NewfStock 2012 was quite simply put, a giant success!
We brought in $20,000 to go towards the care of Newfoundland Dogs
in need in Ontario. What an incredible and worthwhile event!
Thank you to our fabulous team of dedicated and energetic
volunteers, and the incredible support of our donors and supporters!
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| Boum, by Angela Scappatura |
NewfStock took months of planning and preparation,
and
countless hours of volunteer time. Our volunteers planned and
implemented this event, donated raffle items, raised funds, and
worked so hard to make NewfStock a great weekend.
Special thanks to
those of you who came out to work at the event: Paul, Anne, Jen, Kaila, Raph,
Marlis, Celine, Beth, Angela, Carole, Caroline, Carol Ann, Patti,
Glen, Sharon, Janice, Vicki, Bill, Jane, Bob, Allison, Erica, Andrew,
Adrienne, Peggie, Tami, Lori, Peter P, Beth, Joan, Judi, Peter M,
Mac, Mo, and Jim. You guys are the best!
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| Photo by Wayne Allen |
The weekend in review:
Bancroft was a flurry of activity with Newf lovers out and about
shopping and taking in the area sights on the days leading up to and
following the main event. Local area merchants were happy to
welcome such a great bunch of visitors to town.
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
There's one thing we can't do anything about and that's the
weather. The
Friday Swim Date did not go as planned
thanks to torrential downpours, although a few Newfs decided to head
on out and go for a swim anyway – heck, what's a bit of rain when
you're already soaking wet? Most attendees preferred to stay
dry and many ended up coming out and helping our volunteers finish up
our welcome packages and raffle prizes. Thanks everyone for the
extra hands!
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| Kaleb the Leonberger is seen here sporting his donation vest to raise funds for Newf Friends. Photo by Kaila Everest |
Lucky for us, the skies cleared overnight and the weather was
perfect for the main event on Saturday. We enjoyed welcoming over 100
Newfs plus dozens of dogs of other breeds, and several hundred people
throughout the day. Once again, the Newf community really
did us proud by showing what phenomenal dogs these are.
Our big day kicked off with a Parade of Rescues around Millennium
Park. A few remarked how the parade left them with goose bumps.
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to collect
pledges and to all of the people who supported us. The pledge
drive was a tremendous success!
This year's parade was led by the pets and family members of
one of our volunteers who we lost earlier in the week.
HART/Newf Friends volunteer Celine shared a few words about
our
good friend and one of our most devoted volunteers, Dorothy Millen.
Dot was quite the lady, a good friend and an
exceptional example of a volunteer. She will be greatly missed.
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| Parade photo by Lynda McFadden |
Our
Meet the Newfs booth was a new addition to our line-up
this year and it was a huge success! Many of our adopters
attended the event and came out to the booth to introduce their
dogs to our supporters and donors. The booth featured photos
and stories of some of the Newfs who were participating in this
event.
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| Photo by Adam Dutfield |
Our
Merchandise Booth was a popular spot on Saturday!
Our online store will be updated over the next few weeks and we will
start shipping out our holiday orders right away. Details will
be posted up on our blog and Facebook page when we have updated our
online store with all of the amazing new products.
Our 2013 Calendars were launched at NewfStock and they were a HUGE
hit as always. These calendars feature beautiful photos of many
of the dogs who went through our foster program over the last 2
years. They will be available online through our store
shortly.
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| Shoppers were out in full force at our merchandise booth. Photo by Lynda McFadden |
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| Photo by Lynda McFadden | | | |
Our
Penny Raffle table was very popular, featuring
fabulous items donated by our volunteers and supporters. Thank
you to each and every one of you who donated items!
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| Photo by Wayne Allen |
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| Photo by Lynda McFadden |
The
Silent Auction was a huge success thanks to the
generosity of our supporters who donated some truly stunning pieces
for the auction. In addition to the items available for the
online auction, we also had many stunning pieces available onsite.
Thanks to all of our generous donors.
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
We had a bunch of
Games and
one ridiculous Obstacle Course and these were a
load of fun! Thanks to our volunteers Tami, Peggie and of
course Erica and Andrew from Ferghus & Co for doing a fantastic
job with this!
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
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| Photographer Kaila Everest captures this moment where River and her adoptive mom had just completed the obstacle course. River was getting some love from her foster mom Erica as the crowd cheered. River was adopted this past spring after going through our foster program and receiving surgery for bilateral cruciate injuries. |
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| River doing the obstacle course. Photo by Kaila Everest |
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| River doing the obstacle course. Photo by Kaila Everest |
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| River doing the obstacle course. Photo by Kaila Everest |
Saturday's
Weight loss seminar by our fabulous volunteer
Allison Sabo was very well received. Let's get those paws
moving and ensure all of our newfs maintain a healthy weight to
maximize their life!
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| Rupert the Irish Wolfhound towered over the newfs! Photo by Wayne Allen |
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| Photo by Jennifer Kane |
NewfStock would not be complete without the amazing seminars
offered by Joan Fisher. Thanks so much once again, you and your
awesome gal Tiika, and Judi's girl Splash are wonderful. The
carting demo was as always a pleasure to watch.
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
The
grooming seminar was very well attended and there are sure to be many
well groomed Newfs with perfectly trimmed ears thanks to Joan!
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
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| Photo by Adam Dutfield |
New this year was the
Obedience and On-Land Water rescue Demo
performed by Joan and her Newf Tiika. This demo was absolutely
amazing and we are definitely going to make this an even bigger
component of the day at the next NewfStock!
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| Photo by Adam Dutfield -- Tiika is seen here taking a line out to a "drowning victim", then going around the victim to pull her back to "shore" with the line | |
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| Photo by Adam Dutfield - Tiika is pulling a "drowning victim" back to shore with a line |
Kaila and Dr. Jancie helped out with
Ears and Nails.
Thank you ladies for making the newfs at the park look their very
best!
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| Photo by Wayne Allen |
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| Photo by Adam Dutfield |
Dr. Janice Selinger was on hand to offer a
skin seminar which
drew a crowd, and to do an
Ask the Vet Question period.
Thanks Janice for everything you do for Newf Friends and HART!
Our
MC Paul did a fantatic job of running the day and keeping everything moving along. Thank you Paul!
A huge thank you also to
John Foreman and Friends for donating
their time to provide entertainment throughout the day, keeping
everyone's toes tapping. All of the music was fantastic and a perfect
backdrop for the day.
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| Photo by Angela Scappatura |
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| pPo by Lynda McFadden |
We were so pleased to have our friends from the
Newfoundland
Dog Club of Canada and the
Central Ontario Region Club
attend NewfStock. They had a great booth selling NDCC
merchandise, offering information and providing education, giving
away free literature and handing out memberships for the National and
Regional Club. I hope that everyone who picked up a membership
package will join the club. It is through working cooperatively
with the National Club that we as rescuers can hope to have an impact
on the future of our breed, preserve it's heritage, protect the breed
from the damaging effect of back-yard-breeders, and help the breed we
love remain strong, healthy and true to what a Newf should be.
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| Photo by Wayne Allen |
Much thanks to Henry Christiansen, Ross Jackson, Don McLeod
and the
Bancroft
Photography Club for doing our
photo shoot. Photos
from the shoot will be featured in the
2014 calendar and will
be
available online for purchase next year.
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
There were lots of contests and we gave loads of prizes and
awards, the most notable being:
The award for oldest newf went to Nana, owned by Jane and
Bob Clubley. Nana is 12 1/2 years young!
Allison Sabo won the prize for bringing in the most pledges.
Marlis Bartscher flew in from Nova Scotia and took home the
prize for traveling the farthest.
Congratulations!
Our parent organization HART was in attendance and their booth was
a bustle of activity as they sold the last of their
Grand for
Growlers Raffle Tickets, as well as tickets for their huge draw for
the
Broil King Keg BBQ! HART's booth generated an additional
$1552 for HART's All Breed Rescue Program thanks to the hard work of
their fabulous volunteers including HART President Deb Moxam and
HART's All-Breed volunteers Beryl, Pat, Debbie, Helen, Anna, Tina,
Lloyd, Lynn, Wanda, Leeanne and Celina.
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| The HART booth was busy all day. Photo by Lynda McFadden |
The winners of HART's Grand for Growlers Raffle were:
$1,000 Jim George of Bancroft
$500 Craig Steger of Buffalo New York
$200 Marina Fitzpatrick of Whitby
Congratulations winners!
The winner of HART's draw for the Broil King Keg BBQ was Mary
Lefeuvre of Bancroft.
And HART's Door Prize winner was Pat McColl of Bancroft.
The
Sunday hike was a great way to wrap up the weekend,
with about a dozen dogs attending and taking a stroll together
through beautiful Vance Farm Park. We ran into some other
hikers on the trail and there were a lot of wagging tails and ohhs,
and awwwws.
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| Rupert the Irish Wolfhound turned a few heads at NewfStock! Photo by Wayne Allen |
Thanks also to the
Town of Bancroft for the use of
beautiful Millennium Park; area
camp grounds and area
B&Bs where many of the
attendees stayed; and of course to the
Sword Motor Inn for
welcoming a hotel full of Newfs with open arms.
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| Photo by Wayne Allen |
NewfStock 2012 was a tremendous success. Thank you to everyone
who came out to the event and to the whole Newf Friends team who
worked so hard to create a phenomenal weekend for everyone.
Great job everyone I look forward to our next event!
~ Sandra
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| Photo by Angela Scappatura |
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| Photo by Angela Scappatura |
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| Photo by Kaila Everest |
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| Photo by Wayne Allen |
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| Photo by Wayne Allen |
