Hopefield Animal Sanctuary

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About Hopefield

Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is a non-profit organisation devoted to creating a better quality of life for sick, unwanted and mistreated animals. There are about 200 rescued animals at Hopefield at the moment (mainly horses, ponies, donkeys, pigs, sheep, cows and goats). It costs about £1000 a week to run Hopefield and that does not include any vets fees. In the winter an extra 150 bales of straw and hay each week are needed and the running costs are almost £1500 a week. As many of Hopefield's animals come to the Sanctuary with long-term illnesses or complications, vets fees are high (at least £1000 a month). As you can imagine, finding this amount of money is a constant struggle so please support Hopefield. Paula and Ernie would like to thank all their supporters over the years - they would not have been able to keep the Sanctuary going without you!

Quiz Night

We are holding a "Murder Mystery" themed quiz night on Saturday 17th May from 7.30pm at the Bentley Village Hall and Club in Ongar Road, Brentwood. As well as a thoroughly good head scratching quiz, you will be asked to identify the mystery murderer! There will be prizes for the winning teams, spot prizes plus a raffle and a bar. Tickets £5 (including table nibbles) are available from Sandra on 020 8555 6683. Feel free to dress up!

Open Days

You are welcome at Hopefield on any afternoon between 1p.m. and 4p.m. On certain Sundays in the summer months, Hopefield holds Open Days where the animals are all kept in their stables for you. Refreshments and side stalls are also available on these dates. The Open Days for 2008 are 27th April, 8th June, 13th July, 17th August and 28th September from 1p.m. until 5 p.m.

A Book about Hopefield

Retired jounalist Brian Lynch is writing a book about Hopefield. He would appreciate any contributions from you about your personal memories or your involvement with the sanctuary. Please write to him at 3 Marlborough Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 9LN or email him at brian@blims.freeserve.co.uk. Thank you.

eBay

Are you having a clearout? Do you have any items you want to sell? Ever thought about using eBay? Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is now listed as an approved charity with eBay, the online auction site. This means that anyone, anywhere in the world, who wants to sell items on eBay can choose to donate some or all of the proceeds from the sale of their unwanted goods to Hopefield. The donation will be credited directly to Hopefield's bank account. It also provides Hopefield with a good way of selling items that have been donated, especially those items of a higher value, so that hopefully the item will raise a better price than it would from a car boot sale for example. So, if you have any of the more valuable items you would like to donate to Hopefield, please contact Ros Brown on 07729 625656 and she will arrange to auction it on e-bay. If you want to know more about selling for charity on eBay, have a look at the website at: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/community/charity/index.html