Clemson Vs Extinction Project Info

 

 

The Goal
The Clemson Vs. Extinction ticket sales are part of the Save our Mascot campaign by Tigers for Tigers that begin from the idea that Clemson fans would be more than passionate about helping to save their mascot from going extinct in the wild.

Likewise our eventual goal is to yearly sale as Many Clemson Vs. Extinction tickets as Death Valley holds in seating capacity. If we can sale out for a game we are sure that Clemson fans can become international leaders in Tiger Conservation as well.

History of Project Thus Far
In 2007 the Clemson Student Body Government passed a Bill encouraging the University and Athletic Department to get involved in doing more to save our mascot from going extinct in the wild. Since that time we have been working hard to get all aspects of the Clemson family on board. President Barker is a big supporter of the Tigers for Tigers program. As you can see from the video Tommy Bowden also has a big heart for our Clemson fans nation wide to pull together as one strong family to make this project successful.  Fall 2007 is our first year with this effort.

Where the money goes.
There is little overhead costs for the Tigers for Tigers Organization. In fact there is next to none since the faculty Advisor is already paid through the university pay roll and the rest of the official members are all volunteers. The only amount taken out of the donations is for the cost of printing the educational information and that is partly matched by the University.

So here is the Break Down of where the money from these ticket sales will go:

50% of the money will go to stop Tiger poaching in national parks in India through our involvement with The Tiger Trust fund in India

25% will go to International Educational efforts to motivate the world to get involved in the necessary legislation and activism to save our mascot in its native environment.

25% will go to Future Tigers for Tigers for future activism trips to India where students themselves become the solution to the many problems surrounding the Tiger habitats that are the cause of their demise. Some as mentioned above will go to fund the projects here in Clemson to raise awareness of this cause.