Well the Great Lakes Futurity is only a stone's throw away and I am sending out a final email for any donations for our Chinese Auction to be held on May 4 at the GSDC of Northern Ohio specialty. I have received some things already and some people have indicated that they will be bringing things for the table. Some donations received already or in the mail: Charms and watches A GSD head carving made out of wood 5 different doggie baskets 4 different health & beauty baskets A huge clothes basket filled with tons of cleaning supplies for home and kennel A gallon of odeban A musical dog frame Several braided leather leashes Children's Dog Books Jim Shore Collectible German Shepherd Figurine Distinguished Dobermans in Pittsburgh is donating a huge basket of something (hope its not a basket of little dobies) *grin* I can't wait to see what else arrives :-) Joe Maringo of SPARRO (Southwestern PA Retriever Rescue Organization) and also a Last Hope Board Member has arranged for Tyler Mountain Water in Pittsburgh to donate all the bottled water for the weekend WITH LAST HOPE'S LOGO ON IT. At first we had planned on only donating water for the judge's tables but he arranged for such a wonderfully huge donation that we can supply the water for the weekend!!! Last Hope will also have a small table set up with some Last Hope advertising materials; T-shirts for sale, pens, pencils, post its, note pads, and calendar magnets with any donation to the "jar". All of the advertising material has been donated. Every penny of every dollar we receive goes for the GSDs. The whole Last Hope crew is working diligently to use your donations wisely to save as many GSDs as we can. I thank all of you for your unending support to our cause.....BECAUSE it is for our breed. We want that "Look of Eagles" to soar no matter how it fell out of its "nest" and into a pound, tied unmercifully out in the elements, abused, starved or neglected. We will do all we can, all over the country, to bring that "Look of the Eagle" back to that GSD. Pat Lukos SARAVA German Shepherds Secretary, Last Hope Safe Haven, Inc. www.lasthopesafehaven.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================