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Organisations helping the Centre

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

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.

Halloween came to RSPCA Woodchurch on Saturday

Halloween came to RSPCA Woodchurch on Saturday where several beautiful black or black and white cats are waiting for someone to adopt them. Pictures show staff and volunteers cuddling some of the cats that hope this Halloween just might be lucky for them.









For more information about cats please telephone the centre on 01843 826180.

Westwood cross collection

August Collection at Westwood Cross raised £829

St. Peter's junior school

The children from year 5 at St. Peter's Junior School Broadstairs raised £100 by running a cake stall in aid of the animals which they presented to a branch representative on 16th October.

50s/60s night

The 50s/60s night went with a swing and raised £1827. Our thanks to One The Road, This Little Girl and Sam's Jukebox for their enormous contribution.

RSPCA WEEK

RSPCA week once again was a great success. Collections of money and food throughout the week raised £2000 in cash and approximately £1300 in food donations.

presentation to St. Lawrence Old People's group

A presentation was given to St. Lawrence Old People's group on Thursday 7th May which was very well received and received donations to the value of £39.21.

Wine and Wisdom night

The Wine and Wisdom night went with a bang as usual and was very much enjoyed by all. The evening raised £1100.

LONDON MARATHON 2009

London Marathon. Pauline Hall finished the marathon in 4 hours 50 minutes. Well done and thank you Pauline.
Final result The London Marathon figure is £793.28

The Coffee Morning and Site Tour

The day saw approximately 150 visitors and the children’s bunny photo hunt and bunny and kitten handling proved a great success. The morning raised £536.

Wesley Update

WESLEY SAYS THANK YOU…..

Hey - do you remember me - it’s Wesley the pup you all helped raise money for! Just look at me now!!! Do you know I had no idea I had sooo many friends out there!! What can I say. I am humbled by the response to the appeal set up by my carers in the RSPCA Isle of Thanet Branch. Do you know that you raised £2,400 towards the cost of my operations to help me back to a normal life. Of course you have all been so generous but I have to add a special thank you to my young friends in York House at St. George’s School Broadstairs because they worked so hard for me. They raised around £1,000 towards my operations - just amazing. I recently paid them a ‘thank you’ visit and did I have fun!!! You can see this from the picture I am enjoying myself.

Kate Matthews, spokesman for the RSPCA Isle of Thanet Branch said: ‘Wesley has made a fantastic recovery and is making up for lost time. 
He is very happy in his new home and we hope he will have a long and happy life - he is such a loving, gentle dog. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed in any way to Wesley’s operations. He is a truly lucky boy’

" I'm so lucky to have friends"