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Our SPAY IT FORWARD BANQUET is on APRIL 15th and to go along with 50/50 tickets we also have RAFFLE TICKETS to sell! You can't beat these amazing prizes!
1. $400 GIFT CARD FROM CO-OP!
2. $400 GIFT CARD FROM VALLEY MEAT PACKERS!
3. CAMPFIRE PACKAGE FROM HOME HARDWARE (retail value $700)
4. $400 GIFT CARD FROM PETRO CAN (Sap Gas)
5. 55" HISENSE SMART TV FROM DUFRESNE (retail value $600)
Message us to purchase or etransfer us at (svaplshelter@gmail.com)! Please put in the message what you are wanting to purchase (which tickets)! Each RAFFLE ticket is $10 or you can purchase any THREE tickets for only $20!
ADDED: THE LIST OF PLACES BELOW HAVE THE FOLLOWING TICKETS (as of Tuesday 24, 2023):
1. Vet Clinic -- 50/50 & all Raffle tickets
2. Work World -- 50/50 tickets
3. Formo Motors -- 50/50 tickets
4. Home Hardware — 50/50 & all Raffle tickets
You can also purchase from me (Lisa) at the shelter. I do have all tickets including the actual banquet tickets. I'm usually there from 230-430 Mon-Thurs. I'm also there Fridays from 1030-230 and Saturdays from 230-430!
You can also etransfer as stated above! I will update the list of places selling tickets when i know they have them!
1. $400 GIFT CARD FROM CO-OP!
2. $400 GIFT CARD FROM VALLEY MEAT PACKERS!
3. CAMPFIRE PACKAGE FROM HOME HARDWARE (retail value $700)
4. $400 GIFT CARD FROM PETRO CAN (Sap Gas)
5. 55" HISENSE SMART TV FROM DUFRESNE (retail value $600)
Message us to purchase or etransfer us at (svaplshelter@gmail.com)! Please put in the message what you are wanting to purchase (which tickets)! Each RAFFLE ticket is $10 or you can purchase any THREE tickets for only $20!
ADDED: THE LIST OF PLACES BELOW HAVE THE FOLLOWING TICKETS (as of Tuesday 24, 2023):
1. Vet Clinic -- 50/50 & all Raffle tickets
2. Work World -- 50/50 tickets
3. Formo Motors -- 50/50 tickets
4. Home Hardware — 50/50 & all Raffle tickets
You can also purchase from me (Lisa) at the shelter. I do have all tickets including the actual banquet tickets. I'm usually there from 230-430 Mon-Thurs. I'm also there Fridays from 1030-230 and Saturdays from 230-430!
You can also etransfer as stated above! I will update the list of places selling tickets when i know they have them!
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Shelter Update...
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Shelter is still a work in progress, but we have been able to move the cats into their new space June 22. Most of them are enjoying the new space, a few are still shy and hiding. Thank you to everyone who has helped, sponsored and donated. It is truly appreciated! What a great community we live in.
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Currently working on Phase 3 of the shelter, which is the interior framing and electrical. There is some plumbing work left left to complete from Phase 2 .
Thank you to Spruce Products, LP, Ladel Construction (Lance Delaurier), Joey Slack of JK Painting, Home Hardware, Pleasant Valley Cabinets, Valley Doors for the donations of materials. |
Progress is good, especially when people come together to make things work out in the nick of time. Thankfully we were blessed with an extended fall and SVAPL was able to make some more headway at the new shelter before winter arrived. A few things checked off the list include the exterior insulation for the planned heated slab, exterior trenching and installation of the electrical service and water/septic lines. With these essential components complete, SVAPL can continue with construction and fundraising efforts, and move closer to having an operating shelter.
Thank you to those who took time from their busy schedules these last few weeks to get the shelter project to the next phase. Thanks to Spruce Products Limited (SPL), Cooks Bros., Rose Custom Building, Dee’s Electric, Valley Plumbing, Taylor Electric and Manitoba Hydro. Visit our website to see our Raise the Rescue Sponsors and learn more about our sponsorship program. www.svapl.ca
Thank you to those who took time from their busy schedules these last few weeks to get the shelter project to the next phase. Thanks to Spruce Products Limited (SPL), Cooks Bros., Rose Custom Building, Dee’s Electric, Valley Plumbing, Taylor Electric and Manitoba Hydro. Visit our website to see our Raise the Rescue Sponsors and learn more about our sponsorship program. www.svapl.ca
Our New Shelter
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Well now isn't THIS exciting? We are officially just about done PHASE 1 for the new shelter! The building is up but we are far from being open for business.
We will soon be sending out tender requests for the inside of the building to be completed. This, we expect, to be the most expensive part. Cement floors, walls for each room, plumbing and electrical. This will add up quickly! With COVID, the restrictions have hindered us even further. We already do not qualify for most government grants, but we now are unable to do the majority of our fundraising with BBQ's, banquets, garage sales or selling tickets at our local grocery stores. What we need to complete Phase 2 will be replies to our tenders once posted. We need someone that will be able to oversee Phase 2...such as a project manager. We need FUNDS! We will share our Raise the Rescue Sponsorship Program below and if you have any questions, feel free to PM us! ANY donation big or small will help us reach our goal! Originally, we hoped to be open by 2020 but clearly that hasn't happened. Our goal now is to be open before snowfall this year...2021! Help us help all those dogs and cats without voices or a safe place to go! We absolutely cannot do this without our community and this shelter is for our community! Welcome to the ending of Phase 1 and the beginning of Phase 2. To those who have donated and sponsored us to get this far, we THANK YOU! Your help is making this rescue dream come true! We are so excited to see the progress so far and to continue watching the progress going forward! |
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Jim and Marie Hogg FoundationSeveral years ago Jim and Marie Hogg, donated $20,000 to SVAPL, through the SVCF. This money is a never-ending source of income for SVAPL. The original money is never touched; we receive the interest on that money each year.
Marie- Born Anna Marie Ingvartsen, in Jutland, Denmark in 1922. She and her family immigrated to Canada in 1927. They settled in Marshall, Sask., and after four years moved to Swan River, where she received her education. At the age of 20 she moved to Winnipeg, where she worked at various jobs, and met and married Jim Hogg. (She just passed away this spring 2015) Jim- Born in Pipestone, Mb. in 1925, the youngest of 6 children. He, together with his widowed mother and siblings moved to Swan River in the early 1930's, which is where he received his education. He joined the RCAF and spent a year in England. Most of his working life he was employed by Swan River-The Pas, and by CNR. (He passed away a few years ago now.) Jim and Marie were real animal lovers, and believed very strongly in animal protection agencies, making numerous and substantial donations, both in Winnipeg and in Swan River. |
Hey everyone. We have decided to CANCEL our Spay it Forward banquet for this year because of the continuing uncertainty with COVID 19. We are tentatively planning to hold it as usual in the spring on April 10, 2021. We will continue to sell our raffle and 50/50 tickets with a new draw date of Sept 30, 2020, so don't miss out on the opportunity to get your tickets today for some awesome prizes! Contact any member for tickets or message us here. E-transfers are accepted for payment, just be sure to include a message as to what you would like for tickets. You can email us at svapl2010@hotmail.com.
We can definitely give you a refund on any banquet tickets purchased, or if you wish to consider it a donation, please let us know and we will issue you a charitable tax receipt.
Thank you to everyone for understanding, and please contact us if you have any questions!
We can definitely give you a refund on any banquet tickets purchased, or if you wish to consider it a donation, please let us know and we will issue you a charitable tax receipt.
Thank you to everyone for understanding, and please contact us if you have any questions!
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SVAPL has some exciting news! We are planning on building a BRAND NEW SHELTER closer to Swan River! That’s right, we are ON THE MOVE and we need YOUR HELP. Our target date to be in our new shelter location is OCTOBER 1, 2019.
Donations - Of all kinds! Donations of building supplies, labor, aggregate, concrete, monetary donations, you name it! Moving help - Someone with experience moving small buildings etc, to come to the shelter and help us decide what can be moved and how we will go about it, permits required, etc. We will also need help with packing and moving supplies, so if you have a truck, equipment, or willing hands to help, let us know! If you think you have something to offer us in the way of supplies or volunteer help, please give us a call! Watch our Facebook page and website (svapl.ca) for updates, and please contact us if you or anyone you know can help us! Call 1-888-212-6385 or email us at svapl2010@hotmail.com. |
SPAY IT FORWARD: SVAPL SPRING BANQUET
Wow!! We are so honored to accept this award! Thank you so much Laing Family Foundation.
Christmas Paw Prints - With Formo Motors and Cyndi Miles Design
A huge thank you to Formo Motors, Cyndi Miles Design, and Lorri-Ann Munro for all the gracious help and generosity with our Christmas Paw Prints fundraiser, which was held early December at Formo Motors. The fundraiser was a great success, and we look forward to doing it again next year!
We are very lucky for such generous support!
We are very lucky for such generous support!
Puurfect Poses Contest
CONTEST TIME! We LOVE updates on all the SVAPL rescues so why not make it fun for everyone to see how gorgeous your furbaby is today? Get your cameras in focus and be sure to read the rules! Let's see all those PURRFECT POSES!
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IT'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! Howie and Len are running the MEAT DRAW again every FRIDAY NIGHT between 6-8pm at the SWAN SPORTS LOUNGE (starting this Friday the 4th)! There are FOUR draws at only $5 each! The meat is supplied by VALLEY MEAT PACKERS and is perfect for all your summertime BBQing! Proceeds will be donated to us at the SVAPL! If you'd like to help support your local shelter show up at the Swan Sports Lounge and buy some tickets! If you're unable to make it out but still want to support the SVAPL Meat Draw, you can leave your ticket money with Jodi at the Lounge and she'll make sure your name gets into the draws! Be sure to leave your number so we can contact you when you WIN BIG! THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME SUPPORT! Hope to see you there!
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SVAPL Secretary Kelsa Unruh (with help from her son) accepts a cheque for $240 from ESRSS student council President Maliya Graham and Vice President Mackenzie Lukey. ESRSS raised the money through their hotdog and popcorn sale, and donated it to SVAPL! Way to go kids, our furry friends are ever so grateful!
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SVAPL would like to send out a HUGE thank you to The Parent Pack!! This wonderful group put on a big garage sale at the Elbert Chartrand Friendship centre today and donated the proceeds, over $1200, to SVAPL and all of our furry friends!! Thanks to everyone who donated goods to sell, or came out to shop today. Also thanks to everyone for helping out and working so hard to make this happen! To all of you that bought 50/50 tickets and SVAPL merchandise, or donated money or bought memberships, thank you so much! We are so appreciative!
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I hope you went to Shivers on Sunday Oct 1 for your last day of summer ice cream!! Carmela recruited Holly, Jessica, Sierra from SVAPL to help, and a few others to give her a hand for a busy day. Shivers is donating a whopping 50% of her sales from yesterday to SVAPL! Thank you so much Carmela and Shivers!
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Kyla Tibbett, treasurer for SVAPL, presents 50/50 Winner Kevin Sprong with his cheque for $880! Mr. Sprong generously donated back a large portion of his winnings! Congratulations, and thank you Mr. Sprong!
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These guys! A big thank you goes out to the Elbert Chartrand Friendship Centre 4-H group, who made crafts and sold them at a craft sale, then donated the proceeds of $200 to their furry friends at SVAPL!! Thanks kids, this will go a long way toward helping the cats and dogs at the shelter! |
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Swan Valley Credit Union has a "Jean's Day", where staff pay money to wear their jeans to work. At the end of the year, they donate the funds collected to a lucky local organization! This year, they chose SVAPL!! Thanks so much to the staff at the Credit Union, our furry friends appreciate it! Pictured below is SVCU staff member Melissa presenting the cheque for $2,000 to Dave Theunissen, past Treasurer for SVAPL!
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These two, along with the rest of us at SVAPL, would like to thank Dave Theunissen for years of volunteer work as the Treasurer of SVAPL. He has retired this year, but will hopefully continue to come to meetings and make us laugh with his stories! Dave has done a bang up job and has helped us in so many ways. Thank you Dave! |
Stephanie Coleman and friends raised $700 that they donated to SVAPL for a 5 KM run they completed! Our furry friends are ever so grateful! Thank you!
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A colorful THANK YOU to the Visual Arts class at SVRSS as well as the business class that took on the project to promote this gorgeous coloring book! For $10 you can purchase one of these coloring books that highlights the Swan River Valley (available at the Tourist Info building or the high school). We were presented with a cheque of the proceeds of this awesome project of $150!!! Thank you, Charlene Rooks for all you've done with your students for us! Our furbabies thank you all!
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A big thank you to Y Not Johnny's! |
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There isn't a big enough THANK YOU that can be said to Gifford and Lorraine Grant for building a new DUAL "Summer Camp". This gorgeous building will house many of our cats throughout the warmer weather but will also be able to be used for outdoor cats in the winter! It is fully covered and will house a number of heated, insulated cat boxes to keep toasty warm during the chilly nights. Our old "summer camp" was originally a bird enclosure that we started using for the cats and is barely holding together anymore. It will be torn down as soon as we can get some help! This new camp has TWO enclosures therefore allowing more of our feline friends to enjoy fresh air in a large space! THANK YOU GIFFORD AND LORRAINE GRANT! The shelter is filled with the sound of happy, purring kitties!
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Well folks, here is the lucky winner of the 50/50 draw from the banquet on Saturday Sept 24th. Jon Fleming accepts his cheque for $910.67 from SVAPL President, Sherry Markle.
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A huge thank you goes out to Jason and Robyn Eisner of Liquidation Direct in Swan River, for a very generous donation of $1000.00 in memory of Robbie Anderson!! Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated and will help us out a lot. From all of your furry friends at SVAPL, thank you so much! Pictured below is Audrey Sercombe, accepting a cheque from Jason and Robyn Eisner.
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These guys decided to put up a Snack Shack, and wanted to donate half the money they made to SVAPL! Storm, Rayna, Noah, Rile and Maddix gave us $52, which will help us out, so thank you from the animals! The kids are pictured here with their Snack Shack, and with Audrey at the shelter.
GO FUND ME DONATIONS
SVAPL has decided to reach out even further for support, and has started a Go Fund me campaign. Every little bit helps us to help the animals and find them their homes. There are a lot of costs associated with running the shelter, and a lot of work goes into keeping the shelter in good working conditions so the animals are comfortable and taken care of until they are adopted.
For more information or to donate please click on the link below. Thank you for all of your support.
For more information or to donate please click on the link below. Thank you for all of your support.
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A huge thanks to the staff and owners at Aspire Dental Clinic. They held a BBQ during their grand opening on August 25th with the proceeds going to SVAPL. They raised a total of $751.60 to donate to us!! Thank you so much from all of our furry friends!
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A huge shout out to Jennifer Poole of Jennifer Paige photography, and to all the First Responder's (RCMP, Paramedics, Fire Fighters) who came out for the photo shoots for our 2017 calendar!! They are on order, and hopefully will be in on time to sell at our annual Banquet, coming up on September 24th. Watch for them, this is the calendar you will want on your wall! The pictures are fabulous!
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The Birch River school fund raised $500 to donate to a charity of their choice. They chose to give half the money to the Heart and Stroke foundation, and half to SVAPL!! Thank you so much kids! Your donation of $250 for the shelter will go a long way toward helping out the animals! You guys are AWESOME!
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The Home Hardware Community Store in Minitonas held a BBQ lunch and raised $655 for Swan Valley Animal Protection League. Connie Waito (right), owner, is pictured here presenting a cheque to Sherry Martin of SVAPL. The store also collected paper towel, cat food and javex to donate to the shelter! Thank you so much to the owners and staff and to all those who supported the BBQ lunch. Our furry friends appreciate your help! Donations such as these keep our shelter going. |
Thank so much from all of us at SVAPL to the following groups: The Swan River Fun Run, which took place on June 5th, and the friends from the Swan River Sports Lounge. The Fun Run group decided to donate the proceeds from their run this year, totalling $855, to SVAPL! Thanks so much to the participants and organizers of this run! The friends from the Swan River Sports Lounge donated the proceeds of their meat draw to SVAPL in the amount of $740, in memory of Robbie Anderson. Thank you so much to everyone who participated in these events! We are so grateful for these and all donations to our group. The generosity of the businesses and individuals who continue to support us allow us to keep rescuing and helping animals in need. Your kindness is much appreciated by our furry friends!
ResQwalk is a FREE mobile app that enables you to raise money and resources for animal welfare organizations, simply by walking. Each month we announce a ResQpool of cash and other resources that have been provided by corporate sponsors. In order to earn part of the pool for your favorite animal welfare organization, all you have to do is download the ResQwalk app and start walking!
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We would like to thank everyone that helped make our Garage Sale a success! Special mention to Bev & Albert for the use of their garage and Silvia for all the wonderful baking! To all those that donated items, helped set up & take down, anyone who came and assisted buyers and to anyone that visited us to purchase an item or two...A HUGE THANK YOU! Because of all of you, we raised approximately $1200! |
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Cookie Dough, along with all of the dogs and cats at the shelter, would like to take this opportunity to say a big Thank You to the Swan Valley Credit Union for their contribution toward our Water Project through the Community Matters Grant! The volunteers and animals alike LOVE having running water at the shelter. It makes life so much easier for everyone, and we are very grateful!
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Thank you to everyone who donated to the SVAPL luncheon. We have wonderful supporters!! Another big thank you to all who volunteered and attended the luncheon!
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Three ways to donate:
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Subscribe to Automatic Monthly Withdrawals. Pick on of the three options from the drop down menu which will be withdrawn monthly from your bank account.
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Make a one time donation in an amount of your choosing.
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Send a Christmas Card to a loved one or a friend in lieu of a gift.
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All donations will receive a tax receipt.
