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60th celebration - Ros Forster's birthday evening

Rosalind Forster's birthday party was a fun affair at George's taverna at Ayia Marina on the evening of Wednesday 25th June. With about 65 guests from all corners of the world (Great Britain, Australia, Holland etc) the evening got off to a jolly start with tasty Greek food, drinks and fruit followed by live bouzouki playing from Dimitri and Vagelis.


Homes Wanted August-September 2009

Homes are desperately needed for these puppies and dogs. Please contact F.A.S.E on the numbers below in the poster. Individual pictures of each of the animals looking for homes are featured below.


Summer Colours

There’s a definite feeling that summer has started in Greece, when swallows, swifts and house martins swirl from all around, flitting in and out of the nests that they are preparing for their young. Cicadas and grasshoppers start to ‘chirrup’ from all corners of the garden and from along the bushy waysides. Dragonflies skitter from pond to pool and the water is at last beginning to be warm enough for us all to wallow in…  


Unwanted Kittens FASE

Every Spring/Summer Spetses has a major problem with kittens being thrown alive in plastic bags into rubbish bins.

Κάθε άνοιξη και καλοκαίρι οι Σπέτσες αντιμετωπίζουν ένα μεγάλο πρόβλημα με τα γατάκια που κάποιοι πετάνε στους κάδους των σκουπιδιών ζωντανά και δεμένα μέσα σε πλαστικές σακούλες.


13th, 14th and 15th June 2008 FASE / SPETSES - GAWF To Spetses again.

FASE SPETSES have invited once again GAWF - Greek Animal Welfare Fund to Spetses. On Friday 13/14/15 June, 2008, GAWF will be conducting a neutering programme for stray cats and dogs. We are most happy to have GAWF on the island and we hope people can help our project a little by making a donation to our Society - FASE / SPETSES to help defer our medical expenses. Thank you.


15th August 2008 Local Children Raise Donations for FASE Spetses

Local children took over the Spetses Friends of the Animals Society second hand book corner, on Friday 15 August and Saturday 16 August to help raise money for FASE Spetses. They had all been busy making various handicrafts, such as wooden fish, dough animals, painted pebbles and bracelets.


2008 Spetses Equine Seminar

Spetses Equine owners welcomed the GAWF (Greek Animal Welfare) Equine Team on Friday 29 February 2008, for a 2 day Equine Seminar. GAWF invited Greek vets, carriage and private owners, untrained farriers and welfare group members to attend.


2nd 2008 earthquake in Greece

Another earthquake has been reported - on the 29 January 2008, measuring 5 on the Richter scale.

The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, recorded the reading of 5 on the Richter scale and also reported the location or epicenter being in the Saronic Gulf sea, SE of the island of Aegina - a few kilometres from Athens.


30 November 2008 FASE Christmas Bazaar

A brief report on last year’s Christmas bazaar. Once again we had great weather and a great turn-out, and this year we made more money than ever before, an amazing €2,244!


A big project - The Possidonian Hotel renovation

The Possidonian Hotel is still not open and is undergoing a huge renovation project. Scaffolding covers the face of the building and the hotel is not expected to open until the summer of 2008.


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