One day at a dog show in the East, Board Member, Dean Wylie and his daughter Trish, took time to help a new exhibitor and his daughter at one of their first shows. As it turned out, the new exhibitor, Allen Schaeffer, is involved in Public Relations. Allen learned about the Centennial Events scheduled for Oct of 2013. Allen's email was sent to me and contact was made. Since that time, Allen has been approved as a Centennial committee member. Allen submitted a detailed "draft" to us outlining concepts for PROMOTING THE GSD & the events of 2013. As a result of Allen's hard work & dedication our first "PRESS RELEASE" hit one of the papers in NY today! (Will try to Forward). As some of you may know, David Frei, Westminster spokesperson, has graciously OFFERED HIS TIME and will be Master of Ceremony at the GALA HONOR CEREMONY to be held on Friday night Oct 11, 2013. The Gala Ceremony will honor and pay tribute to MWD, SAR, Law Enforcement, Seeing Eye etc. Key Note Speaker Is Dr. Cynthia Otto, U of PA Vet School, and head of Working Dog Program. The GSDCA will host a reception prior to the Ceremony. Watch the Review for details. Did you know the original founding members formed the Club during Westminster? We are so grateful to the many members of the GSDCA who have supported the Centennial with their donations. We have built a Centennial "war chest" on gifts from $25.00 up. The amount is not important, it is the support of the membership that counts. All donors names(not amounts) will be listed in the Honor Ceremony Program. The GSDCA Charitable Trust was established last year and is a501 C 3 tax deductable Trust. As of this information the Trust has raised over 30K. One of our primary goals for the Centennial is to promote the GS Dog and the wonderful attributes of the breed. A significant way to "fight" anti-dog legislation; all US citizens benefit, in one way or another, from the Military, Search & Rescue, Law Enforcement etc. As one top Advertising Executive stated, "the most effective advertising remains, word of mouth". As a GS lover, remember to promote the Breed. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================