We want to say a huge thank you to everyone at The Price Is Wight and to all of the people that have donated to us through them. They chose us as their first Charity of the Year to try their new idea of showcasing local charities and raising funds for them. For a year there was an option to add a donation to the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary during the checkout of The Price Is Wight, and from everyone's donations we have received a total of £4,666! We are so grateful to everyone that chose to add a donation to us, and to The Price Is Wight for choosing us as their first Charity of the Year!

Last week we were visited by Pamela Sinnett who had decided to do a birthday fundraiser and chose to donate this money to the donkeys at the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary. Pamela and her friends managed to raise a wonderful £125 for our donkeys! Pamela came to visit us with one of her friends, to hand us part of the money, with the rest coming through a Facebook fundraiser, and to of course come and say hello to Bella! Thank you Pamela for choosing us, and to all of your friends for helping to raise this money for our donkeys!

We were visited recently by one of our previous Fab Fundraisers, Leanne Covey, who has been selling felt donkeys in No.26 in Ventnor. The felt donkeys sold so well the previous time she offered them around Christmas, that there was still demand for them. She continued to sell these through the beginning of this year and came in to tell us how she had been doing. She managed to raise another £310 for us, which is amazing! We would also like to give a special mention to Anna, who very kindly bought 2 of these felt donkeys. Thank you so much Leanne for all of the fundraising you have done, our donkeys really appreciate everyone's generosity!

One of our regular Fab Fundraisers, Dawn and John, recently ran a coffee morning at Cowes Community Club, and it was a success! Dawn managed to raise an amazing £430 for the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary during the coffee morning. Her next fundraiser is a name the ducky draw. The duck was kindly donated by Brenda Forde in Ryde. It costs £1 to enter and guess the duck's name, and this is currently being held in Browse and Brays shop at the sanctuary. Thank you Dawn and John for all of the amazing fundraising that you do for us! It is only thanks to people like you that we are able to exist.

Furzehill Childcare Centre have visited us here at the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary for a number of weeks, and have had a great time with all of the children. They have adopted Jill, and always come to see her and see how she is doing. During their last visit, they told us that they have done some fundraising for us and presented us with a cheque for an amazing £750.87! We are so grateful to everyone that helped raise this money. We cannot thank you enough for your kindness and generosity. We are so glad that all of the staff and the kids have loved their visits to us, and we hope to see you all again soon! Thank you so much Furzehill Childcare Centre!

We were visited recently by Lacey, who after hearing about the damage caused to us by storm Arwen, decided to do some fundraising for us. Lacey arranged a bake sale and a tombola, which were held at Carnaby's Tea Rooms in Ventnor. Lisa Ellis very kindly let Lacey use the space to have the bake sale and run the tombola, which included gifts that had been donated to them. Dawn Wood also did a raffle and offered coffee and mince pies at Byrnhill Grove care home, along with donations from the staff. This all went towards the total that Lacey was able to raise for us. People could also make donations online if they were not able to make it in person, but still wanted to contribute. Lacey managed to raise over £360, which is amazing! Thank you so much Lacey for your kindness and generosity, and to everyone that helped and donated. We really appreciate every single one of you!