Thanks for the nice comments, Sue, on how German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California handled your donation of the artwork at our silent auction fund raiser. We too are a group of dedicated volunteers. I have to tell you that your artwork did indeed draw some hot bidding. We put your suggested price for the print on the auction form, but the piece was so appreciated that as you know it went from the $50 price for a print to a $110 bid price. This year we had over 200 donations ranging from dog items/artwork/jewelry to non dog items such as wine, massage therapy, sports memorbilia, asian art etc. All donors received a thank you note with a tax donation receipt for the value of the donation. On behalf of GSRNC, we look forward to having your donation again next year and certainly will take donations from any artists on this list that would be interested in donating to us. List members have been very generous to us. This year and in the past, in addition to Sue Reh-Faraca, we have had generous donations from Syd Mailberg, Sally Hayden, Helen Franklin, Mary Tripp, Ileana Nogueras, Joanna Rand and Bo Vujovich. Kay Springer www.showboatgsd.com Home of Ch. Rohan's Reward OFA, TC, HT aka "Strider" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================