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Thanks to the generosity of Pets at Home customers in Abingdon, last week we received a cheque for £536.96 from the Support Adoption for Pets charity fundraising drive.

Thank you for helping us to take care of local dogs, cats, rabbits and Guinea pigs. Together we can continue to improve animal welfare in Oxfordshire.

Thank you Pets at Home, Abingdon for nominating The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary, we hope to come and see you all again very soon.

ENTER OUR RAFFLE - HELP OUR ANIMALS!!

You are able to purchase tickets before our Open Day on the 16th July by emailing [email protected]. We will also be selling raffle tickets on the day.

Prizes Include

£50 Cash

Wine Hamper

Personally signed book by Raymond Blanc

Oven cleaning voucher by Ovenu Oxford

Meal for two

Relaxing massage

Plus lots lots more

The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary has been shortlisted in the top three for Sainsbury's Kidlington Charity of the Year. Please spare a couple of seconds to click on the link, choose Kidlington as the store, and then vote for The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary.

The link to vote is: https://www.sainsburyslocalcharity.co.uk/

If the link doesn't work, please copy and paste it into your browser. It would be wonderful if we can get enough votes to win.

Voting closes on the 25th June, so we don't have long. It is also possible to vote in store if you happen to be popping in.

Please share with anyone else you think might be willing to vote as well.

Thank you so much, we are keeping everything crossed!!

Honey is doing really well and we have totally loved getting to know what a sweet natured boy he is. Snuffles and Honey have been getting in really well too and think they enjoy the company.

REHOMING UPDATE FROM CASPER - “Just over a year ago I came home with my forever Friend, Casper. He is such an adorable, lovable, amusing dog. In the park when he is off lead he enjoys the rough tumble with the other dogs big and small. He loves his toys in the garden. He is my companion. Thank you all for what you do”. – Written by Pat Hobbs

Please send us a little update on how your OAS is getting on. Email [email protected]. Thank you.

The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary is sad to announce that Miss Margaret Gray our founder and first chair passed away yesterday at the age of 100. Miss Gray established the Sanctuary in 1967 and dedicated her life to the rescue and care of unwanted and abandoned animals.

Without her we would not have our premises here at Stadhampton. She was devoted to the cause of animal protection and only passed on the responsibility as Sanctuary chair when she had to move into a nursing home.

Thanks to Miss Gray over the years we have been able help and care for over 25,000 animals. She will be sorely missed.

JOIN OAS FOR A BBQ AND HOT DRINKS!

Between 11am - 3pm Saturday, 4th March our Volunteer Fundraisng Group are hosting food and drinks as a little thank you to all our supporters. OAS could not function with out the support of our Volunteer Fundraising Group, they are an amazing team of dedicated animal lovers working tirelessly to help the rescues in our care. If you would like to meet other like minded individuals with a passion for pets, please join us for some food and beverages. SANCTUARY ADDRESS: The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary, The Village Green, Watlington Road, Stadhampton, OX44 7UB

JOIN OUR FUNDRAISING CONVERSATION ON FACEBOOK: CLICK HERE

THANK YOU BEAVERBROOKS FOR CHOOSING TO HELP OUR SANCTUARY RESCUES.

Beaverbrooks very generously donate 20% of its post-tax profit to charity every year, with more than £5m given in the past 10 years. This afternoon OAS visited Beaverbrooks store in Oxford City Centre to pick up a cheque for £900 and to have a photo taken with their lovely staff.

We would like to say a massive thank you to all the Beaverbrooks staff for choosing to support our cats and dogs. Also if you would like to join us on your next corporate volunteer day, we would be honoured to have your support helping with Sanctuary activities and getting to know some of our dogs and cats.

This money will be going towards our 50th Anniversary where we are hoping to raise £50,000 to develop some of our dog kennelling facilities. More information about this coming very soon.

LARGE TOWEL APPEAL: We have very kindly been donated lots of towels, but in this wet weather we are in need of even more larger towels to help dry all the dogs off after their walks. Please drop off your unwanted or unused towels to your closest collection point.

You can bring your donations to The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary in Stadhampton between: 9:15 and 4:30 everyday of the week. You are able to donate them to three our four Charity shops in Didcot, Summertown and Witney (not Carterton). Alternatively you can drop them off in the Pets at Home Abingdon, Botley and Cowley branches. Not forgetting Fluffy Paws pet store in Bicester also host a collection bin for us also.

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated. Please ask your friends, family and work colleagues if they would also like to help. Thank you.

Sanctuary Address: http://bit.ly/2cGSVlf Charity Shop Addresses: http://bit.ly/2cPY7Uw

Happy New Year everyone. We can resume dog walking from tomorrow, Wednesday 4th January.

Dog waking times are 9:30am to 12:15pm everyday. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Thanks for your patience.

NOTICE TO DOG WALKERS: Unfortunately, we still have kennel cough on site. Some dogs are now clear of it but some are still showing symptoms so we continue to take vets advice as to when we can resume dog walking. This is likely to be the first week of January at the earliest. Please look out for further updates.

Thanks very much to everyone for sending us so many treats, toys, games and outfits for the dogs - they are helping to keep our rescues occupied and happy during this time.

NOTICE TO DOG WALKERS: regrettably dog walking is suspended until further notice due to an outbreak of Kennel Cough. As a responsible Sanctuary we endeavour to do everything in our power to minimise further spread of the air-borne virus.

People looking to adopt a dog may still visit us to fill out a rehoming questionnaire, but please be aware they will not be allowed to view any of our dogs during this time.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused. We appreciate your patience in this matter.

To be in with a chance of winning a Luxury Hamper packed full of fantastic goodies, please enter our Sanctuary Christmas raffle. Tickets only 50p!

There are lots of other prizes to win and all proceeds raised will go towards giving our rescues a special tasty treat this Christmas.

To enter the draw please email [email protected].

Thank you for caring, sharing and sparing a pound or two :)

[DATE OF DRAW: 10/12/16]

BEDDING NEEDED: Our bedding stocks are running low, can you help?

If you have any unwanted or unused blankets, sheets or towels please donate them to help keep our rescues warm and dry this winter.

Please bring your bedding donations to The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary in Stadhampton between: 9:15 and 4:30 everyday of the week. You are able to donate them to three our four Charity shops in Didcot, Summertown and Witney (sadly our Carterton shop is too small to take bedding donations). Alternatively you can drop them off in the Pets at Home Abingdon, Botley and Cowley branches.

Sanctuary Address: http://bit.ly/2cGSVlf Charity Shop Addresses: http://bit.ly/2cPY7Uw.

Due to very limited space on site and in shops we are currently not accepting duvets or pillows. We might again one day, but for now we just don't have the space.

It not just our dogs that use this bedding, its also our cats and as the weather gets worse we have to use more and more bedding to keep everyone clean and dry. We will keep you updated with our bedding stock levels. Thank you for caring. Thank you for sharing.

#Bedding #recue #Support #OAS Charity #blankets #towles #sheets #donate

Each week we select a dog and cat (and possibly in the future a rabbit and guinea pig) that we believe truly deserves to find their new loving forever home. Please share our weekly 'Hot Dogs' & 'Top Cats' to help them find their new family.

This week we would like to help new arrival Dougal the Spaniel-X to find his home. Dougal is an older chap who is completely deaf. Although the staff are working with him to link hand signals with commands, Dougal would much rather just sleep in front of a warm fireplace after a nice long walk.

Dougal came into us because sadly his owner had to go into a care home. He is now 13 years old and still loves to play tug of war and catch tennis balls! He may be getting on in years but is young at heart, loves his cuddles and his age doesn’t stop him loving a good game and having fun. Dougal is looking for a nice, calm retirement home with an understanding owner.

Can live with: Children: 12+, Dogs: Yes, Cats: Possibly

See Dougal Profile: http://www.oxfordshireanimalsanctuary.org.uk/…/i…/837-dougal

Please email [email protected] to find out more about Dougal.

WE DID IT!!! Thank you so much for all the generous donations. With support from their friends, family and you fantastic people. Ioana and Laura have managed to reach their £500 targets. This means that with the Barclays ‘pound match’ scheme they have raised £2,000+ between them. This is such a fantastic result, thank you for your kind (and sometimes anonymous) generosity.

With our 50th Anniversary around the corner, OAS hopes to continue fundraising for our rescues future. Please support in any way you can, BIG or small, it all counts and makes a huge impact on the lives of locally abandoned animals. By working together we hope to continue developing our Sanctuary facilities to improve our rescues stay during this often difficult period in their life. We are still collecting in the fundraising totals from all our Oxford Half Marathon runners. We cannot wait to share with you the final figure raised and to tell you all about where we hope to use the money to help the rescues currently in our care.

If your company offers a pound match scheme or something similar please let us know ([email protected]), it has been such a joy talking with all our runners.

See donation pages

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Ioana-Shea

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Laura-Curtis10

Thank you for supporting our Sanctuary.

DOUBLE YOUR DONATION: Ioana Shea & Laura Curtis-Dagg are being match pound for pound by Barclays Bank. If you donate £10, OAS will receive £20 :) Barclays have said they are happy to match up to £1,000 per person.

Iona JustGiving Page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Ioana-Shea

Laura JustGiving Page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Laura-Curtis10

Both Ioana and Laura did such a fantastic job today running 13.1 miles for our rescues and it would make all their hard work that much more worth while. This is such a rare opportunity for OAS and we would love your support to help them reach their £500 targets.

Your donations will make a life changing difference. Please give what you can. Thank you for running, thank you for supporting.

Thank you Barclays.

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