Category: Fund raising

Sandi Leach is a volunteer with Amigos de los Galgos, and has the following idea to raise funds.

At www.arts-et-cartes.com you’ll find original, fun, francophile greeting cards. During April, for any order via Galgonews we will donate 50 cents per card to the Spanish refuges.

To make sure that the galgos benefit from your order please add (galgos) after your name when giving your details for delivery.

Buy safely and securely online at www.arts-et-cartes.com and help save the Spanish galgos.

Please support her initiative.

27th April, 2008

International Day of the Dog www.internationaldayofthedog.org.uk It’s the 3rd one this year, started by the English dog listener Jan Fennell. It’s to celebrate man’s relationshilp with this amazing animal who, no matter what one does to it, a dog is still loyal and full of love.

We are having a dog walk iaround the delightful village of Celles-sur-Belle, between Niort and Melle in Western France. Rosettes will be awarded to all dogs taking part, kindly sponsored by Allez Francais.

Why not organise an event yourself, and let me know, even if the funds go to your local SPA.

This is the amount of the vet bill now owed by the Pedro Munoz refuge, in Castilla La Mancha, the heart of the galgo hunting area.

With 3 – 4 galgos on average arriving every day at the doors of the refuge, there is pneumonia to treat, broken feet or legs, bad wounds, some dogs needing hospitalisation. Some of the puppies are in such a bad way when they arrive that they can’t be saved.

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Joanna Simm, a galgo/greyhound enthusiast in the Aude, raised the manificent sum of 1,466 euros with her Spice Night.

She writes, ‘My curry night on Saturday raised much more than I had ever hoped for….enough for me to give 733 euros to L’Europe des Levriers and the same amount again to Nuria Blanca at Amigos de los Galgos for Loli at Pedro Munoz refuge, who are desparate for help at the moment.

My friend sandi has worked to help Nuria for some years now and asked if there was enough money raised, could I help…and I hope everyone agerees that 1,466 plus was a great amount! It was hard work though..I never want to cook curry for 60 people ever again! Its worth it for the Galgos though.’

Any one else planning a fundraising event?

Feeling fit? Fancy walking to raise funds for ADANA?

This is an organised walk, starting in Estepona on Sunday 16th March, and finishing in Sevill on Saturday, 22nd March. Everyone will travel back to Estepona by car on Sunday, 23.

You can walk for the week, or part of the week.

Overnight accommodation is arranged, and the approximate cost is 60 euros per person.

Book by 15th February.

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Too many dogs; too little money; too few helpers, rock bottom morale.

In an earlier post I reported on the Pedro Munoz refuge at Cuidad Real, 200 kms south of Madrid.

A refuge half built, before the Mayor pulled the plug on the funding.

Over 100 dogs, only three volunteers, and bills piling up which they haven’t the funds to pay.

They’re desperate for help.

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Nights in the Spanish winter can be bitterly cold. And if you are a galgo with a skeletal frame and very little hair, it can be hell.

So one of the ways people can help to improve quality of life is to make dog coats. It doesn’t matter if you’re not a Zandra Rhodes or Mary Quant, even those who are not a dab hand with a sewing machine can make these stylish dog coats.

I’ve been sent the following from a supporter in France. So go on, give it a try!

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9th 2008
Auberge du Balestie, Malegoude, Ariège.
8pm
Tickets 20 euros including wine, 15 euros excluding wine
Tombola/raffle

(The Auberge is situated off the main road between Fanjeaux and Mirepoix. It is well signposted from the road. For further directions please contact Joanna on the number given below).

It can be hard to get a good curry in the depths of the French countryside…and we will do our best to supply some! All tastes catered for, from mild to hot hot hot!! There will also be a selection of vegetarian dishes. Please come along and lend your support…and have a good evening too!

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All that’s needed for the volunteers to complete the construction of the new refuge at Pedro Munoz, Ciudad Real.

Ciudad Real is a city 200 km south of Madrid. I visited the La Bienvenida refuge there in July 2007, to bring out 4 galgos for rehoming in France. I’ve now discovered the town has a second animal refuge, this one in the Pedro Munoz area.

Construction was begun with the support of the Mayor, but it’s only half built because the funding ran out.

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Weathertogs, who make stylish high quality dog coats, with an especially well-designed range for greyhounds/galgos, recently donated a quanity for use in the rescue centres in Northern Spain, where the nights can be very cold for thin-skinned galgos.

Based in Suffolk, UK, the challenge was to get the coats transported at minimum cost!

Responding to a posting on AngloInfo, John Chambers offered to collect them whilst visiting family in Essex, and brought them back to France. A dog lover himself, he said he was very happy just to help.

The coats should soon be winging their way southwards. Thanks to Wendy Amon, proprietor of Weathertogs, for her extremely generous donation.

Any more tales of donations, email me direct.