Grill’d

Apr 10, 2012

Great news! ARF been nominated to participate in the Grill’d Local Matters donation programme at Grill’d Belconnen this month.

Every month, Grill’d Belconnen is donating $500 to local groups and asking their customers to decide who the money goes to.

Help us fill this Jar.

When customers buy a burger, they will receive a token to put into one of three jars representing different groups. Whoever has the most tokens at the end of the month receives $300. The other two groups receive $100 each.

To do your bit to help the cause, spread the word and head on down to Grill’d Belconnen.

Grill’d can be found at
Westfield Belconnen
Level 3 (next to Target)

Open every day from 11am to 9 pm Sunday to Wednesday
and 11 am to 10 pm Thursday to Saturday

1st Jerrabomberra Joeys

Mar 26, 2012

Raelene accepts the Joey Scouts' gift of food to help ARF dogs

For a number of years 1st Jerrabomberra Joey Scouts have been associated with ARF.  Joey Scouts are the youngest members of the Scouting movement in Australia and their motto is ‘Help other people’.  By giving a gift of dog food to help an ARF dog, the Joey Scouts of 1st Jerrabomberra feel they are helping other people and the dogs in their community.

The Joey Scouts choose a dog from the ARF website and give a gift of dog food as part of their Promise Challenge badge.  This badge is the highest level badge a Joey Scout can be awarded.  When the Joey Scout is awarded the Promise Challenge badge a representative from ARF is invited to the ceremony and is presented with the gift of dog food.  In appreciation of their donation to the ARF the Joey Scout receives a photo of the dog that they have chosen.

The Promise Challenge badge presentation ceremony is one of the highlights of a Joey Scouts adventure and all the Joey Scouts eagerly look forward to the day when they can give a gift to an ARF dog!

Winners are ALDI Grinners!

Jun 25, 2011

ARF are not the only ones to be celebrating our 10th birthday this year. Aldi Supermarkets also mark their tenth year in Australia and, to celebrate, ran a competition offering $10,000 to spend at Aldi for each of ten groups, including sporting groups, schools and non-profit organisations.

With $100,000 up for grabs, the competition was hot and the talented ARFers decided to give it a go with this poem composed by our very own Domestic Animal Services Liaison Officer extraordinaire and temp testing stalwart, Beverley. This is what she wrote:

That we save from local pounds.

Well—Aldi must have been impressed and are clearly dog lovers too because we won! Using our nominated Aldi store at Tuggeranong, ARF plans spend the $10,000 to stock up on all sorts of dog and people equipment.

We’ll also build up products and prizes for our stalls and events such as the annual Trivia Night and Raffle.This win means a great deal for ARF in terms of equipment to support all our activities.We were desperately in need of a new laptop for our temperament testing team so this was our first “purchase” and it is already in operation, along with plenty of memory sticks for files and pictures.This money will make a huge difference for ARF, so please tell all your friends that ALDI is really helping community groups in a direct and practical way’.

 Thank you Aldi and thank you Liz Oliver (foster carer) for drawing our attention to the competition.