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On
Saturday 24th January, APAH found a home for it's
strangest animal yet. A four foot pink and white
rabbit was one of the raffle prizes in a raffle held
at a fund raising event hosted by DJ'S bar in
Campoamor, in conjunction with R and R Racing.
A race meeting with a difference was held to raise
money for APAH. A DVD is played on the television
screen, giving people the opportunity to bet small
amounts of money on the outcome of the races. Seven
out of eight horse races were bet on, and the eighth
and last race involved people paying sponsorship
money for the competing horses. The winner of the
eighth race was entitled to half of the sponsorship
money, and APAH benefitted from the other half.
A very good buffet at a cost of 5 euros per head was
put on by DJ'S and the event was very well
supported, eventhough it had been held at short
notice, with very little time for advertising.
Everyone who attended, appeared to have enjoyed the
evening, eventhough no fortunes were made (or lost
fortunately).
DJ'S, who also adopted an APAH dog, have offered to
hold a similar event on Saturday 28th February, and
this one will be advertised prior to the night. We
are very happy to announce that 182 euros was
raised, and we look forward to helping to make the
next race night an even bigger event.
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Margaret
McCabe took time out of her busy schedule when
Exite FM invited APAH to do a radio interview in
response to our decision to close our doors for
three months. The radio interview was used to
highlight the problems animal charities are
facing because of the high level of abandonments
by ex-pats going back to the UK, and not taking
their beloved pets with them. Margaret also
asked for volunteers to help in our shop, Sunday
market stall and for the fostering of cats and
dogs in people's homes.
picture Margaret and Excite FM's morning DJ Nick
Hawkins
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Merry A.P.A.H. Xmas
Thanks to
The Tone Zone
San Miguel de
Salinas.
Kim and Steve Chenery
who own The Tone Zone (toning tables gym) in San
Miguel de Salinas hosted a Christmas fund raising
event in support of the Asociacion Protectora de
Animales Horadada (A.P.A.H.), at the Meson El Prado
Restaurant in San Miguel.
The Dinner and Dance
was very well supported by enthusiastic members of
the 'Tone Zone Family' of customers, their families
and friends, and members of APAH. After
enjoying meals which were of the usual high standard
that this restaurant provides, the partygoers danced
to music provided by Steve, who owns the Wheels of
Steel mobile Disco.
An amazing 1,000
raffle tickets sold saw two full raffle ticket books
off, and resulted in Kim making up make-shift raffle
tickets to satisfy the demand! Hampers of
'doggy' products and 'kitty' products had been put
together by items donated in the weeks leading up to
the Christmas Party. Along with prizes such as
a car valeting voucher, and a meal for two kindly
donated by Davina and Joe at Birdies Bistro in Villa
Martin Plaza impressive 'people' hampers, all the
party-goers were keen to buy tickets. The
Christmas Party raised a fantastic total of 500
Euros, and the APAH members there expressed their
gratitude by presenting Kim and Steve with a
certificate acknowledging their hard work and
the support that they and their customers have given
APAH throughout this year.
This event is not the
only thing that Kim and Steve have done in support
of APAH during 2008. Along with adopting two
APAH dogs, in November Kim ran a very successful
'Bake Day' which involved Tone Zoners buying cakes,
pastries and pickles and chutneys, prepared by 2 APAH
volunteers. The 'Bake Day' successfully raised
278 Euros.
Story and pictures
courtesy of Margaret McCabe
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APAH
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APAH regrets to have to announce
that they are unable to accept
any more dogs or cats for a
period of THREE MONTHS.
Financial constraints and lack
of space have forced us to close
our doors until we have been
able to find homes for some of
the dogs and cats already in our
care. Anyone finding an
animal in SEVERE DISTRESS, can
contact Barbara or Chris (616
210 850 or 630 422 563) and the
individual case will be
considered.
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Alicia with
Freddie the most walked dog in Los Alcázares.
He was a Great Dane before the kids took it
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Happy auction
goer's inspecting the lot's before the
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Carp 'R' Us Raise 675€
Carp 'R' Us is a Sports and Social
Club, with an emphasis on fishing,
with match anglers and pleasure
fishermen. Every year, they
vote on a charity which they will
support during a particular
membership year, with a sponsored
fishing match, and other fund
raising events. This year,
Carp 'R' Us decided to support two
small local charities instead of one
large one, and APAH, along with
DEBRA (The Butterfly Children), have
been the two lucky charities to be
chosen. At the end of the club
year, the amount raised was divided
into two, and given to both
charities.At their 16th November
club meeting, John Brightling, the
Carp 'R' Us President,
presented each charity with a cheque
for 675 Euros. APAH would like to
use their web site to send a huge
thank you to many members of the
Carp 'R' Us club, for their
continued support in the form of
donating goods for sale, and for
attending many of our fund raising
events. A big thankyou to you all.
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Hubble, Bubble,
Toil And Trouble Raises 650€
Despite horrendous
weather, the APAH Ugly Bug
Ball went ahead on Saturday
1st November, as
planned. For people
who don't know it, the
Polideportivo, (Sports
Ground) at Campoverde, has a
marquee with a permanent bar
installed inside where
events are held.
This is quite a drab,
soulless area,
and volunteers spent the
afternoon working hard to
transform it with balloons
and Halloween decorations,
all supplied by APAH members
to keep the profit made on
the tickets sales as high as
possible. The tables
were decorated with black
tablecloths and table
decorations made
from Halloween balloons and
black ribbon.
We were very proud of all
our effort. Our ticket
sales had suddenly taken off
on the last few days before
the event, and we looked
forward to entertaining in
excess of 100 people.
Unbelievably, the weather
broke on us during the
afternoon, and horrendous
rain set in, which meant we
had to fit everyone inside.
Our original plan had been
to use the inside, and the
immediate outside of the
marquee, warmed by patio
heaters, but this clearly
was impossible.
200% Sounds International
did a fantastic job of
entertaining people, and
Dave's Lamb and Pig Roast,
did an excellent job, in
extremely difficult
conditions. The rest
of the food was supplied and
prepared by APAH volunteers,
again in an effort to keep
the profit from the ticket
sales at it's maximum, in
order to help care for our
rescued dogs and cats.
The President of APAH was
asked to judge the
children's fancy dress
competition, and the d.j.
judged the adult's fancy
dress competition. The
excellent raffle prizes were
very kindly donated by an
APAH supporter.
We would like to thank
everyone who attended and
rallied round, hopefully
enjoying themselves, despite
the cramped conditions and
the horrendous weather.
We know that the situation
was not ideal, but the
alternative would have been
to cancel because of the
weather, and let down not
only the large number of
people who had bought
tickets and were looking
forward to a good evening,
but also the animals in our
care, who were the reason
for the whole event.
We sincerely apologise to
the people who arrived to
buy tickets on the night,
and left because we simply
did not have enough room for
everyone. In our
defence, we can only say
that the weather was just
not on our side!. We are proud
that all our hard work
resulted in over 600 Euros
profit, every centimos of
which will be used to carry
on our work, and to once
again thank everyone who
attended for the patience
and support.
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