In honor of Sara "Bob" Prideaux

Read to the bottom save the best for last!  We are happy to announce that we have done two things in Sara's honor so far. Cinderella the Gentou Penguin at the KC Zoo was adopted in her honor by a family friend.  She has yellow bands with light pink beads on her arms. She is a cold water penguin and hangs out on the left side of the tank when you walk in. They do penguin talks at 1 and 3pm I think. She is from Disney and of course named after a princess.  Also, we have purchased a Penguin Plaque in her honor. It’s a King Penguin! It’s already in in place on the Penguin Pal Kiosk when you exit the back of the penguin exhibit. Please check it out when you are at the zoo next.
We will be using the rest of the donations in Sara’s honor to raise awareness for suicide. The Tennessee aquarium that Sara visited every year since she was like 5 has agreed to go above and beyond for us. They want Sara’s story to be heard.  Sara planned on going to college in TN with her Aunt and Uncle so we feel as though this is a great place to honor her as well. A portion of the money being raised will go towards a bench in her honor inside with the penguins in TN as the KC Zoo doesn’t offer this. I really think she would love that!!! The other portion of the money raised will be used to bring suicide awareness and her silence to teenagers. The aquarium each year is willing to allow us to sponsors an event in her honor while also making it educational. This would be something Sara would be proud of. She loved helping others and so will we.

We have a goal of $4,500 to make this dream a reality and I know that we can get there. We have some really great ideas for raising awareness in her honor and collecting donations to make this dream come true for her family. It will be my mission in life to educate others and remove the stigma surrounding mental illness. We have a raffle coming up on this Saturday at Title Boxing in Belton. Show up and show support from 9am-it ends I think 11 or 12pm!! We would love to see you. Get out of bed and make a difference. We also will be selling wristbands in honor of Sara and all proceeds will go towards awareness in her honor. If you can’t be there and still want to help out, I have included below where you can mail donations. 

Donations can be mailed to:
Celebrate Sara -Sara Prideaux
In Care of Allie Doss
17205 S Prospect Ave Belton, MO 64012
(Checks can be made out to Either of Sara's parents: James Prideaux or Allie Doss)
Or made at: Any U.S. Bank location
Account number is 145573273615 for Sara Prideaux

The best!!!! The link below is a LIVE PENGUIN cam so we can watch her all day if we wanted. She is always on the left but in this view its the right side of the camera view where the white ice is. I circled it below.


http://www.kansascityzoo.org/penguincam