Alex Wilson * RIP 17-05-2016

To our great grief we had to say goodbye to Alex yesterday.
After a year of fighting the cancer, he finally lost the battle…

Alex was one of ACT's founders and most involved members. Nothing was impossible.
He was the driving force behind the construction of the enclosure, he built us a beautiful stand for our bazaars - which will always remind us of him - and was always willing to be a loving foster for puppies in need. Even in his last weeks he insisted to take in 2 puppies. Life goes on, he said…

Our thoughts are with Jackie, his children and family and we wish them strength in these difficult times.

Kalo taxidi, dear Alex, you will be missed.

Car Boot Sale in Limenas

We had a really nice day at the car boot sale in Limenas last Saturday. There were about 30 stalls, so it is getting a big thing now. (Thanks Sue!)

It was quite warm and the sellers got sun tanned from risky red to beautiful brown. We really should have been selling hats and sunglasses ;-)
But even without that we made a nice € 303!

Thanks again to our super team (they are getting better and better): Gerry, Val, Jackie and Tanja. And of course the men loading and unloading the trailer and setting up the stands: Peter, Grant, Alex, Joop and special guest John.

Annual meeting members

Yesterday the members of ACT had the annual general meeting in Stelios' tavern in Limenaria. W would like to thank Stelios very much for his kind hospitality and free use of his tavern.

The finances of 2015 were approved by the audit committee.
We would like to share the totals with you:

IN           

€      2.533,01 - Balance 2014                      
€      5.411,83 - Donations              
€      2.846,60 - Car boot sales/selling goods/events      
€      3.765,00 - Adoption money              
OUT
€      4.653,00 - Castrations/sterilizations                          
€      3.781,80 - Vaccinations/medical treatments/chip/pass                  
€      2.525,96 - Tickets + transport dogs, boxes                  
€      1.411,50 - Dog/cat food etc.                          
€         190,90 - Costs sales/making products                          
€         978,95 - Other costs                          

Every two years there are new elections for the board and audit committee.
President (Tanja van Egmond), Vice President (Jackie Wilson) and Secretary (Joop van Egmond) will stay the same. New Treasurer is Peter Woolley.
Audit Committee will remain Grant Taylor, Val Taylor and Gerry Woolley.

Also thanks to the donation of 500 euro of the Dutch organization Stichting Dierennood we were able to neuter exactly 100 cats last year and 9 dogs.

We will go on with our castration project, but we need more money for that.
So please help us with donations on our bank account, Paypal account, in the collection boxes or by buying our products at the car boot sales and summer bazaars!

Annual General Meeting

On Sunday, April 10th, 2016 at 11:00 the annual general meeting will be held in Taverna Stelios in Limenaria.

All members have been invited by email.

Ingo

With great sadness we had to say goodbye to Ingo last night.

This giant but very friendly pointer was found on the streets last summer in a terrible condition. We treated him for leishmaniasis and although he was getting a bit better, he didn't put on enough weight. New blood tests showed that he was suffering from a blood parasite. After he was treated for that, he seemed getting stronger, which was confirmed by the results of another blood test.

Now that his "room mate" Donald had left, Tanja and Joop decided a week
ago to take Ingo to their house, hoping that more human contact would do him good and help him to fully recover.
Then, after just a few days, he suddenly got weaker, couldn't even stand on his legs sometimes. The vet concluded that he was suffering from severe anemia and heart problems. Even though there was only a small chance, we put him on a drip.

Before we could make the decision for him, he died peacefully last night.
We are comforted by the thought that at least he didn't die alone, but in the company of Tanja who was with him in his last moments.

Kalo taxidi dear Ingo, you are free now.