Have we ever told you that we love you? The NRGRR village is amazing! Over the past month you have stepped up in so many ways it is astonishing.
When the CDC announced a ban on importing international dogs we had to act fast. We needed money and volunteers to get as many dogs here as possible by the July 14th deadline. You came through with over $50,000 raised for international rescue and our transporters traveled over 4,000 miles to rescue 20 dogs from Turkey and China. Incredible!
We also had the unthinkable happen when one of our frightened dogs bolted on intake. The call went out for help in the North Raleigh area so many people dropped everything to join the search. Countless hours were spent roasting weenies, setting traps, answering calls, moving signs, and posting to neighborhood groups. Poor Hartmann remains at large and sightings have waned but we are not giving up. Please come home, Hartmann!
Meanwhile, regular activities in the rescue continue to ramp up as we get more dogs and more freedom. Our operations team has been busy with an onslaught of dogs coming in and a continuing increase in adoptions with 20 dogs adopted in June. And our volunteers have been busy planning several events as we are able to meet in person again. Learn more about these exciting events below and come out and show your support for NRGRR. If you're a golfer, we hope to see you on the links next month!
Finally, don't forget to vote for your favorite photos in the 2022 NRGRR Calendar Contest. The entries are great and the top 12 vote getters will be featured in the monthly spread of our 2022 NRGRR Calendar. The July 31st deadline is coming quickly, so vote now!
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July 21st - Bark in the Park - Durham Bulls Athletic Park
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July 24th - Summer Splash - Montague Lake
- July 31st - NRGRR 2022 Calendar Contest Voting Ends!
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August 8th - Pet Portraits - Wine & Design, Cary
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August 8th - Pop Art Pet Portraits - Wine & Design, Chapel Hill
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August 22nd - Golden Smiles - Triangle Beer, Cary
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August 22-28th - Spirit Week - Various locations, some virtual
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August 28th - Golden on the Green - River Ridge Country Club
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September 8th - Bark in the Park - Durham Bulls Athletic Park
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October 23rd - Rescue Reunion - Montague Lake
Meet and Greets are generally held on the first and third Saturday of the month at Zoomy Dogs!, located at 5420 NC-55, Durham, NC 27713. The schedule is subject to change and we will announce our plans, including expected dogs to attend, on our Meet and Greet webpage before the scheduled date.
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2021 Statistics
through June
90 Dogs Rescued
50 Dogs in Rehab
66 Dogs Adopted
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Congratulations to these dogs finding their furever home in June
- Liberty 21
- Gaston 21
- Turkey Mini 21
- Turkey Nazli 21
- Cilantro 20
- Petruchio 20
- Rapunzel 21
- Tiana 21
- Mulan 21
- Faline 21
- Cinderella 21
- Taffyta 21
- Turkey Sushi 21
- Turkey Coco 21
- Nitro 21
- Turkey Jimbo 21
- Trixie 21
- Raya 21
- Deputy Dawg 20
- Turkey Boza 21
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Bark in the Park
July 21st
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Do you love dogs? Do you love baseball? Then this is the event for you! Join us Wednesday evening at DBAP to watch the Durham Bulls with your 4-legged friend. Game time is 6:35 p.m.
NRGRR and other rescue groups and pet-friendly sponsors will be there. Stop by and visit with us at our event table.
Click the button below for more information and to purchase tickets! Tickets can also purchased at the park.
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All human and furry friends are welcome to come to Montague Lake this Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to noon for our Summer Splash.
There will be an open swim for all dogs and festivities for everyone! We provide the tennis balls, you provide the wet dogs!
We will be asking for a donation of at least $5.00 at registration. More is always welcome!
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Paint a portrait of your pet with us at Wine & Design. It's easy, Wine & Design's professional staff guide you through the steps to create your masterpiece.
25% of the proceeds will be donated to NRGRR!
We have two venues on August 8th beginning at 2 p.m., Cary and Chapel Hill.
Click the links below to learn more and register.
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20th Annual Golden on the Green Charity Golf Tournament |
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Join us on August 28th for a great day of golf at the beautiful River Ridge Golf Club in Raleigh, NC and show your support for NRGRR. The Captain's Choice tournament will have a 1:30 pm shotgun start.
Your tournament fee includes lunch, dinner, cart, range balls, as well as several contests including hole in one, closest to the pin, and longest drive, giving you a chance of winning many exciting prizes. You will also have the opportunity to enter our $10,000 putting contest and other exciting par-3 contests, buy mulligans, and enter the 50-50 raffle.
Registration fees are $100 per player and team sponsor levels are available. You can register as a team, three-some, pair or as an individual. As an individual, we will do our best to place you on a team.
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Sponsorships
There are a number of ways to support this event and NRGRR through sponsorship, starting with a Tee Sponsorship at $100 where you can honor your pet or loved one with "In Honor of" or "In Memory of" tee sign on one of the tee boxes on the golf course.
Click the button below for more information and to register your team and purchase your sponsorship.
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2022 NRGRR Calendar Contest
Voting Ends Saturday, July 31st!
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We have great selection of photos in this year's contest. Click the link below to see all the entries and vote for your favorite photos. Each vote costs $1 and you can vote as much or for as many dogs as you want.
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The winner of the photo with the most votes will pick the month they would like to have the dog featured in the calendar as well as receive a special gift. The next 11 photos with the most votes will each receive a monthly spread. Voting will run through the July 31st and we hope to have the calendars ready to sell by mid-October.
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Please click the button and vote for the dogs pictured here now!
They need your help to catch up with the pack.
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International Rescue Threatened
Thank You Donors and Volunteers!!
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We couldn’t have done it without you!
What a crazy month it has been since the CDC announced a ban on imports of dogs from over 100 international countries, including Turkey and China, where we are actively rescuing needy dogs. We put out a panicked plea for help and our village came through as you always do and we couldn’t be more grateful.
Because of your compassion, we raised an incredible amount exceeding $50,000 to rescue as many dogs as we could before the deadline! And of course we couldn’t have accomplished this without our tireless volunteers who coordinated, transported, and helped clean the nasty crates that have travelled thousands of miles with the dogs inside. Our transporters drove a collective 4,000+ miles to Dulles, JFK, and Atlanta International airport’s to bring these dogs home to NRGRR.
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We were successful in bringing in 20 dogs from overseas, including 18 from Turkey and 2 from China. Sadly, the rescue of the mom and 7 puppies that we were desperately trying to get out of China had unforeseen complications and was cancelled at the last minute. But we are not giving up! We are working with other rescues on a plan to get them out of China to a safe country that will accept them until the ban is over. We are also investigating a campaign to petition the CDC to lift their ban on importing dogs. So please stay tuned as we will need your ongoing support to continue our Love Knows No Borders mission.
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Dogs arriving from Turkey |
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Volunteers from several rescue groups awaiting for the flight from Turkey to arrive with their dogs. |
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Pups arrive from China in wooden crates. |
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NRGRR would like to recognize the following volunteers and partners for their dedication over the past month to bring these dogs to us. You are our international heroes! |
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Tami Radzai
Barbara Emery
Julie Rigby
Kim Bullard
Donna Blackwell
Mimi Suddath
Andrea Whalen
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Sue-Lynn Hinson
Lindsey Skinner
Meg McDonald
Lesa Babb
Smantha Flynn
Andrea Loper
Lotta Peltola
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Complete Pet Care – Falls Pointe
Complete Pet Care – Heritage
Grace Park Animal Hospital
Page Point Animal Hospital
Chapel Hill Enterprise
Capital Auto Rentals
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Visit our Facebook page @NRGRRGoldens to follow our efforts to rescue these dogs. Please donate today so we can continue our rescue efforts!
Visit our International Rescue web page to learn more about how you can volunteer.
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Volunteer Spotlight
Don Gelo and Julie Rigby
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It was May 25th when the plea went out for a foster for a very scared dog sitting in a shelter waiting to become an NRGRR dog. Hartman was transported on May 27th but unfortunately bolted from the crate at Complete Pet Care at Falls Pointe. Falls staff and the transporter looked and attempted to catch him but with no luck. |
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For the next 40+ days, Julie Rigby and Don Gelo worked tirelessly, almost around the clock, to try and locate Hartman. They set up feeding stations, traps, hung trail cams, hired a dog tracker, and had an army of volunteers posting flyers around the area. Don cooked pounds of bacon and hotdogs in the woods and even sprayed liquid smoke on the trails where Hartman was spotted to appease to his sense of smell and taste, but to no avail. They left Bojangles chicken and used fire logs that smelled like KFC to try and lure him in. Hartman never took the bait but local wildlife enjoyed the delicacies. |
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The entire surrounding community was engaged in trying to find Hartman through social media posts, PawBoost, Triangle Lost and Found, Next Door Neighbor, and a slew of other communication channels. There were plenty of sightings, but unfortunately Hartman never entered into one of the traps that had been set. He remained elusive.
Sadly, despite Julie’s and Don’s hard work, along with all of the other dedicated volunteers who supported their efforts, Hartman has yet to be located. We still hold out hope that he may miraculously show up somewhere in the future. He was a tough case, spending most of his life in a pen with very little socialization.
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Thank you Julie and Don for your dedication to help find Hartman and for being ready to jump at a moment’s notice when a call comes in with a sighting. And thank you to all of the other volunteers in the NRGRR village racing to place flyers near the latest sighting. We wish we could report that Hartman had been located and in foster care but it is obvious he is loved by the NRGRR community.
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This year NRGRR kicked off an appreciation program where we honor fosters and transporters each month for their dedication to our mission to rescue, rehab and adopt. Thank you so much to the following volunteers who have been recognized so far this year - combined they have fostered 45 dogs and transported 78 dogs over 12,000 miles!
We really could not do this without our incredible volunteers.
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Samantha Flynn
Don Gelo
Kim Bullard
Maddie Hubbard
Shannon Helton
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Mark Ridenour
Jim Hamrick
Kate Longley
Leslie Shannon
Barbara and Terry Emery
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Lori Donahue
Alan Haydon
Sue Lynn Hinson
Cyndi Soroka
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Golden Moments
Monthly Photo Contest
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As we enter into a new year we look forward with optimism, despite an understanding that we will be faced with many of the same challenges and obstacles as in 2020. In light of that, we want to ask our readers to help us create “Golden Moments” throughout 2021 to lighten our hearts and remind us why we do what we do!
Congratulations to Sadie for being selected as the most patriotic dog. As a result of winning this month's contest, her owner will receive a 25% off coupon to the NRGRR online store. Next month we're looking for your best dog day photo, so get your entries in by August 8th. Email your photos to nrgrr.rescueranger@gmail.com.
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Thanks to everyone that submitted photos this month. We didn't have many submissions but there were some great photos. A select few are shown below. All photos entered can be seen on our Golden Moments web page.
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Golden Moments Entry Information |
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The Golden Moments photo contest is to simply share photos of NRGRR alumni and current fosters on our website, the Rescue Ranger newsletter, and on our social media pages. One photo will be selected monthly to win a 25% off coupon for the NRGRR online store. The winner will be selected based on alignment with the monthly theme as listed below, as well as composition and clarity.
Please ensure the photos are focused and clear and sent in the original size. Close ups are best as they will be displayed in thumbnails. Your photos can be horizontal or vertical and can include people with the NRGRR alum or foster dog. (We cannot accept any professional photos and by submitting your photo you acknowledge NRGRR’s right to use your photo.)
We hope you will participate and make us all smile with your “Golden Moments” photos. Let us know if you have any questions and we're looking forward to seeing your masterpieces!
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“Golden Moments of 2021” Themes |
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February: Most Heartfelt/romantic
March: Most mischievous dog
April: Spring fever
May: Most playful dog
June: Best swimming/water photo
July: Most patriotic dog
August: Best “dog day” photo
September: Football fever
October: Best Halloween costume
November: Most thankful face
December: Best holiday moment
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Please submit your best "dog day" photos by August 8th.
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Alumni Updates
When a dog becomes an NRGRR dog, they are one for life. We are able to follow our dogs' transformation from rescue-to-adopt but some of the greatest stories are about how well they are thriving in their furever home.
If you have special pictures or stories that you would like to share with us, please send them to nrgrr-alumni-updates@googlegroups.com. Your updates may be shared in our publications or social media pages.
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Check out our new home decor items that we are excited about in our store!
They are all made by a dog lover who donates her time to help dogs in need.
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NRGRR Swag for Dad and Mom |
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Show your support for NRGRR by wearing these awesome t-shirts, tanks, or hats. Share with your friends, purchase a gift that really means something for the Golden or golden-hearted mom or dad in your life, or get a few for yourself.
Fundraiser Ending Soon! Get your shirts and hats while they last.
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We are always looking for new ideas for store items. If there are any items you would like us to carry, email our store manager, Nikki D'Ambrose, and we will see if it's feasible for us to provide it to you.
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Did you know you can support NRGRR by shopping on Amazon?
It's quite easy. All you need to do is go to smile.amazon.com and choose Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue as your charity. Click on Supporting: just below the search bar to add or update your charity.
When shopping online, make sure to navigate to smile.amazon.com first to ensure NRGRR receives the donation.
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Creating a fundraiser for NRGRR is super easy. Just click the link below and adjust a few details and you're all set. Share it with your friends and encourage them to help you raise money on Facebook.
In 2020, we received almost $10,000 from Facebook fundraisers! Help us raise even more in 2021.
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We hope you enjoy this new platform for the Rescue Ranger! You may receive this edition more than once as we strive to not leave anyone out. You can always email questions or concerns to us at: nrgrr.rescueranger@gmail.com.
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NRGRR is a 501(c)(3) organization in North Carolina that is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption of Golden Retrievers in need. The organization advocates responsible pet ownership, community education and protection of all dogs. |
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