Polar Bears International

This campaign aims to support the majestic animal that inspired New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso's nickname: the polar bear!

Please consider donating $1 for each home run Pete Alonso hits throughout the 2025 MLB regular season. One-time donations of any amount are also greatly appreciated!

All funds raised will be donated to Polar Bears International, an organization dedicated to conserving polar bears and the vital sea ice they depend on. Their mission is crucial not just for these magnificent creatures, but for our planet's climate health. By supporting this cause, we can help protect the Arctic and its delicate ecosystem, ensuring a more sustainable future for generations to come.

Your support helps Polar Bears International make a difference by contributing to efforts like:

This fundraiser is organized by Paul Orsino, President of Newsletter Operations at The Rally Towel, a New York Mets fan publication.

Polar bears are facing severe struggles as a result of global warming, primarily due to the rapid loss of sea ice in the Arctic. As temperatures rise, the ice melts earlier in the spring and forms later in the fall, shortening the period during which polar bears can hunt seals, their primary food source. With less sea ice, they are forced to travel greater distances in search of food, often leading to longer fasting periods and decreased body condition. This not only affects their health but also reduces their ability to reproduce, as female bears may be too weakened to care for cubs. As the ice continues to disappear, polar bears are pushed into closer proximity to human settlements, increasing the risk of conflict. Without urgent action to address climate change, the survival of polar bears is increasingly at risk, and they face a bleak future in a warming world.

Hi, I’m Allison Coming, and I’m reaching out to you with an urgent call to support Polar Bears International. This incredible organization is dedicated to conserving polar bears and the vital sea ice they depend on. With climate change threatening their habitat, we have a collective responsibility to act now and protect these magnificent creatures and their Arctic home.

Your generous donations will directly contribute to critical efforts that make a difference:

Every contribution helps inspire action and ensures that future generations will witness the beauty of polar bears in the wild. Let’s come together to protect the Arctic—please donate today!

Hello, my name is Alexa Cortes Gutierrez, and I started a club at my school named Don't Let It Melt for a class 'Do Good' project. I chose to have it be focused on climate change and the negative impacts littering is causing to our planet. It's something that I've always had an interest in and believe it is something that needs to be addressed, especially now that I've been seeing a lot of media around Polar Bears' environment melting, which is where the club name originated.

To do good, we started as a club at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA, to volunteer at beach cleanups and other environment-focused services. But another goal we have is to also raise and donate money to Polar Bears International. A little goes a long way, and any donation can make a difference.

We are raising funds to help out the animals of the arctic, We are trying to save animals such as polar bears by preventing habitat loss. Were also trying to help Fin whales by preventing hunting for their baleen and meat. All of this is affecting the environment with hunting grounds shrinking and food sources moving disrupting ecosystems that have lasted for up to thousands of years.

Hello, my name is Miguel Aguilar( Mr. Aguilar to my students) and I am an 8th grade English Teacher at Los Angeles Academy Middle School. This semester, my students have focused on trying to change the world by focusing on an important issue they believe deserves an immediate solution. I am sponsoring my student Maryjane by helping them create this GoFundMe. I will let Maryjane describe their goals:

Hello my name is Maryjane A. and my goal is to spread awareness to people about climate change and the danger towards Polar Bears. I am trying to help the Polar Bears from facing extinction because climate change is destroying their habitat. I will accomplish this by doing a GoFundMe that can help me raise money to give to charity so they are able to save the Polar Bears. I also want to get rid of greenhouse gases which are another reason why climate change happens.

Everything is explained here.

It's about how polar bears are going extinct and are dying from global warming. They are dying off and we need you to save them so they don't go extinct and die. If we raise enough money for them they will be thriving. The money would be going towards Polar Bear internationals.

I am Charlie Shepherd, I have read into climate change and how it affects the life's of polar bears. My favorite animal as a kid. I looked up some videos and realized it's just not right how some people do not care. Official's, do not care... It's so sad and I want to help an organization that wants to help also.

These polar bears need our help! As the ice melts, the polar bears begin to spend more time on land and many end up starving! These beautiful creatures don’t have much time! Make sure to turn off any lights you’re not using, buy locally sourced food, eat less meat, and try your best to avoid driving a vehicle that burns fossil fuels. They need us, don’t wait. All funds go to supporting the PBI in their race to help the polar bears, protecting their environment, researching to find ways they can help, and education people on the effects climate change has on polar bears.