Lost in P.E.I.: Ontario school looking to recover missing mascot

An Ontario elementary school is asking for Islanders to look out for their belovedmascot after it was lost on a summer trip to P.E.I.

JaniceNicholls,principalat Sullivan Community School in Chatsworth, Ont., saidtheir mascot Sullivan Stinger, also known asthe bee,joined a family from the school on vacation a few weeks ago, but never returned home.

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The mascot is astuffed bee that was donated to the school a few years ago.

We would be so excited if he came all the way back to us from P.E.I.- Janice Nicholls

It's since travelled to placeslike England, Jamaica, New Mexico, Florida andDisney World.

"We decided he would be handy to take along on trips when our families go places so we could get pictures of him all over the world," said Nicholls.

The travelling mascotbecame so popular in the first year that the school had to start scheduling the bee's vacations.

"The mascot is very cute and just fits with how we are," she said.

Lost in P.E.I.

Sullivan Stinger's latest trip was with afamily who was first visitingHalifax and then P.E.I.

"That's where everything got lost," she said.

The family brought the bee to Anne of Green Gables' house for a picture, andNichollssaidthat is its last known whereabouts.

"At first I thought we'd replace him, but he's irreplaceable," said Nicholls.

"He kind of looks like he's been well travelled I can't imagine substituting another one. He's just become a part of our culture."

Appeal to Islanders

Nichollshas made a post on the school's Facebook page in the hopes of someone finding the bee in P.E.I.

"We're just kind ofhoping maybe someone will see it and say, 'Oh, I saw your bee!'and send it to us," Nichollssaid.

Islanders would likely find him in Cavendish, at Green Gables, in parking lots or on park benches in the area. If he is found, the school would be happy if he was mailed back to Chatsworth.

"We would be so excited if he came all the way back to us from P.E.I.," said Nicholls. "That would be fantastic."

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