Hi All,
As you all know we had a great time and great success at last
weekend's Springer Specialty Show in Lawrenceville. So maybe you are
wondering what's in the works for the rest of the year; after all it
is only January!
Well, we have lots of plans!
Here are some things in the pipeline in Georgia. Details still
need to be worked out on most of it and will be passed along as
arranged, but this will give you an idea of what we have going on.
We had a great turnout at the Specialty Show and look forward to the
same at these upcoming events.
Pawfest:
This is an annual event held at Rhodes Jordan Park (100 E. Crogan
St.) in Lawrenceville, GA in May, hosted by the Gwinnett County
Humane Society. We are planning to have a booth at this event this
year and look forward to seeing you there.
Pet-a-Palooza:
We had a booth at this event which was held in Suwanee, GA last May.
It was another very successful event for us. We hope to be part of
this again this year. Stay tuned for more details.
Spring
Garage Sale:
It's time to clean out those closets! And that garage! We will be
holding a Spring Garage/Yard sale at the home of Carol Sanderson in
Norcross; proceeds to go to ESRA. So start collecting items to
donate. I know we all have something to contribute to this
one!
Summer
get together and picnic:
This one is just for fun! Isaac & Vicky Dugan have graciously
offered their home as a location for an ESRA get together and play
date. The Dugans, who adopted Patrick last year, have 10 acres of
fenced in land near the Georgia/Alabama state line, so this is one
we can ALL get involved with. We are planning this event, likely for
sometime in June or July. It will be a picnic style thing, with
everyone pitching in on the eats and treats.
Dinner
Auction:
We are also looking into having a ESRA dinner in the early fall for
members and adopters, where we would include some fundraising
possibilities, such as auction items, raffle, etc... So here again,
be on the lookout for items that you can donate to the auction and
if you have any catering contacts that might give us a good deal or
if you have access to a club house or other spot that might make a
good location for this event, we would certainly love to hear about
it.
Animal
Rescue Fair:
We were looking forward to being a part of this wonderful event held
in Alpharetta each year; however this year's event has been
cancelled.
Petsmart/Petco:
Eileen Parker has volunteered to look into getting ESRA Georgia
signed up and involved with the regular adoption days events at
Petsmart & Petco. Yea Eileen!!! Stay tuned. We will need volunteers
to help man these events and plenty of Springer ambassadors to be on
hand.
Dog
Days at the Park:
Once again we would like to have some regular play days at dog parks
in the coming year. We'd like to move it around to different parks,
so if there is a park near you, please let us know. We would
also love to hear your suggestions on any of these events or any
others you would like to see us participate in.
As always, we will be looking for volunteers to help out at all of
these events. The good things is, we always have fun!
Please send your ideas and suggestions to one or more of the
following folks (in Georgia):
Carol Sanderson
gaevents@springerrescuegaal.org
Sandy Garris
gaapps@springerrescuegaal.org
Nita Watson
transport@springerrescuegaal.org
Recent
Events:
February 3, 2008 - Dog Park Outing
It
was a success on Sunday, February 3rd at Pickneyville Park, Norcross,GA. The
only local and famous volunteer's that were not there was our Carol, David and
Rebecca.
In Attendance were Monica, Becky,Sandi, Mickey and Marilyn Creek, Beth,
Marilyn Gorman, Nita and myself, plus all our dogs. Paul Henderson who adopted
our loveable Tony, came with two of his other Springers! It was wonderful
to see Tony! Also, Andrea and Chris brought Kennedy! Kennedy is one of Lucy's
puppies. Lucy had 9 puppies December 4, 2003. It is great to see everyone!
Andrea is going to get me information for another outing next month in
Decatur. Take care everyone!
Please wish Becky Junkins a safe move to PA we will miss her down here!
Becky has done a lot for ESRA in just a short time. Thank You Becky!
Eileen Parker
Please click
here for more pictures of our Dog park Outing.
January 2008 - Rescue Parade in Gwinnett County, GA.
Hi Everyone,
This past weekend was the annual English Springer Spaniel Specialty Show in
Lawrenceville, GA,
hosted by the Chattahoochee English Springer Spaniel Club of Greater Atlanta.
This event is loads of fun for all and this year was no different. Historically,
the weather for this event is dreadful and this year was no exception. Exceeding
the chilled rain of past years, this year brought in snow and sleet, which
threatened to shut down the whole metro Atlanta area (while it may be pretty, we
southerners are ill prepared for dealing with the icy aftermath and frozen
roadways).
Still, this stalwart group of volunteers and adopters persevered and were
rewarded with a very enjoyable and successful event for ESRA. AND our worst
fears of the consequences of weather never materialized, as the wind came in
prior to Saturday night's freeze, leaving the roadways safe and dry.
I'm not even going to attempt to name
all the volunteers who made it to this wonderful event, but we were blessed with
an amazing group of ESRA volunteers and adopters, not only from all over the
metro Atlanta area , but also from the Georgia coast, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, North and South Carolina. What a wonderful group
indeed!!!
I do want to make special mention of Barbara Welty our fearless leader and state
coordinator whose excitement and energy kept everyone going, going, going; Carol
Sanderson, our crafty Events Committee Chairperson; Becky Junkins and Beth
Campbell who organized the Parade of Rescued dogs (Becky also provided the
delicious taco soup and chicken soup to nourish and warm us at the same time)
Sandi Garris, our sales lady extraordinaire; Sheila Connelly with her masterful
grooming; Eileen Parker who stepped in everywhere and anywhere help was needed;
David Latimer who was on hand to record this event photographically and Sue
Schroer who did an absolutely awesome job of introducing our parade participants
and sharing their personal stories with the show attendees. I am sure there was
not a dry eye in the house as these beauties took their turn around the ring.
Many thanks to all those who attended and to all who made generous donations to
our fantastic POR goody bags, home cooking and sale items. We (ESRA) also
took this opportunity to recognize all of the contributions and hard work of Dr.
Joe Gaston, a local veterinarian and his clinics, in the care of ESRA dogs over
the years, including several taking part in our POR. We would not be able to do
what we do for these Springers without the help of the medical community and Dr.
Gaston is a shining example of that help. Two gorgeous certificates (one for
each clinic), created by Carol Sanderson, signed by Caryn Pola and Barbara
Welty, and then beautifully framed by Mickey Creek were presented to Dr. Gaston
prior to the Parade of Rescued Dogs.
I know the weather made it difficult or impossible for some to make it this
year, but we did have a wonderful Parade of Rescued Dogs including the following
participants: Sandy Danielson with Annie, Beverly Blair with Harry, Leslie Allen
with Niles, Rebecca Latimer with Glory, Steven Bachmeyer with Bebop, Mickey &
Marilyn Creek with Tony & Maggie, Dr. Susan Haight with Patches, Cindy & Katie
Peterson with Gertie & Maddie, Pete & Ann Hall with Bosley & Mollie. And for all
who could not make it this year - there's always next year. We look forward to
seeing you there.
To top it all off, there are checks on the way to Suzanne totaling $2740!!!!!
WOO WOOOOOOOO!
We also collected 8 used cell phones to be recycled (funds to go to ESRA) and
sold 13 of David's "What's Cooking, Cuzzin?" art/cookbooks, (profits to go to
ESRA).
And for the icing on the cake, Carol Sanderson won a wire crate as part of the
raffle put on by the host club, which will be available for use by our local
foster homes.
Please click here to view photos from this
wonderful event, and keep checking for new photos being added over the next
few days as they come in from additional participants.
nita watson
flowery branch, ga
volunteer, english springer rescue america
Petsmart "Santa Claws Promotion" in Birmingham
Hi
Everyone,
I am happy to report that our visit to Petsmart this past Saturday & Sunday for
the Santa Claws pictures resulted in our hard working crew taking a total of 85
pictures for the event. This means that ESRA will be receiving a check from
Petsmart in the amount of $425.00.
Our volunteers for the event were
Kris Riha, who took on the part of Santa and did a marvelous job, Millie
Christopher, Patty Howell, Traci Manuel (and her springer Mollie), Angie
Epling, Phyllis Chan and myself. It was a fun time and we're looking
forward to next year.
Judie Lemsky
Alabama Volunteer
Please click here
for more pictures.
Petco Grand Opening in Cumming Georgia
We
had a beautiful day and a marvelous turnout for our FIRST Petco event in Georgia
yesterday. We had several interested potential adopters talk to us, so hopefully
we will see some good applications come from this. We also made $58.01 in
donations and enjoyed each others company:-).
ESRA volunteers for this event were Beth & Walt Campbell, Sue Schroer, Ann
Mansell (Ann's daughter & granddaughter also dropped by), Sandi Garris, Becky
Junkins, Mickey Creek, Ray & Margie Carroll, Ray & Monica Smith and me:-).
Springer ambassadors for this event were marvelous, perfectly charming
representatives of their breed: Millie & Duke Campbell, Lady Schroer, Beau Mansell, Max Watson, Charlie Carroll, Bailey Smith and fosters Tucker (formerly
known as Tank) and Tony. If I missed anyone, my sincerest apologies
Thanks to everyone who turned out and to Kelly Blake who hooked us up for this
event. Kelly had a family emergency and was not able to make it, but we sure
hope everything turned out well.
Please click here for more pictures.
ESRA-GA/AL Team Members meet at Nationals 2007
The first weekend in October was a
great time to be in Lexington, KY for "The Nationals". Several of our ESRA-GA/AL
team got together for the highly successful (and fun) ESRA dinner/auction event.
Then we enjoyed the show and rescue parade (sniff-sniff) the next day. On
Saturday evening the crew had dinner together to discuss how to organize our
newly formed team. Thanks to all who attended.
Please click here for more pictures.
