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| Estimados, escribo pues la semana pasada falleció Matt Preece.
El sirvió su misión entre 1995 y 1997. He intentado enviar la noticia a quienes fueron sus compañeros pero todos los mail han rebotado.
Agradecería a Uds. dar a conocer la noticia. A continuación adjunto un mail con el cual se nos comunicó la noticia.
De todas formas, la información completa está en www.wwf.org
Saludos cordiales, Fabiola Berríos
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I am a lifelong friend of Matt Preece. His most recent work, as a program
officer for the Eastern Nepal/Himalayan region of the World Wildlife Fund in
Washington, DC sent him to Nepal for the past several weeks. In Nepal, on
Saturday, September 23, 2006 Matt was on a helicopter with 23 other passengers
(conservationists and diplomats) returning from the handover of a WWF project
to the local community when the helicopter crashed, leaving no survivors. As
you know, Matt spent years traveling the world performing environmental and
animal conservation work that included saving sea turtles in Costa Rica, the
Galapagos Islands and Baja, Mexico, educating teenagers about ecological
issues in St. Croix, and setting up conservation programs in India and Peru.
There will be a memorial for Matt on Sunday, October 2nd at 5 pm in Layton,
Utah at the Davis Conference Center (1651 North 700 West, Layton, Utah 84041;
see davisconferencecenter.com for directions and lodging information or call
801.416.8888). Matt's family says that "any and all friends of Matt are
welcome to come on Sunday. It will be a casual gathering to remember and
honor Matt. Please let others know we would love to have all those who love
Matt there with us sharing him with us."
There will also be a memorial service in DC in conjunction with the WWF which
looks to be held sometime in December. We will send an update when we have
more information.
We are putting together a slideshow dvd with pictures of Matt for the service
on Sunday. If you have any photos of Matt or Matt and friends that you would
like included in the slideshow, please email them to me today or tomorrow by
reply email. We are also putting together some "Mattisms" - quotes from his
letters, emails, life that reflect his spirit and humor for all to enjoy. If
you have a quote or Mattism, please email that to me today or tomorrow by
email as well. An example is this quote of Matt sent in by Tyrus "Oatmeal in
a cookie is ok, as long as its not
overpowering the chocolate chocolate chocolate." August 10, 2006. We would
love to hear from many of you so we can create a very rich and deep image of
Matt's life.
Donations can be made in Matt's name to the World Wildlife Fund
( http://www.worldwildlife.org/ ) the Nature Conservancy
( http://www.nature.org/joinanddonate/donate/), both organizations that Matt
worked with and believed in deeply. If you wish to send anything to the
Preeces, the address of Matt's parents is: Stuart and Vicki Preece, 1276 East
2675 North, Layton, Utah 84040.
Also, please see the request below from Matt's sister in law for memories of
Matt which will be compiled into a memory book.
With love, Amber
Dear friends of Matt-
I'm Matt's sister in law and I'm working on compiling a book of memories of
Matt for his family. I would appreciate your stories for this memory book!
We know how much his friends meant to him and would love to include anything
you can think of in the book. Specifically, I'm looking for a short story or
two that you think about when you think of Matt. I'd like this to be a book
that will capture his amazing spirit. Feel free to offer whatever you can,
but I'd prefer specific stories that you think his family would appreciate. I
will also try to include photos you might have of Matt if you would like to
attach them.
If you would like to contribute a photo and story, please send them to me at:
janae.preece@gmail.com . Feel free to attach the photos, and I would prefer
any stories be attached in a Word document. Also include how you know Matt
and please list people in any photos. I need all submissions by October 30th,
but if you know you'd like to contribute something but can't put it together
before then, please let me know.
Also, please forward this on to anybody that you know would want to
contribute-I'm not sure how to get in touch with all of Matt's many friends,
so please pass this along.
Thanks,
Janae Preece |
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