It looks like many of you have already discovered our blog. I love reading the first few posts as to the great time you all had at the Waddle. When you see all the dogs that have returned and you see all the smiling owners, it makes all of us at GABR very happy. Seeing Bassets like Faith, Caesar, Droopy, Momo and many more brings back wonderful memories.
The first question that I want to answer here is “how much did we make?” We still have bills coming in but I would say that the weekend brought in well over $75,000. That includes income from a number of sources but I want to cover adoptions and the Corvette Raffle. First – we adopted out 16 Bassets over the weekend but on Monday and Tuesday, 15 new dogs came into the rescue. Expenses started increasing right away. The income produced by the Waddle is mandatory to the success of our group – and the need to increase that income each year is very important.
Secondly – the Corvette Raffle is not just the tickets that our supporters purchase. Over 60 other animal rescue groups were given the opportunity to sell tickets and receive a commission on all their sales. Once our final accounting is done, we will be sending out over $45,000 to these other organizations. That is very, very exciting as we now have an impact on the lives of many animals. It should make you feel really good to be a supporter of GABR.
Also, we are always looking for other 501c3 charities that would like to be involved in our Corvette Raffles. Let me know who they are and how I can contact them. Your help will make a difference to the future of animal rescue.
Great Job GABR! It is so nice to see the number of other rescues that benefit from the Corvette Raffle. Can’t wait for next years.
Glad to hear the wonderful results! 15 new dogs ?! Wow!
Will the photo’s be posted on the website or here on the blog?
Thanks!
Glad to hear the wonderful results!
15 new dogs ?! Wow!
Will the photo’s be posted on the website or here on the blog?
Thanks!
The pictures will be on the web as soon as we receive the large file from James, our photographer. In the meantime, here’s the link so you can see them now http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=2c5cb9e21b421097&sid=0CaMW7ds5asWtT
Thanks so much for the link to the Shutterfly account!! I loved seeing all the bassets & their slaves! Check out my hounds in their 1960 Corvette . And Buster doing his Elvis impersonation in his 1955 pink Cadillac.
We had a wonderful time & appreciate all the hard work put into this event every year by all the volunteers!
Great to hear the fund raising was also a success. After all it is all about the hounds.
Thanks again!
Lisa
Romeo, Juliet & Buster
Thanks for coming up from Southern Illinois – hope we’ll see you all again.
Larry
Glad to hear that other rescue groups are getting in on the raffle more and more. I know a friend of mine donated to my girls First Giving page and then bought raffle tickets through her other friend’s horse rescue link. The more animals we can help, the better!!
That’s exactly the way we envision this whole thing working. I just picked up 55 checks from our accountant that will be mailed out to our affiliates for the Corvette Raffle. And it’s going to get much, much bigger.
If any of you know of other animal groups that have a need for fundraising, let me know.