ARK INTRODCUES...DOGGY DAY CARE!!!!
A fun day where your dog can play and socialise with others.
Your dog is special and unique and will be treated with love and respect.
Available Thursdays 7.30 a.m. till 6 p.m.
$26 per day or $13 for half a day
We look forward to spending the day with your dog.
Pick up & drop offs are avaliable for a surcharge of $5 each dog each way.
Phone 03-989-3804 or email us!
For more photos of our days please click for our Facebook account on the top left or the bar to the right, To see our wonderful photos of Doggy Daycare.
Nelson ARK on Petsonthenet
A very big thank-you to KIM from petsonthenet for Sponsering us a front page ad for $99 (for free) for Doggy daycare!
We also have our dogs listed on here for adoption, as well as Wish lists, foster homes wanted etc!
APART PROGRAMME
Our first APART Programme went off like a hit,
It was GREAT! and the last 6 programmes that we have run have been really awesome too with all the young people enjoying it and all the dogs finding homes,
From our last couses we Still have 2 Dogs avaliable for Adoption...
Zeb & Karla - Course 7 dogs will be avaliable for adoption shorlty.
They are all very wonderful dogs and would make a lovely pet some that someone special!
The young people all work with our dog trainer during the duration of the course and they all help to assistant and to prepare these dogs to be adopted out into the community at the end of the course.
FOSTER HOMES
Our six APART Dogs have not all found Homes just yet, (Some are staying at the kennels) We are always on the look out for foster homes!
if you think that you would like to foster one of our dogs please contact us & we can have a chat
A Property check is a must so we know that the dog won't escape.
The Nelson ARK: on Stuff.co.nz with Video
Nelson youth scheme funding slashed
A BIG BIG Thank-You to Hamish Coleman-Ross for his Video of our graduation of course 6 and the interviews with us & the young people,
and also Alice Cowdrey from The Nelson Mail for her wonderful article with this and another she has recently done!
(we also think you should watch it) it may bring a few tears to your eyes as it did with us
TRUST BOARD, STAFF & VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Recently we have accepted Jemma Wastney & Lee Stevens onto our board of Trustees!
FOUNDATION SPONSORS
We are looking for several substantial contributors, as well as ONE HUNDRED Nelsonians to donate ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS each. This group will have the honour of being our FOUNDATION DONORS. Their names will be prominently displayed in our Centre and will have the distinction of launching this essential and timely community project.
Other fundraising activities to be announced.
Happy Times again for winner!
Happy Times again for winner by ADAM ROBERTS
A big thank-you to Adam Roberts from The Nelson Mail for this article. (here is a short snip-it!)
For this year's Nelson Tasman Youth Community Spirit Award winner, the turning point came when she was matched with a four-legged companion.
Nelson College for Girls student Jemma Wastney had taken a break from college after experiencing a bout of depression.
One day she decided she needed to begin making positive steps.
An initial step was to volunteer for the Nelson Ark programme, a charitable trust that runs an animal rescue shelter and uses shelter dogs to help rehabilitate and educate people.
She was paired up with a dog that had issues similar to hers, and she found working with the animal helped both of them.
Now, a year later, she has a schedule that would put most people – let alone teenagers – to shame.
The year 13 student somehow manages to juggle her secondary school study with volunteering at the Ark, Students Against Violence Everywhere, Students Against Drink Driving, and being a peer mentor for a year 9 student.
Last night, as she received her award in front of 150 community representatives at the TrustPower Nelson Tasman Community Awards at the Rutherford Hotel, she was amazed at the change in her life in the past year.
"Last July I wasn't at school; now here I am."
Miss Wastney was chosen from six finalists in the Youth Spirit category, selected from high schools across the region.
School counsellor Carolyn Phillips, who nominated Miss Wastney for the award,
said she believed what set Jemma apart was her ability to overcome difficulties and still remain open, sensitive and caring about the needs of others.
if you have fundraising ideas or would like to help us out with a funndraiser pleaseContact us!
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