For obvious reasons it's been quite a slow period for adoptions, with so many people away or busy celebrating the holiday weeks. Staff member Eva has been busy putting together the end-of-year compilation of adoption photos, as well as the total for the month and 2024, and I look forward to the happy reminder of those lucky dogs and puppies who found their forever families. This will be Eva's last contribution as she's leaving HKDR to start the next phase of her life, so as well as wishing her all the best we'll be welcoming a new face very soon.
Even if there have been fewer than usual adoption stories to share this week, we have had quite a few visitors to the Homing Centres in Kennedy Town and Tai Po, and with so many to choose from it's hard to pick just one. As I always say, two dogs is half the work and double the enjoyment, so we're always especially happy knowing that a dog will have a friend to hang out with.
Looking ahead at 2025, and as I have already mentioned, we will be relocating our Kennedy Town Homing Centres back to Ap Lei Chau after Chinese New Year. This will mean the re-joining of everyone from Brilliant Court and North Street (in Kennedy Town) to being under the same roof, including the office, making it so much easier for staff, volunteers and potential adopters. Not only that, but we will be very close to the dog park and the dog-friendly waterfront promenade, as well as the MTR (Lei Tung station), so the dogs will be happy too.
From a financial point of view, it's obviously more cost-effective running one single space as opposed to two, and the monthly outgoings (especially rent) will be reduced. However we still have to find the money for the refurbishment of what is now just a shell of a building, and this is why we have been back-and-forth about making the final decision to move. We will have to ask for contributions from sponsors and supporters to help with what will be a big financial one-off outgoing, and hope that we will at least manage to reach the minimum one million dollars needed. Any help with this will of course be very much appreciated, and if you would like to donate.
Account name with HSBC - Hong Kong Dog Rescue Limited
Account no. - HSBC - 741-263776-838
You can also do the transfer with other options in this link .
https://hongkongdogrescue.com/donate/one-off-donations/
I'm sure we'll be sharing photos of the new space as soon as we take it over, and it's always fun to watch it taking shape even though we'll be keeping things very basic unless we get enough coming in to build what we'd really like to have.
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