Category: Fund raising

After the success of last year’s photo contest, Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo is organising a second one, entitled ‘Happy Greyhounds’. There are prizes of her beautiful jewellery.

See some of last year’s pictures on the Baasgalgo website.

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Come join us in the beautiful grounds of the home of Pat and Steve Moon on 22nd June at 2pm.

Chateau de la Pissepole, 79420 Reffannes

Tickets 10 euros per person for a superb buffet, bring your own drinks, and includes raffle and gift stall, with money raised in aid of L’Europe des Levriers

Reservations on stephen.moon@wanadoo.fr

The Galgo Rescue International Network is proud to announce our latest fundraisung venture for the Spanish galgos.

Carpe Canem is hosting an online auction which begins at 7am PDT/10am EDT on Wednesday, May 14 and ends at 7pm PDT/10pm EDT on Tuesday, May 20.

ALL the proceeds (after shipping expenses) will go directly to two Spanish galgo rescue organizations, DDEVIDA (Defensa de los Derechos de la Vida Animal) in Utrera (Sevilla) and Asociación de Socorro Animal Amigos de Milord in Palencia.

Please check it out at www.carpecanem.com/auction/ – it’s packed with awesome items to bid on.

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Last November Tete and her volunteers, arrived at the shelter of Arconaturalinares, to find the fence cut open and many dogs running free outside the premises.

On entering they found the storage room broken into with all the medication, bedding, iodine and even the dog food stolen.

Much worse however, was the disappearance of the two galgas that had arrived just 36 hours earlier.

So has started their Chip Appeal to try and ensure all dogs arriving at the centre are microchipped.

If you would like to organise a fundraising dog walk, don’t be put off by the paperwork! You know what the French are like, bless them. I think I put the cat among the pigeons when I decided to organise my walk for the International Day of the Dog.

If we had just been people walking, or riding bikes, or horses, they had forms to cover that! It was also the fact that I didn’t know how many dogs would be present. But I sorted through the paperwork and the bureaucracy and then, relaxing afterwards with a welcome glass of wine, I realised that some of the demands made were actually quite sensible.

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Here is a collection of photographs from the walk marking the International Day of the Dog which took place in the village of Celles-sur-Belle in southern Deux-Sevres.

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The sun shone brightly on the village of Celles-sur-Belle in southern Deux-Sevres on Sunday, the 3rd International Day of the Dog.

Over 50 walkers, and more than 70 dogs assembled in the car park opposite the Abbaye Royale, to enjoy a 5 km ramble along tracks lined with bluebells and primroses (click thumbnail right for larger image).

Many people had brought a picnic lunch, and a raffle was held in the afternoon.

Over 900 euros was raised for the funds of L’Europe des Levriers, which paid for the rehabilitation and vets fees for 6 galgos at Alpha Dog World with April and Paul Carrier. The day was judged a great success, with demands to repeat it again next year.

Related article: A gaggle of Galgos comes to town

Photographs from the galgo walk

I think I’ve covered everything! Permission from the Maire in Celles-sur-Belle for the dog walk. Permission from the Prefecture in Niort for the dog walk! Gendarmes (police), sapeur pompiers (paramedic firemen) and a local vet all standing by! There’s more to organising a fund-raising dog walk in France than ever there was in the UK!

With over 40 people walking over 60 dogs, all we want is the sunshine. Should be a great day.

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Further to the appeal on behalf of the San Anton Refuge, the secretary of the fundraising association has sent the following.

“Thank you for the donation from your friend. We plan to re-decorate our small office, to make sure that in future this will be our room for medical treatments only, next to supplies we keep there like medicines and food.

So if you can mention that we wish to raise support and money for this decoration (like tiles for the floor, which will be more easy to clean and a table for treatments) that would be wonderful.

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…to buy your cards and raise money for the galgos.

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