Dear friends of Friend Foundation,
Thought we would
give you an update on what has been happening at 7 Kirkman
Rd Tynwald this
year.
Sadly Martin Makoni who used
to work with us has passed away. He
retired last year.
Leigh Appel has joined us and we are delighted. She is young
and enthusiastic and can ‘work’ face book and the computer!
We have amazing
volunteers who come out regularly to walk and feed the dogs and brush and
pamper the cats. Thank you Wally, Nicole, Cherry,
Natasha, Celeste and Milli
and Shadrick and their kids.
Shelby from Sunshine comes out on a Tuesday to help.
We also have
some enthusiastic school kids that come out and help feed the animals, run
errands and generally help us. Thank you guys and girls.
We can always
have more ……..
A few months ago
we had a terrible epidemic of kennel cough in
our kennels and although this is not normally fatal, most of our dogs are strays
and abandoned and have only been vaccinated once when they come to us. We ended up losing over 80 dogs. It
affected the elderly and the young mostly.
On a happier
subject, our own Lorna Olivier organized a Barnyard event to raise money. Thank you all who came
to support. It was a huge success and we made over $3,000.
Thank you Sheena for the amazing painting. We have used this to renovate our kennels. Firstly we have built the donkeys a stable –
which Rota the horse has taken up residence in!
We have then fixed the cattery garden area, making it more secure so we don’t
have escapees. We have rebuilt the rabbit and guinea pig run, fixed the duck
ponds, built a kitten enclosure, built a mummy and puppy run and are now fixing
the floors of the kennels.
Wally our dog
walker has been fantastic this year. She has organized and paid for, pallets
and baskets for all the dogs to sleep on, plus got us 200 blankets from Waverly, for the dogs this winter. She has managed to
get us bricks, poles, scrap metal, rubble, the
list goes on. She also celebrated her 60th birthday this year and had a wonderful
party, but instead of presents she asked for donations
to Friend Foundation
and received over
$800 which she has used to spay and castrate some
dogs, buy cleaning products and to fix our generator. Thank you Wally.
Di Fynn from Wingate Sports Club and Golfing and Giving has been her usual wonderful self. She comes
out on a Monday with her team, and Joanne and Mark. They have painted and fixed the mums and puppies
run and painted our office. It now looks like new….. as well as given money
towards our vet bill and dog and cat biscuits. Thank you so much.
Curves Borrowdale had an animal awareness week and raised $400 and collected
loads of blankets and pet food. Thank you so much ladies. It is much
appreciated.
We have lots of
people to thank for their continued support.
Avondale Vets for giving us 50% discount
on our surgeries and letting us have “credit” and pay when we have the money…
thank you Doc Felix and his team.
Cheeseman for
the weekly supply of milk for our cats, kittens and puppies.
Ian Stodart for all the
running around he does for us.
Willowmead, Spar marimba and OK Greencroft for the
veggies, OK, Bon marche and Innscor for the spoiled meat.
Far East for our supply of dogmeal for the past 15 +
years, and giving us “credit” when times are hard.
Sally from Montego for all the broken bags of dog, puppy and cat
food.
To all the kind
people out there who have given us blankets, old carpets and dog beds.
The Taberer
family – thank you for your kind donations and support.
To Lindsey Wright-Goodale, Skye Gilmore and Amani Khalpy from Bishopslea
who had a colouring competition which raised over $300.
For all the
nursery schools and schools who have come to visit and for your donations.
Katie and Phillipa from Anglo European School in the UK who came to volunteer.
Saul at Central African Butchery,
Jolly Jongwe, Doug
from the “dollar shop”, Billys meats, Twala for
always giving us your excess chickens, Net
Trade for the dog and cat biscuits. The Shopping Club for
always giving us discount on Whiskers, Zimkings for the cereal, and many more that I am sure
I have forgotten.
We are opening a
second hand shop to help raise money, so if anyone has anything they no longer
need and are wanting to pass on, we will be happy to have it. There is a collection
bin at Avondale Vets.
Any cruelty or neglect please phone VAWZ Mel
0778431528 or SPCA 0712211900.
Micro chipping is worth doing and it only
costs usd20.
We would love to
have visitors – the animals love it. Come and meet some of our residents. Bones, who was abandoned in a house when
his owners moved away now looks more like a sausage!! Or Veronica the little feral kitten who has turned into a
loving, beautiful office cat.
We welcome schools and nursery schools to come
visit us too.
We are open 7
days a week from 8 am to 5 pm but close for lunch between 12 and 1.
You can find us
on google maps
We have a
facebook group – the Friend Animal Foundation –
please join
The office
number is 2930442
We look forward
to seeing you soon
