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  • DAVID’S JUMPING OUT OF AN AEROPLANE! Please sponsor him

    Parachute jump 350DAVID’S JUMPING OUT OF AN AEROPLANE! WHY?

    To raise funds for Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Seville.

    When? TUESDAY, 23rd JULY 2013

    Where? LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE

    He needs to raise 6,000 euros.

    It will cost 5,000 euros to fence an area of land where the refuge can relocate to the top of the hill above the house and kennels, which have been engulfed in mud slides over winter. The house is now declared unsafe to live in.

    It will cost 1,000 euros to buy a new electricity generator – their last one died and they are struggling. They can’t use power tools and the refuge does not have sufficient electricity for the day to day running of the refuge. They have a small generator which powers some of the lights at night. At the moment, the nights are light – what will happen in winter with short days and long dark nights?

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