The Angel Pub, Kolossi, 1st February, 2014

60’s night Fundraising event for CyDRA

To quote Frankie Valli:  Oh What a Night!

Barbara, Carole, Eamonn and Julie arrived at the Angel Pub in Kolossi ready to enjoy a good night out with some very lovely people who wanted to raise some money for us.

How did this event come about?  Well, two of the organisers, Paul and Katerina, had already rescued a female pointer called Bobbi who eventually went off to live with Katerina’s mother in the Czech Republic and before travelling Bobbi had spent some time working with our CyDRA Trainer as she was a very shy dog and needed some help to boost her confidence.

Then Paul made contact with CyDRA again when he came across a very sad, stray dog and he wanted to know if we could possibly help out.  One of the shelters we support was able to offer a space for this little girl – but no-one expected what happened next.  One dog became 10!!  Whilst the dog was in the car and on her way to the shelter, Paul noticed something strange happening, one dog became, two, then three, then four………. yes, she gave birth to 9 babies in his car!  What could the shelter do but agree to help with all of the dogs.  All the dogs are in a shelter at the moment and the puppies are so young they have only just opened their eyes, but the mother is great with her babies.  We hope that they will soon find forever homes.

Paul and Katerina were so grateful to CyDRA and the shelter that they, with an amazing team of helpers, set about arranging a 60’s night to raise funds for us.

We enjoyed live music from Silver Fox, a great buffet provided by the Angel Pub, an auction, and a raffle with so many wonderful prizes people needed bags to take them home!  The atmosphere was lovely and the people supporting the event made us all very welcome.

The truly amazing thing about the event though is that 1,165 euros was raised for CyDRA on the night, and we are awaiting the final total soon.  That money will make such a difference to the work we do.  There were a few tears in the eyes I can tell you, because we just did not expect such phenomenal support.

CyDRA cannot say a big enough THANKYOU to Brian, Paul, Katerina, Bambos and the rest of the supporters for their generosity and kindness.

Most certainly, a great time was had by all!