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Pets
as Therapy - £5,000 in 1 hour!
In
what must have been a record for fundraising at Crufts, old
trooper Robert Killick and young protege Tom Hogan joined forces
on the Saturday of the show to raise money for Pat Dogs and
also increase public awareness of this deserving charity.
Young Tom, already a great buddy of Old Killick, had earlier
received his certificate as the first junior member on the Pat
Dogs stand in a mini ceremony hosted by Maureen Hennis and the
Pat Dogs team. The great thing about that was the queue of more
young people who were lining up to join straight after Tom...that
was just as important as the money.
Then it was onto the Iams stand where the company had offered
facilities to host the fund raising...well done Iams. Flashguns
popped as the celebs joined our intrepid twosome as the hour
ticked away on the 'Blue Peter' type clock and tins, buckets
and hats were held out by many Pat Dog volunteers. Some preparatory
work had been done to get the money thermometer moving and pre
donations came in from Our Dogs, Blackpool championship show,
Coaches to Shows, The Missing Pets Bureau, Katie Boyle, the
KC Press Office, Petplan, Shaws and ultimately Iams themselves
who rounded up the total raised to finally make up the £5000
target.
The hour over, a big cheer went up when Maureen announced that
the target had been achieved and after Tom and Robert posed
for more photos with the now 'full' thermometer, Robert went
to lie down in a dark room with a cup of strong tea. Watch out
Robert, Tom is already planning something for the next Crufts!
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