ARK Fundraiser at Davinci

For those of you who don't know, the Renegades work closely with an animal rescue group, Animal Rescue Konsortium, which is a no-kill shelter for animals.  These kind folks are all heart and no funding, so we try to include some fundraising whenever possible.  In this case, Mr. Dan Reed at Davinci allowed us to do an entire day of fundraising; giving us some live music, space to bring animals for adoption, and allowed us to do a hot dog eating contest.  Very cool of him and we raised some decent funds to help keep the animals alive.

To start, I received a call from Mr. Terry Jorgensen who let me know that he had an emergency and couldn't make it, but left a check for the cause under the door at Davinci.  As it turns out, he left a VERY generous donation and it became a great start to a beautiful day.

Additionally, Mr. Jim Campbell offered up his musical services and played the event gratis.  He also brought some musical guests with him and they all through out some great tunes.

Add to all this, Casey's On The Corner donated the hot dogs for the eating contest AND donated $1.00 to the cause for every dog sold.  We are very lucky to have folks like this who are willing to help out a cause, especially during an uncertain economy.  

We auctioned off some of the limited prints and some rare brews, including a Westvleteren 8 that drew in a $25 donation from West Costa who also picked up a print for $50.  Very generous of him.  

All in all, we were able to generate $1002 for the animal rescue and made some great connections for volunteers to work at the center.

If you'd like to help ARK in any way, please contact them and offer whatever you can.  I have included the link here to their website and you can follow from there.

http://arkfl.rescuegroups.org/

Cheers!