News from the Bournemouth Shop…… Hello from sunny Bournemouth and thanks to all of you who have helped with our fundraising efforts so far this year….but we need more helpers!   It seems that volunteers like to work in a charity shop but are more hesitant to get out on the streets!   The public are very interested in our work with the greyhounds/galgos and very much enjoy meeting our dogs so please don’t be shy and offer your help with our collec- tions. I will also be organising some in-store collections soon at Sainsbury’s, Asda, etc., which hopefully will appeal to some of you. Please ring me at the shop for further details.—01202 513000. Peter Crawley together with several friends very kindly organised two more street collections in Ringwood and Fordingbridge in April/ May and raised more than £400. The Dorchester collection on 3rd June produced £258.53 even though we were very short of collectors… please could you help with the next one on Wednesday 28 October? Our annual sponsored walk at Hengistbury Head was well supported again this year by both walkers and their four-legged friends and a  total of £959.28 was raised – only slightly down on last year which is a pleasant surprise in these    difficult times.    The event of the year must be our stall at Winton Carnival in June which was so successful we ran out of prizes for our fundraising           favourite, The Mug Game. We raised £200 from this and another £217.37 from bric-a-brac and donations. (The nearby ice-cream stall took £1200 – what a great day!) Over the last few months I have successfully homed several lurchers and an elderly greyhound – all went to wonderful homes. We are now looking for a    special home for Spray, an 18month old, male lurcher with only 3 legs.             Unfortunately he was knocked down by a car and the vet was unable to save his leg.  Please get in touch if you would like to offer Spray a loving home. We are hoping soon to stock larger items of furniture in our shop but need a ‘man with a van’ to collect/deliver these items.  If you can help please let me know on 01202 513000 or e-mail me -greyhoundlady@waitrose.com Finally, from 1 October the sponsorship scheme will be run from Head Office in Wraysbury. Penny and I have very much enjoyed running the scheme since its inception in the year 2000 and many thanks to all of you who have so kindly sponsored our dogs over the years.                         Sue   28