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Meet a 'seal' hero
Posted on Fri, November 6th, 2009
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Submitted by Anita Welych
“Seal Hero Strikes Again!” read the headline of an article featured on the Protect Seals page of the website of the Humane Society of the United States. The “seal hero” in question is 9-year-old Martin Welych-Flanagan, a fourth grader at The New School in Dewitt. Welych-Flanagan recently visited HSUS headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD with a donation of $2,500 for the Protect Seals campaign.
Since preschool, Welych-Flanagan has loved harp seals. In spring 2008, at 7, he was aghast to learn that many thousands of baby harp seals, unable to walk or swim, are cruelly clubbed and skinned, often while still alive. So Welych-Flanagan took action. He approached his teacher, Miranda Hine, at The New School, a progressive, private school in Dewitt. She created a forum for students to discuss the issues about which they felt most strongly. When put to a vote, two causes emerged as clear winners: supporting pet shelters and saving baby harp seals. Children on the Seal Savers team researched the issue, created posters and started a petition to send to Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Currently they have more than 800 signatures and are trying to reach 1,000.
Welych-Flanagan wanted to do more, so he began making colorful bracelets with messages such as “Save Seals” and “No Fur” to sell for $1 each. Classmates have helped Welych-Flanagan make and sell bracelets at various community fairs. Welych-Flanagan ’s bracelets are currently also for sale at the Syracuse Cultural Workers retail store on Lodi Street in Syracuse.
All proceeds go to the Humane Society of the United States, earmarked for the Protect Seals campaign, supporting their efforts to end the largest marine mammal slaughter in the world.
Kathryn Kullberg, Campaign Manager of Wildlife Programs of the Humane Society of the United States upon receiving the first checks and learning about the New School’s efforts, said, “Keep up the good work and we will do the same – you are an inspiration to all of us!”
Welych-Flanagan realizes that money alone will not end the hunt.
“The bracelets make money, but they also make people aware,” he said. “Someone can ask about a bracelet and I can tell them all about the baby seals being cruelly hunted.” Welych-Flanagan has expanded on his intent to raise awareness by speaking at various venues, including a local HSUS meeting, his speech therapy clinic and a class on social activism at Cazenovia College.
Early in 2009, a former teacher at The New School ran across the Disney-sponsored Wondertime’s Littlest Volunteers contest, for children 8 and under who are striving to make the world a better place. She suggested that Welych-Flanagan enter. Welych-Flanagan won one of three national Grand Prizes: $5,000 to donate to the charity of one’s choice. Welych-Flanagan ’s choice was easy: he would split the prize between The New School and the Humane Society of the United States.
On Sept. 25, 2009, Welych-Flanagan visited HSUS headquarters in Gaithersburg MD, to personally deliver the $2,500 prize check to Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. Welych-Flanagan brought another check for bracelet sales, bringing the total amount of money raised through sales to over $1,000. Welych-Flanagan met key staffers who work with the Protect Seals campaign and gave them bracelets. He also sold some bracelets to others in the offices.
Later in the day, Welych-Flanagan visited Congressman Dan Maffei’s office in Washington DC to help lobby for passage of the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2009. Then – of course - he sold bracelets to Dan Maffei’s staffers!
Welych-Flanagan ’s efforts to make the world a better place are not unique at the New School. Evelyn Caldwell, now in seventh grade, presented on the need to support pet shelters. That group named itself “The Paws Cause” and raised $250 for the local SPCA. This fall, fourth grader Emily Newman, has begun a penny drive for Pennies for Peace, a nonprofit organization supporting education for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Built into The New School’s curriculum is the theme “Making the World a Better Place.” It is clear that The New School student activists are doing just that.
Kaitlyn poses for her babysitter who took this image of her playing outside.
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Posted on Fri, November 6th, 2009Written by: ,
email:
Submitted by Anita Welych
“Seal Hero Strikes Again!” read the headline of an article featured on the Protect Seals page of the website of the Humane Society of the United States. The “seal hero” in question is 9-year-old Martin Welych-Flanagan, a fourth grader at The New School in Dewitt. Welych-Flanagan recently visited HSUS headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD with a donation of $2,500 for the Protect Seals campaign.
Since preschool, Welych-Flanagan has loved harp seals. In spring 2008, at 7, he was aghast to learn that many thousands of baby harp seals, unable to walk or swim, are cruelly clubbed and skinned, often while still alive. So Welych-Flanagan took action. He approached his teacher, Miranda Hine, at The New School, a progressive, private school in Dewitt. She created a forum for students to discuss the issues about which they felt most strongly. When put to a vote, two causes emerged as clear winners: supporting pet shelters and saving baby harp seals. Children on the Seal Savers team researched the issue, created posters and started a petition to send to Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Currently they have more than 800 signatures and are trying to reach 1,000.
Welych-Flanagan wanted to do more, so he began making colorful bracelets with messages such as “Save Seals” and “No Fur” to sell for $1 each. Classmates have helped Welych-Flanagan make and sell bracelets at various community fairs. Welych-Flanagan ’s bracelets are currently also for sale at the Syracuse Cultural Workers retail store on Lodi Street in Syracuse.
All proceeds go to the Humane Society of the United States, earmarked for the Protect Seals campaign, supporting their efforts to end the largest marine mammal slaughter in the world.
Kathryn Kullberg, Campaign Manager of Wildlife Programs of the Humane Society of the United States upon receiving the first checks and learning about the New School’s efforts, said, “Keep up the good work and we will do the same – you are an inspiration to all of us!”
Welych-Flanagan realizes that money alone will not end the hunt.
“The bracelets make money, but they also make people aware,” he said. “Someone can ask about a bracelet and I can tell them all about the baby seals being cruelly hunted.” Welych-Flanagan has expanded on his intent to raise awareness by speaking at various venues, including a local HSUS meeting, his speech therapy clinic and a class on social activism at Cazenovia College.
Early in 2009, a former teacher at The New School ran across the Disney-sponsored Wondertime’s Littlest Volunteers contest, for children 8 and under who are striving to make the world a better place. She suggested that Welych-Flanagan enter. Welych-Flanagan won one of three national Grand Prizes: $5,000 to donate to the charity of one’s choice. Welych-Flanagan ’s choice was easy: he would split the prize between The New School and the Humane Society of the United States.
On Sept. 25, 2009, Welych-Flanagan visited HSUS headquarters in Gaithersburg MD, to personally deliver the $2,500 prize check to Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. Welych-Flanagan brought another check for bracelet sales, bringing the total amount of money raised through sales to over $1,000. Welych-Flanagan met key staffers who work with the Protect Seals campaign and gave them bracelets. He also sold some bracelets to others in the offices.
Later in the day, Welych-Flanagan visited Congressman Dan Maffei’s office in Washington DC to help lobby for passage of the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2009. Then – of course - he sold bracelets to Dan Maffei’s staffers!
Welych-Flanagan ’s efforts to make the world a better place are not unique at the New School. Evelyn Caldwell, now in seventh grade, presented on the need to support pet shelters. That group named itself “The Paws Cause” and raised $250 for the local SPCA. This fall, fourth grader Emily Newman, has begun a penny drive for Pennies for Peace, a nonprofit organization supporting education for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Built into The New School’s curriculum is the theme “Making the World a Better Place.” It is clear that The New School student activists are doing just that.
Kaitlyn poses for her babysitter who took this image of her playing outside.
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