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Old 11-23-2011   #46 (permalink)
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Thanks for the reminder--need to pull out my cam and charge my batteries. I don't know what to expect for this hunt--I'm NERVOUS.
You and Russell will rock on to victory!
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Well...Team KoolferKats only came in 3rd place for the Scavenger Hunt, but we SURE had a fun time trying to win! We are both pretty competitive people, so we tried our best, but couldn't beat Team Puma or Team Hello Kitty.



We DID, however, achieve our most important goal, which was to BE THE TEAM THAT RAISED THE MOST MONEY, and we have ONLY our generous sponsors to thank for that.

Team KoolferKats raised 1,253 usd and 1,300 pesos!! That is incredible and I just can't thank our sponsors enough.

Figuring that it costs around 25 usd to spay/neuter a cat or dog at Coco's, the amount our team raised can sterilize about 54 animals. Estimating that each of these animals would have 3 litters of 5 babies each, this amount alone prevents hundreds of births--babies that would otherwise wind up living short, miserable lives on the streets, starving and unloved. This cause is so dear to my heart and I am inordinately grateful--beyond my ability to express--to all of our sponsors for their compassion and commitment to reducing the suffering of these innocents.

As promised, in the next day or two we will hold our 'sponsor raffle,' in which we will raffle off at random to one of our sponsors a gift certificate to Carboncitos restaurant and a 3 day/2 night all-inclusive stay at Azul Fives Luxury Resort (this is a value of 10,000 pesos!).

From the bottom of my heart, I thank each of you for your support.
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Heather & Russell,

BRAVO!!!!! Congratulations on 3rd Place!!!! Thank you for your incredible fund raising for sponsorships!!!!! You two are simply WONDERFUL!!! You help make a huge difference is the lives of animals in Playa.

I love your costumes!! I can hardly recognize you!!!

Love you both Dearly!!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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Sorry to have just missed out on the fun but it feels so good to donate : )
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Well...Team KoolferKats only came in 3rd place for the Scavenger Hunt, but we SURE had a fun time trying to win! We are both pretty competitive people, so we tried our best, but couldn't beat Team Puma or Team Hello Kitty.



We DID, however, achieve our most important goal, which was to BE THE TEAM THAT RAISED THE MOST MONEY, and we have ONLY our generous sponsors to thank for that.

Team KoolferKats raised 1,253 usd and 1,300 pesos!! That is incredible and I just can't thank our sponsors enough.

Figuring that it costs around 25 usd to spay/neuter a cat or dog at Coco's, the amount our team raised can sterilize about 54 animals. Estimating that each of these animals would have 3 litters of 5 babies each, this amount alone prevents hundreds of births--babies that would otherwise wind up living short, miserable lives on the streets, starving and unloved. This cause is so dear to my heart and I am inordinately grateful--beyond my ability to express--to all of our sponsors for their compassion and commitment to reducing the suffering of these innocents.

As promised, in the next day or two we will hold our 'sponsor raffle,' in which we will raffle off at random to one of our sponsors a gift certificate to Carboncitos restaurant and a 3 day/2 night all-inclusive stay at Azul Fives Luxury Resort (this is a value of 10,000 pesos!).

From the bottom of my heart, I thank each of you for your support.
Great job Heather and Russell!
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Congrats!!! Your costumes are great and I wouldn't have recognized either one of you!! Even looking at the pictures now, I cannot find any identifying feature! LOL! Glad you had fun doing this and thank you so much for your all your fundraising!!

I am not missing this next year! I already submitted a request for these days off through work!
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THANK YOU from COCO'S!!!

We want to thank Heather and Russell for their great effort to raise money for Coco's cat Rescue! They suceeded in winning first place of raising the most money in Sponsorship for their team Kool Fur Kats!!!! thank you all who helped support them and Coco's!
Heather and Russell have become a big part of our organization and we are so grateful! Thank you!

They come to a party... Ready for fun!
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As promised, Team KoolferKats (Russell and I) have raffled off the two incentive prizes we offered our generous sponsors.

Here are the winners:

CARBONCITOS gift certificate:

Sharon Horn!

and

Azul Fives 3 day/2 night stay:
Jorge Armenta

Thank all of you again, so much, for your generosity and compassion in supporting a cause that is dear to both of our hearts.

We love you. xoxoxo
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As promised, Team KoolferKats (Russell and I) have raffled off the two incentive prizes we offered our generous sponsors.

Here are the winners:

CARBONCITOS gift certificate:

Sharon Horn!

and

Azul Fives 3 day/2 night stay:
Jorge Armenta

Thank all of you again, so much, for your generosity and compassion in supporting a cause that is dear to both of our hearts.

We love you. xoxoxo

Awesome!!

Heather - I told Michael what you and Russell were doing, and of course he wanted to sponsor your team! I told him that he had to sponsor us first!... So instead he bought raffle tickets...LOL
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