Despina Rosales


	Home Press Articles Animals Writing Classes Bellydance Pilates Yoga Contact	Thanks! My Helping Hands My helping hands in my charity ventures have been: My mother for collecting newspapers for the shelter hospitals. Fotini for putting diamantes onto collars. Anneliese for sewing bandana collars. Tony and Kylie from Swarovski for donating diamantes for putting onto collars. Luke from Petbarn in Alexandria who has given me products at a substantial discount (and occasionally for free!) to distribute to various rescues. David from Southern Courier Newspapers for being interested in writing a short article (Dandy Diamond Dogs) about one of my charity ventures. Cuddles the Maltese Terrier, Toby the Jack Russell Terrier, and Andrew (the human), all from Animal Welfare League, who posed for the photo that appeared with the aforementioned article. Katia who gathered a massive pile of pillowcases to turn into bedding. Sarah who donated a big stack of towels. Rosanna from Spotlight Rockdale who got me a juicy discount (courtesy of her manager David) off the wadding needed to make bedding. Cliff from A.Sonda & Sons Butchers who donated big bags of brisket bones for the shelter dogs of Sydney Dogs & Cats Home. Larissa of Fernwood Rockdale for okaying my idea for what became the gym's first charity drive. The staff and members of Fernwood Rockdale who donated blankets, towels, pillowcases, tea towels, doonas, cushion covers, sheets, newspapers, plastic bags, garbage bags, and a bunch of other stuff that was put to good use. Maria, graphic designer and proprietor of Colourful Ideas, for creating the poster (free of charge) to let everyone at Fernwood Rockdale know what we were doing. A Special Thank You! Extra-special thanks goes to a very special family: Kiem and Regent and family for making many hundreds of beds. Big (although she's little) Mama for buying greens for rescued rabbits. To Sister Sally for raiding all the $2 shops in her area for blankets. The reason these guys deserve an extra-special thanks is not just because of the HUGE volume of work they've done, but they did it all without being asked. They volunteered from the start and kept on volunteering, working tirelessly and uncomplainingly. Their generosity has been both astounding and inspiring...but hang on a second! I just received these photos of the dogs (see right) - evidence that, in fact, it's not really Kiem and Regent who've been doing the sewing - it was the dogs all along! (I knew it couldn't have been the humans!)	Dessie at the machine, hard at work! Roger finishing off another piece of bedding. Lockie inspects the near finished product... ...then gives the nod for the work to proceed (trust the Jack Russell to be the one in charge!).

Thanks!

My Helping Hands

My helping hands in my charity ventures have been:

My mother for collecting newspapers for the shelter hospitals.
Fotini for putting diamantes onto collars.
Anneliese for sewing bandana collars.
Tony and Kylie from Swarovski for donating diamantes for putting onto collars.
Luke from Petbarn in Alexandria who has given me products at a substantial discount (and occasionally for free!) to distribute to various rescues.
David from Southern Courier Newspapers for being interested in writing a short article (Dandy Diamond Dogs) about one of my charity ventures.
Cuddles the Maltese Terrier, Toby the Jack Russell Terrier, and Andrew (the human), all from Animal Welfare League, who posed for the photo that appeared with the aforementioned article.
Katia who gathered a massive pile of pillowcases to turn into bedding.
Sarah who donated a big stack of towels.
Rosanna from Spotlight Rockdale who got me a juicy discount (courtesy of her manager David) off the wadding needed to make bedding.
Cliff from A.Sonda & Sons Butchers who donated big bags of brisket bones for the shelter dogs of Sydney Dogs & Cats Home.
Larissa of Fernwood Rockdale for okaying my idea for what became the gym's first charity drive.
The staff and members of Fernwood Rockdale who donated blankets, towels, pillowcases, tea towels, doonas, cushion covers, sheets, newspapers, plastic bags, garbage bags, and a bunch of other stuff that was put to good use.
Maria, graphic designer and proprietor of Colourful Ideas, for creating the poster (free of charge) to let everyone at Fernwood Rockdale know what we were doing.

A Special Thank You!

Extra-special thanks goes to a very special family:

Kiem and Regent and family for making many hundreds of beds.
Big (although she's little) Mama for buying greens for rescued rabbits.
To Sister Sally for raiding all the $2 shops in her area for blankets.

The reason these guys deserve an extra-special thanks is not just because of the HUGE volume of work they've done, but they did it all without being asked. They volunteered from the start and kept on volunteering, working tirelessly and uncomplainingly.

Their generosity has been both astounding and inspiring...but hang on a second! I just received these photos of the dogs (see right) - evidence that, in fact, it's not really Kiem and Regent who've been doing the sewing - it was the dogs all along! (I knew it couldn't have been the humans!)

Dessie at the machine, hard at work!

Roger finishing off another piece of bedding.

Lockie inspects the near finished product...

...then gives the nod for the work to proceed (trust the Jack Russell to be the one in charge!).