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Fundraising

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Sorry I can’t mention all of you as there are so many but I
would like to say a BIG thank you to all our wonderful coat,
blanket and snood makers who continue to send us
parcels throughout the year which we send to the
galgos that are in the shelters we support in Spain.

For the love of Greys: Mon. Davenport
For more than ten years, Monica Davenport from Shropshire supported the charitable needs of
ex-working Greyhounds, through attending events, fundraising and even through her skilled
craftsmanship in knitting coats for the Galgos rescue work in Spain and even adopting her own
rescued Greyhound and meeting lots of fab. Grey rescuers and supporters along the way.
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Monica sadly passed away in July this year, but her family has many happy memories of Mon’s

interest in these amazing sight hounds including recalling Mon’s very own Grey rescue story.
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“Working for Macclesfield Borough Council Leisure Services (as it was called back then),
I remember back in the late 1990’s mum had been speaking at work, to the local dog warden
who mentioned a Greyhound had recently been rescued and taken into Stockport Dogs Home”, recalls Mon’s
daughter - Deb. “Mum really wanted a rescue Grey and she straight away went with dad, to visit this rescued
dog and began the application process for his adoption”.
Enter Jacob or ‘Jake’ the ex racing Greyhound, who was in a very poor condition on entry to the Dogs Home,
having been out on the streets for some time - he had various scars, injuries and a very low body weight. After
Jake received some excellent support and treatment from the Stockport Dogs Home team, Mon and the family
took Jake into their home and so Mon’s absolute fascination and love for the breed was finally fulfilled. Jake was
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very nervous for some time, it took many months to get his confidence in different situations, but Mon’s endless
this summer has been way to hot, but
patience supported Jake to settle into his new and comfortable lifestyle. While Jake was adjusting to his new
luckily living near the sea I’ve been able
family, Mon began to support Greyhounds in Need with her charitable fund raising. She and Barry visited events
to take my Jake to the sea to cool us
where Greyhounds in Need were in attendance, sometimes travelling many miles away to support the cause.
both off (I’m an all year round cold wa-
Mon was very interested in supporting the work with the rescued Galgos dogs in Spain and enjoyed knitting
coats to help keep them toasty and warm following their rescues.
Written by Moni’s daughter Deb. Her full tribute can be found on GIN’s website www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk
If you feel you can help us with fundraising please give us a call on 01784
483206 or email us info@greyhoundsinneed.co.uk. We have
a fund-raising pack we can send out which
includes literature to display.
We will post information about future events
on our website www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk
and on our FB page so please regularly visit
for the latest news.

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