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Post by angelad on Jan 13, 2012 18:45:25 GMT
A Huge Thank You to all those that have Donated Donations for specific events will be included in that events thread as they will contribute to the total raised November - December 20118 x Collection Buckets + 5 Collecting Tins - Anonymous Donation, Thank you so much, these have made us look much more professional November - £15 Donation from Woodlands - Thank you so much to all the Woodlands Folk whose creative merchandising helps so much with our fundraising 23 November - Huge thanks to Pets@Home staff and customers who donated a lovely lot of treats and toys which is the sort of currency that the dogs really enjoy 23 November - £106.00 Half Marathan sponsor money from Siwan & Gareth - What a fantastic gesture - Thank you so much for all the effort that you put in and for thinking of the Dogs. 28 November £10 Donation from Woodlands - Thank you lovely peeps A huge Thank You to Bob Oswald for his very generous donation and to Lorraine who instigated it - A big Thank You to all the people who have taken toys and treats down to the Dogs' Home and to the Stores who have let us have Collection Points - Pets@Home, Wilkinsons, Morrisons- and to the Staff and Customers at The Old Post ( a fantastic dog friendly pub) who held a collection for us The Dogs are going to have the best Christmas ever thanks to all of your generosity 29 December - £15.00 Tracey's Christmas Clear out! (Tracey Friends FB supporter) has kindly donated the proceeds of her Christmas Goodies sale to Friends ;D
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Post by angelad on Jan 13, 2012 18:47:18 GMT
January 20126 January - Huge Thanks to Sarah Brown for doing a sponsored Boxing Day Swim £161.00 6 January - Many thanks to Anne, Emma and their colleagues from Public Sector Housing, who kindly donated their 'left overs' from their Christmas meal fund. No, not turkey sandwiches, £16.00 cash! Thank you so much! 9 January - £50 donation from Jan, a lovely lady who has just lost her own beloved rescue collie, Jilly. Jan has been touched by the plight of stray dogs and the dedication of the voluntary organisations who work so hard to keep these dogs safe. Thank you Jan, so sorry for the loss of Jilly, but what a kind thing to do to help strays. 10th January - £51.20 donation from The Merrie Harriers The regulars at the Harriers have a book corner named 'A Novel Way to Raise Money for Cardiff Dogs Home' They have asked that the money goes into our recently launched Kong Appeal. Many thanks to everyone who brings, and everyone who buys and to Mike, our lovely landlord! 12th January - Huge Thanks to Alison for leaving a large bag of things we really need at the Dogs Home - including peanut butter (to stuff the Kongs) bed covers and a huge box of lovely Chocolates for a Raffle Prize 12th January - £45 donation from Chess (Wales) Ltd They would like the money to go towards our Kong for a Kennel initiative - Big Kongs please! From Tyler, Richard & Jace - thank you so much! Thank you Chess, that was a good move 13th January - £40 - Sarah Brown has collected in the rest of her sponsorship money for her 'Big Dip' in the freezing Tenby waters on Boxing day That brings Sarah's total donation to a whopping £201 A similar amount was raised by Clair for McMillans Well done girls - Little Angels ;D 14 January Big Thank You to all the staff at the Disney Store (Cardiff) who donated 17 Kongs for our Kong Appeal - Absolutely fantastic - Thank you so much 15th January £38 donation from Jean May Jean turned tomatos and other scrummy things into chutney, then turns the chutney into money, then donates the money to dog welfare organisations in South Wales - what an amazing thing to do - Thank you so much Jean May 21 January - Enormous Thanks to the Kong Company for taking such an interest in our Environmental Enrichment Programme and sending us 10 Assorted sized Kongs - from huge to little - and some really lovely key rings. 21 January £116.60 How about this then ;D Rachel, one of the Founder Members of Friends Crafty Corner has been asking for buttons.... and this is what she has doing with them Rachel handed us an envelope containing £116.60 today Proceeds from sales of her handmade cards Thank you sooooo much Rachel That's certainly going to help Alf, our little fundraising tracker dog along his way..... 25 January - Huge Thanks to Barons Court who hosted a very successful quiz night for us (great fun had by all) and to the winning team for immediately donating their winnings back to Friends - making a total of £285 raised Thank you to all who attended and made it such a fab night ;D
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Post by angelad on Feb 3, 2012 10:06:27 GMT
February 20122 Feb - A huge thank you to Mr H Begg for his donation of £100 - thank you so much, what a lovely, kind, generous gesture 14 Feb - Thank you so much to all those that donated while using our CDH Dogs Valentine Cards, specifically to allow us to get some business cards printed. You raised £65 - £3.81 paypal fees giving us a total of £61.19 so our first lot of business cards will be with us shortly - and that means more people will have the forum and website address to hand so even more dogs should be helped ;D 19 Feb. Rach has donated another £65 from the sale of her home made cards - we are really grateful Rach - Thank you 26th Feb - Bridie, Pink and Fluffy's daughter has donated her month's pocket money, plus some of her birthday money specifically for Nahla's Vet Bill. £20.0026th Feb - Young Katie (smudgesgirl) baked cakes and sold them at today's Last Sunday. We also sold some of the donations that walker Pat kindly brought down. Katie and Pat have asked that the cash is used specifically for Nahla's Vet Bill. £26.50We would all like to say a huge Thank You to Sue at Cardiff & District Cleaning Co. and Wayne at Dirt Attack Wales. These two local companies, wanting to help the Dogs Home, joined forces, hired a cherry picker and got themselves 'Up on the Roof' of CDH and threw some light on the kennels - They cleaned the large skylights that had not been done in years. It has made a massive difference to the dogs - they are getting so much more natural light into the kennels. It has also made an immediate difference to the Home's running costs - they have had 'artificial' lights on throughout the day ever since anyone can remember. They really are heroes and we cannot thank them enough.
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Post by angelad on Mar 4, 2012 17:07:15 GMT
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Post by angelad on Apr 3, 2012 11:06:26 GMT
April 2012All our lovely volunteers have been working so hard towards the Show and we are so grateful and thankful to them. But there are some other people we owe a huge thanks to. They have all donated their products, facilities and time to help make the Show a fun successful event for all the family, with all the proceeds going directly to Friends Dog and Kennel Fund. So, our Huge Thanks to: St Albans Rugby Football Club (The Buns) , who have allowed us to use their fantastic facilities to hold the Show Peters Pies who have sponsored our Dog Sausage Catching Competition and very kindly donated some of their fab pasties and pies for your delectation Not only did AllNewPartyTime bring along 3 bouncy castles with all the proceeds going to Friends Dog and Kennel Fund, they also supplied us with a PA to! What Breed is my Dog for supplied a Raffle Prize and a donation for every Dog Identification Test soldHow fab is this banner? We're all over the moon with it and have to say a Huge Thank You to Jeff who has actually donated 2 banners to Friends !!! Thank you Jeff and all at Apex & Taylor Made Signs www.apextaylor.co.ukA big Thank You to 'No Dogs Aloud' (Recognise them?) who on the spur of the minute, entered a Quiz Night and WON!!!!! They're using their winnings to buy a desperately needed Fold Up Table and donating it to Friends 7 April - The lovely Helping Hands Ladies had a stall at a local Craft Fair selling their vast range of handcrafted items and have donated £85 to Friends - Absolutely Fantastic - Admiral Insurance have very kindly sponsored 50 I Need A Home Coats for our dogs, which will help massively in promoting their plight and attracting attention when the dogs are out with Friends - our Huge Thanks go to them Massive thanks to Caz for putting the proposal to Admiral Insurance, and helping us to secure this fabulous sponsorship Aren't they Fab ;D 12 April - Another £16 from Rach for her lovely handmade cards - Thank you so much Rach 12 April Taffy Dog Sales £3.0012 April Woodlands Easter Basket Money £28.10Caz DeputyDawg has been Friends very own 'Easter Money Bunny' and rehomed the last of the Woodlands Easter Baskets which brought in an extra £28.10 for our kennel fund Massive thanks to Woodlands and to Caz DD 16 April - a Huge Thanks to Elemoy Ellie who unexpectedly won £70 and had donated it to Friends Sensory Garden Fund - Thank you so much for a very generous gesture 24 April £55 from Rach - £30 from the sale of her home made cards and £26 from Car Boot items sold outside of car boot - Thank you so much Rach - you are a star 29 April Park Vets donation £35.00 This was a really kind and generous surprise - Thank you so much to all at Park Vets for thinking of us Another big Thank you to the 3 people that have donated a total of £25 towards Sue and Floss' Sponsored Slim and the the generous person that has donated £20 sponsorship for the Cardiff Fun Run - Fantastic, Thank you so much
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Post by angelad on May 14, 2012 12:22:21 GMT
May 2012A huge Thank You to the Friends that clubbed together to donate some much needed racking for our storage unit - can't wait to see it all stacked up, neat and tidy UPDATE: not only did they donate the racking, they dismantled it, moved it to our storage unit, reassembled it and are repacking everything in immaculate order - days worth of work - We really are very grateful - you're all stars And we cannot thank the fab people at Rileys who rolled out the fundraising week for Friends and Sports Relief, and sent our raffle book around all the nations at the European Pool Championships in Bridlington - how fab is that - and we all had a great night at the Poolathon Mahoosive to Claire, Sonia, and everyone at Riley's who dibbed in, bought raffle tickets, and raised a fabulous £220.00
Friends have had some fabulous donations brought to our 'Last Sunday' events There have been no fisticuffs to date, but Caz (DD) and Rach (Car Booty Queen) have come to an understanding that some items have been far too special to car booty, and Deputy Dawg has been whisking off the higher value items and finding appropriate on-line places to turn these into money - with amazing results To date, Caroline has turned donations (with very special thanks to Pat, who had a clear out whilst her OH wasn't looking ) into £223.00 for the Kennel Fund Good job DD! Another to Sue who has donated another £80 for hers and Floss' Sponsored Slim - and doesn't Sue look great ;D
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Post by angelad on Jun 2, 2012 11:29:07 GMT
June 2012A Huge Thank You to the Victory Park Committee for their exceedingly generous donation of £500 to our Sensory Garden Fund. Thank you so much, what a wonderful, generous thing to do Another Huge Thank You to our Bern and Caz who donated the charge for the stall at the Whitchurch Fun Day in aid of the George Thomas Hospice and organised Friends stall. And a to all the lovely volunteers who turned out to help, couldn't have done it without you, and another to Lynne M and family who saved the (very windy) day by bringing her very sturdy gazebo along and then donating it to Friends A to Lindsay who donated in memory of Old Guy for a stone with his name on in the Sensory Garden - what a lovely thing to do. Massive Thank You to Angela and all at Aqua Dogs - www.aquadogs.org.uk/Munch came into the Home extremely overweight - she weighed 62kilos (9.5 stone) with a waist measurement of over 1 metre!!!! With a careful diet, lots of walks and the help of Aqua Dogs she is now a shadow of her former self and far more fit and healthy. Angela from Aqua Dogs heard about her plight and offered free Hydrotherapy sessions twice a week, they .made such a difference to the girl who had trouble standing up when she came into the Home and Munch really enjoys the sessions to. We and Munch are so very grateful to Angela and Aqua Dogs, she can now walk 45-60minutes no problem and is ready to find her forever home. See the Transformation here:
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Post by angelad on Jul 4, 2012 7:19:56 GMT
July 2012Gareth recently climbed Snowdon (in this horrid weather!!!) and asked for sponsorship for Friends Sensory Garden. This very kind gesture lead to Gareth presenting friends with a massive £270.24 Thank you so much Gareth, this has made a big difference to our Sensory Garden Fund and therefore a huge difference to all the Dogs. 15/07 Thank you so much to the lovely Eric who donated £100 and to Wendy who donated £20 towards the Sensory Garden. 06/07 £10.00 Donation from Bev and Dino Dog! Sensory Garden, Thanks Bev, and for the lovely bedding and coat! so much to all of you - The Sensory Garden is becoming a reality 06/06 Caz DD for £192.00 for eBay sale of donated awning from Pat (walker of renown) Amazing - 10/7 Donation £15.00 Sensory Garden, The fabulous peeps at Castle Avenue (part of the Woodlands group) held a raffle recently, and have handed Friends £15.00 towards our Sensory Garden Fund. You do so much to help the dogs and make such a difference After a long stay at the Home Alie, Tyson and Damon have moved to a fantastic rescue where we're sure they will soon be successfully rehomed. Gullivers Truck Hire Ltd., Cardiff need a huge Thank You for donating the use of a van to transport these 3 big dogs comfortably and safely to the Reacue - They made it so easy for us Huge Thanks to Shane for a donation of £100 towards the Sensory Garden We and the Dogs are very grateful 30/07 Woodlands £4.00 The lovely peeps at Woodlands have been making Whiskey Marmalade for us to sell at our Summer Show! (that's what all the little glass jars were for ;D) It's soooooo good that they have already sold a few pots! £4.00 for the kennel fund - Yey! 29/07 Last Sunday - £20 There was a nice bit of bringing and buying at our Last Sunday Katie brought some cake, and we all bought a bit (nom Nom)! Tomas brought his pocket money and donated it to the Sensory Garden Fund, and Beth parted with a rather beautiful dolls pushchair, which was snapped up by Becky before the wheels hit the ground! £20.00 for the Sensory Garden Fund! Brilliant! 30/7 £10.00 Sensory Garden Donation, Thanky you Lynne Daffysmum July £20.00 Sensory Garden - The Fabulous No Dogs Aloud Quiz Team have won again! And they donated the money to the Sensory Garden Fund - AGAIN! 30/7 Sensory Garden Fund £5 donation - Thank you Chieko!
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Post by angelad on Aug 8, 2012 20:59:03 GMT
August 2012Shell Shocked & so grateful - we raised £2161.51 for the Dogs and the Home at the Community Dog Show. What an incredible amount - THANK YOU again to each and everyone of you that made it possible - all the people that crafted, sewed, baked, spread the word, donated raffle items, sponsored classes, turned up and manned the stalls, stayed behind and helped clear up, the lovely judges that gave their time, all the 1001 things that made the show a success - and of course all the people that turned up on the day and supported us - each and every one of you made a difference. And a huge Thank You to Peters Pies who once again supported us and donated pies, pasties, sausage rolls and the sausages for our Sausage Catching competition - the Refreshments raised a massive £517.70 12 August - Huge Thanks to all those kind and generous people that donated to Twizzle's Vet Fund at the Community Dog Show and raised an amazing £199 including a special thanks to Rachel and to our supporters SouthPaw who also donate a percentage of their sales to Friends - see their website here: SouthPaw Website Can't believe the No Dogs Aloud Quiz Team have done it again - yep, they beat the opposition and have donated £17 to the Sensory Garden. and Do you think you're ready for Eggheads now? Thank you to Ruth for her very kind donation of £50 Thank you, really appreciate your kindness A very special Thank You to Thomas who once again has donated his £5 pocket money for Twizzle. We're all, especially Twizzle, very grateful
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Post by angelad on Sept 5, 2012 20:07:23 GMT
September 20129 Sept - Our lovely Shelley got married - and collected donations for Friends. Thank you so much Shelley for thinking of us on your special day and raising £55.91 23 Sept - Dogs Day Out, Pembrey - Huge to all those that donated for Munch's Vet Bill - £38.50 makes makes a lot of difference - the girl herself is now fully recovered and lounging in her forever home - 30 Sept - Huge Thanks to Karen who sold some of her childrens outgrown toys and raised £12 or the dogs 30 Sept - Munch would like to say a special Thank you to George and Molly for donating £20 towards her vets bill - Thank you so much
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Post by angelad on Oct 29, 2012 20:23:17 GMT
October 20126 October - Superstars John and ex CDH Tasha did a sponsored walk and raised £186 for Munch's vets Bill - Fantastic Amount - 6 October - Massive Thanks to the lovely lady who bought the 2nd Twizzle picture and also added a donation - totalling £92. a huge boost to Munch's Vets Bill And another Thankyou to the lovely person that painted and donated the 2 Twizzle portraits originally - you're a star 6 October - Thank you to Rebecca for donating £5 to Munch's Vets Bill - really appreciated 25 October - Not only did the FAB SWALEC Team spend all day at CDH painting, pressure washing, gardening, dog walking, litter picking, and giving the whole place a bit of a makeover - they donated £25 to the vet bill to help poor emaciated Bones - What Stars - we can't thank them enough Just Look at the result 26 October - Woodlands does so much for Friends throughout the year - thankyou for the donation of £2.40 26 October - Libby and Cathryn from Barry ran the Half Marathon collecting sponsorship for Friends of Cardiff Dogs Home - .Fantastic, what a feat girls - Friends has received £25 sponsorship directly - Thank you so much 28 October - Thank you so much to Bo and Alex for their extremely generous £40 donation towards the Vets Bills - really appreciated and so much needed
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Post by daffysmum on Dec 17, 2012 15:50:06 GMT
10 November 2012 - A huge thank you to everyone that donated, visited and bought for our first ever Yard Sale which raised a marvelous £457.86 10 November 2012 - our newest fund raising scheme - cash for old currency (thank you for organising Sandra) raised a fabulous £86 14 November 2012 - Team Barclays did us proud again raising £109.95 from the walkathon to Asda Cardiff Bay 14 November 2012 - Quiz night was a great success raising £169 5 December 2012 - a walkathon to Asda by Team Barclays raised £78.96 1 December 2012 - Street Collection in Cardiff - what generous people there are in Cardiff - a huge £488 raised from kind donations. 8 December 2012 - Street Collection in Cardiff - we thought Cardiff was generous on 1st December, this street collection brought in £757.50! 11 December 2012 - Street Collection in Barry - the warm welcome for the volunteers and dogs in Barry was great despite the perishing cold - raising an astonishing £121.50
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Post by daffysmum on Jan 3, 2013 11:17:49 GMT
A big thank you must go to Park Vets, who very kindly agreed to let us put a collecting tin in reception.
On 22 December 2012 we emptied the tin and found a HUGE £100.30 ;D
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Post by daffysmum on Jan 3, 2013 11:20:37 GMT
"Barks and Spencers" (sale of clothing at bootsales) £130 received in December 2012 Many thanks to Caz for keeping this little enterprise running for Friends.
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Post by daffysmum on Jan 21, 2013 15:41:28 GMT
Wowsers! £650 received from Kara's Auction - what a clever dog!
Kara's auction funds have been ringfenced for some special purchases for the dogs, what this space for more news! ;D
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