DCA 2020 Merchandise Party 10/17/20 By Ashley Dumas
What the Dallas-Fort Worth Dachshund Club wanted for 2020 and what we actually got were two very different things, but the support of the dachshund community has been great throughout the process of planning, rescheduling, re-planning and finally cancelling DCA 2020. So great was that support, that our shirts, commemorative pins and ornaments (which are now sought after collectors’ items!), were ordered by the dozens by those who wanted to remember the ‘DCA that didn’t happen’. As Karen Mann, a long-time DFWDC member said, “75 years from now we’ll be a trivia question”. On a sunny day in mid-October, seven members of our club gathered (masked and as socially distant as possible) to handle the bittersweet process of mailing out DCA show merchandise. Lexa Richmond offered her driveway and pre-printed packing slips and address labels. Ken Hagmueller obtained USPS supplies in advance, and the whole group set up an assembly line of all our DCA merchandise. We had snacks on hand (a requirement for one of our club functions) and a puppy for entertainment and socialization. Over 100 mailer envelopes and small boxes were packed up and labeled for shipment in less than 2 hours! From the response of the recipients, we maintained a good success rate on our order fulfillment accuracy, and people love their items! We would much rather have had a show in April (or October) so that we could celebrate our wonderful breed with all of those friends that we sometimes only see once a year, but happily, people will have something nice to remember a year that has been anything but. DFWDC can see the light at the end of a very long tunnel as far a closing out the DCA 2020 events, and we wish the very best to the host clubs in 2021.
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Dachshund Club of America Winter 2020
