  Autumn Unleashed
Fall
Open House Festival
Saturday, November 1, 2008
10 am ~ 5 PM
  
All proceeds will
be used for Greyhound Friends' operational and veterinarian
expense. |
Invitation to all Past,
Present and Perspective owners of Greyhounds.
On Saturday , November 1, 2008 we will
celebrate our Annual Fall Open House Festival. This event to raise funds for
Greyhound Friends of North Carolina, will be held at our kennel, 2908 Oak
Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, NC. This year we will be featuring more events,
vendors, music, food areas, demonstrations, shopping and activities. I
encourage you to attend and be apart of the exciting festivities.
While the focus of the event will be on greyhounds, we encourage old and
new visitors to the "greyhound world" and all leashed pets are welcome .
Please remember that Greyhound Friends of North Carolina is a registered
non-profit organization, so your contribution is tax deductible.
Give
generously! See You There!
Vendor Application Click & Print
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SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Kennel Tours ~ Adoption
Information
Marcia Gan- An On-Air personality
"MC" 100.3 FM for Open House
http://www.buzzardrocks.com
Grandma's Genius
Finger snapping, toe tapping, get your feet a-moving music
entertaining us throughout the day
"Hound Cafe"
Our food has been donated by
Wayne & Elaine Bunting,
Burlington, N.C.
Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Veggie Burgers, Chili, & condiments
Complimented by soft drink, water, chips and a variety of "sweets"
available at the Pet Therapy booth.
Come
hungry, we'll have Great food,
good company, and all proceeds benefit the hounds!
GFNC Pet Therapy - Bake Sale
Grand Prize Raffle
Tickets $5 each
Visa $500 Gift Card -
Winner announced at 4pm
Gift card can be used any where......
Eric Huffine
Caricatures
Time slot TBA
"Hound Salon"
by Andreas Moser
Toe Nail Trimming/Cutting - $5.00/dog
Hound Dash $2 a dash
Start approx 11:30a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Sport Speed gun used to detect
greyhounds speed
running down a designated run individually. Certificate for each run.
It's truly for fun, only one at a time with owner present at all times.
Animal Conversations with Jean Ussery
Jean is an animal communicator with 10 years experience serving as a
conversational link between people and their animals. Although she connects
via mental telepathy and normally uses photographs, Jean loves the
opportunity to work face-to-face with greyhounds at events like the Open
House. What have you always wanted to ask your dog? Find out in the vendor
area, where Jean will be offering on-the-spot Quick Questions. Learn more at
http://www.animalconversations.com/
Jean was at Mountain Hound 2007
and will be at Beach Bound Hound 2008
Hosted by Mountain Hound Committee
Advance information about 2009 Mountain Hound, pre-registration
and volunteer sign-up.
Halloween Costume Contest @ 1 p.m.
Dress your greyhound in his/her favorite
costume and participant in the Costume Contest. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
winners will receive a prize. And each participant will receive a
small token. Don't forget to bring your camera
to capture your hound's performance
GFNC Volunteer Opportunities
and
GFNC sponsored License Plate
10:00 am Blessing
of the Animals -Rev. Susan Scott Downs
Summerfield photographer Annette
Ayres
plans to attend our
fall open house (weather permitting) and
offer high quality digital images for a $20 donation that goes entirely
to Greyhound Friends.
Some of the photos Annette shot during the May open house can be found
online at
www.annetteayresphotography.com
in the “pets” gallery.
Annette will edit and email the
high-resolution image files directly to your email address ; Those
images can then either be downloaded by
you to a CD or emailed to a store for printing. Once you’ve viewed the
photos at home, Annette will also
plan to offer to create a CD for you and ship it to your home for an
additional fee. So plan ahead, bring
your donations and dress your dear ones in their best fall attire! If
they have a favorite fall-color blanket,
please bring that, too! We’ll see you there!
May Open House sample photo of one of Sharon Bacon's "Bacon Girls"
.JPG)
Boy
Scout Troop # 139
Chuck Salmon and Terry Walsh, Scout Masters
Assist in Parking in the upper
lot. Please be mindful and park only in marked lot no on grassy area.
Hound
Boutique
Open to Browse & Shop
T-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, bedding, polar fleece coats,
Celebrating Greyhound Calendars ~Wall & Desk, jewelry, flags,
black & white photo, collars solid & designs. Special donated
handmade items available
And Much Much More!!!
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Online Auction Items ~
Our Online
Auctions have been very profitable and a great way to raise
funds for the kennel operational and veterinarian expenses. If you would
like to contribute items towards these fundraisers, you can bring the items
with
you to Open House or ship to kennel with your contact information,
description of item and value. You will be contacted with the
date and link of the auction.
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Raffle Ticket Prize
$5.00
Raffle Tickets Available Now - Click & Print
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$500 VISA Gift Card
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VENDORS
Notice to all Vendors:
You are welcome to pull vehicle down
to kennel gate to unload your product and booth items. Afterwards,
Vendor Parking has been reserved within the Grassy fenced area that is in
front of the Arnold's home. Please park facing the GFNC driveway not
towards the Arnold's home.
Greyt Therapy - Pet Therapy
& Bake Sale -
Pat Bleich Email:
GreytTherapy@aol.com
 2 Hounds Design Silk
Collars, leads,
Cool Down Coats accessories and
new Christmas cards
http://www.2houndsdesign.com
Book Ends Lori Parson,
Southport, NC Jewelry for Hounds
Coastal Greys Satellite Group Wilmington, NC:
"Greyhounds of Distinction" Alice Bossert
http://www.greyhound1.com Greyhound related
coats, martingale collars, specialty leashes,
cool coats, and flags; greyhound pins, necklaces, earrings, and sweatshirts,
t-shirts with calico greyhounds on them for the people.
"We Be Crafty" Barbara Brooks -
greyhound necklaces made to match Greyhound of Distinction's
collars,
4-hound logo leather back packs, car logo's of running dog, and "make a fast
friend-adopt a greyhounds:, bird houses, and other crafts.
Cookie Lee Jewelry - April Eckman -
Perfect timing with the holidays coming up quick and needing gifts for
friends and family. April will show you Cookie Lee Jewelry
that has something for everyone! Fine Fashion Jewelry. Wear It, Share It,
Sell it. Check out her website:
http://www.cookielee.biz/aprileckman
Charlotte Satellite Group
- 2009 Mountain Hound Promotion and
Volunteer sign-up
Halloween Costume Contest
- be sure to bring your costume!!
Crazy Collars,
John Read
http://www.crazycollars.com Festive
collars for the pampered pet!
John has a new line of wood plaques with great catch phrases and more.
Houndtown
- Chris Carpenter greyhound Martingale collars, leashes and
various products for pet
and humans.
Solutions 2 Air and water purifiers - Mike Kidd
336.207-2221 Fresh Air by EcoQuest
All you need is the air that you breath to make your home healthier for your
family. Eliminate pollution at the source: smoke, garbage, molds,
germs, food smells and pets (AKA greyhounds)
http://www.freshairliving.com/mkidd
To enter the website it will ask you for your name (first name is fine)
optional your email address, and password: type in guest
view the site to see what Mike has to offer. As we all know,
household air with pets is a must.
Animal Conversations with Jean Ussery
Jean is an animal communicator with 10 years experience serving as a
conversational link between people and their animals. Although she connects
via mental telepathy and normally uses photographs, Jean loves the
opportunity to work face-to-face with greyhounds at events like the Open
House. What have you always wanted to ask your dog? Find out in the vendor
area, where Jean will be offering on-the-spot Quick Questions. Learn more at
http://www.animalconversations.com/
Jean was at Mountain Hound 2007
and will be at Beach Bound Hound 2008
Bonnie Earnhardt Mesmer - Graphite
Artist
Born loving animals & art, Bonnie combines
both passions by drawing portraits. Working from photographs and with only
pencil and paper, Bonnie renders her subjects with amazing realism and
incredible soulfulness in beautiful shades of gray. Below is sampling of
Bonnie's art pieces.
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VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT - WE NEED YOU!!!!
If you'd like to get involved by
volunteering at Open House, you may contact Blanche Fedor greytvolunteer@earthlink.net
Job duties will vary from set-up, decorating, food
preparation, posting signs, product sells, music, registration area, parking,
doggie sitting, kennel tours, and many more important chores.
All are extremely important and will help in making the event run smoothly.
Aside from volunteers for the kennel
for the weekend, here is a list:
VOLUNTEER NEEDS
- Volunteers needed If Possible Friday 10/31/08 to set up Tent, Tables
and signs the day before
- Early Saturday morning to set-up the Hound Cafe area, sound system, assist
vendor to tables &
Raffle/registration table.
--Assist the Chairperson's in the Hound Cafe area
- Sound system crew: music, announcements, master of ceremonies
- Hound Boutique
- Kennel Adoption Counselors and tour guides
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CORPORATE SPONSORS
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Committee Members
If you have
questions, suggestions, ideas or would like to participate contact any of the following:
Denise Young
cdyoung@mindspring.com
Bonnie Searles
greytgreys2002@yahoo.com
Leah Cales Gr8NCGreys@triad.rr.com
Wayne Lambert lamberttam@aol.com
Shirley & Jack Skelton houndfolks1@earthlink.net
Linda Landry lhlandry@gmail.com
Elaine Bunting ebs2hnds@netpath.net
Virginia Gaskins
vgaskin@webtv.net
Jean Colegrove
jcolegrove@triad.rr.com
Tracy Eyre tracysgreys@hotmail.com
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