Greyhound Dog Adoption Boston Massachusetts New England Greyhound Friends, Inc.

You can support Greyhound Friends with any of your transactions on eBay anytime, but especially during the week of September 13th!

Sell your unwanted items on eBay and donate 10-100% of the final sale price to Greyhound Friends. You'll get a tax deduction and a credit on your basic eBay selling fees and we will get a donation.

Buy items listed on eBay to benefit Greyhound Friends. You'll get a great deal on whatever you're looking for, and Greyhound Friends will get funds from your purchase.

Give at Checkout too! When you shop on eBay you may see us featured in checkout (particularly during the week of September 13th when we will be one of four non-profits featured) when you pay with PayPal. If you do, donate $1 to help our cause.

Get started today by visiting our dedicated page on eBay: http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=26459.

To download a flyer promoting this fundraising effort - for distribution to friends and stores, etc., click here.

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Looking for Part-Time Staff

Greyhound Friends is looking to hire one or two people to work on the closing shift at our adoption kennel. There is some flexibility with the timing. Duties include making sure all the dogs are turned out and have water, night time meds are given, dishes are washed and put away as well as laundry. Dog food is prepared for the next morning. All turn out pens have to be picked up and secured for the night. Doors and windows are locked and checked. Heat or airconditioning has to be checked.

Besides all these housekeeping chores staff has to be available to talk with potential adopters. Closing staff will not actually do adoptions but must be ready to explain the adoption process to interested visitors.

The dogs are often strong and can be a handful to walk in and out of the kennel. Basic dog sense is a prerequisite............how to approach shy dogs, and in general how to deal with challenging situations.

Please call Louise at 508-435-5969 or contact her via email at greyhndfds @ aol.com for more details.

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Blessing of the Animals in West Yarmouth!

Greyhound Friends has been notified by the West Yarmouth Congretational Church that Louise will receive an animal kindness award at their Blessing of the Animals scheduled for September 18th at 10:00 a.m. at the church. We would love to have some greyhounds there to see Louise get this much deserved award! If you live in the area and would like to attend, please email Louise at ghfriend @ greyhound.org or give her a call at the kennel - 508-435-5969.

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Upcoming Fall Open House - October 2 & 3, 12:00-5:00 days!

There will be the usual good food, great shopping, runs in the fenced field and, of course, visiting our dogs in the kennel. Check our events page for more details or click here to download a flyer with all the information!

There will be a "Best Costume" contest in the Not Quite Westminster Dog Show, so start planning your hound's costume now!

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Adoption Follow Up Caller Needed

We are looking for someone to join our team of adoption follow up callers. Our adoption follow up callers place calls to recent adopters to check in and see how their new greyhound is doing and answer any questions or address any concerns. This person should be an experienced greyhound owner and familiar with Greyhound Friends. If you're interested, contact Pat - pat @ greyhound.org (without the spaces).

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Looking for Dog Food Donations

We are always in need of dog food. With a full kennel, our dog food supply goes very quickly! If you would like to help the hounds in our kennel and could donate some food, we would love to have it! You can purchase some food and bring it to the kennel, or, even easier, you can order food through PETCO's Bottomless Bowl Program and it will be delivered right to the kennel! This program is wonderful - it works so well. Through the program, you can order food as a one-time order or you can set it up for a monthly or quarterly order. For details on how to do this, go to our "How You Can Help" page http://www.greyhound.org/howhelp.cfm and look for PETCO donations, or email pat @ greyhound.org for details. Thank you in advance.

As many of you may know, Greyhound Friends has opened the Second Chances Thrift Shop as a way to be supportive to our community and as a way to raise funds for Greyhound Friends. The Shop is doing very well - there are lots of great items for sale and new items are arriving all the time! Please stop by to say hello and browse the merchandise - you might find something very special - and any purchase that you make goes to help support Greyhound Friends. The shop is located at 6 West Central Street, Natick, MA.

To donate items or to volunteer to work a few hours at the Shop, contact Louise at ghfriend @ greyhound.org or 508-435-5969.