The winner will be drawn on SUNDAY May
4th 4PM
Cinco de Mayo Open House
Purpose Statement
The purpose of this year’s Cinco de Mayo Open House is continuing development of
community awareness by focusing on two major aspects of Greyhound Friends of North
Carolina’s Mission Statement. This year’s highlights are:
Health and Welfare
Educating the Public
Our mission is to rescue retired,
racing Greyhounds; provide for their health and welfare; educate the public about the
availability and desirability of greyhounds as pets; and place them through adoption into
loving homes.
Health and Welfare –
On-going Veterinary Care
-
Greyhound Friends has a very proactive approach in caring for the needs of each dog. The health and
welfare of each dog comes first. The adoption fee does not cover the cost of each dogs
care. The kennel also experiences normal non-adoption care for the dogs on a routine
basis. Our Mission Statement charges GFNC with providing for the health care and welfare
of each dog. This is an on-going process that will always be a part of our efforts and
needed as long as there are greyhounds to rescue.
Application for Exhibit/Booth
Click
on Link to view and print and mail to
kennel address.
Come celebrate Spring with Greyt Friends!
Reunion of greyhound owners and prospective owners. You need not own
a greyhound to attend or have fun.
Hound
Boutique -
Three new t-shirts available designed by Artwork by Billie and others.
Check out all the new products!!!
Hound Cafe -
Our food has been donated by Wayne &
Elaine Bunting, Burlington, N.C.
Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Veggie Burgers,
& 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!
Adoption
Inquiries - Please sign up sheet will be locate outside the kennel lobby
entrance for the next available Adoption
Counselor
Visit our
kennel on a Tour - Sign Up Sheet located at office entrance.
Blessing of the Animals -
-Saturday 1pm by REV. Susan-Scott Downs
1PM Sunday special Awards
Presentation.
50/50
all day raffle $2 ticket - you win half Winner every hour 1st drawing at 1pm
on Saturday 2PM on Sunday
Boy Scout Troop #139 will assist in monitoring the parking for us both days.
Hound Dash
$2 a run
Sport Speed gun used to detect greyhounds speed
running down a designated run
individually.
It's truly for fun, only one at a time
with owner present at all
times. Includes a Certificate and swim in a pool
Estimated times for the
dash each day 2pm & 3:30pm
Hound
Bingo $1/card 2:45PM & 3:25 PM
Eric
Huffine Caricatures
The
Magic Man by Cory Holder ~ Magic and Balloon art
Saturday
Live Entertainment by Grandma's Genius throughout the day
Greyhound
License Plates being sold for the elite greyhound passionate owners.
Greyhound
License Plates available
Browse the "Hound
Boutique" for that special gift(s) for you and your
greyhound.
LOTS of VENDORS with
unique gifts for all the pets in your life and the humans who love them. See
Listing below.
As a
consideration for the property owners, PLEASE park in the posted areas
and NOT on grassy areas.
VENDOR LISTING
(These are vendors from 2007)will update ASAP)
Specializes in signed and limited edition Greyhound Art.
Mike & Judy Shamp, Winter Park, Florida
Lori Parsons Bookends Boutique
Greyt new line of necklaces
Houndstown - Chris Carpenter
Offers the finest in Martingale collars & leashes, as well as
various productsfor both dog and human alike!
John Reed Crazy Collars
http://www.crazycollars.com
http://www.artbybillie.net
Billie is an artist, she works in oil and mostly
paints animals, especially Greyhounds.
Also visit Billie at
http://www.cafepress.com/ArtbyBillie
Greyhound Friends Pet Therapy
- Pat Bleich & Friends
AND Bake Sale
"We Be Craft" Barbara Brooks,
Wilmington, NC
Greyhounds of Distinction, Alice Bossert, Wilmington, NC
Collars (Choke & Martingale), leashes, coats, flags, jewelry, tag collars
and greyhound motif totes.
www.greyhound1.com
Collars, cool coats
and tag necklaces - Saturday only
2 Hounds Design
Collar Guru
704-283-1547
http://www.2HoundsDesign.com
All donated Silent Auction items will be used on an Online GFNC Auction to
raise proceed to benefit the kennel and overhead expenses to run the kennel.
Thank you in advance for any donations.
MEMORY PICTURES
Past Cinco de' Mayo
(IF YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES YOU'D
LIKE TO SHARE SEND TO LINDA)
Llandry@triad.rr.com
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, balloons, product sells, music, registration area,
parking,
doggie sitting, activity area, 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
-Parking lot, especially in the early time slots to assure the cars are in rows
and not blocking
entrances and not parking on any Arnold grassy areas.
- Volunteers needed for Saturday and Sunday
-Set up: signs, tables, sound system
-Raffle & registration table
-Assist in the Hound Cafe area
-Hound Dash and Hound Bingo
-Sound system crew: music, announcements, master of ceremonies
-Hound Boutique
-Sunday Break down tables, clean up etc.
Committee
Members
Denise
Young 336.540-9191
cdyoung@mindspring.com
Jack & Shirley
Skelton 336.595.4671
houndfolks1@earthlink.net
Ginny Gaskins
336.218.8406 vgaskin@webtv.net
Blanche Fedor 336.852.9739
greytvolunteer@earthlink.net
Bonnie Searles
336.643.7323
greytgreys2002@yahoo.com
Leah Cales 336.665.9855
Gr8NCGreys@triad.rr.com
Gail Partington
gail_partington@merck.com
Linda Landry
336.604.6204
Llandry@triad.rr.com
Elaine Bunting
ebunting@triad.rr.com
Donna Koegler
dmkoegler@usa.net
Jean Colegrove
jcolegrove@triad.rr.com
Tracy Eyre
tracysgreys@hotmail.com
We
welcome YOUR input.
Please feel free to contact any of us with any suggestions, vendors, Raffle
Ticket suggestion or donation,
Silent Auction donations, ideas,
volunteering, and speakers.
