Topic: having memorial photos of your cat on my charity run shirt (Read 37166 times)

sheryl · « **Reply #39 on:** August 19, 2008, 11:40:16 AM »

Has John done the run yet does anyone know ???

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #38 on:** July 17, 2008, 22:53:45 PM »

Pawprints for ever on the Rainbow Bridge, the gateway to your heart. We will wait for you there.

or shorter version...............Pawprints in your heart until we meet again on the Rainbow Bridge.

How many words can it take?

How many squares are there left?

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #37 on:** July 17, 2008, 16:11:27 PM »

Wow Tan very generous of you

I think there are still a couple of squares left and the free "Childs" squares in anyone is interested and want to support John.

sheryl · « **Reply #36 on:** July 16, 2008, 11:10:44 AM »

I have sent my picture and cheque to Jon,

Tan · « **Reply #35 on:** July 16, 2008, 10:12:06 AM »

HI Jon

Buying 16 squares now. Will send you the funds bank transfer and email pics.

moscowjon · « **Reply #34 on:** July 16, 2008, 08:57:53 AM »

Due to the shape of the running shirt (rounded collar) there will be a 3 inch gap running across it.
I think it will be nice to have a few words printed within this gap. Maybe something about Rainbow Bridge? Has anyone got any ideas (a box of c hocs will be sent to whoever comes up with the best suggestion!!!!)

Please type your ideas in this thread or on cat chat.

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #33 on:** July 15, 2008, 22:39:39 PM »

Come on folks 19 squares available for sponsorship and 8 free square available for children (John has paid the sponsorship for these squares).

If you know anyone wants to sponsor, or any kids that want a free square, please let John know - ASAP before they all go.

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #32 on:** July 13, 2008, 22:11:34 PM »

Just bumping this up ... come on folks £2 for a pic of your furbabe on Johns running shirt and purrs will benefit as well

Millys Mum · « **Reply #31 on:** July 12, 2008, 21:13:58 PM »

Thanks for info jon will sort pics tomorrow

moscowjon · « **Reply #30 on:** July 12, 2008, 19:00:04 PM »

40 square left. can we fill the whole shirt as a tribute to our furry friends?
email me at jontaylor93(at)aol.com if you want your cats photo and a message to him/her on the running shirt.

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #29 on:** July 11, 2008, 20:26:04 PM »

Come on Peeps please support John on this one ... it's a worthy cause

still 51 squares left

and please remember, if anyone knows any kids who have lost a cat they get their squares free, John will pay their donation (10 squares have been set aside for this).

Tan · « **Reply #28 on:** July 11, 2008, 11:04:15 AM »

Hiya Jon A warm

to Purrs to ya.

What a fantastic thing you are doing to help Farplace rescue and a wonderful idea to put the cats on your t shirt. Bloomin well done sir!

We would be proud to support you.

Will pop your run on the news flash page for a while to help spread the word to memebrs and public. I really hope you do well and reach the 100 target.

Thanks very much to your boss for offering to donate to Purrs Rescues. Any donations and profits are put into our rescue fund once it reaches every £100, we dish it out to the next rescue on our fund list which is the main reason Purrs is here

Any donations can be made to the Purrs Bank account:-
Nat West
Ac Name:- Purrs In Our Hearts
Ac number :- XXXXXXXX
Sort code:- XX-XX-XX
And pop an email to purrs@purrsinourherats to notify us of any donationmade and to obtain a receipt.

Or donations by way of the Shop donations item, where you can pay by cheque, paypal account or credit or debit card through paypal's secure pages.

Just off to pop your run on the news flash and will get some sqaures for my two lads.

Tan
x

moscowjon · « **Reply #27 on:** July 10, 2008, 21:31:23 PM »

that photo size will be perfect.

at the moment im basing the square size on the assumption that all 100 squares get taken.

the printing area on the front of my running shirt measure 50cm long by 30cm wide. I have divided this into 50 squares measuring 5cm up by 6cm across.
the printing are on the back is the same. this gives me 100 squares.

each £2 donation receives a square. some people have requested more than one square so that their photo is a bit bigger. (for example, a £8 donation receives 4 squares together making one larger square)

i have reserved 10 squares for children who have lost their cats. they are getting their photos squares for free (i am paying their donations).

Millys Mum · « **Reply #26 on:** July 10, 2008, 20:24:29 PM »

I was wondering purely to make the email smaller, would 500kb be ok for printing quality

Also, what size do the squares equal on the shirt?

moscowjon · « **Reply #25 on:** July 10, 2008, 19:38:13 PM »

jpegs can be any size really. I will re-size all the photos anyhow to fit in the squares. (Also, some people have requested to have more than one square so that their photo can be bigger on the shirt).

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #24 on:** July 10, 2008, 19:20:29 PM »

Thats a very generous off from your boss and am sure Tan will be delighted

Millys Mum · « **Reply #23 on:** July 10, 2008, 19:17:52 PM »

What size do the jpegs need to be please?

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #22 on:** July 10, 2008, 18:11:26 PM »

Hi John,

I have alerted Tan (She's in charge of the site and donations etc) to your thread and question about donating to Purrs. So I'm sure she will get back to you ASAP.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #21 on:** July 10, 2008, 17:56:46 PM »

Hi Jon, welcome to the site.

I've seen you on CatChat too - Sam looked to be a very loved lad. Good to see you on Purrs, hope you stick around and will try and donate £2 ASAP.

moscowjon · « **Reply #20 on:** July 10, 2008, 16:46:26 PM »

thanks for your support. doing this is my way of keeping going.
also, without the people on here i think I would have cracked up with Sam's loss.

sheryl · « **Reply #19 on:** July 10, 2008, 16:44:08 PM »

Hi Jon and welcome to Purrs. I think what you are doing is wonderful and I will try to send you a photo (maybe 2 if you have space on your T shirt) at the weekend.

I read your posts on CC with tears in my eyes - thinking of you xxx

moscowjon · « **Reply #18 on:** July 10, 2008, 13:52:02 PM »

My boss has phoned me to ask how I am doing with the sponsorship, and I mentioned to him about this website.
He has made a offer to donate some money to Purrs.
Basically for every one who takes up a £2 square on my shirt he will donate £1 to purrs. This is quite generous of him as he is already giving £2 per square to Farplace Animal Rescue.
So if I can get the shirt covered (all 100 squares) then Farplace will receive £200 and Purrs £100.
(I think my boss is a bit of a cat lover at heart but being a cold-nosed business man he probably wouldnt admit it!!!)

Please note : could someone at Purrs please email me at jontaylor9[at]aol.com with details on the best way for my boss to send you some money.

Modified to disguise your email addy from the badbots, Jon

moscowjon · « **Reply #17 on:** July 10, 2008, 09:15:15 AM »

Ive just spent the last hour reading through threads on purrs and i agree it is a great site. I can see myself spending many hours on here.
ive only got a handful of people signed up to have their cat photos & message printed on my running shirt. if theres anything you can do to put the word around I would be grateful. I am hoping to fill the shirt with our cat photos.
(if there's any young kids who want their cat photos on the shirt and they cant afford the sponsor money then I am willing to pay their bit myself).

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #16 on:** July 09, 2008, 22:21:51 PM »

CatChat is the spiritual home for a lot of the Purrs members ... Purrs was created as a direct result of CatChat closing it's forum hence why we have such close links with them. CatChat is now aimed more towards helping people with their feline health issues and of the course the very important work of rehoming kitties.

Whereas Purrs has sections to chat about so many different things (not just cat) I hope you decide to remain a regular visitor here as, like CatChat, it is an incredibly friendly forum which does wonderful work in raising funds for UK Cat rescues.

moscowjon · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2008, 22:00:54 PM »

Many thanks Sam.
I dont know what i would have done without having catchat in the days when my Sammy was very ill. And the support I got from people when he passed on was just amazing.
I thank my lucky stars for the people ive met.

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2008, 21:56:00 PM »

Hi John and

to Purrs,

I have already contacted you (via CatChat) but I just wanted to welcome you to the wonderful world that is Purrs

Sam, Foxy, Zephyr and Rossi xxxx

moscowjon · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2008, 20:03:50 PM »

Can I please mention, if people donate £2 by bank transfer, can they please email me with their cats photo & message at jontaylor93(at)aol.com.

If anyone perfers to post £2 to me, then feel free to email me for postal details at the same email address.

For your £2 you will get (1) your cats photo & a message printed on my running shirt in the Great North Run, (2) a photo of me in the shirt showing your cats photo & message emailed to you when I get the shirt printed at the end of July (3) the knowledge that you have donated to a worthwhile animal rescue place (4) and also a bit of fun knowing that your cats photo is being run round the Great North Run course whilst the race is live on TV.

Please help by donating £2

moscowjon · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:44:57 PM »

Many thanks, your help is really appreciated.

I want to make sure to people that I will send a digital photo of their part of the runnign shirt to them. Then they can think of their cat when the Great North Run is live on tv.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:41:20 PM »

No, what I wanted was for peeps on Purrs to see what work they did and what facilties they have

That would then enhance your chance of sponsership

moscowjon · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:39:49 PM »

Hadnt realised that their site was down

They have a great dog and cat rescue facility.
I was drawn to them because (1) of their work with cats, (2) because they were able to provide me with a guarenteed place in the Great North Run and (3) because they are relatively local to me.

Hopefully their site will be up and running soon. Also, if you want to contact them to confirm my place in the run etc, then that is ok with me.

moscowjon · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:32:53 PM »

no, thats the bank account to pay for the photos & messages to be printed on the running shirt.
for everyone that agree to donate £2 the company I work for will donate £2 to Farplace to be given in a cheque presentation (upto a total of £200).

so basically, for every one that donates £2, Farplace gets £2

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:31:42 PM »

Have just looked at the web addy and the site is down, dont know how long.

Can you tell us about the work they do there and what animals and facilities they have, please.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:25:26 PM »

Happy to help. Are those bank account details for Far Place?

moscowjon · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:23:04 PM »

Thanks.
Im hoping that I can fill all 100 places on the shirt then my boss will donate the full £200 to Farplace.
Anything you can help to put the word round will be appreciated (I dread only getting 3 or 4 people signing up). It only costs them £2 and I will send them a photo of their cats pic & message on the shirt.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:19:34 PM »

Quote from: moscowjon on July 09, 2008, 19:05:29 PM

Those are my address details, I will edit the original post as you suggest.

I have done that for you, Jon. Good luck with your run

moscowjon · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:05:29 PM »

The website address for Farplace is :
http://www.farplace.co.uk/

Those are my address details, I will edit the original post as you suggest.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2008, 18:21:03 PM »

to Purrs, Jon. Yes I have seen you on CatChat!

A word of caution: are those your bank account and other personal details? If so, I suggest we take them off the public forum and any members wishing to sponsor you can email you direct.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2008, 18:06:35 PM »

Please will you put the web addy for this rescue on this thread please.

The great North Run.........good luck

moscowjon · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2008, 18:01:54 PM »

Charity Run for Animal Rescue Place

(Some of you may know me from catchat forum, here are the details of a charity run i am doing and how you can help).

For my charity run this year I am raising funds for Farplace Animal Rescue (Durham). Any help in sponsoring me will be greatly appreciated.
I have done a charity run every year since I lost my wife and daughter 12 years ago. This is the first time I have run on behalf of a Animal Rescue place.
Due to the death of my beloved Sam on 27th June I will be wearing a Tshirt with a small photo him on the front.
Anyone who sponsors me can also have a small picture of their cat on my running shirt along with a message of your choice to your cat. (You will need to email me the cat photo in jpeg form).
To have your cats photo and message printed on my running shirt will cost £2. The £2 you donate will cover the cost of this printing, and the company I work for has agreed to donate the equivalent amount (upto a total of £200) to Farplace Animal Rescue (Durham). This means that I am trying to get 100 people to sign up.
For anyone requiring confirmation of my run etc, please feel free to contact Gareth at Farplace Animal Rescue, Durham (email gareth@farplace.co.uk). They also have a website if you google them which will have further contact details.
Gareth will confirm to you that I am one of their confirmed runners in this years Bupa Great North Run on 5th October 2008.
Anyone wishing to contact me can do so. My details are Jonathan (Jon) Taylor, [address provided by Jon but removed for safety], email jontaylor93[at]aol.com
If you wish to have your cats photo and a message on my running shirt then you can make your £2 donation at Nationwide Building Society (sort code 074456, account number 03840737).
I am arranging a cheque presentation for after the race when I will present Farplace Animal Rescue with a cheque for the funds raised.
I will email a photo of myself wearing the Tshirt to everyone who want one, and I also want to get the cheque presentation in the local paper.

Modified to disguise Jons personal details.

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