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www.FrankiesFriends.com
a non-profit foundation dedicated to finding cures and saving pets with cancer and other catastrophic diseases

Leonardo da Vinci's dog
offers thank-you gifts for your help

What we are not: Please note - we are NOT a registered charity. We cannot provide income tax receipts!

We are the owners of a lovable little dog with massive vet bills for treatment of a ruptured disc.

In return for your generosity we will send you one of the gifts on this page. You choose the gift, depending on the size of your contribution.

To contribute please: Email Betsy Gordon at rabbits5@aol.com to tell her the size of your contribution and the gift of your choice. Don't forget to include your mailing address!

Please make the check payable to Betsy Gordon and mail it to:

801 South Edison Avenue
Tampa
FL 33606

Betsy will reserve your gift for 10 days or until receipt of your check (whichever is soonest).

On receipt of your check, Betsy will mail the gift to you. Recipes will be emailed as a pdf attachment.

Please note that many of the gifts are handmade by local artists and artisans. They are unique and we don't want you to be disappointed if the gift of your choice has already been chosen. While we will update the site daily, we can't do it instantly!

We are assembling a wide range of thank-you gifts, so keep coming back to see what we are offering.

Graphite Drawings | Recipes | Glass earrings | Turkish pillow | Greeting Cards | Books, Bracelets and more

Special items for auction
Bids must be received by noon (Tampa time) 1 September 2009
Please note that minimum bids apply

Rabbit Moon Cottage Bid for one week at Rabbit Moon Cottage, located on 2.28 wooded acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, western North Carolina. For more information on this spacious three-bedroom vacation home, complete with whirlpool bathtub, visit www.geocities.com/rabbitmooncottage or www.vrbo.com/234355  Sleeps six.

We will ask that you arrange to take your week's visit before the end of August 2010. Minimum bid is $700. Bids close at noon (Tampa time) on September 1, 2009. To send your bid, email rabbits5@aol.com. We will post the bids on this page as they are received.


Mas d'en Coste Bid for a long weekend for two at Mas d'en Coste, a bed & breakfast in the Pyrenean foothills near Perpignan, the Roussillon coast, Thuir and Spain. For more information, visit www.masdencoste.com

We will ask that you arrange to take your visit before the end of August 2010. Minimum bid is $200. Bids close at noon (Tampa time) on September 1, 2009. To send your bid, email rabbits5@aol.com. We will post the bids on this page as they are received.


Graphiite drawing of Ibis by Cassandra Gordon-Harris

Ibis
Stylized geometric graphite drawing by Cassandra Gordon-Harris, professional artist and former faculty member of the Art Center of St. Petersburg.

Starting bid is $75. Bids close at noon (Tampa time) on September 1, 2009. To send your bid, email rabbits5@aol.com. We will post the bids on this page as they are received.

Graphiite drawing of Bear by Cassandra Gordon-Harris

Bear
Pencil drawing by Cassandra Gordon-Harris, professional artist and former faculty member of the Art Center of St. Petersburg.

Starting bid $35.Bids close at noon (Tampa time) on September 1, 2009. To send your bid, email rabbits5@aol.com. We will post the bids on this page as they are received.

Click on the photograph to see an enlarged view of the dawing..

For more information, go to www.artjemez.org/GordonHarrisInfo.htm

Everyone who contributes a minimum of $5.00
will receive one of these personalized certificates - complete with a special recipe! 
Choose from
Spiced Chocolate Mousse
Tastiest and Easiest Alfredo Sauce
Pan-Seared Salmon with Wild Mushrooms & Leeks
Daddy Mike's Champion Chili
World's Best Macaroni & Cheese

Spiced Chocolate Mousse recipe   Tastiest and Easiest Alfredo Sauce recipe

Pan-seared Salmon with Wild Mushrooms and Leeks recipe   Daddy Mike's Champion Chili recipe

World's Best Macaroni and Cheese recipe


For a contribution of $20.00 or more
you may choose a pair of these fused glass earrings
made specially to help Vinci.

Earrings by Glass artist Betsy Wood
Galloping Horse Studio, Tampa, Florida

Made with colorful fused glass, each pair is unique.
One-inch dangle. Look for the image of a little dog bone in each earring!  

Click on the photograph to see an enlarged view of the earrings.

Earrings by glass artist Betsy Wood

Earrings-1
Amber, black, iridescent copper
(2 pairs available)

Earrings by glass artist Betsy Wood

Earrings-2
Lilac, black, iridescent vermilion green

Earrings by glass artist Betsy Wood

Earrings-3A
Onyx black, lime yellow,
iridescent blue
(2 pairs available)

Earrings-4
Amber, onyx black, iridescent blue

Earrings-5
Lilac, onyx black, iridescent copper


For a contribution of $45 or more
you can choose this unique Turkish pillow

Handwoven Turkish pillow 16" x 16"

Turkish pillow
Hand-woven, from a small village in Western Turkey
Weaving style: Jijim (embroidered flat weave)
16 inches by 16 inches

Click on the photograph to see an enlarged view of the pillow.


For a contribution of $8.00 or more
you may choose from these unique

Greeting Cards from Rabbit Moon Studio

Made with acid free cardstock, blank inside
Click on image for enlarged view

Screaming Silently
Screaming Silently

Dreaming of Hydrants
Print of handmade collage:
Dreaming of Hydrants

Print of handmade collage Heartbreaker
Print of handmade collage: Heartbreaker

And, and, and...
And, And … And!

More to come:

Day of the Dead

Beauty reveals itself

Print of handmade collage: Time Travel

 


Please contact us for more information on these unique and unusual items
Signed decal
Decal signed by the award winning chef and staff in Asheville, North Carolina
Barak Obama hologram bracelet
America's first African- American President, Barack Obama.

This unusual collectors bracelet was bought on Inauguration Day at the Inauguration of President Obama in Washington D.C. It is a hologram bracelet with President Obama's picture, and his family. 

The Last Meow
The Last Meow
by an Asheville Artist 2" x 3"

Betsy bought this book in New Orleans about the pet rescue during and after Hurricane Katrina. The stories are very moving...the book cost $ 21.75. It would be for a good for the cause if you would like to make a donation beyond the cost. We will donate part to the Utah Best Friends Animal Society that saved over 7,000 pets and re-united 1,500 pets with their families.

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