It’s Volunteers’ Week!

A chance, every year, 1 – 7 June, to say Thank You for the fantastic contribution volunteers make to their causes. The PDWRA couldn’t do what we do without them, and this week we will recognise and thank, some special individuals who are testament to those who go above and beyond!

Rachel is our outstanding, committed, volunteer fundraising co-ordinator who can turn anything into a donation for our pugs. She has been running the PDWRA Mega Auction for Pugs in Need, every day of each year with an occasional break for overseas holidays before the pandemic. Even then she visited Rescue centres that she contributes to.

From selling raffle tickets for high-value donated branded goods to auctioning hand-made greeting cards or themed, knitted pugs that can achieve £80 each, she has raised anything up to 10,000 totals each month! This is invaluable towards our ever-increasing vet costs. She has a small team of helpers, Catherine, Mark and Tracey plus Steve, her husband, who help to make everything happen smoothly, from storage, transportation or administration. Rachel can be found every morning at her local Post Office with all the prizes and goodies won by our enthusiastic bidders, so they can receive them as promptly as possible.

Over the years Rachel has seen that we could attend as many dog events as possible, negotiating venues for free, organising transporting our stands or gazebo’s to where they need to be and rallying volunteers to represent our worthy cause. She has even run agility courses for competing pugs, always to help raise funds.

Rachel has such a ‘can do’ approach to anything she touches. She’s helped with emergency transportation and fostering while our rehomers coordinated those cases. She can’t help herself from getting involved. All for the luv of pugs!

https://volunteersweek.org/

https://pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk/volunteering-for-pdwra/

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