[Steppes] Fwd: Private note from Deb - Texas Tailwaggers Rescue needs Santa Volunteers

[shona haskins]

Greetings!

I am Annwn, and my husband is John Haskins, and we have actually only been
in the SCA a short while, and been to only a couple events as yet. I belong
to a non-rpofit all breed, dog and cat rescue group here in DFW called Texas
Tailwaggers Village Rescue, and we are in need of some help!
I inquired with Sir Morgan (whom my husband trains with) and he thought this
would be an ok place to post this, as we really need volunteers and thought
someone might think this is fun!
We are a very small group, literally 4-8 foster homes or so, with an
additional base of maybe 3-5 voulinteers. This is one of our fundraising
events for the year, and is very important in allowing us to continue to
afford to pull animals from local shelters, given them all their medical,
spay or neuter them, and make them readily available for the right forever
home.

Below you will find the email with the details of the event. If you have a
couple hours to voulinteer, we would greatly appreciate it! Normally I give
time for this myself, but my little sister is due to pop with her first
child any time now, so things are in limbo....but we sorely need
voulinteers! Feel free to email myself, and i will forward all info to the
coordinator, who will then contact you with more info.

I appreciate any and all of you who can give some of your time for the
furbabies!

Thank you for your time!
Sincerely,
-Annwn
(Shona Haskins)





---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: DJA901 at aol.com <DJA901 at aol.com>
Date: Nov 25, 2006 11:47 AM
Subject: Private note from Deb - Texas Tailwaggers Rescue needs Santa
Volunteers
To: DJA901 at aol.com


 *Do you have anyone in your family (sons, cousins, uncles, etc.) or circle
of friends that you could ask to play Santa for a few hours on Saturday and
Sunday Dec. 2nd and 3rd?*  All Santa has to do is sit in front of the
holiday background and hold the dog or cat that is placed in his hands,
smile while the picture is snapped and then do the next one and the next
one.   We're trying to break it into shifts and the person doesn't have to
be fat or even tall or short or oversized.

My husband happens to be on call that weekend with his company.  Karen, I
bet Lee would do it for you if you guys weren't going to be in N.M.

Wrack your brains, guys.  Think, think....be bold in asking someone to do
something charitable this holiday season.  (Maybe they wouldn't have thought
of something like this that will actually be fun.)

I've done all the other parts of it, too, numbering the picture packets,
keeping people in line, escorting them to the cash register to pay for their
pictures, cutting the pictures to fit the frames, actually using the
polaroid to take the pictures....things we need volunteers for - for this
event.  It's actually a fun event and everyone is in such a good mood,
trying to get their Santa pictures taken with their pets.  If we're not
successful in finding some volunteers to help out, we'll have to try to find
another group to do it instead. It's sad to lose such a good opportunity.
We're a week away from it now, it's next weekend, and it's been such a good
fundraiser for us before.

I put the times down below.  Just take a few minutes to think "who might be
good for this"?  Then call them and ask!  They can't eat you, they can only
say "yes" or "no".  Even if they don't volunteer here, it might get them to
thinking and cause them to volunteer somewhere this Christmas season.


Thanks,

Deb Anderson *>^..^<*

TTVR
www.txtailwaggers.petfinder.org

  Please call Rhonda (214-455-1077) or email her directly at
hydrogirl at verizon.net to volunteer or tell her what shift you would like to
do.  (Danielle and Rhonda and Deb will try to fill in around unfilled time
slots but we need more than 3 people per shift.)

December 2 - Saturday

10:00-6:00    (3 different shorter shifts)
Santa Claws Photos
PetsMart in Lewisville

We need a Santa for each shift. If you have a dad, boyfriend, brother or
husband that owes you a favor. Now is the time to call it in. We need
volunteers to help assist Santa with the animals, take pictures, put
pictures in frames and pass out donation wish lists. This has a potential to
be a big fundraiser. We get $5 for every photo package bought. We also need
people to tell their friends and families to be there that weekend to take
photos with their pets. Remember this is NOT a Meet n Greet!

*Shift 1
10:00-12:30
*Allison M. (high school volunteer)
Need 3-4 people

*Shift 2
12:30-3:00
*Clay Standridge (high school volunteer)
Kristi Ferriso (Honor Society)
Jennifer G. (Tailwagger Volunteer)
Still need 2-3 people

*Shift 3
3:00-6:00*
Allison M. (high school volunteer)
Need 3-4 people

December 3 - Sunday
11:00-5:00   (two shifts)
Santa Claws Photos
PetsMart in Lewisville

*Shift 1
11:00-2:00
*Clay Standridge (high school volunteer)
Still need 2-3 people

*Shift 2
2:00-5:00
*Ami N. (Tailwaggers Volunteer)
Still need 3-4 people


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