It's Almost Time!

We hope that you are listening with both ears, not like the pup in this cartoon, when we remind you that it's almost time for the 6th Annual Golf Tournament and Auction. 

While we have a sold out event for Golfers, we invite you to come out and meet the dogs as well as shop for great items at our Buy It Now and Silent Auction tables.  We really do have something for everyone's taste.

Dinner reservations need to be in by tomorrow!

Please come and join us for a fun filled day.

Legends of Golf: Lee Elder Signed Giclee

IMPACT! Out of the Sandtrap

We are amazed and honored to be able to offer, at the upcoming Silent Auction,  a Mimi Stuart signed and numbered giclee of Lee Elder, one of the Legends of Golf.

In the words of art reviewers her work "vibrates with color" and "excels in clear design and graceful lines." The Alameda Journal stated that"Stuart's Art sparkles like Champagne."

Ms. Stuart w/ Smithsonian Curator

New York Artist Mimi Stuart is known for her signature style with its bold lines and colors. Ms. Stuart focuses on the Energy of the Subject (EOS). Ms. Stuart trained at the Art Center in Pasadena after graduating from UC Berkeley. Earlier schooling in Spain and Germany and travels in tropical countries inspired her love for vivid colors.

Her  “Walking on Diamonds” is featured in the Smithsonian's "High Art" Exhibition (Smithsonian Acquisitions).

The minimum bid for this giclee is $800.  If you can't make it to the Auction and would like to bid on this fabulous giclee, please submit an Absentee Ballot, prior to the Tournament.  For more information on how to submit an Absentee Ballot, email golf4dogs@gmail.com

 

 

Thank You to Renewing Sponsors

Join in thanking sponsors renewing for 2013 - Please "support those who support rescue"

 

 

 

Petco Foundation

 

 

VGSR is extremely happy to announce that Petco Foundation is our "Big Dog" sponsor for the 6th Annual VGSR Golf Tournament & Auction!

 

Petco is a leading pet specialty retailer that provides the products, services and advice that make it easier for customers to be great pet parents.  Everything Petco does is guided by its vision for Healthier Pets.  Happier People.  Better World.  Petco operates more than 1,200 stores nationwide and in Peurto Rico, including more than 50 Unleashed by Petco locations, a smaller format neighborhood shop, and www.petco.com.  The Petco Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization, has raised more than $110 million since it was created in 1999 to help promote and improve the welfare of companion animals.  In conjunction with the Foundation, Petco works with and supports thousands of local animal welfare groups across the country and, through in-store adoption events, helps find homes for more than 350,00 animals every year. 

 

"SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT RESCUE" and take a minute to personally thank the employees of your local Petco store for their commitment to animal welfare.

Vacation at the Beach!!

1709 N. Croatan Highway, Kill Devil Hills, NC; Bypass and Beach Road

Place the winning bid at the 6th Annual VGSR Golf Tournament & Auction and plan to spend a week at this fabulous Vacation Home for a relaxing "Get-A-Way". 

 

 

Home offers 4 bedrooms, 4 full and 1 half bath, in ground pool, game room, large kitchen-dining room, and inviting porches. 

 

 

Absentee bids will be accepted!!  

This is Love!

Syrin and her human brother

Lucky Syrin  was adopted into a family who saw and helped her reach her potential.  Syrin and her family (including loving grandparents) couldn’t be happier.   

 

They recently sent us this picture showing Syrin with her new human baby.  They confirmed what the picture reflects - Syrin loves her little brother and he loves to watch her.  Her human parents took their time to find their canine addition but believe it was worth it – “Syrin’s a fantastic dog.  She loves to come lay in the bed with all of us on Saturday mornings as our baby tells us stories.”   

We love Happy Tales!  Share yours with us. 

You are invited to meet some of our terrific alumni and foster dogs at the upcoming Golf Tournament and Auction.

DOGS LEAVE PAW PRINTS...

12" x 10" x 1-1/2" Embedded Lettering and Paw Print

Harper's Lawn Ornaments, Harrisonburg, Va., has donated this cast concrete plaque which can be used as a garden stone or hung on a wall.

The plaque is available as a "Buy It Now" item at $15 for the 6th Annual VGSR Golf Tournament and Auction. 

If you would like to purchase and cannot attend the event, please contact me for details at golf4dogs@gmail.com

Every dollar helps a dog!!







VGSR SELLING GERMAN SHEPHERD!!

Can you give this dog a home?

Rin-Tin-Tin will be offered for sale to the highest bidder at the 6th Annual Golf Tournament & Auction, October 4 at Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club, Front Royal, Va.  Absentee bids on this unique dog will be accepted. 

Purchased and donated by a VGSR Volunteer couple who have 3 GSDs, 1 Wolf-Hybrid, and 1 small mix breed  (all rescues) - he needs to be rehomed to help provide for the many dogs in our care.

This is a SOLID German Shepherd, perfect to showcase the love of the breed on your lawn.  YES, this is an outside (24/7) dog and can be left home alone for extended periods of time without the need for a dog sitter or boarding.

RIN-TIN-TIN does not shed, needs no food, water, bathing or grooming, does not require flea and tick preventative, does not need to be neutered and will never require shots or other vetting.

He is good with other dogs, cats and kids.  Guaranteed not to bite, does not have to have fenced yard or be walked on lead.

Rin-Tin-Tin is a large handsome GSD, weighing in at around 100# and is 23" tall and 27" long. 

Place your bid today!  Dogs like this do extremely well in any home....

BAD NEWS - GOOD, BETTER & BEST NEWS!

BAD NEWS -  THE 6TH ANNUAL VGSR GOLF TOURNAMENT IS NOW A SOLD OUT EVENT FOR GOLFERS!  Registration is now closed to players.

GOOD NEWS - We now have a sold out event 6 weeks prior to the Tournament.

BETTER NEWS - Sponsorships are still needed, dinner reservations are still available, and auction donations are being accepted!  Everyone still has the opportunity to participate in this FUNdraising event.  We are extending a special invitation to all VGSR volunteers to come out, meet old friends and new, two and four-legged  to enjoy the biggest public FUNdraising event of the year at the 6th Annual VGSR Golf Tournament & Auction, October 4, at Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club, Front Royal.

BEST NEWS - I am very happy to announce (drum roll please)..... VOLUNTEER EXTRAORDINAIRE, LEA, will be emcee for this year's event.  As one of the founding members, Lea was saving dogs before VGSR was officially born -  "hosting" adoption days many times with only 1 dog, a card table, donation jug and 1 or 2 friends to help present the mission of rescue.  Lea, a gifted public speaker with a contagious passion for the dogs, is truly one of the "First Ladies of VGSR".  

We are going to need lots of "hands-on-deck" throughout the day.  Help is needed from 8AM setup through late evening load out and all the hours in between!  Help is needed for the registration table; clerks for the auction; working dogs with handlers; extra hands for the dogs; hosts and hostesses for our guests; cheerleaders for the players; Putting Contest judges; selling 50/50 raffle tickets; and many other fun tasks. 

Head Count for the dinner has to be in no later than Sept. 20.  Please register ($25 per person) as soon as possible.   

Many thanks to all the volunteers who have been working for the past 6 months to make this event the best it can be!    Plan now to give them a hand on October 4!

Chickadee Mansion

VGSR is venturing into new terrain with this awesome birdhouse donated by a generous  supporter.  It’s the first time, we can literally say – “We’ve gone to the birds!”

2 story Chickadee Mansion

This lovely 2 Story Chickadee Mansion by Bird Condos Room-N-Board of Mohawk, NY will be available during the upcoming Silent Auction.  It measures 15" high, 11" wide and 10" deep.  Its panels are hinged to open for cleaning the inside.  This is a great opportunity for you to provide a nest box/home for the chickadees that we are sure you see, daily, in your yard.

 Check out these fun facts about chickadees: 

• Chickadees are found across much of North America. The more common species include the Black-capped, Carolina and Mountain Chickadees.
• There are seven species of chickadee in the world. Chickadees, along with titmice, belong to the family Paridae. This family of songbirds also includes birds known as tits.
• These little birds are known as “chickadees” because of their alarm call. Chickadees are identified easily by their namesake call “chick-a-dee.” This type of name is onomatopoetic — the word is the sound that it describes.
• The more “dee” notes at the end of a chickadee call indicate increasing levels of agitation. For instance, a chickadee may end their call with just one “dee” when a known person fills a favorite bird feeder. An owl roosting near the feeding station would warrant many more “dee” notes.
• In early summer, Mountain Chickadees are able to find and use seeds they hid during the previous autumn.
• Chestnut-backed and Black-capped chickadees keep an eye on the food-finding success of other individuals, if one bird is doing especially well; they adapt their behavior, whereas unproductive behavior is not copied.
• Have you noticed how ravenously the birds eat at your bird feeders, especially first thing in the morning and just before dusk? Chickadees can gain as much as 10 percent of their body weight each day and lose it all again during a cold winter night.
• Chickadees are tough little birds that does not migrate. During cold weather Chickadees may need twenty times more food than they do in summer.
• Chickadees weigh, on average, less than one-half of an ounce.

Now that you know more about chickadees, don't you think this AUCTION ITEM would be a great addition to your home?