2025 Love Our Dogs Calendar - wrap up summary

 

To all the supporters of LOVE OUR DOGS Charity Calendar, here's the latest summary of the 2024 project (ie the 2025 Calendar):

Total Sums Raised: HK$388,000

Donation to HKDR: HK$109,216

Donation to SAA: HK$110,250

Donation to LAP: HK$100,034

Donation to HK Homeless Dogs Shelter: HK$68,500

* copies of their respective receipt and acknowledge letters as shown below.

The only 2 expenses being the:

Printing Cost to Idol Printing: HK$82,656; and

Photography Fee to Obese Photography: HK$10,000

* copies of their respective receipts as shown below.

It's been an amazing journey since 2009 making these calendars almost every year to raise funds for the beneficiary organisations dedicated to help the doggies and animals in need of help and most important, in need of a loving family. I am grateful I have played an indirect part in all these. 

Again, without these supporters, this little project of mine will not be able to materialise, so another big thank you to each of them:

* the sponsors of each month in the past 15 calendars with their cuteness-overload doggies posing as the calendar's models;

* @Idol Printing for assisting me in almost all of these calendar projects and ensuring top notch printing quality;

* Corporate sponsors in the past 15 years including @Megan's Kitchen, @Mega Pet, @Whiskas & Paws, @VSH, @Valley Veterinary Centre,  @Brown's Tailor, @Rock Tone Music, @Barkyard, @Green Common, @Acumen Paper @Clubstring

* Special contributors:

Melissa @paintinks_by_melt for contributing to the illustrations on the 2021 calendar

Ann @annchoi photography for assisting in photoshoot for 2 calendar projects

Howard @obesephotography for handling the photoshoot for the 2025 calendar

and all of you who purchased the calendars and made a donation via this calendar project.

Wishing all of you and all the doggies in this world, good health, love and happiness.

               

 

2025 LOVE OUR DOGS Charity Calendar

 

It is with great delight to inform the fans and supporters of LOVE OUR DOGS Charity Calendar that the 2025 calendar (the 16th anniversary project!) will be ready for your purchase in late September @ loveourdogscalendar !!💝

Similar to previous year, due to workload on hand, I have been struggling whether to continue this project or not. But perhaps due to some kind of "mission" idea in my mind, I tried to see how I can carve out some work to another person and still be able to do the rest and continue with this charity project. Then I DM a pet photographer I followed for a while and see if he's willing to help out on photography part and we clicked in an instance! @ obesephotography - HOWARD, a big thank you! Without you, I may not be able to continue with this project.🙏

Howard completed the photography sessions with all 12 monthly sponsors in lightning speed and in a superior quality! With his photos, I found time to complete the editing and worked out the design and printing details with @idolprinting. Thanks to Pam and Stephanie @idolprinting, the details of the printing job also completed as per schedule.😊

Needless to say, THANK YOU to all the 12 months sponsors for your kind-heartedness and  sponsorship and making time to take your furry family members to photoshoot. All of your doggies are just adorable and cuteness overload. A few of them are newly featured doggies, if you can map them out and welcome to be stars of LOVE OUR DOGS calendar! :)

THANK YOU also to my commercial sponsors - @megapets, @whiskasnpaws, @brownstailor, @moguu, @rocktone @valleyvet, @meganskitchen, @luckyoffices.🙏

Please support by Follow, Like and Share the calendar's IG page @loveourdogscalendar and FB page loveourdogscalendar

For calendars purchase, please visit online shop @loveourdogscalendar.com

Hopefully this project will raise a meaningful sum for @hkdr @saa @lap @hongkonghomelessdogshelter and help the doggies in need. 🐶🐕🦮

Thank you all who purchase a calendar or make a donation! 🙏

As Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, wishing you all and your paw-paw family members all the best in this festive season.🥮🌝

2024 Calendar Report

 

Dear supporters of LOVE OUR DOGS Charity Calendar,

It's been a long while and apologies for not updating promptly as life has been a turmoil since late last year, overlapping to first quarter of this year. Bits and pieces picking up here and there, everything getting better day by day. Keeping positive spirits and energies.

Delay no more and it's time for me to give you all a summary of the results of the 2024 calendar as follows, all self-explanatory. A total of HK$410,00 net funds were raised and donated to the beneficiaries specified below. From 2009 to 2023, a total of HK$2,755,342 were raised to help the doggies-in-need via these NGO beneficiaries.

Without the support of the 12 months sponsors and their amazingly charming doggies, @annchoi for assisting in photoshoot, @Paullung for making the almost real-life illustrations in the big calendar pages, my kind hearted retail sponsors @wnp @megapet @mogu @VSH @valleyvetcentre @brownstailor @rocktonemusic @meganskitcken @clubstriing,  @Idolprinting for assisting me with the printing job, and most important each of you who support this charity project by buying a copy or making a donation, THANK YOU every much, on behalf of beneficiaries @HKDR @SAA @LAP @SPCA @hongkonghomelessdogshelter, who have received all your donations and making good use of it to help the doggies in need. Their acknowledgement letters as shown below.

                                                 

Have been thinking many times if I so should continue with this project with the 2025 calendar considering the many challenges in life .... decided to give it one more try. So, please stay tuned for the 2025 LOVE OUR DOGS Charity Calendar. It's all W.I.P now and printed calendars should be ready in late September 2024. Please continue to support this little charity project.

Best wishes to you all,

M

2024 Calendars - RELEASE SOON!

Last year hectic schedule prevented me from doing the charity calendar for 2023, with regrets for sure. But am delighted to let you know I managed to plan well ahead this year and save enough time and energy to prepare for the 2024 project! 

Can't believe the 2024 calendar will be the 15th anniversary project💗!! Time flies but am grateful in the past years, I have carved out time and energy to do this calendar project and raised over HK$2.3M for the beneficiaries to help the doggies and animals in need. I seriously hope the 2024 calendar sells well and raise another good sum for the beneficiaries as I am not sure if by next year I am well and fit enough to do another round!😅

Besides having support from the lovely paw-parents and their cuteness-overload doggies🐶 featured in the calendar (without which this project cannot kick start at all), I am lucky to be able to secure support from artist @Paul Lung this year to draw amazing paintings of the doggies as shown in the circles in the big calendar pages. You might thought they are photographs, but they are actually hand drawn paintings with Paul spending not less than 5 hours per painting. So a big applause to Paul to give me this kind-hearted and voluntary help!👏

This year I tried to make the featured doggies look "cool" and thanks to my friend @AnnChoi, a professional photographer, for giving me guidance on studio lighting set up as well as assisting me in my photo-shoot! I am sure Ann had a good time seeing how hilarious I communicated with the doggies!👍

Big thank you also to Pam and Ringo of @IDOL Printing. Without them, I cannot complete the design of the calendar as you see it now. They are with me all through these years and truly appreciate your professional service.💪

Thanks also to my corporate sponsors, who stay with this charity project, rain or shine: @Mega Pets, @Whiskas & Paws, @The Veterinary Specialty Hospital, @Valley Veterinary Centre, @Brown's Tailor, @Rock Tone Music, @Megan's Kitchen and @Club String. And welcome a new corporate sponsor @Moguu! Without your support, this calendar project will be more difficult to start with. So Thank You!

 

This time besides DM me for your orders, you can also order online @ https://www.loveourdogscalendar.com/ .Printed calendars will be ready for your purchase and delivery or collection no later than 15 Sep 2023. Please continue to support this little charity project of mine and help the doggies-in-need via beneficiaries @HKDR @SAA @LAP @SPCA @Hong Kong Homeless Dog Shelter.

Most important of all, please continue to LOVE the doggies and animals around us. Don't ever abandon any of them if they are already at your keepsake.