GDRI Valentines Meetup at Petopia
02/10/2008 @ 2:00 pm - 02/10/2008 @ 4:00 pm
Additional Info
It is time again for the THIRD Annual GDRI Petopia Valentines Meetup! This
year it is taking place on Sunday, February 10th from 2-4 p.m. Please bring
your dog/people friendly Danes for an afternoon of fun and fundraising for
other Danes awaiting their forever families. The cost is $5/Dane to play
indoors and/or outdoors, there will be a raffle, 50/50 draw and Funny Farm
Boutique collars available for sale. Lin has been generous to offer us 1.5”
martingale collars for $25, with $5 from each sale going to rescue. We will also be
having the same, superb photographer back who prints beautiful digital
prints for $10/each right on the spot with proceeds donated back to rescue. I know
ours from last year is definitely a keepsake! Please come out to help this
breed we love, have a great time and possibly win some fantastic prizes!
If anyone is interested in donating prizes, decorations or their time,
please contact Lyndsey at _fundsforgdrinc@aol.com_ (mailto:fundsforgdrinc@aol.com)
subject meetup. Also please feel free to email me with any questions you
may have.
Directions and a map to Petopia are available at _http://www.petopia.ca/_
(http://www.petopia.ca/)
To preview Lin’s gorgeous collars go to _www.funnyfarmboutique.ca_
(http://www.funnyfarmboutique.ca/)
For more information about Great Dane Rescue Inc. and the work we do, please
visit _www.greatdanerescueinc.com_ (http://www.greatdanerescueinc.com/) or
to apply to become a foster home, which we are in desperate need, or to apply
for one of our Danes today!
Contact Info
Located (near DVP & Eglinton) at 265 Bartley Drive or check www.petopia.ca
Phone: 416.429.pets (7387)
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FUN DAY 2008
06/07/2008 @ 10:00 am - 06/07/2008 @ 4:00 pm
Additional Info
FUN DAY 2008
We've had a lot of people ask us what is Fun Day? So for those of you who don't know this should help explain it. Fun Day is like a family reunion only with about 60 or so dogs. It's held at the Cass Benton section of Hines Park in Northville MI. It will be on Saturday June 7th and its held rain or shine. We all get together and just have a fun day talking, playing games, eating, and seeing LOTS of Great Danes of all shapes and sizes.
Fun Day starts around 10am. Show up with your blankets or lawn chairs as there are a lot of shady spots. We do have a pavillion with picnic tables to eat at. We provide the food but over the years everyone usually brings something to share. I do have the sign up sheet if you want to sign up to bring a 12 pack of pop, a case of water, or your favorite snack or salad but your not required to bring anything and the food is free. Somewhere between 11 and 1 we usually play 2 or 3 dog games. In the past we have played musical towels, wag the tail, and always a great game of tic tac toe with the USA vs Canada. Around 3:00 we have our raffle. You can buy tickets during the day for the items we have out on the tables. The items vary each year but we usually have some great baskets filled with dog goodies, sweatshirts, statues, etc.
During the day you can do the CGC testing http://www.akc.org/events/cgc/training_testing.cfm or TDI testing http://tdi-dog.org/tditesting.html with your dog behind the pavillion. Chris Conklin will be doing the TDI testing for $15.00 and Delayne Corle and Jeanne Lewis will be doing the CGC testing for $5.00. If you have questions you can contact Delayne at paws2reflect@gmail.com.
We usually have some people who sell stuff during the day as well. Wiggles, Wags, and Whiskers will have some of their collars and leashes there. Liz will be selling her homemade all natural dog treats, and Darleen will be there doing dog portraits.
You can come for a couple hours or you can come for the whole day. If you would be interested in volunteering to help at one of the tables for a couple hours we could sure use the help. If you would like to volunteer to bring something for the picnic I will be reposting the sign up sheet on our lists for the next couple weeks or you can contact me directly at carla@greatdanerescueinc.com.
HOTEL INFORMATION
If you're interested in staying at the Red Roof Inn nearby we get together both Friday night and Saturday night in the parking lot of the hotel and enjoy each others company along with some of Joyce's great margaritas.
Anyone that wants a room can call their reservation in to the following number at 1-800-733-7663 and quote the Great Dane Rescue Block # of BO16000704 or if you forget the block # just mention that you are booking with the Great Dane Rescue, Inc Group. All rooms must be booked prior to May 07, 2008. After that all rooms of the block of 15 rooms not booked will be cancelled. You can still book and get the same prices after that date but you will not be guaranteed to be put with the
rest of the group. Prices are as follows: a room with a king bed is $52.99, a room with 2 Beds is $58.99, Universal Room Handicap Room beds are $58.99.
DIRECTIONS TO THE PARK
From the Ambassador Bridge. 96 (it will say Lansing) to M 14. M14 to Sheldon Rd. exit. Turn right (north) and go up to 7 Mile Rd. Turn right onto Edward Hines Parkway. Keep to the right - one way goes into the park, the left fork says Detroit. Cass Benton is up on the left about 1/2 mile down. Turn left and go to the back where the shelter is.
From I-275. M14 to Sheldon Rd. exit. Turn right (north) and go up to 7 Mile Rd. Turn right onto Edward Hines Parkway. Keep to the right - one way goes into the park, the left fork says Detroit. Cass Benton is up on the left about 1/2 mile down. Turn left and go to the back where the shelter is.
From US 23. M14 East to the Sheldon Rd Exit. Go north and go up to 7 Mile Rd. Turn right onto Edward Hines Parkway. Keep to the right - one way goes into the park, the left fork says Detroit. Cass Benton is up on the left about 1/2 mile down. Turn left and go to the back where the shelter is.
If you have any other questions that I didn't cover here you can e-mail me at carla@greatdanerescueinc.com. Hope to see you there!!
Carla
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