[ SHOWGSD-L ] Inaugural Diane Albers Memorial Disaster Relief Award recipient named...

From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:58:35 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: June 10, 2009
Contact: AKC Communications
Phone:      212-696-8343
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DEB HOFF AND FARGO-MOORHEAD KENNEL CLUB WIN INAUGURAL DIANE ALBERS MEMORIAL 
DISASTER RELIEF AWARD

- "Albers Award" Honors Extraordinary Community Service in Disaster 
Preparedness and Relief -

New York, NY - The American Kennel Club and AKC Companion Animal Recovery 
are pleased to announce that Deb Hoff and the Fargo-Moorhead Kennel Club 
have been named the first recipient of the Diane Albers Memorial Disaster 
Relief Award. Established in memory of former AKC Delegate Diane Albers, 
this award recognizes individuals or AKC clubs that have continued her 
vision by volunteering during natural disasters and promoting disaster 
preparedness in their communities.

During the recent floods in Fargo, North Dakota, AKC CAR reached out to club 
officers in the area to offer assistance. The Secretary of the 
Fargo-Moorhead Kennel Club, Deb Hoff, responded and began working to 
coordinate disaster relief where it was most needed. With the help of the 
AKC CAR Canine Support and Relief Fund, she obtained immediate supplies for 
a temporary shelter at the Fargo Fairgrounds where evacuated and displaced 
pets were being housed. Deb and her husband also transported and assembled 
10 Jewett-Cameron AKC kennels for the shelter. Although the donated supplies 
were facilitated and financed by AKC CAR, the quick actions of Deb Hoff gave 
the shelter instant and much needed disaster relief before the other 
shipments of crates, kennels and leashes arrived.

"We congratulate Deb Hoff and the Fargo-Moorhead Kennel Club on their 
efforts," said Tom Sharp, CEO of AKC Companion Animal Recovery. "Because of 
AKC club members like Deb, AKC CAR was able to come to the rescue quicker 
and with great emphasis for local AKC clubs in the area. We thank her for 
selflessly assisting owners and dogs in her community, actions that 
definitely embody the spirit of the Albers Award."

AKC CAR created the "Albers Award" to honor Diane Albers, who was a 
trailblazer in the arena of disaster preparedness and relief. As AKC 
Delegate for the Central Florida Kennel Club and President of the Florida 
Association of Kennel Clubs, Albers worked tirelessly to get supplies and 
care to animals affected and displaced by natural disasters, especially 
hurricanes.

The Albers Award is awarded quarterly to an individual who is a member of an 
AKC-affiliated club or to an AKC-affiliated club as a whole who have helped 
AKC and AKC CAR implement disaster relief, volunteered to care for displaced 
animals, secured supplies locally or instituted a meaningful disaster 
preparedness education program in their community. An award of $1,000 to 
$5,000 is made from the AKC CAR Canine Support and Relief Fund for the 
winning club to continue their disaster relief efforts and ongoing disaster 
preparedness education efforts.

Nominations are accepted throughout the year. For a nomination form, please 
visit http://www.akc.org/news/disaster_preparedness/


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