PLAN TO ATTEND ONE OF OUR PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA EVENTS!

Come with your whole family or your best friends  (cats, dogs, bunnies, pocket animals) to have a great photo taken with The Real Santa Claus! 

Like every year, ORA is holding several Pet Photos with Santa events starting this Thursday, November 28th. Please see the places and dates hereunder and write in your calendar the date of the event that you are planning to attend.

These are fundraising events for ORA. 100% of the proceeds go to ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals towards the support of the rescued cats and dogs in ORA’s care. Help the animals and have fun!

The photos are taken by our professional photographer, Corinne Thaw. Corinne is very good and patient with the animals, even the most difficult ones, and always gets that perfect shot.

Family portraits available: children and babies are welcome! Get a printed photo in a decorated frame and an emailed copy to send out to family and friends as a gorgeous Christmas card. The photos are very high resolution and can be printed in very large posters.

Weekly reminders of the events will also be regularly posted on ORA's Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ora.animalrescue/

We look forward to seeing you at one of our events! 


Thursday, Nov 28,
from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Dog Sense Daycare, 535 Wilson Heights Blvd. North York, ON M3H 2V7

Saturday, Nov 30,
from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Pet Valu, 1656 Queen St E. Toronto, ON M4L 1G5

Sunday, Dec 1,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Global Pet Foods, 1575 Ellesmere Rd. Scarborough, ON M1P 2Y3

Saturday, Dec 7,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Doggieville, 1166 Gorham St Unit 4 Newmarket, ON L3Y 8W4

Sunday, Dec 8,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 75 Ellesmere Rd. Scarborough, ON M1R 4B7

Saturday, Dec 14,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 6758 Kingston Rd. Scarborough, ON M1B 1G8

Sunday, Dec. 15,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 1656 Queen St E. Toronto, ON M4L 1G5

Saturday, Dec 21,
from 11 am to 4 pm
Pet Valu, 184 Front St E. Toronto, ON M5A 4N3


For more information, please email or call us at 416 726 5762

Claudia Vecchio 
ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals 
www.ora-animalsrescue.org

URGENT FROM ORA – BE SANTA FOR A DAY TO HELP THE ANIMALS

ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals urgently needs a Santa for November 30th or December 1st from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Any age and physical appearance are O.K.: our costume will transform you into a perfect Santa.

Every year, in late November and in the month of December, ORA holds several Pet Photos with Santa events in pet stores across the GTA. This year also ORA has been invited to hold several Pet Photos with Santa sessions in Toronto and vicinities. 

For any of this events, we obviously need a Santa. This year, we are still missing a Santa for scheduled events on November 30th and December 1st. We still do not have a Santa for those two dates. This is a desperate appeal, please help! 

Please consider being Santa for a day to help us raise some much needed funds. The Christmas Season is traditionally the best time of the year to raise funds and for a small charitable organization like ORA, it is practically the only time. That means that we cannot give up any opportunity we have.

What is needed by a Santa?

Santa simply has to pose with cats and dogs (with or without their owners). Our amazing Corinne, a professional photographer that has taken pet photos with Santa for over 15 years, helps positioning the cat or dog, so that Santa's work is made easy.

If you are not allergic to cats and dogs and love animals, please offer to help. Please call me at 416 726 5762 for more information and to offer your help.

Please donate a few hours of your time as your personal Christmas present to the rescued cats and dogs in the care of ORA and collect some bonus karma credits!!!😇

Claudia Vecchio
ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals
Tel: 416 726 5762
www.ora-animalsrescue.org 

ORA is a grass-root organization, strictly no-kill and entirely run by volunteers. We have no paid staff and 100% of all donated money goes to pay for the care of cats and dogs rescued by ORA. ORA rescues abandoned, abused and neglected cats and dogs throughout the GTA. 

Donate on line through Canadahelps.org at 

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/10929

ORA Recap and Special Thanks | Second Cup Cocktail Party for Dogs

The Second Cup fundraising event for ORA on Sunday, November 27th was very successful!

We thank Tina, the owner of the Second Cup at 8910 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, for organizing and hosting the event.

Many thanks also to Arden for all her work, to BMW Autohaus and Holiday Pet Care for co-sponsoring the event, and to the merchants who generously donated prizes for the raffle.

We also thank Rob Hamilton for playing a wonderful "Santa" and to Shati and Vale Abbott for providing a lovely live music background to the event.

Thanks on behalf of the over 150 rescued animals in ORA's care! Vet bills, pet food and supplies for so many animals represent a constant, large expense to carry. Just think how much your cats or dogs cost you every year in vet bills and food and multiply that by at least 150. It is humongous, and ORA is funded only on private donations so we are always extremely grateful to anybody who would organize fundraising events to help out. Contact us for more info at 416 726 8895.

Here are some of the beautiful photos with Santa that were taken on Sunday at the Second Cup.

With many thanks, from Claudia Vecchio, Corinne Thaw and the Volunteers at

ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals
http://orarescue.org/

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11/27: Enjoy Second Cup Cocktail Party for Dogs and ORA

UPCOMING ORA HOLIDAY EVENT: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011

On Sunday, November 27th, the Second Cup located at 8910 Yonge Street in Richmond Hill, is holding a fundraising event for our organization, a Christmas Cocktail Party for Dogs. Come and bring you dog. it is a fun-filled event for all the family and you canine companion. There is also the opportunity to have a photo taken of your dog with Santa and /or a family portrait with Santa. Your ‘puppy” will be treated to free doggy appetizers and Muttinis. Free admission! Doggy Gift Bags. Great prizes to be won. Donations very welcome and needed! All the proceeds are going to pay the vet bills for the over 150 rescued cats and dogs in the care of ORA-Organization for the Rescue of Animals. More info in poster attached.

Sunday, November 27, 2011. 1PM-5PM. Second Cup at 8910 Yonge St., just north of Hwy. 7. For more information on the event, call Second Cup at 905-709-8171 or visit the ORA website at www.ora-animalsrescue.org.

Please cross post to any pet owner and animal caring person you know.

We are looking forward to see YOU on Sunday!!!

Claudia Vecchio
Volunteer Chairperson
ORA - Organization for the Rescue of Animals
orarescue.org
(416) 726-5762

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