Charity Work - Past Successes
2016
We all like to help others where possible and the Admin and Moderators at Hen’Pals are no different as are our members. Spending many hours brain storming we came up with the idea of hosting an Online Charity Auction. This was perfect as health and fitness didn’t play any part in raising the money so all of our members were able to participate and help out in our journey.
Our first charity auction took place in June 2016 raising much needed funds for a cockerel rescue Big Red Rooster, Cockerel Rescue. The auction went fantastic, raising more than £395.00 for them!
Due to the success of the first auction and the requests from our members to host another one, we agreed to host a 2nd charity auction in August 2016.
We chose to raise funds for Hen Heaven, a sanctuary for chickens and turkeys, and The Poultry Club of Great Britain, to help fund their project of raising awareness of poultry in younger people and help maintain the breeds we know today going strong.
The auction was a huge success raising just over £1005 for them. We were so amazed and humbled at the kindness of others.
A thank you to the following people and businesses and to our members who made the fund raising in 2016 a success.
2017
This auction took place in March 2017 and what an amazing charity auction that took place! With so many kind donations made and many members taking part in bidding wars to win their desired lots, we managed to raise an astounding £1,118.52 for the British Hen Welfare Trust.
The money that has been raised will be used to help build the UK’s first welfare and education centre at their base, Hen Central, in Devon. Not only will the building be a dedicated re-homing centre, it will also give them the opportunity to hold training courses, lectures, talks and much more.
Kind donations to this auction were made by the following companies:
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Some of the wonderful items that were donated to our 2017 Charity Auction
We couldn’t have made this a success without the help of our admin/moderators, our members and all the kindness of the many donations received to make this all happen. We greatly appreciate the efforts of all involved and hope together we can raise much needed funds for charities and rescues in the future.
