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To Download the October 4, 2016 Issue of Our Tails of Help Newsletter Volume 2 Issue 6 Tails of Help October 2016 Newsletter Sign Up NOW and compete for the The Amazing Recovery of Holly Alberta Challenge Trophy! the Wonderdog Regions: The Northern Alberta Team will see inside: Page 3 consist of those clinics / groups / businesses north of Airdrie. The Southern Alberta Team will consist of those clinics / groups / businesses south of and including Airdrie. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Prizes: Prizes, for those clinics/groups/busi- The Amazing Recovery nesses that raise the most funds during Tails of of Holly the Wonderdog 3 Help Month throughout October 2016, will be Our Donors & Sponsors 5 in the form of vouchers for a team dinner at the restaurant of their choice: 1st Prize $500 2nd Events and Prize $300 3rd Prize $200 Presentations 5 Participating clinics/groups/businesses in the Howloween Dog Walk 8 winning Region will each receive an Alberta Challenge Winners Certificate. Fundraising updates will be compiled weekly throughout the month of October providing cumulative totals for each Region, keeping par- October 2016 will see the inaugural Tails of Help ticipants informed of which Region is leading Month Alberta Challenge. Veterinary clinics and the competition from week to week. businesses of Northern and Southern Alberta will compete for the 2016 Regional Championship. The So c’mon, sign up today and represent your top individual participating Alberta Clinic/Group/ Region in the first annual Alberta Challenge Business will be crowned as 2016 Champions and Trophy. awarded the Alberta Challenge Trophy. A sample of fun and creative fundraising event IT’S NOT TOO LATE ideas from our TOH Month Fundraising Guide to Sign up NOW! Booklet – included when you sign up for Tails of Help Month! You can still register for Tails of Help Month Use these ideas as a guide, or come up with during your own ideas to get your clients & community involved! This is also a great opportunity to ed- October, get ucate pet owners about the veterinary industry your FREE kit, and and other animal issues, get new clients in your run your event into door, and show local media how much you do Nov/Dec! See for your community. website: • Tails of Help Pet Fair tailsofhelp.ca/ • 202 Tails event throughout the month tohmonth • Halloween party and pet pictures ‘Alberta Challenge’ story cont’d pg 4 Page 2 Tails of Help Newsletter, October 2016 Sign Up NOW for the fi rst annual TAILS OF HELP MONTH fundraising campaign! Run easy and fun events through the month of October to help keep more pets healthy and with their loving families. Each FREE fundraising kit includes: ✓ 20 Lint rollers ✓ One 202 Tails fundraising event kit ✓ Tails of Help Month guide with fun event ideas, tips, etc. ✓ And more! Check out this year’s Compete with other groups for COOL PRIZES! donor gift – pet lint rollers! Sign up now – Kit Supplies are limited! Everyone with a pet needs a lint roller! Sign up online here: www.tailsofhelp.ca/tohmonth Or send this sign-up sheet to: (Email) [email protected] or (Fax) 780-484-8311 Clinic/Group Name Contact Name ( ) Email Phone Number # of FREE Kits Ordering for more than 1 clinic/group? Please submit 1 form for each clinic/group. Questions? Don’t know where to start? Need help with your campaign? Call us at: 587-575-8415 or write to: [email protected] Premier and Title Sponsor Platinum Sponsor * “Tails of Help” is seeking to raise commitments of $200,000 during its fi scal year ending October 31, 2016 through its fundraising campaigns. We estimate that it will cost our organization $40,000 to raise this amount. We plan to use the money to fund essential veterinary care for ill or injured pets of owners in Alberta who are experiencing fi nancial hardship. Our goal is to keep pets healthy and with their loving families. For further information, please see our website at www.tailsofhelp.ca , or contact Andrew Ewan, Executive Director, at 587-575-8415 or [email protected] . Our mailing address is 1260 – 5328 Calgary Trail NW, Edmonton, T6H 4J8. Tails of Help is incorporated under the Companies Act (Alberta) and is a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada). VI-0188 TOH Sign-Up Sheet-FINAL.indd 1 2016-07-07 4:28 PM Tails of Help Newsletter, October 2016 Page 3 The Amazing Recovery of Holly the Wonderdog “A therapy dog, Holly was the embodiment of love and energy, bringing joy to the lives of everyone she encountered” Don and his yellow lab, Holly, have been together couldn’t gather the energy to react when a tennis since Holly was a puppy. A therapy dog, Holly was ball shot passed her head, which was extremely the embodiment of love and energy, bringing joy worrying for her friend and protector. to the lives of everyone she encountered. One day, around Holly’s 11th birthday, the duo Captain ZigZag and Holly the Wonderdog, as were riding the bus when a vet tech who had they are known locally, made a dynamic duo as stopped to say hello noticed the smell coming Don sang and made music on the busy sidewalks from Holly’s mouth. Lifting up her lip, they saw of Calgary, and Holly curled up next to him to that the dog’s teeth were completely rotten. The energetically meet the people who stopped to vet tech spoke gravely, explaining that this was listen. They went everywhere together, although an indication of very poor health, which, if left as Holly grew older she stopped accompanying untreated, meant that Holly probably would not Don on his many bike rides. have much longer to live. As the years went on, times and circumstances That reality was totally unacceptable for Don, changed for the pair. Don’s wife and other dog who immediately got Holly diagnosed. The prog- had passed away, and his children had all moved nosis was dire: Holly would need surgery, which away. Around a year ago, Don and Holly had to would cost anywhere from $1400-2000. This was move out of their home, and were couch surfing, devastating news; where would someone who moving from place to place until they got back lived on less than $800 a month come up with on their feet. Still, the two rode the waves of life, that kind of money? greeting each new day with the enthusiasm and optimism that only a yellow lab can muster. “She’s Don and Holly were referred to the Deerfoot the major love of my life now”, he said, a smile in South Spay and Neuter Clinic, where they his voice. proceeded to get preliminary bloodwork done to see of Holly would even be strong enough to Gradually, however, Holly’s health had begun survive the surgery. The veterinarians at the to decline. It had gotten to the point where she ‘Holly Success’ story cont’d pg 4 Page 4 Tails of Help Newsletter, October 2016 … Alberta Challenge story (continued from page 1) • Pet Walk • Make arrangements for a wine/beer tasting at a • Dog/Cat Olympics local winery/ • Pet Fashion Show/Beauty Contest• Vet Camp: brewery for a fee, invite local children to visit the clinic for • Contact a Running Room, and hold a Run for Tails the day of Help • Nail trims for Tails of Help • Host a Harley for Tails of Help with your bike group “To add even more fun, • Teddy bear clinic • Bake sale challenge and invite • Pet Photo Contest • Talent show for kids or adults • Pet photo with Santa • Silent auction (ask local companies to donate) your friends/rivals to • Pet photo in a frame for suggested donation of • Murder mystery dinner a little head-to-head $20 • Cut or dye a staff member’s hair when a monetary competition and make • Petting farm goal is a friendly bet - losing • Dog wash, or car & dog wash reached • Pet treat bake sale • Hold an open house in honour of Tails of Help for team buys doughnuts, • Fundraising BBQ existing and hosts a BBQ, whatever • Educational open house for kids: balloon potential clients and local media. Show them how you think would be animals, face painting, lessons in handling stray your clinic works, wow them with your medical fun.” animals, dog bite prevention, choosing a pet etc. equipment, collect donations, sell the tails & lint • Give clients the option of adding a “Toonie for rollers during the event Tails of Help” to their invoice • Donation box at front reception • Pet Talent Show • Garage/Yard Sale • Selling of dog cookies, homemade pet blankets, Christmas ornaments with pets name on it Have your own fun ideas but not sure what to do • Sell tickets for a hay ride or country dance with them? Email us: [email protected] … Holly success story (continued from page 3) “ her tail is wagging, clinic also put Don in touch with Tails of Help, enjoying the comforts of heat, water, and shelter in her nose is sniffing, and who quickly approved his application, providing a place all of their own. “It’s amazing how the uni- the funds for the treatment Holly so desperately verse unfolds when you have a purpose in mind,” she has regained her needed. Don mused, reflecting on how much has changed boundless enthusiasm in a few short months. for the world” Luckily, only 7 of Holly’s teeth needed to be removed, and she has recovered well. Today, Don and Holly are back to playing their music, her tail is wagging, her nose is sniffing, and she lighting up the lives of people as they pass.
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