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Loving Luna and Friends

Hi! My name is Charlotte Hargreaves.

I am raising money for the Better Dogs Hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece. In June of this year, my partner Oliver and I went on holiday to Halkidiki, Greece. On one of the last days of our trip, we came across a stray dog on the beach. She was beautiful, so gentle and affectionate towards people but clearly dehydrated and starving.  It broke our hearts to leave her.


So we didn't.

With the help of Olga Nalmpanti and Ally Barrett, of Better Dogs, we traveled across Greece with the stray to Olga's kennels. She boarded with Olga for three weeks, alongside over fifty other stray animals, whilst we were back home in the United Kingdom.  Olga ensured that she had all the treatments she needed including de-worming, anti-rabies vaccinations, micro-chipping and also acquired a pet passport for her. She then arranged travel for us and two flights, a trip on the Euro Tunnel and one long drive later, 'Luna', as she is now called, was home.


Luna is now our much beloved companion. She's the happiest dog you could ever meet with a tail that never stops wagging. We are so grateful to Olga for making it possible for us to provide Luna with a forever home - without her, Luna would still be hopelessly roaming the beach. This is but ONE happy ending. Every single day Olga and her team work tirelessly, rescuing animals all over Greece. Some they manage to re-home, the others will board with her for the rest of their lives.  Her team is made up of just three people, looking after, what can increase to, over sixty animals in the height of the tourist season. The animals who board there whilst their owners are away fund the strays who are rescued, they are not supported or funded externally. 

She is one of the most amazing women I have ever been so fortunate enough to meet, so passionate and yet humble, accepting no praise, but simply moving on to the next animal in need. A real hero. 


Following a blog that I wrote to chart Luna's journey which you can find at www.lovinglunauk.wordpress.com, we decided to start the Loving Luna Foundation, www.thelovinglunafoundation.wordpress.com. The aim of the foundation is to promote the dogs which Olga rescues back home in the United Kingdom with the hopes that, like us, someone will open their doors to a Greekie. 

100% of the proceeds raised on this platform will go to the Better Dogs Hotel to help with food, toys and treatments for Olga's strays so please dig deep for this deserving cause! 

Much love, 

Charlotte, Oliver & Luna

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Charlotte Hargreaves
Organizer
England

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