I'm walking 20 km in a bunny suit. Yes, it's true!!!

Anyone who knows me is very well aware of my love for rabbits. It started with Stanley (pictured left), who showed me how wonderful, beautiful, intelligent and surprising rabbits truly are. Losing him was very difficult. However, to honour Stanley, I believed the best thing I could do was give another rabbit a warm, loving home. Jennings was in need of a family. I was in need of a faithful friend.

Through Jennings (pictured right), I met wonderful people who were passionate about rabbits. They poured their heart and soul into saving unwanted, abused, abandonned and neglected rabbits. I wanted to help them. Since adopting Jennings in April 2007, I've been doing my best to lend a hand to the founders of New Moon Rabbit Rescue.

WHAT & WHEN?
On September 12, 2009, there will be a great fundraising event: Bunny Hop for Hope! I will be joining a group of volunteers, wearing a bunny costume and walking 20 km in hopes to raise money for New Moon Rabbit Rescue and awareness about domestic rabbits. Best of all, this event includes many fun activities for adults and children alike: live music (Rachel McCully), games for kids with prizes, many awesome raffle items to be won, vendors, BBQ and bake sale. There's even something for our furry friends: Jasper’s Spaw & Associates will be providing psychic readings and Reiki for animals, as well as nail trims for dogs, with a portion of proceeds going towards the rabbits of New Moon! Finally, lets not forget a special guest: Bill Welychka of ‘A’ Morning will be joining the walkers in his own bunny costume and filming along the way for an upcoming episode of “Bill’s Excellent Adventures!”

WHERE?
Look for humans dressed up as bunnies walking from College Square (at Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue) all the way to Robinson’s Your Independent Grocer (at 1160 Beaverwood Road, Manotick) as early as 8 AM.
The finish line activities start at 11:00 AM at Robinson’s Your Independent Grocer in Manotick.

MY REQUEST
Please show your support by participating in this event on September 12. Join in on the fun!
If you are willing and able, please consider sponsoring my walk (and all the other walkers too!). This cause is very important to me. Besides, I promise to post pictures of me dressed up as a bunny! To sponsor, you may:

• Contact me (e-mail at francine@newmoonrabbitrescue.ca)


• go to www.newmoonrabbitrescue.ca and click on the Canada Helps logo, selecting Bunny Hop for Hope as the Fund Designation.


• send a cheque or money order with “Bunny Hop for Hope” in the memo line to:
  New Moon Rabbit Rescue
  PO Box 24 North Gower, ON K0A 2T0

Please note that tax receipts can be given for donations of $10.00 or more.

Additional Info
For more information, visit http://www.newmoonrabbitrescue.ca/ or New Moon Rabbit Rescue's event page on Facebook

Thanks in advance! All the New Moon bunnies (past, present and future) are grateful too.

They keep coming and coming . . .

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of 'A' Morning? We have tickets to a taping of 'A' Morning and a tour of the station! Thanks Tina for making this happen!

A few other things up for grabs include:

Three bags of Bourne Free Hay and three packages of Martin Apple Dumplings for bunnies! Bourne Free and Martin Mills were so generous that we are able to do THREE draws for this! Yes, three lucky people will go home with 3 bags of hay and 3 packages of treats for their bunny friends! Thank you to Martin Mills and Bourne Free!

This Team Canada Jersey was just donated by the Ottawa Animal Defense League for the Bunny Hop raffle!

These Vancouver 2010 items were donated to the raffle by Hannah J! Thanks Hannah.

Thank you to Almonte Veterinary Services for this raffle donation!

Thank you CRAZY HORSE!!!

Everyone at New Moon Rabbit Rescue would like to say a HUGE thank you to the newly opened Crazy Horse Stonegrill Steakhouse and Saloon for their generous donation in support of this year's Bunny Hop for Hope! It is so helpful to have sponsors like this that help to cover the costs of putting on an event such as this. Show the Crazy Horse how much we appreciate their help by visiting them for dinner then next time you are in Kanata! I know I will be!

The Crazy Horse http://www.thecrazyhorse.ca/home.aspx is located at 115 Roland Mitchner Drive in the Kanata Centrum. And can also be found on Facebook, http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103089641197&ref=ts

If you have a business or know someone who and are interesting in being a sponsor for a future event, contact info@newmoonrabbitrescue.ca

You guessed it . . . more Raffle Donations!!!

A 150 bulb garden collection from Vesey's has been graciously donated by Oneir Solutions. www.oneirsolutions.com The collection includes assorted tulips, daffodils, allium, crocuses and more.

If you are a coffee drinker, this next basket is for you! It is a Starbucks basket, complete with a $25 Starbucks gift certificate. Thank you to Marika A for this donation.

These next two baskets were generously donated by Liz T. The first is a Candle Basket, and if you are anything like me, you can never have too many candles! And the second is a basket for the Tea lovers among us! Both are filled with great stuff!

More raffle items . . .

Here are a couple more raffle items that are up for grabs. And the nice thing about this raffle, is that unlike some raffles, you only enter for the items you want to win. You don't have to worry about winning an item that you will never use. Buy as many tickets as you want and put them into a bunch of draws or put them all into one, the choice is yours. Ticket prices are as follows:

1 ticket - $2

5 tickets - $3

10 tickets - $5

This basket of Yves Roches products was donated by Sara McIlree.

And this basket of bunny goodies is made up of various donations to New Moon . . . wouldn't your bunny love to have his or her salad served in a carrot bowl?

There are many more raffle items to come! They may not all make it to the blog, so you should plan to come to the Bunny Hop and see them for yourself!!!

September 12, 2009

Your Independent Grocer, Manotick

11am-3pm

Look at these Raffle Donations . . .

Here are just a few of the raffle items that will be up for grabs at the 2009 Bunny Hop for Hope!

Thank you to Global Pet Foods (3191 Strandheard Drive, Nepean location) for these two pet theme (one dog and one cat) baskets. http://www.globalpetfoods.ca/home/home.htm

This exciting basket was generously donated by Tish & Snooky's Manic Panic. http://www.manicpanic.com/

This basket of kitchen goodies was donated by Naom Stone.

This basket of organic goodies was donated by Monica K.

Please stay tuned for more raffle items! There are lots more to come!!

Meet Katie . . .

This is Katie! She had been dumped outside an apartment building in the Bayshore area and had been living in a box. We were very lucky to have caught her so quickly as there was so much traffic it was very dangerous for her. What an adorable girl!! Katie is hoping to find a nice forever home real soon!!

New Moon Rabbit Rescue is always looking for foster homes to take in bunnies, like Katie, until they can find forever homes. The rescue is run exclusively through foster homes, so we can only help as many rabbits as we have fosters. If you are in the Ottawa area and interested in fostering for us, please see the Fostering section of our website for more information and the application.

http://www.newmoonrabbitrescue.ca/help_us/foster.php