News from American Greyhound recapping May and looking forward to June.

May by the Numbers
We had 8 adoptions in May and the 2nd and 3rd groups of galgos joined us making 9 new galgo arrivals.

This makes our year-to-date totals 35 adoptions and 34 brought into the group.
GBARK

Some of you may be familiar with GBARK, the Greyhound Boarding and Retirement Kennel. For those not familiar, GBARK welcomes dogs who are difficult to adopt due to age, disability or temperament. GBARK has been a Godsend for many dogs, who, often through no fault of their own, find themselves unadoptable. GBARK has bailed us out many times with dogs who themselves in this situation. There are always in excess of 25 dogs residing at GBARK, and those pups, in most cases will live out their lives there. GBARK is operated by two men, Jon and Alonzo, and their lives are dedicated to caring for these dogs. You can check out their website here-http://www.gbark.org or take a look at their Facebook page here-https://www.facebook.com/GBARK
              
GBARK supports itself solely through charitable donations. And, as you may conclude, feeding this many hungry mouths is no small undertaking.   Whenever we can, we try to help out. But, right now they are pushing to purchase 100 day's worth of food and are looking for help in doing so. If you could help them fund this food, it would be a tremendous load off their minds (and as you can imagine, they have plenty to keep themselves busy without worrying about food). To help out, go here: paypal.me/jsaldivarkitto
 
Jon and Alonzo would really appreciate it, and so would we. And, once you've helped, you'll want to see how they put your generosity to work, so please follow them on Facebook.
Lake Street Elementary School


On May 10th, American Greyhound volunteers brought eight hounds to meet the first graders of Lake Street Elementary. Each of the 5, first grade classes are given an opportunity to come to the library to read to the hounds. The children practice for weeks in anticipation of this very special day and the audible gasps, that can be heard as they enter the room, truly show the pure excitement of this moment. The children are divided up into small groups that are led to one of the hounds. Their bright eyes, big smiles and excellent questions are amazing to witness. Each child takes a turn reading and after 15 mins they can go and visit the other hounds in the room. Some stay because they want to finish reading the story to their assigned dog and some leave to check out the other dogs. With a final scratch behind the ear and a collective "thank you", the children are escorted back to their classrooms, quietly talking about the dog they got to read to.
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