fundraising

Anyone who would like to make a donation can do so by crediting our account at:

Bank of Ireland, Mainguard Street, Galway
Bank Code: 90-37-95
Account Number: 53593129

Or by using your credit card via PayPal.

Please Note: PayPal deducts 1.9% + €0.35 EUR per transaction.

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If you would like to organise a fundraising event to raise money for Galway-spca,
here are some ideas we have gathered together. Contact us on 091 563631 or gspca@eircom.net so we can publicise your event or add your cool ideas to our list!!

Here is the list: fundraising ideas

And to get you started, here are just some of the many great ideas we have so far.

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Sponsorship

Do get in touch with us if you are participating in any sporting event and are collecting sponsorship for Galway-spca, and we can supply you with a sponsorship card & t-shirt.

There is a race series to train for the Dublin City Marathon
http://adidasdublinmarathon.ie/race_series.php

The Dublin City Marathon is on 27th October

The Galway Road Race is on 9th August 2008
http://www.galwaycityharriers.com

This website lists athletic and fun races
http://www.athenryac.com/event/2008/05/01/month/all/all/1

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Art Sale

Invite all the budding artists in your area to sell their masterpieces.
A shopping centre would be an ideal venue. You never know, there could be a DaVinci out there!

Munchie Monday

A day to bring in cakes and savories as an alternative to a coffee morning, for your colleagues to help themselves with a collection box for donations.

Birthday

Take advantage of your special day by bringing your birthday cake to work and let your colleagues share the happiness of giving to your favourite charity, Galway-spca!!

Free dress days

If you're still at school, organise a day where your schoolmates can pay to get their civvies on and ditch the uniform.

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Croagh Patrick Climb

A big thank you to our hardy climbers to scaled new heights and raised over €2,000 for our housing fund. We are deeply grateful to you all for doing this and if you feel like joining them again next year contact 091 563631. Thank you to the people of Moycullen, Oughterard and Galway for supporting them. So from all our animals a huge thank you to Aoife, Dave, Ken and Catherine, Katie and not forgetting Blossom and Kim.

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Thank You Ladies!!

A big thank you to the ladies who ran the mini marathon for us, and raised lots of money for our building fund. Thanks to their blood, sweat and tears we hopefully can soon start building again
Many thanks ladies, in the photograph representing the GSPCA elite runners is Geraldine Mellican, and representing the GSPCA is Tommy Diviney our shop manager

Claire Mc Morrow
Shelley Keary
Eva Keary
Geraldine Mellican
Lucy Conroy
Carmel Kelly
Fiona Carr
Deirdre Cotter

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Croagh Patrick Climb - 19th & 27th July 2008

Are you climbing Croagh Patrick
on Saturday 19th or Sunday 27th in July?
If so, why not make it a fundraiser for the animals.
Contact petpeeves2@gmail.com
or ring 091563631
for a sponsorship form and tshirt

Spiky has checked it out for the doggies
and he said it is cool and check that view!

Best of luck in the climb to
Aoife, Dave, Ken and Catherine,
and their two GSPCA doggies: Blossom and Kim.

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RUN FOR THE GSPCA

Calling all Animal Lovers!

Future Streets of Galway Road Race

http://www.galwaycityharriers.com/?q=streetsofgalway

8K run around Galway City Centre. You can run or walk for this event.

Walk, run or jog, whatever you like! We can supply you with a sponsorship card & t-shirt for the marathon. For more information call the GSPCA on
091 563631 or email us at petpeeves2@gmail.com.
If you are leaving a phone message, please don't forget to leave your number and please say it clearly for us so we can call you back!

All money raised will be going towards the building fund for a new cattery in Heathlawn sanctuary which is badly needed for the housing of our cats residing there.

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Nominate the GSPCA!
Closing date for entries is 31.8.2008

€10,000 to be won each month for charity

Each month a nominated charity will receive €10,000 from Lyons Tea as part of the Lyons Tea Charity Give Away and we hope you can help. All you have to do is collect 20 tokens from Lyons Tea. Post them with your name, address and how the GSPCA is a wonderful charity to: Lyons Tea Charity Giveaway, PO Box 10850, Dublin 2. There are two tokens in each box of tea so ask your friends and family to help you out. You can enter as many times as you wish as long as you have collected enough tokens.

By nominating the GSPCA, you will be helping us help the animals.

VISIT http://www.lyonscharitygiveaway.ie

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A big thank you to Lorraine Cryan and Daniel Hielscher for organising a successfull music night called 'Us vs Them' which raised €1290.000 for the GSPCA building fund. Lorraine and Daniel would like to thank all the local businesses who provided prizes for the night. A great night was had by all.

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The GSPCA on behalf of all our animals wish to to say a big big thank you to Andrew and Sharon Philbey who made a donation celebratiing their wedding to us. We are deligted that they thought of us and their donation is going towards the new cattery fund. Both Andrew and Sharon are big animals lovers and what a way to celebrate their wedding. Any other couples wishing to follow Andrew and Sharons example please contact us by phone or email. Again many thanks Andrew and Sharon and we all wish you both years of happiness and health and do call in when next you are in Galway.

We are living in London, but my parents live in Galway and I lived there for 10 years, attending NIG Galway for 4 of them.
We got married in the Chapel of St. Columbanus on the campus on 12 May this year, the reception was at Glenlo Abbey. We wanted to donate some money to charity, one being a local one.
As we are both big animal lovers, we chose the GSPCA. We also donated to the World Land Trust.

We hope this small amount helps a bit with the Cattery, best of luck with everything.

Sharon & Andrew Philbey

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Claire and Jasper The stories every week in the Galway Advertiser are really heartbreaking, I wish I could take home all the animals but unfortunately I can't! so I decided to do the Future Streets of Galway Road Race to raise awareness of the GSPCA and also to help raise money that's badly needed for the care of the animals already at the sanctuary .

With the Dublin city marathon coming up , can you run for the GSPCA contact 091 563631 or gspca@eircom.net

Many thanks to Claire and of course Jasper for raising much needed funds for our new cattery in Heathlawn , which we hope to start work on in the next few months. Claire said Jasper enjoyed the stroll and the scenery .

Sheba was one of four puppies left at the gate of my sister¹s boarding kennels. She was the runt of the litter and we decided to keep her. She grew up with my children and they couldn¹t go anywhere without her following.

My parents had a bach at Tinopai and the kids loved to go swimming whenever they could. As they splashed around with their armbands and kickboards, Sheba would be paddling around and looking after her brood. But once she¹d had enough, everyone had to get out of the water.

First she¹d take one kickboard to shore, using her mouth. She¹d swim out for the next, much to the kids¹ disgust as by then they knew what was in store. She would swim out, grab hold of an armband and, as it deflated, proceed to tow the disgruntled child ashore. With the child safely on the beach, she would head out to retrieve the other child, who by this time was trying desperately to get ashore before she too had only one armband.

Another time, the kids were playing at the neighbours¹ house. I called them to come home for their bath and dinner. Just as they were getting into the bath we heard a terrible noise coming from the driveway. We looked out to see Sheba with the handle of a plastic ride-on motorbike in her mouth, pulling the bike home. Once in the gate she dropped it and turned smartly back up the road to get the other bike.

The kids are adults now. They tell me that Sheba should have been named ŒMum¹.

If you loved this story you¹ll love the SMARTER than JACK books. These entertaining books with true stories about smart animals are a fundraising initiative for animal welfare charities. They cost just £7.99 each (plus packing & delivery). £2 of this will go to Galway SPCA when you order using one of the methods below and select Galway SPCA as your chosen charity.

v Visit www.smarterthanjack.com and select Galway Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as your chosen charity.

Would you like an entertaining story about a smart animal emailed to you every week? Go to www.smarterthanjack.com to sign up.

I had a rescued Border collie named Jess who managed to get three kisses every night.

She was supposed to spend the nights in her bed in the kitchen. Each evening, as I tidied up the room and prepared to turn out the light, I'd find her already curled up in her bed. The routine was that I'd kneel down and give her a pat and kiss the top of her head, saying, 'Night night, sleep tight.' Then I'd go through to the sitting room and plump up the cushions on the sofa and prepare to switch out those lights.

Without fail, I'd find a Border collie curled up in the armchair by the door, pretending to be asleep. I would say, 'Good heavens, I seem to have a second collie', and once again I would kneel down, pat and kiss the top of her head and say, 'Good night, sleep tight.'

Then upstairs I'd go, first into the bathroom and then along the corridor into my bedroom where I'd turn on the light. Who would I find curled up on the bedside rug but a third collie! Once the same ritual had been played out, I would undress and get into bed, switching off the light. The only sound in the dark bedroom was my dear collie thumping her tail on the rug, obviously pleased with her play-acting. Once again she had managed to get three goodnight kisses instead of one, and I just knew she was smiling.

I had a rescued Border collie named Jess who managed to get three kisses every night.

She was supposed to spend the nights in her bed in the kitchen. Each evening, as I tidied up the room and prepared to turn out the light, I¹d find her already curled up in her bed. The routine was that I¹d kneel down and give her a pat and kiss the top of her head, saying, ŒNight night, sleep tight.¹ Then I¹d go through to the sitting room and plump up the cushions on the sofa and prepare to switch out those lights.

Without fail, I¹d find a Border collie curled up in the armchair by the door, pretending to be asleep. I would say, ŒGood heavens, I seem to have a second collie¹, and once again I would kneel down, pat and kiss the top of her head and say, ŒGood night, sleep tight.¹

Then upstairs I¹d go, first into the bathroom and then along the corridor into my bedroom where I¹d turn on the light. Who would I find curled up on the bedside rug but a third collie! Once the same ritual had been played out, I would undress and get into bed, switching off the light. The only sound in the dark bedroom was my dear collie thumping her tail on the rug, obviously pleased with her play-acting. Once again she had managed to get three goodnight kisses instead of one, and I just knew she was smiling.