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There are many events throughout the year which you can participate in to help the Ontario SPCA Orangeville & District Branch. For more information about the events listed below, please contact Carol Hulcoop at chulcoop@ospca.on.ca or contact the Branch at orangeville@ospca.on.ca or (519) 942-3140.

If you are interested in hosting your own event with the proceeds going to the Ontario SPCA Orangeville & District Branch to help animals, please let us know by emailing orangeville@ospca.on.ca. We can provide you with more information on how this can be done and we'd also love to thank you! If you are interested in sponsoring an event, or would like to learn more about upcoming opportunities, please let us know!

Please support our events

Our events throughout the year are especially important to us because the Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District Branch relies primarily on the involvement and generosity of the community to care for hundreds of homeless animals every year. Check this page regularly for updates on the many special events that help care for the stray and abandoned animals in this community. Please come out and join us. It's always a great time for a good cause.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR 2009



March 26 to 28 Orangeville Home Show
MAKE YOUR ROOM A DREAM ROOM WITH DECORATING DEN 'ASK THE DECORATOR'.

For a donation you will have the opportunity to ask Marg Anquetil décor questions. Proceeds will help the animals at the Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District Branch

DECORATOR: MARG ANQUETIL, DDCD of INTERIORS BY DECORATING DEN



April 18 - Spring Garden Lunch and Silent Auction

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:
Orangeville Flowers and Greenhouse Ltd.
Jane Van Eik , Century 21 Forall Realty Ltd. Brokerage
RONA Building Centre
Orangeville Salt and Soil Supply Inc.

One99 Restaurant is giving each luncheon guest a 'Free birthday dinner' voucher.

The Caledon Country Club is the location for the 2010 Spring Garden Lunch; The River Room will be beautiful and bright decorated with a spring theme. Guests will enjoy a delicious lunch created by Chef Mike, bid on numerous great items displayed at silent auction tables and enjoy a fun presentation from Sonia Day ­ gardener and writer with Canadian Gardening Magazine

Tickets are $25.00 per person and available through:

  • BookLore, 121 First Street, Orangeville 519-942-3830
  • Orangeville Flowers and Greenhouses, 78 John St. 519-941-2592
  • OSPCA Orangeville and District Branch Adoption Centre, 650 Riddell Road. 519-942-3140 – you may call to purchase your tickets by credit card.
You can reserve a table of 10 or 8, bring your friends, this is a fun and informative afternoon.

Schedule:
12:00pm guests are welcomed into the River Room
Browse and bid at the silent auction tables filled with fabulous donated items 1:00 lunch is served
1:45 silent auction table 1 closes
2:00 – 3:00 presentation by Sonia Day
3:00 - 3:30 final bids on the silent auction
3:30 silent auction table 2 closes, cash out and check out of guests

Sonia Day, Toronto Star gardening writer and humour columnist for Canadian Gardening, reveals what it's like with her lively presentation "Adventures In My Country Garden." Ten years ago, on impulse, Sonia and her partner bought a ramshackle house and 48 overgrown acres west of Orangeville. She's just written a memoir about their ups and downs there called "Middle-aged Spread, Moving to the Country at 50". Sonia will entertain us and reveal what really happens when you swap urban comforts for a radically different lifestyle "out in the boonies." Sonia¹s presentations are fun and informative.

The proceeds from this very important fundraising event will go towards the care of the stray, abandoned and neglected animals that we give a temporary home to. Our fund raising events and donations ensure that we provide the best care to animals at the shelter and allow us to support the cruelty investigations and emergency services throughout Dufferin County.

CALEDON COUNTRY CLUB DIRECTIONS:
From Orangeville
Highway 10 south to Olde Baseline Rd. - aka: Peel Road 12.
Turn right and continue past McLaughlin Rd.
The driveway will be on the left as you begin up the hill. (South side of Olde Baseline)
2121 Olde Baseline Road, Inglewood
(905) 838-0200
www.golfcaledon.com

DONATIONS FOR SILENT AUCTION ARE FROM THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES
Aardvark Music & Culture
Blighty’s Tuck Store
Cobwebs & Caviar
Creek Side Clothing Co.
Dragonfly Park Jewelry Designs
Fabricland
Fleurelle
French’s Flowers N'More
From the Kitchen to the Table
Glasscraft
Glassy Gals
Grand Valley Wellness Clinic, Jennifer Smith
The Green Earth Store
Greenhawk Harness and Equestrian Supplies
Hallmark Cards
Harmony Whole Foods Market
Heads to Toes Shoppe and Mobile Beauty Services
Holmes Agro
Home Depot
Kids Can Do
Millcroft Inn and Spa
One99 Restaurant
Orangeville Flowers and Greenhouse Ltd.
Orangeville Paint and Wallpaper
Orangeville Precast
Sounder Light
Sport Mart
The Ascot Room
The Bevelled Edge Gallery
The Chocolate Shop
The Quest for Cakes Bakery
Tripcentral
Village Coffee House and Espresso Bar
Xocai - The Healthy Chocolate

Donations of items for the silent auction are being accepted. Please call 519 942-3140 and talk to Barb.



Friends for Life! Walk-a-thon 2010
In support of the
Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District Branch
Sunday May 2, 2010 - 10:00am
Alder Street Recreation Centre, 275 Alder Street

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:
Tim Hortons
Scotiabank
Rogers TV
The Banner
Global Pet Foods
The Photography Studio - Paul George Photographer
Mark's Work Wearhouse
Club Paws and Tidy Paws
Shoeless Joe's Orangeville
Galaxy Cinemas
Jewel 88.5
Kelsey's Restaurant
Universal Rental Services

Walk, woof and wag in support of the animals.
Put your best paws forward!
Have fun walking the 5km route on the Orangeville Trailways.

Directions to the Alder Street Recreation Centre, 275 Alder Street, Orangeville:
From Broadway and Riddell, go south on Riddell to Alder Street. The Recreation Centre is located on the northeast corner of Alder and Riddell.
Registration and start are from the Red Rink at the rear of the building.

TO SPONSOR A PARTICIPANT OR REGISTER ONLINE - CLICK HERE

Each year the Ontario SPCA provides protection, care, sheltering, and re-homing for thousands of animals. The Ontario SPCA also advocates for stronger animal protection laws – provincially and nationally. Your participation will help ensure our continued voice for all animals across Ontario.

The walk is an event to raise financial support and awareness for the protection and care of all animals in our community. The walk begins at the Alder Street Recreation Centre with registration and coffee. The participants and their dogs walk a 5km route along the Orangeville Mill Creek Trailway system and come back to the Recreation Centre for lunch and a fun dog contest.

GUIDELINES

  • Everyone is welcome, with our without an animal friend
  • We walk – even if it’s raining cats and dogs, so please come prepared
  • Please stoop and scoop – don’t bend and pretend – this is a Town of Orangeville by-law
  • Animals must be leashed at all times. If your pet doesn’t enjoy the company of other animals or people, please leave them at home.
  • All participants (or guardians if under 18) must sign in at registration prior to starting the walk

10:00am - Registration begins
11:00am - Walk begins
12:00pm - Lunch for participants
10:00am – 3:00pm Pet Portraits by The Photography Studio - Paul George Photographer
10:00am – 2:00pm - Dog Nail Clipping
12:30pm – 2:30pm - Fun Dog Contest

  • You must be registered to walk – register online or at the event
  • Free parking
  • Enjoy Tim Hortons coffee and Tim Bits at registration
  • Enjoy lunch after the walk
  • Water for two and four-legged walkers will be available on the route
  • Veterinary first aid will be provided during the event
  • St. Johns Ambulance attendants will be on site

FUNDRAISING TIPS Set a goal for the animals…the more money you raise the more money that goes to helping our furry friends at the Adoption Centre.

Save time…register and collect pledged online!

  • Take the lead – sponsor yourself with a high pledge and then start pawing your friends for pledges today.
  • Check with your employer – see if they have a matching gift program or are willing to make a corporate donation. This may double your pledges.
  • Get a team together – talk to coworkers, friends and family and walk with your ‘Friends for Life’ Team.
  • Raise funds in honour or memory of loved one or pet.
  • Host a fundraiser to support your goal.

Raise Funds and Earn Prizes. It’s our way of saying thanks.
Raise $75.00 and receive an Ontario SPCA Friends for Life! Walk-a-Thon T-shirt
Raise $150.00 and receive Walkers Fanny Pack with Pedometer
Raise $250.00 and receive Envirosax tote bag 'dog design'
Raise $300.00 and receive Galaxy Movie passes for two
Raise $500.00 and receive $25.00 Kelsey’s Restaurants gift certificate
Raise $700.00 and receive $50.00 Mark Work Wearhouse gift certificate
Raise $1000.00 and receive an Apple iPod shuffle 2GB

TOP DOG FUNDRAISER – the person with the highest pledge for the day over $1000 will receive a NIKON 10MP COOL PIX DIGITAL CAMERA

TOP TEAM FUNDRAISER – The team (maximum of 8 on a team) will receive a prize TBD
Raise at least $75 in pledges to receive one lunch ticket and a walk T-shirt. For each family member to receive a T-shirt, EACH member must raise at least $75.

TOP PRIZE - Walt Disney All-Star Resort Holiday Trip for Two All participants will receive a ballot for every $25 raised. Completed ballots will be entered in a draw for a chance to win this amazing holiday prize package. The trip includes return airfare from Toronto, transfers to and from Orlando International Airport, a standard hotel room and 7 day Park Hopper passes (does not include water parks). Draw will be held in September 2010.
Generously Sponsored by Gerry M. Lougheed Jr. and his Friend for Life, Louis McBuddy.

SPECIAL BULLETIN!
In 2008 and 2009 this wonderful prize was won by a participant from Orangeville. Raise lots for the animals and get lots of ballots for this great Holiday Trip for Two.

FUN DOG CONTESTS:
Have you been told you’re a dead ringer for your dog? Can your dog do an amazing trick? Prizes will be awarded for the best of show in these Dog Contest Categories:

  • Smallest Dog
  • Largest Dog
  • Looks most like the owner
  • Best Trick for Junior Handler (kids age 10 and under)
  • Best Trick for Youth Handler (age 11 – 17)
  • Best Trick for Adult Handler
  • Best Outfit / Costume

VENDORS WELCOME – Do you make or have a pet related product that you would like to promote and sell to 200 plus animal lovers! Perhaps you make your own dog cookies, cat scratch posts, have your own pet clothing line or have your own line of Leashes and Collars…then this is the place for you. Set up a booth of your product and join the cause. Cost of inside 10’ booth space is $50.00 - bring your own table. Call Barb McCreath to reserve your area.
Barb home office – 905-838-4448

SPONSORS:
Tim Hortons
Scotiabank
Rogers TV
The Banner
Global Pet Foods
The Photography Studio - Paul George Photographer
Mark's Work Wearhouse
Club Paws and Tidy Paws
Shoeless Joe's Orangeville
Galaxy Cinemas
Jewel 88.5
Kelsey's Restaurant
Universal Rental Services

SUPPORTERS:
The Groom Meister
Pat Pirie – Hair of the Dog

VENDOR BOOTHS:
DNA MY DOG

Find out what your dog breeding is.
Your dog’s unique DNA
Every dog has its own unique DNA. DNA My Dog provides you with a kit and very simple instructions for swabbing the cheeks of your dog and collecting your dog's DNA samples. The test is easy, painless and takes under a minute.

After we receive your samples, they are processed and run through DNA My Dog’s laboratory partner's extensive database of certified dog breeds. All DNA matches from the unique cheek cells of your dog are recorded and you get a perfect snapshot of every breed your dog has in his or her heritage. It’s that easy! Your results include:
- A custom photo certificate of the breed composition of your dog.
- A report on your dog’s dominant breeds, personality traits and health concerns.
- A percentage breakdown of each level of each breed found in your dog’s unique DNA.

Visit www.dnamydog.com to see all the details.
Price is Only $59.99
$10 is donated to the Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District Branch for every test sold through the Walk-a-thon.

FORMS:
2010 OSPCA Pledge Form
2010 OSPCA Waiver




Tag Days in Orangeville
DATE: June 18 and June 19
PHONE: 519 942-3140
WEB SITE: www.orangeville.ontariospca.ca
LOCATION: at store locations throughout Orangeville
INFORMATION: Donations received by the volunteers help care for the animals in the community.



BARC Camp

It’s an animal camp.
It’s a kids camp.
It’s a kids and animals and awesome life skills camp!

The Ontario SPCA has some big ideas to teach your little people. BARC – Basic Animal Responsibility Camp – is a weeklong humane education program offered to children aged 7-12. It really is perfect for kids who love animals, but it’s also an extraordinary opportunity go beyond that love, to learn more about the animal world they live in and how to become responsible citizens of that world. Let us tell you what we mean.

First, a bit about humane education: with three main goals, humane education first strives to provide accurate information about current issues, to help us all understand the consequences of our decisions. A second goal of humane education is to instill respect and responsibility, so we can face challenges and respond to them with integrity. And finally, humane education seeks to offer positive choices that benefit the individual, animals, and the environment so we can be empowered to create a more humane world.

To teach children these principles, BARC will break down into four exciting theme days. We’ll journey through the skies one day, travel the seas and waterways on another, visit the wild animals of the land on a third day, and bring the kids ‘home’ to discuss domestic animals on a fourth in-camp day. And on each of these days, we’ll talk not only about the creatures in each of their respective environments, but also how our activities (as humans) affect animals’ lives and worlds, and what we can do to mitigate those effects.

Location: Monora Park Pavilion, 733220 Highway 10

Two weeks of Camps are offered
July 26 to 30 for campers ages 10 to 12
August 16 to 20 for campers ages 7 to 9

Times: 9:00am – 4:00pm

Cost: $185.00 per child
Registration at the Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District, 650 Riddell Road
Email - lirvine@ospca.on.ca

FOR ALL THE INFORMATION FAQ’S AND CAMP LEADER BIOS – CLICK HERE

Proudly sponsored by:
Town of Mono
Pet Valu Orangeville
Orangeville HONDA



Fore the Animals Golf Tournament
DATE: Monday September 13
PHONE: 519 942-3140
WEB SITE: www.orangeville.ontariospca.ca
LOCATION: Caledon Country Club
INFORMATION: YOU CAN SUPPORT US BY: Becoming a sponsor - donating tournament prizes, door prizes or silent auction items and come out for a fantastic day of golf, lunch, dinner and prizes for only $170.00 plus applicable taxes per person. Dinner only tickets are available. Full tournament of 144 golfers are welcome.



Have a Heart for the Animals

This month, when you buy a paw print, you help provide life saving services for animals in our community. And for that, they thank you. From the tops of their heads to, well, the bottom of their paws. The paw shaped cards are sold for $2.00 in businesses throughout Orangeville and Shelburne.

Purchase your paw at one of the many locations throughout Orangeville and Shelburne.

LOCATIONS:
CIBC, 2 First Street
Dogs We Love, 328 Broadway
F-Stop Cameras, Orangeville Mall
IDA Drugs Caravaggio, Shelburne
Ontario SPCA Adoption Centre, 650 Riddell Road
Orangeville Animal Hospital, 236 Broadway
Orangeville Home Hardware, 60 – 4th Avenue
Paws and Claws Thrift Shops, Orangeville and Shelburne
Meridian Credit Union, 190 Broadway
Mochaberry Coffee & Co Ltd., 177 Broadway
Pet Valu in Zehrs plaza and in Sobeys plaza
RBC Royal Bank, 136 Broadway
Scotiabank, 250 Riddell Road
Scotiabank, 97 First Street
The Quest for Cakes Bakery, 48 Centennial
Westend Veterinary Hospital, 215 Centennial

Our goal is to sell 1000 paw prints this year – help us reach our goal.



Santa Photos with families and pets 2010
DATE: November and December there will be 7 photo shoot days TBA in October
PHONE: 519 942-3140
WEB SITE: www.orangeville.ontariospca.ca
LOCATION: MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC showroom on Hwy 9 East.
INFORMATION: Have your furry friend or the whole family sit with Santa and tell all. The photos are by appointment, call Global Pet Foods 519-925-3471 150 photo sessions were booked in 2008, more sessions have been made available in 2009



Be An Angel – Sponsor an Animal 2010
DATE: month of December and January
PHONE: 519 942-3140
WEB SITE: www.orangeville.ontariospca.ca
INFORMATION: Help an animal that is currently at the Adoption Centre waiting for a loving forever home, be an angel. For a minimum $10 donation you will receive a beautiful card with a photo of an animal that is a current or former resident of the Adoption Centre. The card is yours to take home as a reminder that you are an Angel to the animals. You will make the Holiday Season more joyful for the animals at the Adoption Centre.



SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE WITH ALL FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. Please call Barb McCreath to get any information. Tel: 519 942-3140


Give us your beer, wine and liquor bottle empties - year round

Your empties can fill bellies.

Please bring in your empty beer bottle cases, wine and liquor bottles, plastic wine inserts from boxes and tetra wine boxes. A team of volunteers sort them and get them ready for the Beer Store truck to pick them up for the refund.

Your empty bottle refund can help us to feed our kittens, vaccinate the animals at the shelter and pay for veterinary procedures such as spay and neuters. Every bottle to refund will help us in our daily care of the animals. Just drop the cases and bottles off to the shelter during opening hours and we'll look after the rest.

For large quantities of bottles, please call the office to arrange for us to collect the bottles. Any event that you're having - weddings, birthdays, company get togethers, please think of the animals and bring us your bottles.

If you hate to line up at the Beer Store, just drop off your bottles to us, we appreciate every bottle donated. In February 2009 we have become a Beer Store deposit Depot, because we have so many bottles donated they collect directly from the shelter. How about that. Tel: 519-942-3140