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Blue Greyhound News
Coming Soon!
The Blue Greyhound has been nominated as one of the
charities to benefit from a book launch expected in April/May. The book sales
are expected to raise a million dollars for charity. We are so grateful to be
nominated as a beneficiary for this, it is very exciting.
More news on this to follow very soon!!
January 2012
As we start the New Year we would like to thank all our
volunteers/supporters for their committed continued support.
There are so many both locally and nationally who
contribute to ensure The Blue Greyhound is successful in raising much needed
funds for those dogs that need it. Our local collectors, the Isle of Man
fundraisers, Seascale sorting office (Cumbria), plus the many people who donate
craft items, cards, etc.
THANK YOU TO YOU
ALL
Christmas Eve 2011
We collected in Huddersfield town centre on Christmas Eve.
Thank you so much to all our volunteers who helped with their festive hounds.
A special thank you to the very kind lady who always brings
us lots of bags of food for the dogs when we are out collecting. These were
taken down to Whitehall Dog Rescue, Brian who runs Whitehall was very grateful
for this donation.
Clairvoyance Evening
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Regrettably, our
Annual Clairvoyance Evening did not take place this year due to the sudden
death of Una Pearce in October. Una with colleagues had raised money
for many charities over the years. She was a good friend of The Blue
Greyhound; the money she raised has helped so many dogs. We are truly
grateful. A very special lady who will never be forgotten.
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Isle of Man Fundraisers
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A big thank you to Karen McHarg and Joanne Hetherington for
their committed support to The Blue Greyhound.
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In August Karen had a
stall selling The Blue Greyhound merchandise at the annual sponsored greyhound
walk and raised £138.
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In November Joanne held a coffee morning and sold lots of
The Blue Greyhound goodies raising £144.
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The Blue Greyhound Dogs Visit!
When we held a collection in Huddersfield town centre in
August we were invited to bring our dogs to meet the residents of Greenacres.
Greenacres is a residential home for elderly people in Meltham. Our dogs took
up the invite and went and met all the residents in September, they were a huge
hit! They absolutely loved all the attention and one gentleman very kindly fed
them his bourbon biscuits which were soon devoured. Lots of pictures were taken
and the residents had a collection whilst we were there and raised £34.81 which
was wonderful. Dillon, Cassie and Robbie behaved impeccably and were real
ambassadors; they have been invited to return soon!
Calendars
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The calendars we produced for Lincoln Greyhound Rescue are selling well. A
big thank you to everyone that donated photo’s for the calendar. There are
only a limited number left now, these can be purchased through our Ebay shop:-
stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Blue-Greyhound-Shop
or direct from Lincoln Greyhound Rescue :-
www.lincolngreyhounds.co.uk
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Calendar Competition
The Blue
Greyhound is putting together a fantastic calendar for 2012 to raise funds for
Lincoln Greyhound Rescue. We would love you to submit your pictures of your
greyhounds and lurchers for the calendar. There needs to be a good selection of
hounds sleeping (should be easy!), playing, having fun on holidays, fun in the
snow and Christmas pictures. Each picture you submit for the competition costs
50p. These pictures need to be in high resolution please.
All
pictures to be sent to
info@bluegreyhound.org.uk, payment can be sent through Paypal using this
address – please remember to send payment as a donation then we will not have to
pay Paypal fees on it.
We
need to have all pictures in by 14th May. Those pictures chosen for the
calendar will be notified by email, by 31st May – the winning hounds will get a
goody bag of their choice of some delicious homemade treats from The Blue
Greyhound.
New Charity - Lincoln Greyhound Rescue
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The Blue Greyhound has included Lincoln Greyhound Rescue as one of its
supported charities. Lincoln Greyhound Rescue is part of the Doris Banham
Dog Rescue. It is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of
abused and abandoned greyhounds. It is a voluntary organisation that
totally relies on donations to continue its vital work. They collect dogs
from pound situations as well as from trainers. Please see The Blue
Greyhound Ebay shop for Lincoln Greyhound Rescue t-shirts, sponsor dogs and
special appeals.
The Blue Greyhound continues to support
Greyhound Action and Action For Greyhounds UK. We have some super Greyhound
Action t-shirts and a great selection of Action For Greyhounds notelets
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year
2011 to all our supporters and a big thank you again to everyone who has helped
us raise funds for The Blue Greyhound throughout 2010. We have a fantastic
network of supporters, whether you help out on collections/events, donate goods
to sell on Ebay or hold your own fundraising event, we are very grateful for
your help.
Last year our fundraising ended with our ever
successful annual Clairvoyance evening which was a sell-out, our thanks go to
Una and Sandra for all their hard work again, then we had a fantastic collection
in Huddersfield Town Centre on Christmas Eve. This year we will be as busy as
ever raising funds for our designated charities as well as promoting greyhounds
as pets, but also helping to raise the awareness of the cruelty and exploitation
of these wonderful dogs in the name of ‘sport’.
Robbie
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Following the sudden death of Alfie in
September, Robbie has joined The Blue Greyhound pack. An oldie at 9 years
old, he traveled all the way from Scotland to join us. Thank you to
everyone at the Greyhound Awareness League for making this possible. Robbie
is now at last in his forever home with Cassie and Dillon. He has settled
in very well and is very much loved. |
Christmas Cards &
Calendars
Have you
checked out our Ebay shop recently? We have a lovely selection of unique
handmade greyhound Christmas cards kindly made and donated by Penny one of our
dedicated volunteers.
We
will soon be listing some packs of Christmas cards designed by Tomasz Adamski
and some greyhound calendars, both produced by Action For Greyhounds UK.
Donation
Thank You to Anne Sykes for yet another
donation to The Blue Greyhound. Anne is a local tarot card reader and many of
her customers donate to us. We would like to thank Anne for her continued
support and commitment.
Alfie
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On Sunday 26th September, our beloved Alfie
suddenly died. He had only celebrated his 11th birthday earlier in the
month. Alfie had always been fit and well, so his loss has been a huge
shock. He was a wonderful ambassador for his breed, a real gentle giant who
helped raise funds for The Blue Greyhound in his younger days.
Alfie will be greatly missed by all his family
as well as Dan, Nancy, Harry and of course his companions Dillon and
Cassie.
Run free at the Bridge Alfie with Peggy until
we meet again. |
August Isle Of Man
Fundraising
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On 8th August Team Greyhound held their annual sponsored walk.
All proceeds from the walk were donated to the RGT and The Greyhound
Sanctuary.
Team Greyhound again held a fundraising stall, to raise awareness & sell
Blue Greyhound goodies.
A total of £230 was raised which is wonderful.
A big thank you to Team Greyhound for all their hard work and special thanks
to Joanne for her continued support & dedication. |
Blue Greyhound
Huggyhoundz
 
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We are now selling
the official 'Blue Greyhound Huggyhoundz' in our eBay shop. Bessie
stands at 14" high and 17" long - a good old fashioned armful of cuddly
hound. Bessie wears a pretty matching bandanna with her picture on.
She comes complete with her own adoption certificate so you have the option
to change her name. For more information see
www.huggyhoundz.co.uk.
As you can see, our greyhound Alfie has fallen in love with her. |
Isle Of Man
Fundraising
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Our grateful thanks again go to 'Team
Greyhound' on the Isle of Man for their continued support. On 11th
June, they held a fundraising barbecue to coincide with the TT races.
The Blue Greyhound goodies sold well on the evening. £200 was raised,
which also included a couple of sales after the event. A special thank you
to our wonderful supporter Joanne Hetherington who continues to co-ordinate the Blue Greyhound fundraising on the Isle Of Man. |
Honley Show 2010
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We attended Honley Show on 12th June, and had
another fantastic day. Thank you to everyone for all their hard work
on the day, and to all our supporters who visited our stall. Our
gorgeous soft toy greyhound was won by one of our younger visitors who
correctly guessed the pup's name - IZZY. |
Sighthound Welfare Trust
The Blue Greyhound
has included Sighthound Welfare Trust as one of its supported charities. SWT is
a registered charity that raises funds and donates grants to many sighthound
charities in the UK, Eire and Spain. Please check out their website at
www.SighthoundWelfareTrust.org.uk
The Blue Greyhound
eBay Shop
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Our shop continues to
increase sales, thank you to all those wonderful people who regularly donate
goods. Last month another portrait from the artist Thomasz Adamski raised £
258 for Greytexploitations designated charities.
Please check
out our shop for some great bargains.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Blue-Greyhound-Shop |
Cassie
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Cassie joined us
on 13th March 2010, yet another greyhound discarded by the greyhound racing
industry. Cassie is loving her retirement and never stops wagging her tail.
She will now take over Peggy’s role and help to raise funds for The Blue
Greyhound. |
Cassie loves her
new brothers Dillon and Alfie!
Peggy
Peggy, our
beautiful blue greyhound girl helped to raise funds for The Blue Greyhound, sadly lost her fight with renal failure on 13th February 2010, at the age
of only 9 years. She was a wonderful girl who will be greatly missed by her
family.
Rest in
Peace Peggy until we all meet again at Rainbow Bridge
Thank You
Thank you to all
The Blue Greyhound supporters and volunteers without whose continued support and
help we could not continue our work. Last year we raised over £11,000 which is
wonderful. This money has helped many dogs as well as assist Greyhound Action
with its’ continued fight against greyhound racing.
The Blue Greyhound
also donates to other charities whenever possible, in recent months this has
included donations to Dog Action Welfare Group in Cork, Lincoln Greyhound Rescue
and GreytExploitations – who will donate this donation to local greyhound
charities.
Clairvoyance Evening
On Tuesday 17th November, we held our annual Clairvoyance Evening. As
last year, it was a total sell-out & The Blue Greyhound raised £462. Our
heartfelt thanks to Clairvoyants Una Pearce, Sandra Lee & Antoine Reeves and
everyone who helped make the evening a big success.
Rusty's Portrait
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The Blue Greyhound
eBay shop raised a fantastic £396.92 for this original portrait of Rusty The
Greyhound that was donated to
www.ActionforGreyhounds.co.uk by the artist Thomasz Adamski. Many
thanks to Thomasz and all the bidders! |
Greyhounds Galore 2010
Calendar
September Fundraising
What recession?
The Blue Greyhound goes from strength to strength. Cheques are sent
monthly to our three chosen causes. Last month, we sent out cheques
totaling over £900. A big thank you to all our supporters.
Action for Greyhounds
UK - 2010 Calendar
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The 14 x A4 page calendar features 9
greyhounds rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed by AFG and a further 3
greyhounds belonging to supporters. Photographs are supported by text
relating to the greyhounds featured and remembering greyhounds lost. Further text on
the inside page highlights the inevitable welfare issues associated with
commercial greyhound racing.
Price £7.95
from www.actionforgreyhounds.co.uk. Soon to be stocked in The Blue
Greyhound eBay shop. |
Sponsored Walk - Isle
of Man
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On Sunday 16th
August, a sponsored greyhound walk took place on the Isle of Man, with all
the proceeds going to the RGT, and The Greyhound Sanctuary.
‘Team
Greyhound - Isle of Man’ (Joanne Hetherington, a supporter of TBG together
with friends Sally, Karen & Jayne) held a fundraising stall, to raise
awareness & sell Blue Greyhound goodies. A total of £363 was raised
which was fantastic. A big thank you to Joanne for all her hard work
on the day.
'Team Greyhound'
raised a grand total of £3275 on the day!! |
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June 09 Fundraising
Another great month for good causes sees TBG write cheques totaling over £1,200
to the charities.
Brighouse Charity
Gala, 27th June 09.
 Debut
appearance at this fantastic event for The Blue Greyhound. Over 70 charity
stalls, all doing plenty of business. Spot our stall if you can!
Honley
Show May 09
Attended by over 14,000 people, and a good few of them visited "The Blue
Greyhound's" stall. Over
£600 was raised. Thanks once again to all our wonderful volunteers.
Bark in the Park August 08.
 A doggy fun day in Ravensknowle Park,
Huddersfield
Greyhound
Action Collection May 08.
Huddersfield Town Centre. One of TBG's first town centre collections.
Blue Greyhound Media Coverage
Huddersfield Examiner May 09
Report on the very successful first year of "The
Blue Greyhound"
Huddersfield Examiner Jan 04
Report of when Bessie
hung up her collecting tin.
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