Madrugada hopes that as many of you as possible will come along to our 10th anniversary coffee morning fundraiser from 10:00 till 12:30 on Saturday 23 February at our new Support Centre in Rua Direita 44 Frac A, in Luz (opened by the Lagos Mayor - Presidente Maria Joaquina de Matos on 17 November).
Last year was a momentous year for Madrugada. Not only did we move from our initial Support Centre at Rua Direita 100 to our new location further along the road, but we also moved our Homestore from the same address to our new location at Pedra Alcada (opposite the Lagos Vet). In September we opened an additional store – in Lagoa at Rua Francisco Veloso (opposite the GNR). So we feel we have more than usual to celebrate as the new Support Centre and shops will benefit more patients and their loved ones!

Do you have any free time to spare? Would you like to be able to help APAA?

From time to time, we could all use a little help, and the team at APAA are no different. We appreciate that people don’t always want to commit themselves to something on a regular basis, but would be more than happy to help out occasionally. We are therefore looking for volunteers for the following tasks:

“The Home Centre” in Avenda Duarte Pacheco, Almancil is a joint venture for Florentinta Fashions and Crown Paints. To showcase their fashions Florentinta will be hosting a Fashion Show on 23rd March at 12.30 pm. The venue is A Quinta Monte Vale d Éguas, Rua Escanxhinas, Almancil.
Tickets are 25 euros which includes a 2 course meal with wine. All proceeds will be split between Rotary Club Estoi Palace to support the Faro Hospital Childrens Unit and the StreetLife Animal Sterilisation Programme.

StreetLife is a non-profit organisation set up in September 2017, to support local pet owners in the East Algarve with insufficient funds to sterilise their dogs. StreetLife wants to reduce the number of stray and abandoned dogs in the East Algarve through a programme of sterilisations.

Rotary Club Estoi will be holding a fundraising “Romantic Dinner” on February 16th at Comporta Eventos, Lamaceiro-Pechão, Olhão 8200.

Tickets are €30 per person for a 3 course meal with entertainment and dancing. Funds raised at the dinner will support the Portuguese Cerebal Palsy Association and other Rotary causes.

For further information contact moc@rotaryestoipalace.org

This is Miranda. She was found by a lady in Portimão at the beginning of November 2018. She had been put in a cardboard box and, at the age of 7 weeks, left outside a market.
After realising that this puppy was not able to open her eyes, the Cadela Carlota Rescue Shelter in Odiaxere was contacted and Miranda came into our care.

In this first newsletter of 2019, some news about the result of our latest auction, details of the first lunch of the year - a new venue - and the latest from Goldra. And hidden in here is the astonishing total raised from all our events and programmes during 2018.

Vilamoura International School (CIV) donated €7000 to various charity organisations, at the annual Christmas Concert that took place in Casino de Vilamoura last December. This value was raised by the school community, through the various stalls at the Christmas Fair.