One week closer!

.....to our fundraiser sale! Things are coming into place nicely. I received the banner and flyers in the mail yesterday. Also had to open a new account for Service Dog for Riley because of the issues we were having with paypal. So those pending donations will soon finally be accepted. Thanks for your patience. You are so kind. It is so nice to walk into the local West Coast Bank http://www.wcb.com/ and let them know the cause and they immediatley set you up with a VIP account for the money raised from fundraising :)

I heard from Trisha at Sunset Goldens of Oregon and she said that she is going to come to the sale and bringing a couple of her Golden Retrievers to meet and greet yard sale goers!! She has a pup named Butter that may come and the Sire of the litters Drake! Yay fun and so great to have her ongoing support. She is guess-timating that our pup will be ready by Thanksgiving 2009! I visited her website this morning and found an entire page dedicated to Service Dog for Riley. How awesome! We are spreading the word for an incredible kid! I know we found the right breeder the minute we got there. A compassionate, responsible, breeder who really knows her stuff. A huge thanks to Trisha and her human and canine families. Go check out her page for more information about her dogs! She currently has one adult female available for adoption for a pet home. She is GORGEOUS! We had the oppurtunity to play with this beautiful lady! Smart as a whip!

We are so grateful for the love and support we are receiving from the community. An ad has been placed in the Newberg Graphic and will run the week prior to the sale, it is also being placed on Craigslist.com, a local 4-H group has decided to do a fundraiser just to support Riley, a family in Carlton is going to do a car wash for his SD, and the Newberg Class of 89' 20 year reunion committee will be doing a donation table at the reunion this September that my husband and I will be attending. This is so exciting! How did we find such incredible friends?

We now need to get going with getting flyers placed at local businesses, and bulletin boards. I know Linda has volunteered to help with this. Please let me know if you are able to help! Email me at servicedogforriley@yahoo.com

Until next time!