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GREYHOUND PLANET
The Official website page for GREYHOUND
PLANET |
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GREYHOUND PLANET 2010
OCTOBER 23 AND 24, 2010
We are currently looking for Greyhound
vendors and small (pet related) business owners to help host or sponsor
the Greyhound Planet event for 2010.
Please
contact us if interested.
Thank you.
GREYHOUND PLANET CELEBRATIONS BY STATE:
CALIFORNIA:
CONNECTICUT:
MASSACHUSETTS:
MICHIGAN:
NEW YORK:
OREGON:
TENNESSEE:
TEXAS:
WASHINGTON:
Groups wanting to "advertise" their
Greyhound Planet event can send their brief event details to me and I
will post them in order by state/country right here for all to see.
In the meantime, I will be busy contacting
several pet related companies in hopes to gain several
national/international hosts for our event in 2010. If you have a
favorite pet related business (online or otherwise) you think might be
interested in being a national host, please contact me.
Please keep in mind that Greyhound Planet
might be scheduled in October 2010 to avoid the heat in the southern and
southwestern states, avoid some religious holidays in September plus
possibly get in on the Halloween action, too.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of Tuesday, June 30, 2009, the GREYHOUND PLANET event with all PETCO stores will be no longer.
When I started this event back in 2002, it was my sole
intention for it to benefit the GREYHOUNDS specifically - to gain
national attention and awareness about the Greyhounds as pets. I
made a vow to help the Greyhounds through this event and I intend
on keeping that vow solid and intact. I will not allow anyone to diminish the
importance of this event for Greyhounds by opening it up to other
breed groups and changing the name (which they have no right to anyway).
I understand the importance of fundraising and adoption in all groups
(not just Greyhound groups) but if I wanted it to include all breeds,
this event would not have been named GREYHOUND PLANET.
From now on, all updates about the Greyhound Planet event
will be posted here and this will be the official website page for
GREYHOUND PLANET.
Lastly, this change should not affect any group meet and greets with the
individual PETCO stores. I do not want this to affect any
individual group/store relationship. It only affects where the
GREYHOUND PLANET event will be held nationally and internationally
from here on out and who officially has control over it.
Thank you.
GentleHugs,
Therese Skinner
founder and spokesperson for Greyhound Planet
If you wish to discuss this matter or voice your support/non support,
please
email me. Please keep in mind that it might take me a few days
to get back with you as I will be extremely busy handling this important
and vital change for the hounds.
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Total funds raised yearly:
2002 = $57,232.00
2003 = $78,289.00
2004 = $114,365.00
2005 = $119,118.00
2006 = $232,000.00
2007 = $264,000.00
2008 = $240,364.41
GRAND TOTAL: $1,105,368.41 DOLLARS
2009 = |
THE ORIGINAL STORY OF GREYHOUND PLANET
In early 2002, an article that was printed
in a Kentucky newspaper was sent to Therese Skinner by a friend. Her
friend knew Therese had adopted Greyhounds and thought she would enjoy
the newspaper article. It was about a local event for a Greyhound
adoption group called Homes for Hounds. During this event, kids
held bake sales, garage sales, sponsored walks and went door to door to
raise funds.
A couple of months later, Therese heard about the Guidant
Research lab testing Greyhounds for a pacemaker study. Hundreds of
Greyhounds were used in this study and subsequently only a few were
rescued. The story brought headlines nationwide and Greyhound lovers
tried their best to help the ones who made it out to safety from the
research lab.
Another story made headlines about the same time. It was a
story about Greyhounds being taken illegally over the Alabama/Florida
state line to be killed when they were no longer needed for racing. This
story made national headlines as well. Thousands of the bodies of dead
Greyhounds were found on a farm, most shot through the head and left to
die buried in a shallow mass grave.
Because of her passion to help Greyhounds all over the world
and knowing how tragic both stories were, she knew something needed to
be done to draw national attention to the Greyhounds. So Therese set out
on a mission to come up with an idea to help the hounds and that's when
she remembered the newspaper article that was sent to her a few months
before. The story of kids trying to raise money for the local Greyhound
adoption group was inspiring and Therese took that idea and turned it
into a larger event to encompass every Greyhound adoption group out
there. She forwarded her idea on to Greyhound
rescue groups and Greyhound adopters. The feedback was phenomenal. When PETCO and the PETCO Foundation heard about the first event being planned
through a volunteer, they offered their support as well - thus starting
the first Greyhound Planet event in September 2002.
As 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 rolled around,
Greyhound Planet grew bigger and bigger where over $1,000,000 has been
raised by the event to date. The monies raised goes back to all of
the partnering Greyhound Planet groups to help the hounds in their local
area.
Greyhound Planet Week is the only breed specific event that a nationwide pet supply store hosts annually. Therese never
thought in her wildest imagination that her idea would have these
results. Although it is hard work, the reward is far more than she ever
anticipated, especially when she shares her victory with more than 350
Greyhound adoption groups all over the world and most importantly, the Greyhounds.
Please join us for Greyhound Planet and celebrate
Greyhounds all over the world. Greyhound Planet is the largest worldwide
event to benefit the most gentle and loving breed we share our
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