Beading Divas Bracelets

Friends of Greyhound Injury Fund Blog 2009/05/19

We got by with a lot of help from our friends:

Angy Shearer – one of the extraordinary seven behind raising money for the vet bills and beyond; hosted the donated quilt on ebay.

Arizona Greyhound Rescue – coordinated getting injured Opal and Rider to the emergency vet within an hour

AWASA – Spread the word about the accident

Bernsen Arts – Donated a hand-painted beaded necklace to raise funds

Buckaroo Bones – Donated the sale of homemade dog biscuits to pay the vet bills

Bridge Marketing – Writes, promotes, and maintains this blog (pro bono)

Cynthia David – one of the extraordinary seven behind raising money for the vet bills and beyond; hosted many bracelet making “bees” and plies us with delicious carbs

Desert Dog News – Printed two stories about Lizzie Mead and her greyhounds and allowed us to share her booth at the Animal Fair

Glenda Taylor – one of the extraordinary seven behind raising money for the vet bills and beyond; scored a 50-pound box of beads from a bead store going out of business

Greyhounds of Fairhaven – donated $450 to the vet bills

Greyt Escape – hosted the Etsy store so we could sell the bracelets online which indeed we did

Island Bead and Box – donated stunning fused glass jewelryand a vase

Joan Athey – made at least a dozen beautiful bracelets and donated them to our cause

Karyn Zoldan – one of the extraordinary seven behind raising money for the vet bills and beyond; networked with other groups; contacted the media;  pushed hard

Kate Kaemerle – It was Kate’s brilliant idea to post on Craig’s List to find more free beads. Bingo!

Kindred Spirits Greyhound Adoption – donated $500 to pay the vet bill; have since been inspired to start their own fund in case any of their adopters needed a large sum of money for vet bills

K-9 Compassion – donated money to our cause

Kristen Cook – AZ Daily Star reporter who mentioned our bracelet sales in her Shopaholic blog and gave the bracelet print column space in March 2009. That bit of print generated 18 Etsy sales in one weekend.

Lizzie (Elizabeth) Mead – The accident happened to her and her dogs. She had an amazingly upbeat attitude throughout the entire experience. What an inspiration. She taught the rest of the fundraising team how to make bracelets.

Loren Dawn – one of the extraordinary seven behind raising money for the vet bills and beyond; sold bracelets in her art studio during the Art Tour.

Michelle Caillet – one of the extraordinary seven behind raising money for the vet bills and beyond; the brains behind the Greyt Escape Etsy store which sold our bracelets (one went to Australia!); her photography excellence made our beautiful bracelets

Molly B’s Etsy store – The first Etsy store to host a piece of jewelry for sale and donate it to our cause.

Northcoast Greyhounds – donated to the vet bills

Nunn Better! Pet Care – Seneca helped get the word out to the Tucson petcare world and bought a bunch of bracelets too.

Paws-4-a-Cause – helped raise funds and awareness for the vet bill

Philadelphia Greyhound Connection – donated $350 to pay the vet bill

Ryn Gargulinski – The divine Ms. G., a reporter for the Tucson Citizen, wrote a great column about gratitude (the first press coverage after the accident). We thank you. Check out fun Ryn’s website.

San Diego Animal Advocates – donated money to pay the vet bill

Sekhmets Treasures – An Etsy.com store that donated a necklace to help pay the vet bill

Silver Sea Jewelry – Buy fundraising bracelets here; 330 N. 4th Avenue (next to Bison Witches restaurant); 624-9954

T K Jewelry Design – An Etsy.com store that donated some beautiful jewelry for our cause which has not sold yet

Tucson Petcare Network – graciously helped get the word out about our fundraising efforts

Tucson Pet Sitter – graciously helped get the word out about our fundraising efforts