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		Sanctuary snippets

		Fenwold Vets collection All the greyhounds at Fen Bank send a big thank you to everyone at Fenwold Vets in Skegness who has contributed to the mountain of food being examined by Ramsey and Badger along with Mick and Debbie. It is much appreciated and we are touched by your kindness. Memorial tree Christmas Party - 3rd December 2011 Thanks to John Bright and Bruce Gibson for the photos. Sid the Lurcher The Sanctuary would like to thank the staff and volunteers who each generously donated £10 to pay for Sid's neutering. Janice, Jan, Debbie, Stella, Mick, Sue and Jill - your kindness is very much appreciated - except by Sid who says you really needn't have bothered..... Dog Show 2011 - September 2011 The Fen Bank Fun Dog Show was incorporated into the Surfleet Village fete this year, click here to see Jill Kirby's report of the day. Sutton on Sea Carnival - Sunday 31st July 2011 Mr Muffin trying to cadge a lift Wrangle Show - Sunday 3rd July 2011 The sun shone all day and the crowds came out to Wrangle Show. We had a lovely time, spent lots of our own money and made lots of money for the Sanctuary. The Lancaster did a fly past so low it seemed we could have climbed on board, it was the first time Vinnie had seen it and he watched it all the way round much to everyone's amusement. We had lots of interest in the greyhounds who, as you can see, spent most of the day horizontal! Big thanks go to Tim and Pam and John who were there with me all day and to Sue who turned up after her shift at the kennels. The stars of the stall were Bruce, Daisy, Mitzie, Del, Cherry and Vinnie who spent most of the day being stroked and cuddled with Rossi and Jimmy Joe Joe deciding it was much nicer to spend the day laid out in the van! Thank you to the organisers of the Wrangle Show for a very nice day. Jill Kirby Spilsby Show - Sunday 10th July 2011 Thanks to the Spilsby Show Committee for organising a very good show including perfect weather conditions which meant we had a very successful day fundraising. Thank you to all the people who turned up to help and to Summer, Vinnie, Kelly, Cherry, Del, Jack and DJ the poodle who got their picture in the paper and spent all day being petted and cuddled by everyone. They didn't put a paw wrong. Even better Mick has home checked two of the families that visited the stall to see the greyhounds and two more families are coming to visit the sanctuary. So that could mean four more greyhounds with a sofa to sleep on which means four more can come in to Fen Bank. Great British Greyhound Walk, Cleethorpes - 26th June 2011 Thank you to the owners of 12 greyhounds and a whippet who came to Cleethorpes on a scorching hot day in support of the Great British Greyhound Walk. We all set off from Anthonys Bank car park at about 10:30, and arrived back an hour later after a very hot walk along the sand and back under the shade of the trees in the park. Burgh Le Marsh Brownies - 23rd June 2011 Mick and Debbie took the perfectly-behaved Bill and Tess to see the Burgh Le Marsh brownies. They kindly gave us lots of food and bedding - the van was full of it all! Thank you to the brownies for a lovely visit. Friskney Dog Show - 13th June 2011 A wet and blustery day at the Friskney Show did not dampen the enthusiasm of the dog show entrants and Molly, who won the waggiest tail class was absolutely delighted to win Best in Show as you can see. Thanks go to all the owners and dogs who turned out to support Fen Bank at the first dog show to be held at the Friskney Show. Thanks to Vicki Price for the difficult job of judging and to Bev for stewarding. Clockwise from above left: Dog in best condition, best in show (Molly), happy families, best rescue. Louth Classic Car Show - 5th June 2011 Barbara Goodyear, Rick and Jean Garner, Jill Kirby and Tim Underhill Bruce and Daisy who is getting a tummy with dogs Marti, Kelly, Cherry, Vinnie, Ziggy and Del tickle from Tim New Leake Summer Fete - 5th June 2011 Thank you to Pam and Mitzi, John and Jimmy for running a fundraising stall for us at the New Leake Summer Fete with help from Janice, Chris and Mary. Below left is them on the agility course run by the Sarber Dog Training team; on the right are Above left: John with Jimmy and Pam with Mitzi on the agility course run by Sarber Dog Training. Above right: John with Mitzi, Jess with Bill, and Janice and Chris with their dogs. Below: Mitzi on the agility course, Jess with Tess and Debbie with Bill, and Debbie and Bill on the agility course. Fen Bank Sponsored Walk - 1st May 2011 Mick, Jenny and Debbie volunteered to do a sponsored walk along the beach from Skegness to Mablethorpe to raise money for the dogs. And so on a beautiful day they set off, and 16 miles and several sore feet later all arrived happily in Mablethorpe. Jill met them in the van at various points along the way to change dogs! We do not have all sponsor forms back yet, but the total raised is over £700; we will let you know the final total when we have it. Many thanks to Mick, Jenny and Debbie for this fantastic achievement, Fen Bank and the dogs are very grateful to you. The Ball House Pub Boston Christmas Raffle Mick is very pleased to accept a cheque for £220 from the staff and customers Christmas raffle at the Ball House pub in Boston. Thank you to all who took part. Mr Gail's birthday Mr Gail homed Kai last year. It was his 80th birthday recently, and instead of presents he kindly asked for money to be split between the PDSA and Fen Bank. He then presented us with a £100 cheque. Many thanks from us and all the deserving dogs at Fen Bank. Anton's Gowt, Boston, Fun Dog Show - 13th February 2011 Done by Sarber Dog Training, we were represented by Mick (and his legs)... Mick and Molly get 'Best Six Legs' Molly and Vinny get 2nd and 5th place in Percy with new owner Chris 'Best Rescue' and new friend Saber Skegness Liberal Social Club - 31st January 2011 The photo shows all Stuart Spizer's friends at the Liberal Social Club. Stuart wanted all donations to go to Fen Bank Greyhound Sanctuary and his close friend Jardine promised he would see it happen. They raised the magnificent sum of £203.47 and this was presented to Stella Pullum who accepted it gratefully on behalf of the Sanctuary. This took place at the Liberal Social Club, Skegness on Monday 31st January. Thank you Stuart, from all the greyhounds at Fen Bank Greyhound Sanctuary. Mabels Hounds Show - 15th August 2010 Revesby Country Show - 1st August 2010 Fen Bank have had stall at Revesby Fair for years and have always had a good time. Following the retirement of the old market stall (to everyone's relief) we added a second gazebo and dusted of the garlands and ivy. Lynda made a lovely job of decorating and draping - being tall she didn't need a ladder! Stella, Jill, Rose and Gordon set out bottles, teddy bears, tombola and loads of things for sale including plum bread and dog treats made by Christine (You can see the interest they cause in the photo!). We had our first outing for the 2011 calendars and sold four! Gordon and Stella didn't stop all day. Pam and John and Mary came and put time in on the stall so those who wanted to had chance to have a nosey round and spend money. Lots of greyhounds all lying around together created lots of interest and made sure the stall had a lot of visitors who spent lots of money. It was a long, busy day but a very satisfying one. Thank you to all the helpers and all the greyhounds who came. Thank you to the organizers of show. We are looking forward to next years!!!!!! Sutton on Sea Carnival - 25th July 2010 Grace Grace, one of our kennel dogs, recently broke her leg and is now recovering well. She had a trip out to a hydrotherapy centre as part of her rehab; click here to see how she got on. Spilsby Show - 11th July 2010 Once again the Spilsby Show committee put on a really good family day out and judging by the number of greyhounds and owners who turned up this proved to be the most popular show so far. At one point we had thirteen greyhounds for people to meet and be seduced by. It also meant we all had time to have a walk round with some dogs and generate more interest. Thank you to everyone who came along - Lynda and George, Pam, Lorraine, Rick and Jean, Janice and Chris, Joan and Alan and lots of lovely greyhounds. We nearly came to the last of the tickets for the bottle stall and most of the tombola went. Two prospective new homes was just the icing on the cake. Barnby Dun Old School Celebration, Doncaster - 10th July 2010 A really hot day in Doncaster, luckily we got prime pitch in the shade under the trees. Ziggy found a new friend. Many thanks to Jill, Paul and Judith, and Rob and Rita for turning up to one of our first events in the wilds of South Yorkshire! Wrangle Show - 4th July 2010 Strong winds and a hot dusty day didn't deter Lynda, Pam, John and Jill along with their six greyhounds from having a nice time at Wrangle show. Lots of people turned up and old friends came to say hello, we had a lot of interest in the dogs and a possible homing which is always good. The Great British Greyhound Walk - 20th June 2010 The GBGW was organised by Janet Peacock as an idea to raise the profile of greyhounds and there were 43 walks throughout the country all done by local groups. Out of the 1624 greyhounds that set off walking at 10am Sunday 20^th June we had 42 of them: Casper, Charlie, Chiara, Harley, Snowey, Honcho, Pedro, Ziggy, Lottie, Bruce, Sir Fosse, Daisy, Bridie, Merlin, Kelly, Suzie, Peter, Cinders, Ollie, Sky, Jenny, Bud, Bryn, Muffin, Discit, Bluebell, Sally, Mr Paddy, Poppy, Tiger, Emie, Kylie, Lily, Bonnie, Lady, Polly, Tammy, Didder, Del, Katie, Cherry and Rossi. Thank you to everyone who turned out on what started out a bracing day at Cleethorpes and helping prove what great dogs greyhounds are. Thank you to all the greyhounds who, as usual, behaved beautifully and resisted the temptation to chase the hundreds of ducks around the boating lake. Thank you to Paul Bryan for organising the walk as his first job as a Fen Bank trustee. As the feedback was positive we may well be organising some more Fen Bank walks, so if you interested please contact Jill on info@fenbankgreyhounds.co.uk At the start... Say 'cheese'. C'mon, we want to be off..... Sir Fosse spots a duck. More views of the walk...... Click here to see us all walking by (warning! large file, may take time to download! After the walk and time for a snooze in Peter's garden (Cherry, Peter and Katie) ..... Janet Harwood’s Open Garden - 13th June 2010 Over 140 people turned up to see Janet’s beautiful garden in Halton Holegate. There was tea and cake on the lawn, a lovely vintage Rolls Royce to look round, home made ice cream and a champagne raffle. Then the garden - Janet and Laura put in hours of work to get everything ready and what a beautiful sight it was. Nearly every one bought some home grown plants and home made cakes which had been made by Janet and her friends. Claude the turkey spent most of the afternoon strutting round looking after his hens and chickens. Balzac the greyhound wandered around all afternoon “chatting” to people and generally doing a sterling “PR” job for his breed. Thank you to everyone who helped. It was a lovely afternoon, very busy but very enjoyable for all the volunteers. See more photos taken by Tom Russell here. Friskney Show - 13th June 2010 Jenny and Shawn ran the stall at the Friskney show as they do every year. Lots of greyhounds and owners turned up to support them but no one took a camera so no photos. Everyone said what a good time they had and what a nice show it is. The weather was a little suspect at first but in the end turned out to be just right. Thank you to all who turned up and helped. Louth Classic Car Show - 6th June 2010 I forgot my camera so we don’t have a photo of this year's show and yet again it rained. It didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the people who turned up to visit and to help on the stall. We had the added attraction of lots of Christine’s home made cakes to sell plus 12 greyhounds and one whippet for everyone to stroke and cuddle. A memorable sight when they all went off for a walk together. Thank you to everyone who turned out on a damp and overcast day. New Leake Country Show 2010 The Fen Bank stall at New Leake Country Show 2010. The weather was nice, the sun was shining and we all enjoyed a very pleasant day. There was a lovely fun dog show where our greyhounds scooped up prizes in all the classes they entered. Even the dogs all watched an impressive and scarily low fly past by the Dakota and Spitfire from the Battle of Britain flight. Thank you to Pam, John and Mitzie Fraser for running the stall and to Lorraine and Blue Rear, Lynda, George and Harley Gray, Pat, John, Millie and Jake Whyers for helping out and to Spud, Flossie, Biscuit and all the others who visited us. We had a good day financially and best of all we got a new home for one of the sanctuary dogs. Well done ...... from Jill, Del, Cherry, Katie and Rossi. Daphne Ledward's Open Garden weekend - April 2010 April 17th and 18th saw blue skies and glorious spring sunshine which brought lots of people out to see Daphne's garden at home and then come down to The Patch for a wander round the arboretum and the a refreshing cup of tea with a piece of home made cake. TWENTY THREE greyhounds laid dozing in the sunshine and greeting all comers with a wag of the tail whilst their owners manned various stalls. Fen Bank would like to thank Daphne, John, Mr Paddy, Sally, Muffin, Bluebell and Discit for having us at The Patch and the Little Thatch and for all their hard work in raising such a good sum. We have a wonderful band of volunteers who turn out time and time again to help the greyhounds and you do Fen Bank proud. Tesco Cleethorpes - April 2010 Saturday April 10th saw a good turn out of volunteers with a total of eleven greyhounds for a nine hour 'tin-shake'. We were allowed to park the van in the first bay by the door which was a great help and the staff were very nice and helpful. We would like to say a big thank you to the people of Grimsby and surrounding area who put a total of £478.58 in the collecting tins and got a greyhound cuddle in return. Thank you to all the volunteers and especially the greyhounds who missed their afternoon naps to help. Lynn's Hair Fashions, Mablethorpe Lynn holds raffles to raise money for local charities. In March she decided to donate the money to Fen Bank as two of her regulars Harry and Marjorie Snell have just lost their beloved greyhound Patch. Del went along to say a very big thank you to Lynn and her customers from all the greyhounds at the sanctuary and collect a whopping £416.00. Sills & Betteridge Collection Local solicitors Sills and Betteridge recently held a collection of dog-related items and kindly divided them between the Sanctuary and 'Keith's Dog Rescue'. Bill, our Chairman, went along with Cherry Kirby to collect the goodies. Back at Fen Bank and time to open the parcel! Christmas Party 2009 Thank you to everyone who came along on Saturday 5th December and made the Christmas Party such a success. As ever, everyone enjoyed the day, all the dogs were really well-behaved, and through your generosity a substantial amount was raised to help to look after the Fen Bank Greyhounds. Sutton On Sea Late Night Shopping - Dec 2009 The Fen Bank table at the Sutton on Sea Christmas Late Night shopping - with Bill, Margaret, Jill, Del and Cherry . Paul and Judith came with greyhound Peter and helped us take £166, which was the best we have done. The weather was fairly kind and it didn't rain so there was quite a good turnout. Thank you to all the Sutton on Sea residents for their support. Dog Show 2009 The Dog Show was held on Sunday 15th September, on a day varying from quite cold to warm sun. Sadly we were competing against three other events locally, but still managed to attract a good turnout of people and dogs. With thanks to everyone who came along and helped to raise just short of £2,000 for the hounds. Thanks also to the stall-holders, other volunteers, and to New Leake Village Hall and Bill Tuplin on the PA for their support with the day.