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During the past 10 years, the one
great change in many of our lives is the Internet.
More and more people are finding almost everything via this
marvelous tool. Even if the
initial contact from a potential adopter doesn’t come from an Internet
search, often follow-ups and research does.
Thanks
to the Needle Nose Crew’s wonderful webmaster, Phil Epler, we have
slowly progressed to a point where we depend on our web site.
Our members can be informed of our current and future events.
These members can also post pictures of their own wonderful
greyhounds. Potential
adopters can find listings for the
California
adoption organizations, national contact
numbers and web sites which help with greyhound adoption searches.
Due
to hectic schedules, our site has been very static over the past few
years. We have decided the
time has come for us to improve and expand the information and help that
is offered. So, over
the next three to six months we will be in a constant mode of editing,
adding and, we hope, improving the NNC site.
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Our
Coming Events section will add addresses, and we hope maps to show
locations. We hope this will
make it easier for everyone to find our shows and encourage more
volunteers to join in with our greyhound promotion events.
COMPLETED.
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The
Greyt Links section changes are already underway with the addition of
maps to direct potential adopters to a greyhound rescue group that is
closest to their location. The
foregoing phase COMPLETED.
There
will also be a sub-section added which will reflect the same things we tell
folks when they first call for information about greyhound rescue and
“how it works”. This new
sub-section will encourage those who are interested in adopting to contact
more than one group for information on how the individual group
operates, what "greys" might be available and how they can participate in
activities.
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The
Greyt Art
section has been removed. We
still offer the small David French prints which can be purchased at main
NNC events. However, we have
found that moving the larger prints around from one show to another is
not the best idea for the well being of each print.
We encourage you to attend one of our larger shows in order to
purchase a smaller print. If
you are interested in a large print, please feel free to contact GreytArt.com.
These
wonderful people carry a full line of the French Prints.
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Although
the Greyt Gallery has been in existence for some time now, many of you
have either not known about it or have not gotten around to sending our
webmaster pictures of your greys. We
encourage you to participate with pictures of your own wonderful hounds.
Remember, those who are looking to adopt enjoy seeing pictures of
and reading stories from those who have already adopted a grey.
They want reassurance that adopting is a good thing to do. Others
singing the praises for their own greys is often just what is needed
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We
will, of course, continue to add our
Needle Nose Notes
each month.
These past issues are on the web site for everyone to look
through for articles that will give them information concerning their
own greyhound needs. In
addition, these past issues again help potential adopters see the
wonders and joy of having a greyhound join their own family.
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Last
but not least, we will be adding a new page to our site.
This addition will be a referral page, (Greyt
Resources.) Many phone calls are made and answered giving out information
about reading materials, local veterinarians, pet sitters and/or
kennels, obedience trainers, alternative health care providers, etc.
Needless to say, this is the web section which will take the
longest to get set up and running. Those
of us deeply involved with the activities of the NNC certainly have our
own recommendations to make and will use those referrals to get started
with this page. However, we
ask that each of you send over your own recommendations.
We will not put any providers or services on our web site unless
they come with glowing praises from our own volunteers.
This is not a page for commercial endeavors to advertise.
It will be by and for our volunteers and potential adopters to use as a
tool. So if you have someone
you’d like to see added to this page, please send the information over
to gogreys@juno.com.
We’ll investigate all referrals and add them as quickly as time
allows…in between events, newsletters and our own schedules.
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Many
thanks again to Phil Epler for his wonderful work on our web site.
Also, thanks to Joy Moss who edits and issues our monthly
newsletter. Time and time
again, we hear about those who have used our web site and received our
newsletter. They are
delighted to have information about greyhounds and often pass on our
website address and/or newsletter copies to those they meet who are
interested in adopting a greyhound.
We hope that you all will step up and contribute time at events,
web site pictures, referral information and articles and pictures for
our newsletter. After 10
years, we know what we do works…greyhounds are adopted by meeting and
talking with Needle Nose Crew volunteers.
Let’s plan and enjoy the next 10 years.
Carole
Oglesbee , Founder,
Needle Nose Crew
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