PRESS RELEASE APRIL 17
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WOOFSTOCK
& BITCHY BINGO
were a Big
Financial Success.
Everyone take a "bow-bow"
for a job well
done! |
The
tents are gone, the bands and comedians have packed
up and left, and by now, the Tecate girls have put
the rest of their clothes back on. For the record,
Woofstock '08 is officially over! 
Here are the numbers San Felipe
Animal Rescue achieved for the entire project,
beginning with raffle ticket sales back in early
October (the winner of the cruise for
two to the Mexican Riviera is Eileen Cremata,
a great supporter of San Felipe Animal Rescue.
She bought 500 raffle tickets, won the cruise, and
then donated the cruise right back to us).
Then came Bitchy Bingo at the Pavillion at el
Dorado Ranch on February 25th, and finally, WOOFSTOCK
 '08 at the Salon in
the Ejido on April 12th.
The
entire project from start to finish raised a whopping
$33,600, with a net profit of $13,000. My promise
to everyone that would hear me, "was all production
expenses would be privately raised", so the
goal amount of $30,000 to fund the 2008
SFAR Spay/Neuter Project would be safe from production
expenses. Unfortunately, the cost of producing
these events was higher than expectations, (what
a surprise, glad I'm sitting
down) and private donations were less than
we projected, (another surprise). Some
say the economy played a big part, but in any
event, it became extremely difficult to raise
the money needed to underwrite the entire project.
That
being said, Woofstock, so far, has
funded two spay/neuter campaigns in Los Gavillanos
in as many months with funds raised. One in February,
and one in March, and another is planned at the
end of this month---and we still have enough money
to fund May, June and July, with definitive fundraising
plans for funding August, September and October.
Another outrageous funding event is planned for
November, when the San Felipe "snowbird" season
officially begins again. SFAR
is on a learning curve with regard to fundraising
in San Felipe. Like every other non-profit in
town, we are all working hard to get the same
dollars from the same people, and we know how
limited those dollars are. Although it's
a big challenge, my feeling is simply that
so long as you deliver an interesting, if sometimes
controversial product, the money will somehow
be there for it. It's kind of like, if you
build it, they will come. I
think both Bitchy Bingo and Woofstock were unique
events for our town, and both the integrity
and the
commitment of the planners, volunteers and residents
was overwhelmingly present. SFAR, and the stray and
indigent animals of this town are extremely grateful,
as am I. We all look forward to lots of fun
and challenging events in both the near and distant
future. Regards,
Steven Forman, Derek Wille, Vickie & Darryl
Silva, Heather Penrod and Nancy Murphy, and
all the good folks that rolled up their
sleeves and contributed to the success of
Woofstock '08.
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