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Bupa Great South Run - 24 Oct 2010

WELL DONE

Zoe has a guaranteed place at the BUPA great south run for the RSPCA Isle of Thanet branch

Zoe will be doing a 10 mile run starting in Southsea and winding through the streets of historic Portsmouth to raise funds for our local animal centre. She will be one of 23,000 runners in Europe's leading 10 mile road race. Watch this space for further details on how you can support us or click onto http://www.justgiving.com/Zoe-Chanas

Dogs die in hot cars. Don't leave your dog alone in a car.

If it's very warm outside and you're going out in the car, think very carefully about what you are going to do with your dog. You should never leave a dog alone in a car.

It can get unbearably hot in a car on a sunny day, even when it's not that warm. In fact, when it's 22°C/72°F outside, the temperature inside a car can soar to 47°C/117°F within 60 minutes.

Unlike humans, dogs pant to help keep themselves cool. In a hot stuffy car, dogs can't cool down - leaving a window open or a sunshield on your windscreen won't keep your car cool enough. Dogs die in hot cars.

Under the Animal Welfare Act you now have a legal duty to care for your animal and if you put your animal at risk, you could face prosecution. You would also have to live with the fact that your thoughtless action resulted in terrible suffering for your pet.

If you see a dog in a car on a warm day please call the Police on 999.

FUNDRAISING MEETING

FUNDRAISING MEETING

The fund raising team will be meeting the last wednesday of every month from 7pm at the centre. Everyone welcome.

We are still needing enthusiastic people to join us.

If you are interested please email us or contact the Centre.

Tel: 01843 826180

LOCAL COLLECTION

£277.56 was raise by your generosity in the Broadstairs Street Collection on Saturday 22nd May

Local schools help raise money

Thank you from the animals.

Great Oaks school raised £35.55 and Ellington Infant school raised £30.

RSPCA week raised £1738.24

We have just finished the RSPCA week with a grand total of £1738.24 being raised from the Tescos collections, we also had loads of food donated so a big thank you to Tesco, Joan & everyone who made the week such a success.

BARGAIN BOOT FAIR 6th JUNE 2010

BARGAIN BOOT FAIR

The RSPCA Isle of Thanet Branch are holding a boot fair on SUNDAY 6th JUNE at the Woodchurch Animal Centre, Queensdown Road, Birchington CT7 0HG and every following 1st Sunday of the month weather permitting.

PRE BOOK stalls for £5.00 or pay £7.00 on the day.
No catering stalls should apply.

Visitor entry: 30p/head

It is hoped that this will be the first of regular monthly boot fairs at Woodchurch on the first Sunday of every month.

For more information or to book your stall please contact Cindy on 01843 847196.

Easter Fair & Animal Blessing 28th March 2010 £430 raised

We had a very good turn out and raised around £500 with some more to come in so well done and many thanks to all of you who helped not only on the day but with the organization of the event. With everyone working as such a great team it really looks positive for the future.

Organisations helping the Centre

A very special Thank You to the following organisations that have helped the Centre recently.

Computer Assurance have also donated a laser printer & network equipment to get all the computers online

Alexandra Ristorante Italiano in Ramsgate have donated a meal voucher

Nando's have donated 2 vouchers for meal platters

Fuji UK have kindly donated 2 digital cameras (for schools competition).

Leeds Castle have donated a family day pass

Computer Assurance, 17 St Johns rd, Margate, donated and installed a desktop pc system, and pledged us ongoing free after-care and support.

Bookers in Rochester and Bookers in Broadstairs, both donated easter eggs for the easter event 2010

Chandlers Building Supplies have kindly donated some plastic sheeting for the cattery runs.

Indesit Company Uk LTD for the donation of a new washing machine for the cattery.

James Well Beloved for supporting us with donations of cat food

Olivers Carpets Ramsgate for the donation of carpet for the mobile home.

Preston Parks, Preston Road Manston for their donation of a set of mobile home steps.

Chandlers Broadstairs for their donation of flags and cement.

Pets at Home donated pet toys and accessories

Seaward Copy Shop, St. Peters, Broadstairs for their ongoing sponsorship of the branch newsletter.

Patron June Brown visits our animal centre

Patron June Brown, the much loved actress who plays Dot Cotton in Eastenders, payed a surprise flying visit to the RSPCA Woodchurch Animal Centre whilst in the area this weekend.

June was very impressed with the facilities and care at the centre. She was amazed at what had been achieved by a small local group of volunteers in building such a centre with the support and generosity of local people and hoped to see it grow into the future. June's delightful sense of humour soon had us all laughing and we hope it won't be too long before we have the pleasure of her company again.

The Isle of Thanet Branch would like to thank June very much for taking the time to visit the centre when she has such a busy schedule.

JOIN THE 4000 CLUB AND HELP OUR ANIMALS

The building of the much needed cat and dog isolation blocks is nearly complete seeing the first dogs arriving at the centre soon. The next phase of building will be a block of dog kennels when funding becomes available, followed by a further cattery and purpose built small animal accommodation.

As you can imagine the cost of building and running such a centre is enormous and as we receive no financial help either from the Government or the central RSPCA the branch is Totally responsible for finding all its own funding.

To this end we have started the "4000 Club" in which we are asking people to donate £2 per month by Standing Order (more can be given if you wish). If you feel that you can help us in this way it really would be appreciated and would enable us to continue our dream of a brighter future for animals. Please Click Here to view our leaflet and form which you can print out and send to us.

If you would like to help us in any other way perhaps you could tick the appropriate boxes on the back of the form.
To support the Isle of Thanet Branch and Woodchurch Animal Centre by contributing a standing order, please complete the form on the reverse side of this leaflet

£1million KOS Media Business Challenge

£1million KOS Media Business Challenge
This was a brilliant result by volunteers which made the hard work preparing it worthwhile.
The centre were awarded Highly Commended in the Charity Class giving £1500 of free advertising/media cover for 2010!

BBC world record tree event at our local centre

We have marked the special area

BBC world record tree event at our local centre

The Isle of Thanet Branch took place in the BBC world record tree planting attempt on Saturday at the Woodchurch Animal Centre. 25 saplings were planted in all which comprised 6 blackthorn, 3 wild cherry, 6 dogwood, 6 hawthorn, 3 hazel and and 1 holly. These all produce some sort of fruit or nuts for wildlife. The saplings were planted along part of the main fence attached to the reception block by Kevin Baker, an experienced volunteer gardener, assisted by Pearl Pearce and Rob Goodwin. Kevin prepared the ground on Friday 4th December and planted the saplings on Saturday 5th December between 11.00 am and 12 noon.