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#Giving Tuesday and Great Dane Rescue of North Texas

Submitted by Mocha on Sat, 11/24/2018 - 4:30pm


Want to join us in supporting a good cause? This #GivingTuesday We raising money for Great Dane Rescue of North Texas, Inc. Emergency Medical Fund and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate $5 or $500. Every little bit helps. And on Giving Tuesday Nov 27, Facebook and PayPal will match a total of $7 Million in donations.

#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this year’s #GivingTuesday will take place on November 27th and will kick off the giving season by inspiring people to collaborate and give back.

GDRNT has had almost $8,000 in Emergency expenses between Trent and Mary PUPpins (more on this sweet girl later). To date we have raised a little over $1,000 to replenish our Emergency Fund. This is on top of our normal veterinary expenses that typically run $3,000 to $7,000 a month our emergency fund is to cover those weekend and late night Emergency Veterinary Bills. That is with generous discounts from our veterinary teams.

Maintaining our Emergency Fund is important so we can make those late night decisions to save a dane without the additional worry of money.

This #GivingTuesday we hope to be able to replenish our Emergency Fund via a FB Donation Drive, our Donate PayPal Button on our website or any way you wish to donate:)

As you make your holiday list please consider a donation to Great Dane Rescue of North Texas, and please share our story!

Happy & Safe Thanksgiving

Submitted by Mocha on Wed, 11/21/2018 - 8:32pm

Great Dane Rescue of North Texas has a lot to be thankful for this year. Even in loosing Trent we have found great support from our friends, donors, fosters and volunteers. While we are grateful for all of you we want to use this as a reminder of some basic pet safety and planning for an emergency with your pet.

Stop. Stop right now and look up the closest 24 hour and after hour veterinary clinic to your home. Not even kidding. In the panic you will be lucky to find your car keys. So find it and pre program the phone and address in your phone.... or just write it someplace you can find it fast.

Once you are there.. do you have a way to pay for emergency services? Most ER/After hour clinics require payment up front. Have an emergency savings or credit card to cover emergency expenses.

Better yet.. Help prevent trips to the ER by minimizing the most common ricks!

Never Forget.

Submitted by Mocha on Sun, 11/11/2018 - 5:36pm

As an organization we are blessed to have quite a few veterans as volunteers, fosters, adopters and supporters. While we are indebted for their service to GDRNT we are even more indebted for the service to our Country. The message was best stated by combat veteran, Retired Navy Seal Dan Crenshaw:

“This is Veterans Day weekend, which means that it’s a good time for every American to connect with a veteran. Maybe say ‘Thanks for your service,’ but I would actually encourage you to say something else: Tell a veteran ‘never forget,'” the former Navy SEAL said. “When you say ‘never forget’ to a veteran, you are implying that as an American, you are in it with them, not separated by some imaginary barrier between civilians and veterans, but connected together as grateful fellow Americans. We’ll never forget the sacrifices made by veterans past and present.”

When FURever Means Goodbye

Submitted by Mocha on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 2:26pm


Exactly one week Trent stayed with GDRNT before he went running healthy at the bridge.

Sent with a kiss

FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED

Submitted by Mocha on Wed, 09/26/2018 - 10:04am

We need Foster homes willing to open their homes and commit to taking danes from area shelters... Do you have what it takes?
Most of you know this but... it is necessary to repeat..

GDRNT is an all volunteer group. We do not have a shelter .. All of our dogs are placed in screened, qualified foster homes. You have seen this.. from us and other quality rescue groups... So what the heck does that mean?

THANK YOU! NTXGiving Donors!

Submitted by Mocha on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 12:07am


It is a wrap and with outmatching funds we busted our goal with over $8,019 in individual donations and $3,500 in matching funds we totaled over $11,500!
A huge thank you to everyone who donated to GDRNT and participated in #NTXGiving!

NTXGivng: Why I give, Featuring Trinity

Submitted by Mocha on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 10:00am

What Has Trinity so Excited? NTXGiving PUPdate!

Submitted by Mocha on Mon, 09/17/2018 - 10:19am


Who was Doris Huneycutt? Honoring her Memory with NTXGiving

Submitted by Mocha on Thu, 09/13/2018 - 2:02pm

This one was difficult for me to write.. so hope I do it justice.

Who was Doris Huneycutt?
I do not remember when I first met Doris, she was just always fully present. A soft spoken strong woman/grandmother with great love for her family, friends, rescue and Pearl Jam. Her passing was not only personal loss for a lot of us but also a tremendous loss for GDRNT.

It is not surprising that two individuals offered to honor her memory with matching funds for North Texas Giving Day. These funds will double the first $2,000 of donations made via NTXGiving to Great Dane Rescue of North Texas. Matching funds will not show in the North Texas Giving Day day total but will be donations made directly to GDRNT. For those who did not have the benefit of knowing Doris and those who loved her...........

Honoring Doris Huneycutt with North Texas Giving Day

Submitted by Mocha on Mon, 09/10/2018 - 10:01am


UPDATE: WE have received a second Matching Challenge of $1,000 to Honor Mrs Doris Huneycutt! Our Total matching funds are $3,000!
North Texas Giving Day is one of our largest fundraisers of the year and we rely on it to save Great Danes in area shelters. One of our generous donors has offered to match the first $1,000 of pre-scheduled donations to honor the memory of Mrs. Doris Huneycutt. Those of us lucky enough to have had Doris in our lives knew her as a tireless, fearless and dedicated defender of animals. Doris was an adopter, foster, volunteer and supporter of Great Dane Rescue of North Texas and we are proud to be able to Honor her memory in this way.

So how does this work?
Click to visit NTXGiving day site and donate to Great Dane Rescue of North Texas. All donations "scheduled" between now and September 19th will be totaled and hit our total the morning of North Texas Giving Day (September 20th). All donations scheduled and made on the 20th will be eligible for matching funds and can make us eligible for "prizes".

We also want to thank our anonymous matching fund donors who make this possible to maximize our donations.

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