me.us
Richard Landry, Asst. Principal
Noble High School
388 Somersworth Rd.
North Berwick, ME 03906
rlandry@sad60.k12.me.us
North Berwick School Board Members
Lawrence Hart, Chair
North Berwick School Board
8 Gould's Bridge Road
North Berwick, ME 03906
lhart@maine.rr.com
Jacqueline Alwin
North Berwick School Board
PO Box 299
North Berwick, ME 03906
jackialwin@hotmail.com
Kerry Briggs
North Berwick School Board
376 Bauneg Beg Hill Road
North Berwick, ME 03906
bbmtn@gwi.net
Some points to raise in your letter:
• Schools and other public institutions should not be involved
with sending people on hunting trips. It is not the place of the
school system to portray violence toward wildlife as recreation.
• The school could open itself up for civil charges being filed
against it if someone is injured or killed during the hunting trip.
• Rather than raffling off hunting trips, wildlife-related
fundraisers could focus on activities such as camping, hiking, or
wildlife watching/photographing.
• The school system should support and encourage the hobby of
Wildlife Watching – an activity that has grown in popularity among
Maine residents by 35% over the past decade and is more popular in
the state than hunting and fishing combined (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation, State Overview, Issued July 2007)
Please remember – your letters, e-mails and/or phone calls should
be POLITE and RESPECTFUL at all times if we are to be effective in
our efforts to stop this raffle from taking place. Pro-hunting
organizations are supporting this raffle in an organized way, and we
must counter their efforts to spread the cancer of hunting to school
children.
Please send C.A.S.H. a copy of your correspondence – we would
love to hear from you.
Joe Miele,
President
Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting
PO BOX 961 Maywood, NJ 07607
Voice: (201) 937-3721 Fax: (201) 368-7050
CASH@AbolishSportHunting.com
www.AbolishSportHunting.com
