Expo at Westchester

Hi Linda,We had a pretty good day. The expo is more education and exposure for the Hollow as opposed to fund raising, although we did take in almost $210. There were so many other rescues there and we are all competing for those donation dollars. We sold just one shirt to a woman who wrote a check for $20. Oh, I found a really good way to get the $ out of the donation jar - a kitchen spatula and it works really well!I called the two people who won the Webkins but were not present and will mail them out on Monday. Peaches, Claudie's hammie that came from to her via the Hollow was a big hit right up front. Greer's *so* mellow bunnies were the best ambassadors to bunny land - we had them in a pen on one side of the booth and they were very friendly for many hours! Greer also walked the aisles with each of the bunnies to drum up interest and visitors. The unnamed Dutch girl (that came from Pet Supplies Plus with two broken back legs) that I've tonight started calling Bit 'o Honey Bunny (also, Lil Bit and Bitty for short) was a perfect show girl - she ate, drank and seemed very relaxed the entire day. She's downstairs now chowing down on greens and I will bring her back tomorrow before my girls get too attached.The names that some folks came up with for Lil Bit were Susan, Cookies & Cream, Sugar, Daphne and maybe one other (G & C, did I miss one?)The cupcakes and other baked goods were a big hit and the source of most of our donations. Hip Hop made an appearance with a balloon attached to her zipper in back, and the info booth guy was very accommodating in announcing our raffles and helped out by mentioning the Hip Hop sightings. Hip Hop even got to share a hug with the Big Red "C" Guy from Commerce Bank, one of the sponsors of the event.At one point in the late afternoon, we blew up some balloons and got a rush of kids. Our next booth neighbors were Wally and Sharon Wall, of all people! We had a special visit from a black and white greyhound girl dog, who was sporting a bonnet, purse, jacket and purple mani/pedi. She was lying down in our booth - it was quite a scene with all of these black and white animals in one place. Pictures will follow when I get a chance to off load them from the camera. I'll stick them up on Dotphoto and send invites to y'all.

Apparently, Mimi Cotter used to attend these up until this year, but didn;t come this year so Sarah, one of the coordinators, was very happy to have us there. Two vendors want to talk to you about setting up the Hollow as a donation site - one is Eric.Gold@ Pawscause.org and the other was Denise Barbolla from www.AngelstoAnimals.com (the email on the site goes directly to her). Both are e-commerce sites selling pet supplies and 100% of the profits are donated to animal causes. You can email them and let them know that they spoke with me today at the Fair and that we want to explore doing reciprocal links with their sites

I'll email Ann shortly to let her know that no ferret organizations were there, except that Sean had one or two, right Claudie? This is that fellow Sean that Brandee got Major from, I think. Greer and Claudie can add their experiences when they get a chance. We were asked if we wanted to attend an adoption day next week in Yonkers (we wouldn't do it) but I think it was nice to be asked and to be included along with the dogs and cats. I think Greer and/or Claudie spoke to a few serious potential adopters, and that's who you may have heard from today - one of those folks.That's all I can think of for now. The table cloths are washed and packed along with the T shirts so they'll be ready back to you tomorrow for the next event.Thanks again Greer and Claudie.Michele