After the May 24 weekend wwe (the rescue) are going to be havin a major fundraiser. We hope to raise $150,000 to pay off the morgage on the building, and start some renovations.
We've already got some things planned. We sent a letter to the city and so far we are going to be shutting down a street right by the rescue, and setting up a bandstand there and having a music marathon fpr the Saturday/Sunday.
We also sent a letter out to Home Hardware to see if they will donate a BBQ so we can sell hot dogs and beverages.
We are also planning on having a large yard sale during the same weekend.
Also 2 of the London Knights ( a local Hockey team) adopted 2 kittens from us a few weeks back and they were so amazed with our centre that they are going to help out however they can for that weekend. (and get the rest of the team too) We were thinking maybe we could do a 2008 calendar with them as well.
Anywhoo.
We are having a meeting tomorrow night about the major fundraiser, and we're looking for more idea's of what we should do. I can't think of anything we haven't already done before. a Pet Talent show? A mixed breed dog show? Anything that interests the public... I'm not sure. I'd be interested in everything, so I dont' know what the general public would like.
Also we are looking to raise $5000 seprately before then. Saturday we wnet through all the cats files on who still needs to be spayed and neutered. (all our males over 6 months are neutered.)
After going through them all, we were shocked to find out we have 47 female cats in the centre that have yet to be spayed.
thats about $4700 for the spays alone. Also 7 males to be neutered.
We have a date at the St Thomas mall this upcoming weekend to sell chocolte bars.. but I don't know how much we can use from that, as we have monthly bills that come out to about $2500-$3000. Thats not including vet fees.
I was thinking about starting something like, Sponsor a Spay... but I don't know if anyone would do that. We can even get pictures of all the female cats who need them, put their names on them and put them on our fundraising board for when we go to malls and such. But again.. I'm not sure if people will do this. So I need input.. is this something that you think people would donate towards?
Thanks in advance to any input
( http://www.petsfriends4life.com )
We've already got some things planned. We sent a letter to the city and so far we are going to be shutting down a street right by the rescue, and setting up a bandstand there and having a music marathon fpr the Saturday/Sunday.
We also sent a letter out to Home Hardware to see if they will donate a BBQ so we can sell hot dogs and beverages.
We are also planning on having a large yard sale during the same weekend.
Also 2 of the London Knights ( a local Hockey team) adopted 2 kittens from us a few weeks back and they were so amazed with our centre that they are going to help out however they can for that weekend. (and get the rest of the team too) We were thinking maybe we could do a 2008 calendar with them as well.
Anywhoo.
We are having a meeting tomorrow night about the major fundraiser, and we're looking for more idea's of what we should do. I can't think of anything we haven't already done before. a Pet Talent show? A mixed breed dog show? Anything that interests the public... I'm not sure. I'd be interested in everything, so I dont' know what the general public would like.
Also we are looking to raise $5000 seprately before then. Saturday we wnet through all the cats files on who still needs to be spayed and neutered. (all our males over 6 months are neutered.)
After going through them all, we were shocked to find out we have 47 female cats in the centre that have yet to be spayed.
We have a date at the St Thomas mall this upcoming weekend to sell chocolte bars.. but I don't know how much we can use from that, as we have monthly bills that come out to about $2500-$3000. Thats not including vet fees.
I was thinking about starting something like, Sponsor a Spay... but I don't know if anyone would do that. We can even get pictures of all the female cats who need them, put their names on them and put them on our fundraising board for when we go to malls and such. But again.. I'm not sure if people will do this. So I need input.. is this something that you think people would donate towards?
Thanks in advance to any input
( http://www.petsfriends4life.com )