I am thrilled to announce our new Fundraiser which will run from today,
December 1, 2002 through January 15, 2003! There is even a "Pre-Holiday
Fundraiser" portion to the fundraiser, so you better send in your checks
for those items right away since the drawing for these fifteen items will
take place on December 12th!
This is a Challenge Fundraiser ~ our goal is to see which organization can
raise the most money during our fundraiser. We are raising money for both
BARC (Berner Auction Rescue Coalition, Inc.) and LOC (Light One Candle.)
We all know the tremendous amount of support that BARC has received over
the last two years, and we all know that the lobbying effort is equally
important. Thus was born the idea of the challenge raffle - we are all
being challenged to raise funds for whichever organization we want to
support.
BARC, Inc. (Bernese Auction Rescue Coalition, Inc.) is a non-profit
corporation dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating Bernese Mountain Dogs
from dog brokers, dog auctions, puppy mills, pet shops and any other
dangerous, exploitative or abusive situations. BARC, Inc. places its
rescues in loving pet homes as spayed or neutered companions. Donations to
BARC are tax deductible; they are a 501(c)3 organization. For donations to
BARC, please make your check payable to "BARC."
Please check out the BARC website at: www.barcinc.com
The Light One Candle Fund (LOC) was established in the summer of 2001. It's
purpose is to establish, through donations from individuals and
organizations, a fund that can be used to fight auctions, puppy mills and
careless breeding through public education and pressure on legislators.
Donations for lobbying are not tax deductible. Even though Light One
Candle is a separate group, the funds are handled by the BMDCA. For
donations to LOC, the lobbying effort, make your checks payable to the
"BMDCA" and on the memo line, write "LOC." Pease check out the LOC website
at: http://141.211.110.76/Candle/lightonecandle.htm
If you can't decide which organization you'd like to support, then you can
divide your money between the two organizations. In this situation, you can
write two separate checks or make your check payable to "Joye M. Neff" and
specify in your note how you want the money to be split and she will place
the proper amount into each fund. Joye will keep track of the money raised
and report the progress each week.
This should be a lot of fun. We already have 95 items for this raffle!
Please note that there is a "Pre-Holiday Fundraiser" portion with fifteen
items. The drawing for the "Pre-Holiday Fundraiser" will take place on
December 12th, which will allow Joye time to mail the items to the lucky
winners in time for them to use them for the holidays! I have a few more
items to be added to the Fundraiser and some photos to add to the website.
If you have items that you'd like to donate, I can accept them for future
fundraisers or for the 2003 National Specialty Raffle, which Pat Long and I
are co-chairing this year in Long Beach, CA. In fact, we need items for
the Specialty Raffle - please contact Joye Neff for donations at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tickets are $1 each ~ or 6 tickets for $5 ~ or 14 tickets for $10. As
usual, I can accept foreign cheques with no extra fee charged by my bank
for converting to US Dollars. We are looking for everyone's support!!
We have some wonderful items (95 total items in the fundraiser!) and I
thank everyone who has so generously donated items to this fundraiser.
Now let's see how much money we can collect for each organization. Everyone
can participate!! Show your support for BARC and/or LOC by sending in your
check today!!
Karen Pickel has done a HUGE amount of work putting together the website
for this Fundraiser. With 95 items to win, and complicated directions for
making donations because of the "Challenge" portion of the Fundraiser, it
has been a lot of work and I thank Karen from the bottom of my heart!! We
all owe her a "BIG THANK YOU" - just wait until you see this website:
http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/BARC/
Oh....and if you didn't win one of the gorgeous Berner paintings that
artist Willem Wijnberg, from the Netherlands, did for our AKC CHF
Fundraiser, you can try to win the one that he is painting right now for
this fundraiser. It is 10x14 inches and is based on a photograph of Fiona
Gordo's puppy girl, Eden, Gladsheim East O Eden, aged 7 weeks. We have so
many wonderful items for this fundraiser - you have to go check out the
site!!!
Joye Neff and Winston (waiting for all the checks to arrive) (Samantha and
Ben)
Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, PA