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Donate any change you can spare via one of the collection tins Even if you only have a little of that annoying brown shrapnel left at the end of your holiday we'd be grateful for it. It may be only pennies but you'd be surprised how it all adds up. You will find a collection tin on the bar in Aliti's.
Direct donation	Give your donation to a KATs representative. Visit the KATs website: Kefalonia-animal-trust.org and donate via Paypal. Donations can be made in Sterling, Euros or American Dollars. Make a payment directly into the KATs UK* bank account in Liverpool. HSBC plc, 4 Dale Street, Liverpool L69 2BZ Account Number: 12784394 Sort Code: 40-29-08 IBAN: GB79MIDL40290812784394 Make your cheque payable to Kefalonia Animal Trust (UK) Send a cheque to KATs at PO Box 142, Argostoli 28100, Kefalonia, Greece Make your cheque payable to Kefalonia Animal Trust
* KATs UK exists only to raise funds for Kefalonia Animal Trust (Greece). It was set up to enable the charity to qualify for GIft AId. Gift Aid enables charities to reclaim the basic rate of tax on donations from UK taxpayers (25p for every £1 you give). In other words, whatever you donate via the UK account, KATs gets an extra 25% from the tax man at no extra cost to you.
Use easyfundraising.org.uk when you do your online shopping It's a way for you to make a 'free' donation to KATs. Go to easyfundraising.org.uk and nominate Kefalonia Animal Trust as your chosen charity. After that, if you use easyfundraising to do your online shopping you still only pay the cost of your purchase but KATs gets extra money from the vendor. To date (April 2017) shoppers using easyfundraising have raised over £2,000 'free money' for KATs just by participating.
Knitting, sewing & crochet patterns and materials KATs has a group of volunteers on the island who make toys & garments both for sale and for the animals. They don't charge for this but raw materials can be hard to find at a reasonable price here. You could help by posting or bringing us your odds and ends. They weigh very little and don't take up much space so they are cheap to post from the UK or can be squashed into odd corners of your suitcase.
Veterinary supplies If you work at a veterinary surgery you probably have to discard perfectly usable supplies and medication after their 'use by date' because of strict UK regulations. Please send them to us - anything we can't use at the shelter goes to the vet who tends to all our strays and rescue animals. The most foolproof way of getting supplies to KATs is to send then to a UK address. EU regulations will not allow you to post medication to Greece. Contact Pat/KATs for instructions.
Donate surplus supplies to our charity shops If you've overpacked and have clothes, beachtowels, books or anything you don't want to take back home please donate them to KATs. We have two charity shops on the island where we can convert them into cash.
DVDs KATs plans to start a DVD rental library to raise funds so any unwanted films or tv series you could donate would be most appreciated. Have a stocktake and root out the things you never watch. DVDs aren't too heavy or bulky so they wouldn't cost a fortune to post or take up too much room in your case if you brought them with you.
Aliti's Bar weekly bonus ball lottery You can have a flutter and help the animals by doing the Bonus Ball Lottery at Aliti's. Pay a euro and pick a number between 1 & 59. If your number is the bonus ball on Saturday's UK Lotto, you get half of whatever is in the pot and KATs gets the other half.
Buy something from KATs corner in Aliti's Various items are available - greetings cards, calendars, lighters, fridge magnets, keyrings. All the money goes to KATs.