THANK YOU TO EVERY CLINIC/TEAM FOR PARTICIPATING IN TAILS OF HELP’S ALBERTA CHALLENGE AND SUPPORTING OUR CAUSE. THE SUPPORT YOU PROVIDE IS TERRIFIC AND SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR PROGRAM. AS A RESULT MANY MORE PETS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ESSENTIAL VETERINARY CARE.

And thank you once again to our generous sponsors:

                        
 Premier Support: John Bowlen Legacy Flow Through Fund 1                    2023-2024 Gold Sponsor: Trupanion Pet Insurance 
                                    at Calgary Foundation


ALBERTA CHALLENGE 2023 RESULTS UPDATE POSTS BELOW!

You will also find details here below on this page about:

  1. How to send collected funds to Tails of Help
  2. What to do with collected Prize Draw Forms from your donors and visitors
  3. How to send in your Staff Prize Draw entries!

THANK YOU TO EVERY CLINIC/TEAM FOR PARTICIPATING IN TAILS OF HELP’S ALBERTA CHALLENGE AND SUPPORTING OUR CAUSE. THE SUPPORT YOU PROVIDE IS TERRIFIC AND SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR PROGRAM. AS A RESULT MANY MORE PETS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ESSENTIAL VETERINARY CARE.


In January: At the end of the Alberta Challenge – Submitting Funds!

Thank you to all those teams that have already sent us the funds raised during the Alberta Challenge.
For any teams that have not sent those donations in yet, please send them this week!

1. HOW TO SEND COLLECTED FUNDS TO TAILS OF HELP:

For all VCA Canada and Vet Strategy clinics:

Please send notice to your accounting department to make payment to Tails of Help for the donations total your clinic has gathered. Your corporate accounting department is set up to make payment to Tails of Help by direct deposit. Please ask them to notify us of the hospital and the amount for your donation total.

For ALL OTHER CLINICS:

You can make payment to Tails of Help by cheque (details below), by email payment, or by direct deposit:

  • For email payment, please send one email payment, for your clinic total funds raised, to donate@tailsofhelp.ca
  • For direct deposit payment, please use your bank electronic funds transfer feature to deposit to Tails of Help account as follows:
    Royal Bank of Canada (Financial institution number: 003)
    Transit/Branch number: 04529
    Account number: 102 1930
    Account name: Tails of Help
    If needed for your bank/bookkeepers to send EFT payment to our account, you can obtain a void cheque from us by emailing your request
    to alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca

For payment by CHEQUE:

Please submit one (1) cheque, made out to Tails of Help, which includes all funds raised during the Alberta Challenge. PLEASE DO NOT MAIL CASH!
Please send one (1) cheque for all funds raised during the Tails of Help Alberta Challenge no later than Friday, January 27 to:

Tails of Help
5328 Calgary Trail NW, Suite 1260
Edmonton, AB T6H 4J8

This will help ensure that:

  •  Your clinic/group/business is adequately recognized for its efforts in Tails of Help social media, and on the Tails of Help web site
  •  Processing of funds is quickly administered
  •  The total results of the Tails of Help Alberta Challenge can be accurately calculated
  •  Winners of the Alberta Challenge campaign can be announced in a timely manner.

2. WHAT TO DO WITH COLLECTED PRIZE DRAW FORMS FROM YOUR DONORS AND VISITORS:

Please scan your Prize Draw Forms and email them by January 27 to:
alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca

3. HOW TO SEND IN YOUR STAFF PRIZE DRAW ENTRIES:

Please submit your Staff Prize draw entries by sending one list of your staff team names and their email addresses, no later than Friday, January 27, by email to us here:       alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca
ALL PRIZE DRAWS WILL BE COMPLETED AND WINNERS ANNOUNCED AFTER ALL ENTRY FORMS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED
AND VERIFICATION OF FUNDRAISING TOTALS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.


THE ALBERTA CHALLENGE January 19 RESULTS UPDATE!

THE ALBERTA CHALLENGE – WRAPPING UP!

As of January 19th, 2023:

Please email alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca each week by end of day Friday with an update on funds your clinic/business team has raised so far.
Thank you to those teams that have already started sending us their weekly update emails.
And thank you everyone for supporting us with your fundraising!… The Southern Region has made a late surge, pulling ahead of the Northern Region to try to win the competition again this year.
Based on reported results, the top team as of this week is VCA Canada Animal Care Centre of Strathmore (near Calgary) with a slight lead in first place, followed closely by Silver Springs Animal Hospital in second (in Calgary), and VCA Canada Mills Haven Animal Hospital (in Edmonton) holding onto third place, all running close together in the top three.

The current top 5 leading teams based on reported results as of January 19th:

1st      VCA Canada Animal Care Centre of Strathmore
2nd     Silver Springs Animal Hospital
3rd     VCA Canada Mills Haven Animal Hospital
4th     VCA Canada Calgary Trail Animal Hospital
5th     Harvest Pointe Animal Hospital

THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE for stepping up and supporting Tails of Help with our Alberta Challenge fundraising campaign.
Feel free to email us for extra tips on how to get higher results.
Don’t worry, every dollar you raise is important for Tails of Help to keep saving more pets in 2024!
We will post progress results on Tails of Help’s Facebook and website to report what Region is in front, and the top 3 leading clinics/teams.
Any clinic/team can win! Any staff team member can win! Any client/donor/visitor can win!
The biggest prize is helping to save more pets!

Thank you to everyone who contributed – all those donations are so vital to HELP US TO KEEP SAVING MORE PETS!


THE ALBERTA CHALLENGE December 25th RESULTS UPDATE!

THE ALBERTA CHALLENGE – FINAL WEEK!

As of December 25th, 2023:

Please email alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca each week by end of day Friday with an update on funds your clinic/business team has raised so far.
Thank you to those teams that have already started sending us their weekly update emails.
And thank you everyone for supporting us with your fundraising!
… The Northern Region is still holding their early lead, pulling to stay ahead of the Southern Region which won the competition last year.
Based on reported results, the top team as of this week is Harvest Pointe Animal Hospital (in Edmonton) with a slight lead in first place, followed closely by VCA Canada Mills Haven Animal Hospital in second (Edmonton), and Sylvan Lake Veterinary Clinic (in Red Deer) holding onto third place, all running close together in the top three.

The current top 3 leading teams based on reported results as of December 15th:

1st      VCA Canada Mills Haven Animal Hospital
2nd    Harvest Pointe Animal Hospital
3rd     Sylvan Lake Veterinary Clinic

THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE for stepping up and supporting Tails of Help with our Alberta Challenge fundraising campaign.
Feel free to email us for extra tips on how to get higher results.
Don’t worry, every dollar you raise is important for Tails of Help to keep saving more pets in 2024!
We will post progress results on Tails of Help’s Facebook and website to report what Region is in front, and the top 3 leading clinics/teams.
Any clinic/team can win! Any staff team member can win! Any client/donor/visitor can win!
The biggest prize is helping to save more pets!

Thank you to everyone who contributed – all those donations are so vital to HELP US TO KEEP SAVING MORE PETS!


THE ALBERTA CHALLENGE December 15th RESULTS UPDATE!

THE ALBERTA CHALLENGE – ROLLING STRONG!

As of December 15th, 2023:

Please email alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca each week by end of day Friday with an update on funds your clinic/business team has raised so far.
Thank you to those teams that have already started sending us their weekly update emails.
And thank you everyone for supporting us with your fundraising!
… The Northern Region has jumped into an early lead, pulling to stay ahead of the Southern Region which won the competition last year.
Based on reported results, the top team as of this week is VCA Canada Mills Haven Animal Hospital (in Edmonton) with a slight lead in first place, followed closely by Harvest Pointe Animal Hospital in second (Edmonton), and Sylvan Lake Veterinary Clinic (in Red Deer) holding onto third place, all running close together in the top three.

The current top 3 leading teams based on reported results as of December 25th:

1st      VCA Canada Mills Haven Animal Hospital
2nd    Harvest Pointe Animal Hospital
3rd     Sylvan Lake Veterinary Clinic

THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE for stepping up and supporting Tails of Help with our Alberta Challenge fundraising campaign.
Feel free to email us for extra tips on how to get higher results.
Don’t worry, every dollar you raise is important for Tails of Help to keep saving more pets in 2024!
We will post progress results on Tails of Help’s Facebook and website to report what Region is in front, and the top 3 leading clinics/teams.
Any clinic/team can win! Any staff team member can win! Any client/donor/visitor can win!
The biggest prize is helping to save more pets!

Thank you to everyone who contributed – all those donations are so vital to HELP US TO KEEP SAVING MORE PETS!



The ALBERTA CHALLENGE TROPHY!

NORTHERN ALBERTA VS SOUTHERN ALBERTA

REGIONS: NORTH VS SOUTH

The Northern Alberta Team will consist of those clinics / groups / businesses north of Airdrie.
The Southern Alberta Team will consist of those clinics / groups / businesses south of and including Airdrie.

RESULTS UPDATES!

We are posting competition updates on Facebook and Twitter on a weekly basis.
We will let you know what clinic is leading the competition and also North versus South progress.
In order to do this we ask that you update your results HERE each Friday, commencing Friday November 18th through Friday January 6th, stating the total $$ raised up to that date during the campaign. You can email your results to alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca – we will then post updates on the following Monday.

PLEASE FOLLOW TAILS OF HELP ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER SO YOU RECEIVE THESE UPDATES:

We look forward to communicating with you over the coming weeks and we thank you again for your extremely valuable support!

Tails of Help will also be at the CanWest Conference so we look forward to meeting many of you there also.

QUESTIONS?

Should you have any questions please contact us here: alberta-challenge@tailsofhelp.ca

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS:

Premier and Alberta Challenge Title Sponsor:

Calgary Foundation

John Bowlen Legacy Flow Through Fund I at Calgary Foundation

2023-2024 Gold Level Sponsor:

Trupanion 2023 Gold Level Sponsor

Assistance To Financially Challenged Pet Owners.

Tails of Help is seeking to raise commitments of $236,000 during its fiscal year ending May 31, 2023 through its fundraising campaigns. We estimate that it will cost our organization $59,000 to raise this amount. We anticipate that these fundraising costs will be entirely covered by corporate sponsorships and grants. This means that all additional donations will go toward our charitable activity of helping pets and families. We plan to use the donated money to fund essential veterinary care for ill or injured pets of Alberta owners who are experiencing financial hardship. Our goal is to keep pets healthy and with their loving families. For further information, please see our website at
www.tailsofhelp.ca, or contact Mark Patrick, Tails of Help Executive Director by email to info@tailsofhelp.ca or phone at 587-575-8415. Our mailing address is:
Tails of Help, 1260 – 5328 Calgary Trail NW, Edmonton, T6H 4J8.
Tails of Help is incorporated under the Companies Act (Alberta) and is a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada).