10th Birthday Celebrations

Thank to everyone that came along yesterday to celebrate our 10th birthday.
The opening of our new long termer kennels thanks to the amazing 27 k grant given from Support Adoption For Pets.
Andy Preston kindly cut the ribbon and we thank him so much for all the support he’s given us over the years.
We also thank all the staff for all their hard work and the volunteers who we couldn’t do without for helping us care for our dogs day in day out.
Since we started in our own right on 1-1-16 and not as volunteers at Waterfall Kennels we have helped so many dogs.
Strays in 1168
Reunited 687
Adopted 481
Owner Surrenders 1019 which includes 110 puppies in that and they have all been adopted.
Total figure adopted today date is 1500.
We have 34 dogs in at the moment and 8 of these are our long termers 4 of which are sanctuary spaces which means they will stay with us and this is their home.
It’s so important to keep going and we couldn’t do without the fantastic support we get from all of you. Helping us fund raise , sending donations and direct debits to meet the monthly costs of running Maxi’s Mates.
Together we are making such a huge impact to the strays and unwanted dogs lives and giving them the safe place to stay until we find that right home they need. However long that takes but it will come one day.
Lesley Jones, Andy Preston, Jane Galliford & Antonia Boyd

Barclaycard Volunteer Days

We would like to say a big thank you to all the employees from Barclaycard who have been to kennels for the last week and a half on volunteer days.
They have walked the dogs , helped clean, tidy up and paint kennels. They have all been a fantastic help and we look forward to when they all return next year.
Thank you also to David Mohan for organising it all. You have all being wonderful.

Dormans Club

£295 Funds raised from an event in the Dormans club on Friday 2nd Sept for Maxi’s Mates. Pic is of the attendees and organisers Kerry Chantrell, Louise Buckingham and Emma Tait.
It’s an amazing amount and will help a long way towards our recent electricity bill. Thank you all again.

Jed Tytler Roofing

Thank you Jed for coming to our dogs rescue again. The roof had several holes in and leaking quite badly after all the recent rain. We were so worried about the state of it as the heat lamps will be going on soon.
It’s all repaired and he won’t charge us a penny he always does it for free.
He’s a true dog lover and he has his best friend Lulu from Maxi’s Mates who kept an eye on things from her comfy seat in the van

Beaverbrookes

A very big thank you to Wendy and Amie from Beaverbrooks for bringing this fantastic donation from them and their colleagues. It’s a cheque for £900 and they chose Maxi’s Mates as the charity to award it to.
Thank you all so very much this will help enormously towards the winter bills.

10th Birthday Celebration

Maxi’s Mates 10th birthday Celebration
We are 10 years old on Sunday 9th October 2022 and we are going to celebrate at kennels with an open house from 2pm- 4 pm
Also we have the unveiling of the new long termer kennels . Andy Preston, Middlesbrough Mayor has kindly agreed to cut the ribbon around 2.15 pm.
There will be a special red carpet event with our current dogs. A raffle, tombola and new goods stall. Hot dogs and refreshments available to buy.
It’s the first time since covid we have planned to have visiting public in which will be a more regular thing. Times and days to be announced soon.
Come and help us celebrate and look around the progress made so far. Still a long way to go but plans are in place.
Hope to see you.
May be an image of dog and text that says "MAXI'S MATES COME JOIN US FOR OUR SPECIAL 10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS & THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEW LONG TERMER KENNELS 2-4 PM AT MAXI'S MATES CARLIN HOWE FARM DUNSDALE TS14 6RG"
 
 
 
 
Illumina Care Group and GMA Healthcare Ltd are a group of 5 care homes based in Middlesbrough and picked Maxi’s Mates as their charity to support on recent fundraising events.
They held raffles across the group and raised a fantastic £860 for us.
They all are amazing people and love watching our dogs on this page getting adopted and caring for the ones that haven’t been yet.
Thank you all so very much this will help funds very much.
It was so lovely to get to meet some of you the other day when I came to collect the cheque.