PAST EVENTS FOR 2009

Pet Photos with Santa

Each year in November or December we host an event where  you can have your pet’s photo taken with the man in the big red suit!  This year pet photos were held at Petsmart in Millstream Village inn December and was a great success – thank you to everyone who volunteered and to our very talented photographer, Lara Eichhorn at www.laraeichhorn.com.

All proceeds go to save animals ~ pets of all kind are welcome!

2009 Pet Photos with Santa was sponsored by:

GVAC’s online auction – November 2009

We made over $2500 from the online auction this year!  Thanks to all of our sponsors and to the people who purchased items!  We couldn’t do it without you.

The Night Before Latenight Shopping at Hillside Mall

Thank you to Hillside Mall for hosting the event and to all our supporters who purchased tickets!  We made $480 that will go straight to help animals in need.

Wags to Whiskers Dinner and Auction Sept 26th, 2009

We made over $20,000 to help save animals at this year’s dinner and auction.  A thank you to all the volunteers who helped make it happen, the people and businesses that donated to our cause and to the wonderful folks who came out and purchased tickets to the event!

A very special thank you goes out to the following volunteers, who worked hard on the night of the event even though they purchased their own dinner tickets, as did the board members:

Jeff, Kelly, Joyce, Kirsten, Brian, Lara, Sebastian, Cindy, Marguerite, Thomas, Sylvia and our MC Steve.  We could not have done it without you!

Click here for more information and photos of past auctions.

Goldstream Station Market – June – October, 2009

GVAC was at the Goldstream Station Market in Langford on Saturdays from 10am until 2pm. We sold hand made items created by our volunteers, got the word out about GVAC and met all kinds of wonderful new people who donated items and shared stories with us.  Together, we raised over $800!

Glen Lake “Show & Shine” – August 22, 2009 – 10am – 3pm

The Show & Shine went incredibly well and was so much fun!  Thank you to volunteers from GVAC and a very special thank you to Randy Dumaresq for coordinating the event and having GVAC as this year’s charity.  And another big thank you to Chantelle’s father-in-law for donating and printing up a lot of GVAC branded items for us to sell at the tent – we sold out of almost everything!

We raised over $1265 for GVAC that day!!

Goldstream Nature House – the Dog Days of Summer – August 2-3, 2009

The Dog Days of Summer went extremely well with our VP, Erin Skillen, her husband Jeff and their dogs Coal & Abby representing GVAC on Saturday to put the word out about what GVAC does and how we help in our community.  The coolest part was when the wonderful Coal won a prize for the longest tail!  Congratulations to Coal and a special thank you to Jeff for donating his & Coal’s prize back to GVAC!  Board members Lynn & Chantelle represented GVAC on Sunday to help spread the word about helping stray animals and care for pets.

We raised $83 for GVAC that day but even more, important,  it was an amazing chance to connect with our community!