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The Elephant Project

After traveling through Thailand and witnessing the mistreatment of elephants, Kristina McKean started The Elephant Project, which significantly contributes to saving them. When you purchase a plushie, 100% of the net proceeds from sales go to organizations that help fight the poaching crisis and provide care to injured, abandoned, orphaned and abused elephants.

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99.9 KTYD Interview with Kristina McKean, Founder of the Elephant Project

99.9 KTYD Interview with Kristina McKean, Founder of the Elephant Project

World Elephant Day 2024

World Elephant Day 2024

Happy World Elephant Day! 🐘🌍

We’re thrilled to partner with @TrunksUpOfficial to support the expansion of @ElephantNaturePark, where the future ROAMS FREE. The newly acquired land will be dedicated to the well-being and protection of rescued elephants from the tourism industry, providing them with refuge and freedom 24/7. It will be the first sanctuary of its kind in the region.

MATCH OPPORTUNITY!

Every dollar you donate will be doubled, up to $50,000! That means your $5 becomes $10, $50 becomes $100, and $500 becomes $1000!

HOW YOU CAN HELP

🎯 Our goal is $750,000. Your donation will fund the construction of a 3-kilometer perimeter, crucial for the elephants’ freedom and safety.

Donate $250 or more and get your name on a placard at the sanctuary!

Be a part of the future of Elephant Nature Park and make a lasting impact on the lives of these majestic elephants.🌟

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The Bets Life Podcast: Wild at Heart with Kristina McKean, Founder of the Elephant Project

Kristina McKean is the founder and owner of The Elephant Project, a women-led and women-run social give-back business. For as long as she can remember, Kristina has felt a deep-rooted kinship with animals, and the welfare of elephants has become Kristina’s passion and life quest. 

With a background in design and product development, Kristina was able to build a thoughtful stuffed animal brand to raise awareness and funds to help save and care for orphaned and abused elephants, dogs, and big cats. One hundred percent of the net proceeds from the Save Us™ Collection of plushies goes to organizations all over the world that are dedicated to helping and advocating for animals in need. In this episode, we chat about what Kristina experienced on her travels that led her down this path, ethical travel, how we can better support animals abroad and locally, and why it’s important to give back to the causes that speak to us personally. 

TW: discussion of animal cruelty  

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The Today Show: Holiday gift ideas that support women-owned small businesses

From jewelry to olive oils to coffee and more, Lauren Iannotti, editor of Real Simple, stops by TODAY to share great holiday gift ideas that support women-owned small businesses.

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Daily Mom: 50 Best Gifts at $50 or Less for Everyone on Your List

‘Tis the season to be jolly, but also the season to break the bank with gift-giving. Fear not, my fellow penny-pinchers, for we have the perfect solution to your holiday shopping woes: our gift guide featuring the ‘best gifts at $50’! Trust us, your wallet will thank you for this one. We have scoured the internet to find the most unique and affordable gifts for the whole family so you can spread the holiday cheer without spreading your finances too thin. Get ready to sleigh your gift-giving game and make this season a merry and budget-friendly one! 

Stuffed animals are always a good call for the little ones during the holiday season. It is even better if it supports a good cause such as The Elephant Project, with 100% of net proceeds helping support elephants and other animals in need. Tembo, which means elephant in Swahili, is a favorite with a soft, adorable gray elephant with green overalls that will become their new stuffy, providing hours of play and comfort.

Kelly Clarkson Show: California Mom Creates Elephant Plushie To Help Rescue Real-Life Elephants

The Elephant Project is a charitable organization selling adorable stuffed animals in support of organizations that help save and care for orphaned and abused elephants around the world. Founder Kristina dials-in and shares how seeing a baby elephant being abused in the streets of Thailand 20 years ago inspired her to create the organization, and teach the next generation about the importance of respecting wildlife. Pilot Pen awards Kristina $1,000 to help her continue her incredible work. Be unstoppable with the go-to pens of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the smooth G2 and erasable FriXion by Pilot. https://powertothepen.com/ #KellyClarksonShow

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LA Times: 18 gifts that give back in big ways

We’ve all been there, politely thanking someone for a gift we neither need nor want as we try not to think about the amount of money wasted on something we’ll never use.

That’s the tricky part about gift giving. If you want to maintain any sort of surprise, you just have to wing it sometimes and hope your instincts are right.

We can’t provide a magic guide to everyone’s perfect gift, but we can steer you to gifts that give twice by supporting causes that might be important to your recipient, such as human rights, eradicating hunger or saving the natural world. That way, even if your gift is a disappointment, your recipient will know that at least a portion of the money you spent is supporting something that’s improving our world.

And that might be one of the best gifts of all.

Not since Babar has an elephant been so endearingly and elegantly portrayed as this pint-sized version from the Elephant Project complete with (removable!) green velvet overalls. This soft stuffie is beautifully made, with a generous trunk and tufted tail. And it’s just the right size for little hands. Tembo and his friend Kiki (who prefers dresses) are just two of four cuddly animals offered by this Santa Barbara-based company, which sends 100% of its net proceeds to organizations around the world devoted to saving elephants from poachers and providing care for orphaned young. (P.S. If your gift recipient prefers big cats or dogs, check out Oba the lion and LuLu the dog. They have their own related support organizations.)

From $39 at the Elephant Project