Way to go Judy. A great service project and great P.R. too Carol In a message dated 2/15/2010 9:47:52 A.M. Central Standard Time, judsohngsd@xxxxxxx writes: Glad to see so many juniors & junior-juniors at yoir match sounds like everyone had a great time. Saturday I ran a match for TOP DOG.../they train dogs and their owners to become a Service Team.........this was the first time they had ever had a match as a fund raiser.........we had obedience & rally for pure bred & mixed breeds..........One of the Frats at the U of Arizona helped and supplied burgers & hot dogs and all the trimmings to sell for lunch......They made about $1000.00........and now can't wait to have another match next year......we have to 501C corps that train dogs for Service dogs.....the other organization is very well known and have received at least 2 new mini vans from a local car dealer and a FREE building I am so glad that I could do this for TOP DOG and look forward to finding out the exact amount of profit.......the only expenses they had were 66 postage stamps and $59.00 for ribbons.........To make this even better my daughter and her Rescue GSD passed their Certification this past thursday they are team #105 to certify YAHOOOOOOOOO!!! this was a great experience....only 1 person in the group even knew what a dog show or match was and they pitched in and helped whenever asked we will be planning one for next year at the same time....they makr their money go a long way, and I am happy to do whatever I can for them. I had a great weekend Judy----- Original Message ----- ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================