Trike Tours with K9

How many of you have notice those brilliant Trikes riding (driving?) around recently?  Based down at Puerto Colon these Trikes can be hired for 1, 2, 3 & 4 hour guided tours – you choose whether to drive or whether to be driven.

As their leaflet says, this is something different to try and is totally safe.  You can arrange your tour by calling Sandy on 629 155 114, but please don’t forget to mention K9 Tenerife when you book because Trike Tours have very kindly agreed to donate 5 Euro per person to us.

In association with TENERIFE DIVE from Costa Del Silencio we are organising a TRY SCUBA DIVING in the pool at Westhaven Bay.  The aim is to raise badly needed funds and have great fun at the same time.

The cost will only be a 5 Euro donation per person to K9 with Tenerife Dive supplying all the Instructors, equipment etc free of charge.

In addition, PADI Master Instructor Yvonne, will be in the pool underwater doing a ´Breathalon¨.  Everyone can buy a ticket and guess how long Yvonne can stay underwater on 1 cylinder of air.

For non-divers the prize is a Discover Scuba dive in the sea and if the winner is already a certified diver, 1 days free diving (2 dives).  Again all proceeds will go to K9.

Anyone from 8 years to 80 years can participate and families are welcome, so why not give scuba diving a go and support K9 at the same time!  Its all happening on Sunday 14th December 2008 from 09:45hrs - don’t miss it!

If you are looking for a unique Christmas present, give a Discover Scuba or some scuba diving lessons. Details of the diving can be found on their website www.tenerifedive.com or you can email for more information to info@tenerifedive.com

Saturday, 1^st of November saw another successful Quiz Night down at The Cheshire Cat in Torviscas.  This time our Quiz Master was ‘Big Dave’ and he entertained us from just after 9.30pm until the early hours of the morning!

As well as the quiz rounds we had one or two special guests, including Jesse Garron and a fantastic young singer from the UK by the name of Chelsea – what a fabulous voice this young girl has, I am sure we will be hearing a lot more from her in the future.

We were able to sell a few more of our Calendars and also a few copies of that great new book, Tenerife Lifeline (written and edited by Leslie Beeson).  Remember that the sale price is the same price wherever you buy it from BUT if you buy it from K9 then we get a donation of 4.50 from Leslie – now that’s got to be worth thinking about, hasn’t it?

Julie and Bee from The Cheshire Cat set out with an aim to raise more money than they did at the last Quiz they held and were really pleased when the final total was announced at the end of the night (beginning of the morning!).  A very respectable figure of 452.12 Euro!

Since then a few customers that were unable to attend on the night, had a whip around and have brought the total to just over 500 Euro.

We have a great article in The Tenerife News this week, hope you have seen the paper!

If you havent got a copy there is a cut down version on their website have a look here.

Some months ago we decided to produce a Calendar for 2009 to raise some much needed funds for the animals in our care.

We decided on the theme of ‘Entertainers and their Pets’, after all we have some fantastic Entertainers here in the South of Tenerife and many of them are only too willing to help out with the local Charities, whether one that cares for Animals, one for humans, or a special event for ‘one of their own’.

First step was to find a Photographer prepared to work with us and through THE Tenerife Forum (www.thetenerifeforum.com) we quickly found Gordon Bamber (Torrenter) and Nikki Attree (Warmwind).

Gordon is a very keen amateur photographer who has produced some stunning photos around and about in Tenerife since he moved here a few years ago.

Nikki is a professional photographer as well as being a very keen windsurfer – again there are some fantastic photographs in Nikki’s portfolio (have a look at www.tenerife-photography.com).

Then, we had to identify which of the Entertainers had pets and approach them to see if they would like to be involved in the project – it was difficult choosing who to leave out, but as there are only 12 months in the year, we did have some tough decisions to make!  So, the final list:

· John Sharples with Samantha

· Paul Stone (Billy Idol) with Emilio

· Cy Benson with Buster

· Miss Crystal Starr with Sadie and Sal

· Avril Taylor with Annie

· Simon King with Elvis

· Mark Turver with Jeff (it’s a family blog so I can’t say his full name)

· Mel Faulkner with Gizmo

· Dee Daniels with Bowie and Orphy

· Rebecca Malone with Bud

· Simply Mo with Oscar

· Karen Kennedy with Chloe

I hope we didn’t offend anyone that we left out, if we did it was certainly unintentional, there will always be other opportunities in the future, and speaking of ideas we are always looking for new suggestions and things to do to help us raise money for the animals – if you have any good ones, let us know!

OK, what was next on the list?  Ah, yes we needed someone to design the format and find a printer to produce the end product.  After a couple of false starts, we found Mark and Richie from Think Design (funnily enough, via another member of The Tenerife Forum, Jennie!).  Once we got the design and the pricing sorted we were ready for the next stage – finding the sponsors.

We wanted to keep the cost as low as possible for the sponsors; we all know how difficult things are here at the moment.  Armed with a mock up of what we hoped the Calendar would look like we started our search – some weeks later we closed the deal on our 12^th one.

· Protectapet

· Noeline and Gerry Murphy (The Chieftan, Temple Bar and Irish Fiddler)

· Crown Leisure (Harley’s Restaurant, La Fortaleza and James Brasserie)

· The Wigan Pier

· Mrs Brownhill

· Motorworld

· Hotel Playa Sur in El Medano

· Launderette Services

· The Hole in the Wall

· Cheers Bar

· THE Tenerife Forum

· Roy’s Pizza and Indian Tandoori

We are very grateful to all of our Sponsors and hope that when you look at our Calendar throughout the next 12 months it will remind and encourage you to visit them, use their services, or recommend them to your friends and family.

During this time, Gordon and Nikki had been meeting with all of the Entertainers and their Pets and taking some lovely photographs.  It was time for Think Design to work their magic and put it all together for us into something that we could sell!

This limited edition Calendar is now almost sold out, and we are now considering whether we need to produce a single sheet A3 version with all the photos on it – let us know if you think we should do!

We hope that you are as pleased with the final product as we are, thanks to everyone that has been involved with the project.

Thanks particularly to Suzie and Andy and the Team here at Cheers Bar for providing a venue for the launch (as well as sponsoring October for us!), we had a great night with one or two of the entertainers showing up and performing.  We raised 588.76 Euro on the night from Calendar sales, Raffles and a special donation from Cheers Bar!

The table of raffle prizes was great, with donations from Cheers Bar, Jet Blaster, Ocean Blue Divers, Tenerife Bar Supplies, Ricco, Dorada and Peter & Linda – thank you to each and everyone of you, it really is appreciated.

This is usually 7.50 Euro but will be available for only 6 Euro - with a Euro of that going to K9 Tenerife as well! Garlic Bread can be added for an extra Euro (normally 2.50 Euro).

This is in addition to their normal menu that will be available.

We have just heard that this fabulous new book has arrived on the Island and is just about ready for distribution!

Dont forget the very generous offer from the Author of this book that anyone who purchases their copy via K9 Tenerife will be helping the animals in that he will donate 4.50 Euros to us.

The price is 9.95 Euro where ever you buy it from, so please buy your book from K9 - just contact us at tenerifelifeline@k9tenerife.com and we will let you know how you can obtain your copy.

Their new website is now up and running, have a look here www.tenerifelifeline.com

Thanks

Stephen

Well, we are pleased to say we have signed off the final draft of the K9 2009 Calendar and it will be printed this week ready for us to collect on Friday - We think it looks terrific!

A lot of hard work has gone into producing this and we would like to thank Nikki Attree, Gordon Bamber (Torrenter!), all of the Sponsors, the entertainers and of course their pets as well as Mark and the team at Think Design for making it all possible.

We will be holding a Launch Party for the Calendar from 6pm on Sunday, 26th at Cheers Bar in Los Cristianos so I hope some of you will be able to come along and join us there.

(If you havent tried one of their Sunday Roasts, maybe this coming Sunday is a good time to put that right!)

We hope to have some of the people that have been involved with the project at the launch, although I know a few have prior commitments and wont be able to be there (some are even going back to the UK to avoid it!).

Amy Winehouse (without her dog Bud) will be performing her show at 10pm, however I am sure that we will be treated to a few songs from the other entertainers during the course of the evening as well!

Pre sales of the Calendar are excellent, so if you want to buy one and havent made your order yet, let us know soon!

Thanks again

Stephen and Cathy
K9 Tenerife

We still need a few Sponsors for our 2009 Entertainers and their Pets calendar - come on, take advantage of a whole year’s advertising for only 150 Euro.

The Calendar will be A4 Portrait style with the Sponsor panel at the bottom of each month so a full year being hung around people’s walls, plus at least one month (more if you take 2 or 3 months!) on prominent display - how cheap is that for advertising?

Please contact us NOW to reserve your place!

Well, the dogs are now being added very quickly by Hazel and Philipa so we should be back up to date very soon - sorry for the delay!

You may have noticed that we have our first two Home Page Advertisers now as well, Janet Anscombe Associates and Maid 4 Tenerife - both fantastic local businesses that have shown their support to us.

If you would like to see your business advertised on our main page, then please get in touch with us (media@k9tenerife.com) before the spaces fill up.

We have kept the cost at a very low 10 Euro per month, without any minimum time limit, so if you only want to advertise for a month or two that is no problem.

Thanks