Hi all,
just a quick note to say that all the prizes have now been posted. Most were sent via airmail so should be with you quite quickly but a couple of the heavier ones have been sent via surface mail and so could take 6-8 weeks to arrive with you. Please accept my apologies for this but the cost of sending via airmail was so high that it exceeded the value of the prize even! Mum *thinks* that the surface mail ones were Rocky and Lorenza's .. but don't quote her on that as she has a memory like a sieve and is nowhere near as useful!
Thank you for the continued donations, all who donate will be automatically entered into the Grand Prize Draw.
Please note that winners will be announced via the name they donated from
for eg: You donate to paypal in the name of Fred Smith.. winner announcement Fred.S.
In some cases I only have an e-mail address so then it would be announced as follows..
You Donate using immafrootloop@hotmail.com.. winner announcement: immafrootloop
If you would prefer to be announced via your pets name then please e-mail me the name of your pet from the e-mail address you used for the donation (So i can tie it up .. all I have is a list of names/e-mail addys and in some cases just an e-mail address)
No idea if any of that makes any sense at all, the secretary (aka Mum) has reverted to inane rambling due to over exertion.. she needs to take a leaf out of my book and take a nap!
Ben xxxx
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Monday, 6 October 2008
Competition Numero Seven~O Results
Congratulations to the lucky winner! Please p-mail me your address and we will get your prizes off to you.. this is what you have won.
So that draws to its conclusion the NowzadDogs Fundraiser Week. Thank you to each and every one of you that participated, I hope you enjoyed it and don't forget to check back next Mon/Tue for the announcement of the grand total raised and for the Grand Prize Draw. All who donated are automatically entered.
Now especially for the very beautiful Miss FluffyTail Khyra... as promised.. ME.. looking slightly worse for wear after Gucci's Party!
Saturday, 4 October 2008
MESSAGE FROM NOWZAD & Final Daily Competition.
COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED ~ WE WILL BE BACK A LITTLE LATER TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER - BEN.
Before we announce the final daily competition (we will get to that later in the post after this important stuff) we would like to share with you the following message that Nowzad and Tali have sent for everyone who has supported my Nowzad Fundraising Week..
Absolutely brilliant effort – a big thank you to Ben and all his friends in dog blog land – raising awareness of what Nowzad Dogs is all about through Ben’s blog is a super cool way of doing it. We are forever grateful and everyone’s contribution really is appreciated.
This is Arnhem who was smuggled to the Afghan rescue just last week – and this is his story
Arnhem the puppy
Arnhem was found on the 17th September 2008 (the 64th anniversary of the battle of Arnhem, hence the name) by the Pathfinder Platoon on Op Herrick 8. He was seen at the side of the road by a member of the passing patrol, looking very miserable and very poorly. The PF lads stopped, scooped him up and continued on their route back to Camp Bastion. As soon as they got back to Bastion the puppy was rushed over to the vet at the dog section who gave him an all-clear, but warned that he was very weak and vulnerable, having been separated from his mother at such a young age (approx. three and a half weeks old).
It was quickly decided by the blokes that he couldn’t be returned to the wild as he wouldn’t last five minutes without a parent to look after him and raise him, so he was smuggled into the accommodation pods and kept for one week in a cardboard box, regularly let out to sniff at and wrestle with stray socks and wash bags.
A makeshift kennel, pieced together from a hesco frame, cardboard and hessian was built for him and the lads contacted Nowzad Dogs, who had been lightning quick to offer their help in getting him home.
The lads were ecstatic that there was a way of getting him back to the UK, where one of the lads from the path finder platoon would take care of him.
Arnhem is a Labrador type dog (although you can never be sure with these Afghan cross-breeds), with blond fur, who enjoys chewing socks, sandals, feet...etc. He is very sociable and enjoys lending a paw when everyone is cleaning their weapons at the bottom of the compound. He is very popular and very photogenic, having posed with pretty much the entire Platoon for individual photos. Currently he is about five weeks old and lives on weetabix and milk, with meat gradually being introduced to his diet.
He would have died on the side of that road where he lay if the blokes hadn’t found him that day, and if it wasn’t for the Nowzad Dogs charity helping him get back to the UK then this sweet little puppy would have had no chance of a life fending for himself without a mum, in a country like this.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY – NOWZAD & TALI OCT 2008
That message has made this week even more worthwhile to me, it highlights the importance of supporting the vital role that Nowzaddogs play in so many stories like this one. A very very worthy cause I am sure you will agree!
Don't forget that all who have made/ do make a donation to NowzadDogs have been/will be entered into the grand prize draw which will be drawn sometime after the 12th October. Any donations made up to and including the 12th October using the BenTheRotti Donation button on the Nowzad homepage will be eligible for entry.
Now onto our final daily competition, as it is the final one it will remain open until 3pm Monday 6th October and the winner will be drawn and announced once the beans get home from school. Usual entry rules apply.
Competition Numero Seven~O
How did Arnhem get his name?
you may enter via comments..
Good luck, and thank you from the bottom of my big rottie heart for supporting Nowzaddogs.
Ben xxxxxx
Before we announce the final daily competition (we will get to that later in the post after this important stuff) we would like to share with you the following message that Nowzad and Tali have sent for everyone who has supported my Nowzad Fundraising Week..
Absolutely brilliant effort – a big thank you to Ben and all his friends in dog blog land – raising awareness of what Nowzad Dogs is all about through Ben’s blog is a super cool way of doing it. We are forever grateful and everyone’s contribution really is appreciated.
This is Arnhem who was smuggled to the Afghan rescue just last week – and this is his story
Arnhem the puppy
Arnhem was found on the 17th September 2008 (the 64th anniversary of the battle of Arnhem, hence the name) by the Pathfinder Platoon on Op Herrick 8. He was seen at the side of the road by a member of the passing patrol, looking very miserable and very poorly. The PF lads stopped, scooped him up and continued on their route back to Camp Bastion. As soon as they got back to Bastion the puppy was rushed over to the vet at the dog section who gave him an all-clear, but warned that he was very weak and vulnerable, having been separated from his mother at such a young age (approx. three and a half weeks old).
It was quickly decided by the blokes that he couldn’t be returned to the wild as he wouldn’t last five minutes without a parent to look after him and raise him, so he was smuggled into the accommodation pods and kept for one week in a cardboard box, regularly let out to sniff at and wrestle with stray socks and wash bags.
A makeshift kennel, pieced together from a hesco frame, cardboard and hessian was built for him and the lads contacted Nowzad Dogs, who had been lightning quick to offer their help in getting him home.
The lads were ecstatic that there was a way of getting him back to the UK, where one of the lads from the path finder platoon would take care of him.
Arnhem is a Labrador type dog (although you can never be sure with these Afghan cross-breeds), with blond fur, who enjoys chewing socks, sandals, feet...etc. He is very sociable and enjoys lending a paw when everyone is cleaning their weapons at the bottom of the compound. He is very popular and very photogenic, having posed with pretty much the entire Platoon for individual photos. Currently he is about five weeks old and lives on weetabix and milk, with meat gradually being introduced to his diet.
He would have died on the side of that road where he lay if the blokes hadn’t found him that day, and if it wasn’t for the Nowzad Dogs charity helping him get back to the UK then this sweet little puppy would have had no chance of a life fending for himself without a mum, in a country like this.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY – NOWZAD & TALI OCT 2008
That message has made this week even more worthwhile to me, it highlights the importance of supporting the vital role that Nowzaddogs play in so many stories like this one. A very very worthy cause I am sure you will agree!
Don't forget that all who have made/ do make a donation to NowzadDogs have been/will be entered into the grand prize draw which will be drawn sometime after the 12th October. Any donations made up to and including the 12th October using the BenTheRotti Donation button on the Nowzad homepage will be eligible for entry.
Now onto our final daily competition, as it is the final one it will remain open until 3pm Monday 6th October and the winner will be drawn and announced once the beans get home from school. Usual entry rules apply.
Competition Numero Seven~O
How did Arnhem get his name?
you may enter via comments..
Good luck, and thank you from the bottom of my big rottie heart for supporting Nowzaddogs.
Ben xxxxxx
Winner Announcement
The draw has taken place for Competition Numero Six~O (once again apologies for the lack of video today, we have been out most of the day and so were late making the draw.. so the beans are away in dreamland)
The lucky winner is.....
*drumroll*
SHELLY
Congratulations Shelly! Please pmail us your postal address so we can post your prize out to you. Mum will have a scrabble in the prize chest tomorrow and find something really nice for you and we will edit this post to add a photograph.
Thank you all for entering and we will be back in a little while with a new competition and A Message from Nowzad and Tali
Ben xxxxx
The lucky winner is.....
*drumroll*
SHELLY
Congratulations Shelly! Please pmail us your postal address so we can post your prize out to you. Mum will have a scrabble in the prize chest tomorrow and find something really nice for you and we will edit this post to add a photograph.
Thank you all for entering and we will be back in a little while with a new competition and A Message from Nowzad and Tali
Ben xxxxx
Friday, 3 October 2008
Competition Numero Six~O
EDIT: THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL BE BACK SHORTLY TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER.. NO VIDEO TODAY.. THE BEANS ARE IN BED!!
Ok so Mum finally stopped scrabbling around in the prize chest and found prizes for the last two winners, so now onto Competition Numero Six~O
Usual rules of entry apply and the competition will close at 7pm GMT on Saturday 4th.
Answers may be left as comments.
Good Luck!
What breed of dog was featured in the "Good Dog Carl" books.
Ok so Mum finally stopped scrabbling around in the prize chest and found prizes for the last two winners, so now onto Competition Numero Six~O
Usual rules of entry apply and the competition will close at 7pm GMT on Saturday 4th.
Answers may be left as comments.
Good Luck!
What breed of dog was featured in the "Good Dog Carl" books.
Results for Competitions Numero Four~O AND Five~O
Hi folks,
well we are finally catching up and so here we are posting the results of competitions Four~O and Five~O. No beautiful me to gaze upon I'm afraid, I'm still raving it up at Gucci's party.. but thats another story
First Numero Four~O
Congratulations to the lucky winner! Please paw us your postal address so we can whisk whatever it is into the mail to you. Mum thought this was the pawfect prize for you.. i'm personally miffed since I REALLY wanted to have it myself.. my own mini Khyra! *sob*
and now onto the prize drawing for Competition Numero Five~O
(Please note that we will not be reading all of the entrants names out as we put them in the hat for this draw.. simply because there are over 20 and the bean is getting tired.. but we assure you that all who entered will be in the hat)
Congratulations!! Paw us your address so we can mail out your prize! and here is what you have won..
Now Lilli would like to do her bit to encourage you to support Nowzad Dogs.. she is a little shy and has not really said much.. but here is her personal contribution.. if you enjoy this (and you haven't already done so) then please go to the NowzadDogs Home Page and click that BenTheRotti Donate Button..you know you want to! You never know.. it may encourage her to do more guest appearances!
Thank you all for supporting Nowzad dogs! We will be back in a little while with photos of the winners loot and a brand new sparkly competition!
Ben xxxx
well we are finally catching up and so here we are posting the results of competitions Four~O and Five~O. No beautiful me to gaze upon I'm afraid, I'm still raving it up at Gucci's party.. but thats another story
First Numero Four~O
Congratulations to the lucky winner! Please paw us your postal address so we can whisk whatever it is into the mail to you. Mum thought this was the pawfect prize for you.. i'm personally miffed since I REALLY wanted to have it myself.. my own mini Khyra! *sob*
and now onto the prize drawing for Competition Numero Five~O
(Please note that we will not be reading all of the entrants names out as we put them in the hat for this draw.. simply because there are over 20 and the bean is getting tired.. but we assure you that all who entered will be in the hat)
Congratulations!! Paw us your address so we can mail out your prize! and here is what you have won..
Now Lilli would like to do her bit to encourage you to support Nowzad Dogs.. she is a little shy and has not really said much.. but here is her personal contribution.. if you enjoy this (and you haven't already done so) then please go to the NowzadDogs Home Page and click that BenTheRotti Donate Button..you know you want to! You never know.. it may encourage her to do more guest appearances!
Thank you all for supporting Nowzad dogs! We will be back in a little while with photos of the winners loot and a brand new sparkly competition!
Ben xxxx
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Results for Competition Three-O and a new Competition
COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED, WE SHALL BE BACK SHORTLY WITH RESULTS FOR COMPETITIONS FOUR~O AND FIVE~O AND DETAILS OF A NEW COMPETITION
Hi all,
Well FINALLY we have the results for competition Numero Three-O AND the new competition.
Dont forget you can still enter Competition Numero Four-O till Midnight GMT too.
Now as most of you who have known me for sometime will know, I'm not the best rule keeper in the world, so as a one off for Competition Three-0 I threw the rule book out of the window. The answers amused me so much that even those who didn't even try to answer got entered, and even a few who sneaked in after the competition closed. In fact.. in honour of WHAT RULES?? DAY (as I have declared today to be) then anyone who commented on the post up to the time we drew it .. is in the hat!
Congratulations to our lucky winner.. and you have won a snazzy Nowzad Supporter Bandana!!
and since there are two of you, we will further break the rules by sending two!! Please e-mail me your postal address so I can get them in the post to you.
Now onto Competition Numero Five-O
What is the name of the author of the book due for release February 2009 which will tell the Nowzad Story? (CLUE)
answers in comments please and this competition will close at 7PM GMT Friday when we announce the results for Competition Numero Four-0 (which you can still enter till Midnight GMT)
Thank you for all continuing to support my fundraising efforts, it is very much appreciated.
Ben xxx
Hi all,
Well FINALLY we have the results for competition Numero Three-O AND the new competition.
Dont forget you can still enter Competition Numero Four-O till Midnight GMT too.
Now as most of you who have known me for sometime will know, I'm not the best rule keeper in the world, so as a one off for Competition Three-0 I threw the rule book out of the window. The answers amused me so much that even those who didn't even try to answer got entered, and even a few who sneaked in after the competition closed. In fact.. in honour of WHAT RULES?? DAY (as I have declared today to be) then anyone who commented on the post up to the time we drew it .. is in the hat!
Congratulations to our lucky winner.. and you have won a snazzy Nowzad Supporter Bandana!!
and since there are two of you, we will further break the rules by sending two!! Please e-mail me your postal address so I can get them in the post to you.
Now onto Competition Numero Five-O
What is the name of the author of the book due for release February 2009 which will tell the Nowzad Story? (CLUE)
answers in comments please and this competition will close at 7PM GMT Friday when we announce the results for Competition Numero Four-0 (which you can still enter till Midnight GMT)
Thank you for all continuing to support my fundraising efforts, it is very much appreciated.
Ben xxx
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