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Community Efforts Results In Another Successful AARF Yard Sale
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The 5th Annual AARF Yard Sale at the Agriculture Department on Saturday April 26th was once again a great success, thanks to a huge community effort to help raise money to meet the organization’s 2008 budget. Collecting for the sale was a continuous process; and the sorting and pricing for the sale began weeks ago at the AARF container.
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Busy shoppers
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Viceroy gave a huge helping hand by supplying two trucks to transport the items for sale from the AARF container at Anguilla Techni Sales to the grounds of the Agriculture Department. Viceroy volunteers headed by George Malik along with Simon and his crew & AARF members met bright and early at 5:30 AM to load, transport, unload and set up for the sale that began at 9 AM. Viceroy also donated water, a cooler, hats, and returned at the end of the sale to help dispose of unsold items and trash. Two Viceroy Employees, Aaron and Matthew, helped with sales throughout the day. We are grateful for their support of this annual event and also to Karl T Smith who donated his truck for use during the day.
Viceroy Volunteers loaded, transported and unloaded trucks and assisted greatly with the yard sale.
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Busy shoppers
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The crowd at opening time rushed in to find bargains on everything from books and videos to clothes, furniture, small appliances, toys, sports equipment and so much more. The Anguilla National Creative Arts Association (ANCAA) accentuated the festive atmosphere by selling delicious home baked sweets, plants and other items to benefit their organization and donated some of their proceeds to AARF. The Anguilla Sailing School’s instructor William Ferguson demonstrated one of the sail boats used in training and answered questions related to the courses taught at the school.
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Viceroy helps helps transport and unload items for the yardsale
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The purpose of this annual event is to raise money for AARF’s spay/neuter program and to meet other operating expenses that the organization expects to be well over $25,000 US for 2008. This spay/neuter program, which AARF has been sponsoring for the past 5 years, has provided surgeries for more than 900 island dogs and cats, and as a result helped immensely in controlling the unwanted births of puppies and kittens on the island. The 2008 program will focus, as it has for the past 3 years, on the puppies and kittens that are adopted from AARF. The AARF adoption fee of $20US includes a spay or neuter for the adopted puppy or kitten when it reaches approximately 4 –5 months of age, along with the pet’s first set of vaccinations, flea & tick bath and worming. If interested in adopting through AARF:
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Tired Volunteers
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Please visit our new shelter that is located at Morlens Veterinary Hospital at Sandy Hill from 9 am til 1 pm, Monday – Saturday. AARF animals up for adoption change from week to week so contact AARF at 476-2731 for more information.
Any unwanted puppies or kittens should be taken to the shelter if homes cannot be found for them. As in the past 3 years, AARF is depending solely on contributions from local residents and businesses as well as members and island visitors to support this program.
The Anguilla Animal Rescue Foundation would like to thank all that participated in this event – those that donated items, those that purchased, Viceroy for their huge support in providing transportation to the site, the Agriculture Department for letting us use their grounds and AARF members and volunteers who worked so diligently to make this annual community event a huge success. We are grateful for your support.
- Press Release