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Geraldine and Tracey held a stall at
                                 The Grange garden party in
                                 Wraysbury at the end of August.
                                 They were kindly helped by Julie and
                                 her lovely dog Coco who had a VIP
                                 seat. The weather was pleasantly
                                 warm and thankfully the rain stayed
                                 off until home time. The afternoon  was well
                                         attended and we successfully raised
      We were lucky                      more funds for GIN.
      this year to have                  Claire Walling, is the event coordinator
      help from                          at Church View nursing home, where our
      greyhound owners Fiona and her     Trustee Pat is a resident. Pat told Claire
      husband from Devon. They had many   all about Greyhounds in Need and Claire
      surplus plants which they placed   decided she would like to do something
      outside their property in exchange   to raise money for Pat’s charity. After a
      for a donation which over the      lot of hard work Claire and her amazing
      months raised over £200 for        activity girls along with great support
      GIN. Thank you very much           from the management team organised a
      Thank you to everyone              Summer Fayre in August. This was
      else who has raised money          Claire’s first Summer Fayre at Church
      in their own way for GIN           View and it was a complete success
      this year whether it be            which raised a lot of money. Trustee
      organising stalls, dog             Geraldine, galgo Jake and Tracey were
      walks, street collections,         invited to Church View to receive a giant
      car boot sales etc. which helps to   cheque from Pat for £300.
      raise funds towards our work but   Thank you very much
      also helps spread awareness of our
      work and that of the groups we
      support in Spain.
      Also a very BIG thank you to all our
      supporters that continue to knit and
      sew many coats, snoods and
      blankets throughout the year for us
      to send to the shelters in Spain.
      Elaine in Devon continues to hold
                  fundraising events for
                  GIN. In August an
                  afternoon tea was held to            This was followed in
                  celebrate galga Myra’s               September with a coffee
                  13th and her goat best               morning arranged for a
                  friend Ribbon’s 15th                 local walking group.
                  birthdays. Many people               complete with bunting
                  joined in                                and a gazebo.
      the celebrations and                                 Delicious homemade
      the money raised was                                 brownies and cookies
      split between GIN                                    were enjoyed by all.
      and Buttercups                                       Thank you very
                                                           much
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