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BARK FOR LIFE NEWS AUGUST 2018
BARK FOR LIFE NEWS
AUGUST 2018
#BARKFORLIFE
DOGS ARE OUR BEST FRIENDS
GET IN TOUCH
Bark For Life Co-Chairmanager, Secretary
and Team Development Coordinator
Jacqueline Kaing
jacqueline.kaing@gmail.com
0435 251 934
Cancer Council Victoria, Community
Engagement Coordinator
Jo Walster
bark@cancervic.org.au
1300 65 65 85
IT’S TEAM PROMOTION
PROMOTIONAL OFFER
AND AWARENESS TIME!
Promote your business for just $25!
On Sunday 5 August, the Event Planning Team
promoted Bark For Life 2018 at Westfield Southland. You can have a single DL sized brochure or
We would like to say thank you for allowing us the time postcard included in Bark For Life’s show
and space to speak to the community about this bags for a minimal cost!
wonderful event.
Cost: $25.00
For those who are interested in meeting the team Maximum 100 inserts per business.
before the event day, we welcome you to to drop by Conditions apply.
and say hi to us on Sunday 7 October from 10am to 5pm Contact bark@cancervic.org.au
at Westfield Southland.
facebook.com/BarkForLifeVic @barkcancervic.org.au
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BARK TEAMS FOR 2018
BARKIVAL; FUN TIMES!
1. aclim
2. Anja n Holly Woof Woof!
3. Bailey the Labrador
4. Bambi
5. Chasing Tails What’s that? It is definitely the sound of your furry
6. InstaBuddies friend after seeing you pick up some lovely gifts and
7. Lum Road Reserve Dogs treats at Bark For Life 2018.
8. Malaysia Boleh
9. Shani & friends Just twenty paces (or fifty canine paces) off from our
10. Speedy Gonzales main event grounds at Jells Park, our food and trade
11. Teddy vendors await you with a variety of treats, both for you
12. Tiara 2015 and your furry friends!
13. Tough Mutters
14. Two Men and a Little Lady Joining us again this year is Dog Gone Healthy who
15. Uniting Positive Paws specialise in making lovely treats for the population of
16. VikBFL2018 our furry friends who suffer from food tolerances or
17. We Bear Hope other digestive ailments. They will be offering orders of
18. Wilson a wide range of dog treats that are free of gluten,
19. Wolf Wag Walk colouring additives, preservatives or fillers.
P.S. they also offer cat treats for your feline friends!
We welcome the new teams for the month:
Bones and Whiskers will be having a booth at our event
20. Sean this year, bringing with them their yummy natural
21. Team Dachshund range of treats: including chicken jerky, turkey jerky,
22. Paws Expolores Adventures blue grenadier, whiting, liver & shark cartilage.
Additionally, they will offer a range of organic gluten-
We all fight back against cancer today! free desserts such as doggy doughnuts, cakes and
muffins.
In addition, we will have Pet CPR instructor Leanne
from A Dog's Life. Having completed a Certificate III in
Training and Behaviour with National Dogs Training
Federation and being an instructor with Pet Tech™,
Leanne will be offering nutritional advice for your furry
friends as well as offering bookings for her Pet First Aid
Classes. Also, see her on the main stage for a 30-
minute demonstration.
There is plenty more to look forward on Sunday
October 28 2018! So stay tuned for the next edition
about the big day.
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GET TO KNOW US
Being part of the Bark for Life 2018 planning team gives
me the opportunity to contribute to the community and
RECENT UPDATES…
make a difference. The more people that are involved,
the greater the impact. These days it is getting harder A BIG THANK YOU TO THE VALUABLE
and harder to find people that have not been touched by CONTRIBUTIONS THUS FAR WHICH ADD TO
Cancer. At the same time, there are more and more THE ONGOING SUCCESS OF BARK FOR LIFE:
people that are passionate about eradicating Cancer
from this world, me included. SPONSORS
Dog Diversity
I love that the event celebrates Inexhale Active
unity, fighting back, dogs, Jett’s Fitness, Brandon Park
survivors, community, carers, Parks Victoria
supporters and so much more. I Rotary Club of Waverley
am looking forward to seeing Uniting
everyone and all the doggies at East Burwood
the event in October.
Hannah Keast SUPPORTERS
Survivors and Carers Coordinator Australian Dog Lovers magazine
Dineamic
DOGUE Brighton
Forest Hill Chase
Garry and Warren Smith Group
SPIRIT OF BARK AWARD! Gourmet Pawprints
Holey Moley
WE RECOGNISE YOU! Neil Angus, MP
Peter Alexander
The Bark For Life Community is the Silver Pets Prints Bayside
heart of the event. This award Westfield Southland
recognises excellence in Community Spirit; this may be
a team or an individual who has shown their passion for
Bark For Life by going above and beyond in their GIFTS FROM
teamwork, fundraising and/or promotional efforts. The Coles, Brandon Park
Spirit of Bark considers what a team or individual has Kmart, Brandon Park
achieved throughout the year, as well as their efforts Melbourne Museum
throughout the event. Woolworths, Wheelers Hill
This award will be presented at the Closing Ceremony of
Bark For Life – 2.00pm, Sunday 28 October 2018.
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SURVIVOR STORY:
$50 VOUCHER WINNER 11 YEARS CANCER FREE
COURTESY OF WOOLWORTHS, WHEELERS HILL
Often the days or weeks following that awful call or
letter “we need to see you again” go by in a flurry of
visits, tests, being poked and prodded at.
Pictured above: Morgan (Team Captain of ‘We Bear
Hope’) and her mother with their furry best friends at
the very first Bark For Life!
On Wednesday August 8 2018, the
competition draw occurred and we announced Following surgery, I was told that I needed six weeks
the winner by our Instagram page. The $50 of radiotherapy. Along with the support of family
voucher, courtesy of Woolworths, Wheelers and friends, I had a very special carer – my Beagle
Hill was awarded to Team Captain of We Bear Tammi-Sox. Tammi was always waiting at the
Hope, Morgan Gunning. window for me after my sessions and within days
As always, we encourage everyone to she knew the routine. She would curl up beside me
fundraise towards our $30,000 goal! A little and cuddle in when I needed it most. Walking her
goes a long way! also encouraged me to keep active. Sadly, our girl
eventually had her own cancer battle, one which we
just couldn’t win together and in 2013 we said our
FUNDRAISING TIP OF THE MONTH: final “sleep tight baby girl”. One year later, Laylee
Collection Boxes; Great for the workplace, came into our lives.
receptions or workshops. Every dollar counts!
It is Laylee’s fourth year attending Bark For Life. We
Bark back to remember those we have lost to
SHARE YOUR STORY cancer, celebrate the survivors, honour Tammi and
many dogs like her, as well as to raise funds for the
wonderful research work of Cancer Council Victoria
Why do you Bark back? which will hopefully help many others enjoy those
Who do you Bark back with? magic words “all clear”.
– I am a survivor, Denise Femino
Send us your story and a picture of your
beloved dog to bark@cancervic.org.au
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