Gishwhes item 61

IMAGE. Go to your local animal shelter/rescue and hold a photo shoot for one of its residents. Make an adoption flyer promoting the animal using the photos you’ve taken and post them on telephone poles. Prove that your campaign was successful. (It can be multiple images photoshopped into one submission).52 POINTS

It doesn't hurt that we do dog and cat rescue at our store! We had two dogs at the time. A very cute, young yorkie puppy and this older, fatter yorkie cross. I went with the older one because she was the one who really needed the help. (Don't get me wrong, we generally only have older dogs, and they all get adopted. We don't have a time limit for them, and most of them enjoy being at the store, because they often have free reign of the place and get a shit-ton of attention while they're with us.)

Bailey is a real sweetheart, and has really blossomed since she came to be with us six weeks ago. She was terrified, matted up, had a tumour on her belly and hadn't been fixed.

We're still working on her fur, but she's been fixed and had the tumour removed and has chilled out quite a bit. I think she'll make a great pet for someone.

The woman in the picture was actually adopting the OTHER dog, but I got her to pose with Bailey, since I had made the poster already. Her and her husband have been customers of ours for years, and it was really nice to know who the little yorkie was going home with.

Fear not, Bailey will find a home soon too, I'm sure. Everyone makes a fuss over her.

Gishwhes item 71

VIDEO. Let’s see what a fighter jet passenger or pilot POV looks like. The video must be shot during a flight and the aircraft must do a complete "roll" during the video. After completing the roll, you or the pilot must hold up a hand or arm on which is written, "GISHWHES does Mach 2", "I flip for GISHWHES," or a similar phrase.169 POINTS

Early on Sunday I called the Snow Birds (Canadian Forces stunt flight team) to see if they would do this. I expected to get an answering machine, or at the very best someone who is the secretary to someone else, etc. Imagine my surprise when I was talking to one of the actual pilots!

He was really nice, and asked lots of good questions about the task and about Gishwhes and the charity that it supports, then asked me to email him with the what/when/where/why of the whole thing, and he'd see what he could do. He told me that he'd let me know by Tuesday.

When I received an email from him on Tuesday morning and IT HAD AN ATTACHMENT, I just about burst into tears. (I was already suffering from lack of sleep.) After this email, when someone would tell me "No." or say that what I was asking was impossible, I would shrug and grin and say "Hey, I got the Snow Birds to film a barrel roll for me." Like seriously, I do not have time for your negative shit, people!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWv2sArdF34&feature=youtu.be
I love that he turns the camera on himself at the end.
Aside from a gushing email, does anyone have any ideas on how I could express to the Snow Birds (and Captain Edelson) how thankful I am?