President’s Message

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

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President’s Message

Gobble, Gobble

Iknow I am not alone in asking “where has the time gone?” And, as I think about that – I recognize all of us have experienced new challenges, new expectations and now new unknowns as we ease into yet another Season. Given that – Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so how could I not focus on Turkey and our many blessings. Oh yes! We have been incredibly successful in renewing our work in bringing home eight gorgeous Golden rescues from Turkey in August, Ace and Major in September and six more beautiful pups coming very soon. We, and they, have been patiently waiting for these arrivals to the United States; and we are all extremely excited about their ultimate placement in forever homes here with us.

Our import team is nothing short of phenomenal (as are all of our volunteers) facing numerous changes and challenges. They repeatedly deal with required international paperwork and they go great distances to manage all the logistics involving our new arrivals. This entails driving to Dulles, arranging all the necessary foster homes and dealing with any and all complications that may arise in between. They are our international team ambassadors. Many of you may have seen the coverage on channel 3 regarding our Turkey dogs and their foster families. It is so rewarding to get such warm visibility on what we do which in turn helps spread our story and our mission. Interestingly, I still get questions on why do we have a need to import overseas dogs. Simply I answer, “we are in the rescue business” and we respond to needs where those needs arise.

Humorously one of the other interesting questions I receive frequently – “is there a language barrier” with overseas dogs? My answer is simply – the language we are talking about is the language of love. That is universal.

In the midst of everything else – you are likely very aware that our golden elves continue to work behind the scenes. We have just completed a historically competitive and successful 2021 calendar contest raising more than $31,000. Thank you for all your photos, your votes and the ads that were purchased We hope you love the 2021 calendar as much as we do. Reminder: They are GRREAT gifts for Christmas. Warmly, Dottie