Retrievers For A Cause-The Tower of Hope-UPDATE!(Directions)
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:15 pm
Guys,
Each of you have had a significant impact on my life that extends well beyond the retriever world which is what brought us together. Even those of you I have never met but have gotten to know through the web. Each of you are very important to the local retriever community and respectively risen to the top and have dedicated most of your free to time to training, service, & education in some form or fashion.
I have recently been introduced to a group called The Tower of Hope. http://www.thetowerofhope.org. Please take a minute and check out their website, they provide service dogs for wounded military. The Tower of Hope was founded in 2006 by Cathy Carilli, as a tribute to the memory of her husband, Tom Sinton, who was murdered in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
We have a pretty unique bond with our dogs, most all of our free time is involved with doing something around them, we eat, drink, & sleep our retrievers. All of you are so passionate about dogs that it is life changing. You have through education, kids days, training days, etc have extended the web of our passion throughout our communities. Here is a perfect opportunity to be part of something bigger.
The Tower of Hope's mission is to empower people living w/a disability or chronic illness to live more independently by providing them w/specially trained service dogs. Their primary focus is providing these amazing animals to combat wounded veterans at no charge.
The people that are provided these service animals have made sacrifices for us in ways we will thankfully never have to endure but we can understand and be part of an opportunity to give them back some sense of normalcy that they have lost protecting our freedoms. Who better to participate in something like this than the local retriever clubs. Our lives revolve around the freedoms these folks protect that allows us the opportunities to go out and enjoy the country that we were privileged to be born in. The world is changing and our rights & freedoms are constantly challenged and scrutinized, who knows that better than sportsmen & women?
I would like to offer our help in a program that is currently underway called “100 Dogs in a 1000 days”.
On Saturday May 28th (Memorial Day Weekend) we will have a charity event for The Tower of Hope, location TBA but somewhere in North Mississippi. The event will be hosted by Southern Flight HRC Club with the help of the North Mississippi Amateur Retriever hunt test club.
We will have a retriever event with placements as well as activities and events for everyone.
In the works:
*Service Dog Team demonstration
*Drug & Bomb Dog demonstration
*Competitive Obedience demonstration
*Kids Activities;
Blue Bird House Building Station
Dog event for the kids, can run a dog even if they don’t have one!
Games
Water Slide
Will have lunch and Dinner Available on site, working on having a band for Sat, Night!
Will be a raffle after the ribbon ceremony for the retriever event.
Thank You!
Each of you have had a significant impact on my life that extends well beyond the retriever world which is what brought us together. Even those of you I have never met but have gotten to know through the web. Each of you are very important to the local retriever community and respectively risen to the top and have dedicated most of your free to time to training, service, & education in some form or fashion.
I have recently been introduced to a group called The Tower of Hope. http://www.thetowerofhope.org. Please take a minute and check out their website, they provide service dogs for wounded military. The Tower of Hope was founded in 2006 by Cathy Carilli, as a tribute to the memory of her husband, Tom Sinton, who was murdered in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
We have a pretty unique bond with our dogs, most all of our free time is involved with doing something around them, we eat, drink, & sleep our retrievers. All of you are so passionate about dogs that it is life changing. You have through education, kids days, training days, etc have extended the web of our passion throughout our communities. Here is a perfect opportunity to be part of something bigger.
The Tower of Hope's mission is to empower people living w/a disability or chronic illness to live more independently by providing them w/specially trained service dogs. Their primary focus is providing these amazing animals to combat wounded veterans at no charge.
The people that are provided these service animals have made sacrifices for us in ways we will thankfully never have to endure but we can understand and be part of an opportunity to give them back some sense of normalcy that they have lost protecting our freedoms. Who better to participate in something like this than the local retriever clubs. Our lives revolve around the freedoms these folks protect that allows us the opportunities to go out and enjoy the country that we were privileged to be born in. The world is changing and our rights & freedoms are constantly challenged and scrutinized, who knows that better than sportsmen & women?
I would like to offer our help in a program that is currently underway called “100 Dogs in a 1000 days”.
On Saturday May 28th (Memorial Day Weekend) we will have a charity event for The Tower of Hope, location TBA but somewhere in North Mississippi. The event will be hosted by Southern Flight HRC Club with the help of the North Mississippi Amateur Retriever hunt test club.
We will have a retriever event with placements as well as activities and events for everyone.
In the works:
*Service Dog Team demonstration
*Drug & Bomb Dog demonstration
*Competitive Obedience demonstration
*Kids Activities;
Blue Bird House Building Station
Dog event for the kids, can run a dog even if they don’t have one!
Games
Water Slide
Will have lunch and Dinner Available on site, working on having a band for Sat, Night!
Will be a raffle after the ribbon ceremony for the retriever event.
Thank You!