{"id":1919,"date":"2014-03-03T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T18:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atbshop.co.uk\/skatepark\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2023-04-01T16:31:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T15:31:27","slug":"romanian-dog-charity-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atbshop.co.uk\/skatepark\/romanian-dog-charity-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Romanian Dog Charity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people say that Romania\u2019s problems aren\u2019t ours \u2013 I along with so many others, can\u2019t turn my back on suffering. It\u2019s easy to say \u201cI don\u2019t want to see those photos on facebook\u201d. But if we didn\u2019t see them and try to help then the world won\u2019t progress. There is a huge divide in Romania. The rich are very rich driving around in Ferrari\u2019s and the poor are very poor. An EU country not having homes with basic features such as running water or toilets, is something which is surely unimaginable in this day and age. With all this in mind you wonder how the people are expected to care for animals when their own population isn\u2019t being cared for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bc_yyCzbARM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>ATB decided to get involved.<br \/>\nFirst off ATBShop fostered Chloe, a 2 year old dog found outside a school in Romania. It\u2019s true to say that everyone that met this gentle little soul fell in love with her. She soon found a wonderful loving forever home with a wonderful family after Christmas.  ATB decided that we could still do more. Luke one of the local skaters and shop assistants from ATB along with Keith from SNAP\u2019s (Swindon Needs A Proper Skate Park) and his friend tripped out to Romania to save 15 dogs. They took out vital supplies such as beds, bowls, blankets, food and medicine for the dogs and battled an adverse weather conditions including a \u201cCode Red Snow\u201d storm. It wasn\u2019t an easy trip as they were sleep deprived and kept falling behind schedule and the roads were so dangerous at stages. One night they had to turn back as the road was becoming meters deep in snow. That was such a good call on their behalf as people were found trapped dead in their cars on that same road the next day. Fortunately they made it over safely and managed to pick up all 15 dogs and brought them back into the UK with no more hiccups or delays. The boys said the trip over was a real adventure but saving those dogs made it all worthwhile.<br \/>\nAfter the boys trip over to Romania they decided that we could run a charity day at the ATBShop Skate Warehouse, to help fund a new no kill shelter in Romania for Paws2Rescuse \u2013 an organisation set up to save street dogs in Romania. ATBShop also decided to support and sponsor a dog from another no kill shelter call Negri\u2019s Place, based over in Constanta. The money will be used to help bring a small dog called \u201cPrince Albert\u201d over. When Albert is rehomed then his adoption money which ATB will have raised, will go back to the Negri\u2019s shelter to help save more dogs.<br \/>\nAs always with a charity day we needed to call on some help from friends. First off we needed prizes for our raffle. We called up Shiner Distribution and they really came through for us hooking us with with an Anti Hero deck worth \u00a354.99 and a set of Bones Wheels worth \u00a334.99. The skaters were very excited! We put a call in with Grit scooters who very kindly sent us around \u00a3180 worth of wheels which we gave away in our raffle and in mini competitions throughout the day.  We also had gifts donated to us from parents, Swindon Rolla Derby girls, Madd Scooters and Keen Distribution who hooked us up with two epic tees, Skate Tea (which rocked) and loads of stickers.<br \/>\nWe also needed some cake makers. We put a shout out on Facebook and loads of people got involved. Big thanks to our local Rolla Derby girls who baked for us, Sarah Kemp and for Andrea Smith who made the some amazing doggie cakes and to the mums who all arrived from all over and donated cakes on the day. We also had the most amazing cake made by a wonderful lady called Leni Haylett. This cake was 2 tiers high and was decorated with the Paws2Rescuse logo and loads of sugar doggies. Everyone was shocked and surprised at the effort which had gone into making this cake. We decided to raffle the cake off as it was too good for us to cut into.<br \/>\nOn the day we ran a parents club from 10-12pm and played tons of party games for the kids where they had a chance to win prizes. We also had Kim in from Epic Staff in Swindon, running a face painting stall and balloon modelling for charity.<br \/>\nThe day was a huge success raising a total of \u00a3430 \u2013Giving Paws2rescuse and Negri\u2019s Place \u00a3215 each. Everyone said it was one of the BEST charity\u2019s days we had run and that was mostly down to the fact that everyone pitched in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people say that Romania\u2019s problems aren\u2019t ours \u2013 I along with so many others, can\u2019t turn my back on suffering. 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