ABC Basset Hound Rescue, Inc.

2020 Spring Basset Blast

Saturday, April 25, 2020 Noon – 4pm

ABC VIP MEMBERS ENTER AT 11:00 AM!

The Dome Arena & Minett Hall 2695 East Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY 14467

Minett Hall features 23,000 square feet of indoor basset fun! If your basset is well-socialized, then he/she can be off leash for the event so they can run, romp & play with the other bassets! Your basset isn’t a social butterfly? No problem! We just ask that you keep your basset on a leash or in an x-pen during the event. Only bassets and shorter can attend!

Admission for the event is $15 for the first adult, $10 for each

additional adult (17 and up). Children 16 & under and all bassets enter for FREE! Even though admission is only $15, we will be awarding prizes to the top 5 pledge earners who bring in the most money through a combination of online donations and pledge money turned in upon arrival Saturday!! Please pre-register at www.nybasset.org

• Shopping! Shop at the Slobber Shoppe and other vendors • Adoptable dogs • Coronation of Royal Court • Memorial Service

• Silent auction, dollar raffles & 50/50 • Costume Contest • Games & Activities for the bassets • Nail Trimming • Music with DJ John

MEMORIAL SERVICE & MEMORIAL WALL

Memorial Service: ABCBHR will be holding a Memorial Service to honor our long-eared friends and supporters/volunteers who are at the Rainbow Bridge waiting for us.

Please provide us with the name(s) & picture(s) of the basset hounds who you would like us to mention in this year’s

ceremony. Please notify us of the names of the departed before April 20th.

Email your basset’s name and pictures to Karen: karenkk03@yahoo.com

Memorial Wall: ABCBHR will be having a “Memorial Wall” to remember our beloved pets, family members and friends. These candles will be displayed on our Memorial Wall at the blast. Each candle is $5 to display. Additional candles will also be available for purchase at the Blast. Please write your beloved’s name on the enclosed candle and mail with $5 payment to: ABC Basset Hound Rescue

PO Box 272, Buffalo, NY 14225

HOTEL/CAMPING INFORMATION

Super 8 by Wyndham Henrietta/Rochester ABCBHR has made arrangements with the Super 8 Hotel for you & your pet(s)! Conveniently located 2.3 miles from the Fair & Expo Center!

I90 NYS Thruway at I390

1000 Lehigh Station Rd Henrietta, NY 14467-9311 US

Phone: 585-359-1630

Price: $74.99 plus tax per room. Room will feature 2 queen beds or 1 king.

No pets are to be left alone in the room! When calling for your reservation, please mention “ABC Basset Hound Rescue”. Cut-off date for booking with discount prices is April 18th. After this date contact Gary Penny at investor0369@gmail.com or 585-392-0193.

Camping Stay right onsite at The Dome!! Pack up the bassets in your RV, camper, 5th wheel or pop-up. To reserve a spot, please contact Don Gordon at dondash8@aol.com or call/text 716-510-6042 for more information. There will be a $20 fee for camping onsite.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Please consider becoming a sponsor for ABC’s Spring Basset Blast to help us offset some of our costs to run this amazing event!

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_____Yes! I’d like to help sponsor ABC’s Spring Basset Blast! _____Top Dog $1,500 and up _____Leader of the Pack $1,000 - $1,499 _____True Companion $500 - $999 _____Best Friend $250 - $499 _____Tail Wagger $100 - $249

Name/Business/In Memory you’d like listed: ____________________________________________ Please make checks payable to ABC Basset Hound Rescue. If you’d like to pay by credit card, you can pay online at

www.nybasset.org. If have a question about sponsorship, please call ABC President, Shelly Gordon at 716-656-1760 or email merchandise@nybasset.org

Sponsorship Levels

Top Dog

$1,500 &

up

Leader of

the Pack

$1,000 to $1,499

True Companion $500 to $999

Best Friend

$250 to $499

Tail Wagger

$100 to $249

Name on banner displayed at the

Blast, name recognition at the Blast,

judge for the costume contest.

Name on ABC Basset Hound

Rescue’s website, mentioned on our Facebook and included in our email

blasts to over 5,000 subscribers.

Your company name/logo in ABCBHR’s 2021 Calendar (for

Business Sponsors)

Free exhibit table for business sponsors

ABC Basset Hound Rescue’s

“Bag of Swag”

Early Admission to the Blast

Name in The Spring Basset Blast Program handed out to 250+

attendees Free Admission 10 people 8 people 6 people 4 people 2 people

BE AN ABC VIP!

ABC Basset Hound Rescue, Inc. is YOUR organization! You have made it successful

through your continued financial support. We are asking for your monthly support to

help assure that this organization continues to be the premier dog rescue in New York by becoming an ABC VIP!

Over the years we have built a base for ABC including the purchase of a trailer for the Slobber Shoppe and 2 vans to bring in bassets from out of state and transport them across NYS.

We are setting the stage to continue this organization for years to come. With

funding coming in on a regular monthly basis, we will also build reserves for the future of ABCBHR and its future leaders who will be responsible for the continuation of this amazing cause.

Benefits of Becoming an ABC VIP:

• Early admission & Cookie Reception at our Spring Basset Blast

• Slobber Shoppe discounts at the Spring Basset Blast

• Free shipping at The Slobber Shoppe year round (at the $19 level or higher)

For more information or to sign up, please visit our website www.nybasset.org or contact Jennifer Griem at wgriem@roadrunner.com 716-870-7103 or Elisa Skop at eskop13@gmail.com 914-260-9587

Thank you to our current ABC VIP members:

Ruby Albright

Patricia Amend

Mitze Amoroso

James Austin

Justin & Andrea Beabes

Patricia Becker

Julie Bellone

Vicky & Rod Best

Patricia Bianchi

Elizabeth Bivens

Pamela Blum

Andrew Bonerb

Gary & Diane Bradley

Deborah Braun

Doris Brennan

Tracey & Kevin Brown

Catherine Burlew

John & Michelle Callowhill

Cindy & Art Camp

Denise Carson

Lynnette & Dennis Castiglia

Elizabeth Castrejon

Drew & Jen Celestino

Susan Charles

Estelle & Sebastien Charroud

Colleen Clemett

Sandra Colocino

Stephen Cooke

Patricia Corey

Stephanie Cornell

Jane Corradi

Gina Darpino

Phyllis Desmo

Jeanne Dietrich & Elisa Parenti

Judy Domagala

Patti Donohue & Doug Mastin

Janice Dugliss

Pam Ebersold

Chris & Mary Ennis

Cheryl Ensign

Doris Eppolito

Juliann Escudero

Nancy & Joe Fayad

Sally Ferrentino

Chopper & Patty Fiden

Bert Fitzsimmons

Caitlin Frawley

Donna & Bob Funk

Barbara Gallagher

Adrian Garneau

Joan & Neil Gates

Jim & Karen Gelston

Donna & Jim Gibson

Dennis & Toni Gigliotti

Tina Gigliotti

Mary Glatt-Banks

Suzanne Golia

Dawn Goran

Shelly & Don Gordon

Abbagail Graham

Darby & Donald Grant

Jennifer Griem

Annabelle Guercio

Angelika Hastings

Pam Heine

Peter Kyle & Henry Dardeno

Linda Hillis

William & Beryl Himmelsbach

Christine Hong

Rachel & Brian Hook

Dana Hrycko

Carly & James Huba

Sherri Jeakins

Janet Jesonowski

Kathy & Larry Johnson

Sharen Judd

Scarlett J Kehoe

Audra & Christopher Kelly

Mary Anne Kermis

Joseph Knipp

Sandie Kocher

Karen Koslowski-Cahoon

Karen Kowalczyk

Richard & Lisa Krapf

Joe & Kathy Kula

Kristine Lamendola

Delinda & Corey LaRock

Bethany Lockhart

Ellen Lucas

Jane Lundstrom

Jan Marchlewski

Kevin & Pat McLouth

Liz McManus

Dawn & Greg McPherson

Stephen McWhorter

Kathleen Meck

Karen & Roger Meinzer

Janet & Al Miller

Denise & Scott Miner

Lauren Mirro

John Morrison

Karen Morse

Jim & Maggie Murdock

Gerard Muscat

Stephen Natishin

Nancy Nichols

Linda & Ray Nowicki

Elise Odea

Linda O'Neil

Deborah Ossit

Gary & Kathy Penny

Ava & Wayne Perrigo

Katie Perry

Marilynn Pinkoske

Sharon Plant

Henry Plizga

Nadya Popik

William & Norma Porter

Nancy Post

Nancy Purcell

Joan Quigley

Diane Ralph

Carla Resvanis

Bob Richardson

Nicole Richardson

Laura Ripley

Karen Robinson

Ann Ross

Rebecca Roth

Donna Ruppel

William Ryan

Deb Ryan

Laura Salmon

Tom & Pat Schamerhorn

Tom & Sue Schreck

Mary Lynn Schubert

Kathleen Schuler

Jeffry Schwartz

Priscilla Scott

D Barry Self

Esther Seranko

Debbie Shanker

Ellie Shannon

Gail Shaw

Joe Shaw

Mary Sheldon Price

Maureen Shragie

Elisa Skop

Steven Spencer

Susan Spieler

Trudy Spiller

Susan Stanzak

Gail Sutton

Anne Tatalovich

Marci Thomas

Tamera Thomas

Don & Terry Todd

Connie Urbanski

Mary VandenBergh

Cheryl & Joe VanGorder

Tom & Kandy VanSkiver

Chris Walker

Karen Walker

Chris & Bill Wiegand

Sherrilyn Wilson

Nancy Wiltse & Hugh Besong

Laura Wolfe

David Wolinsky

Renee & Jim Young

Patricia Ziegler

2020 Spring Basset Blast Bucket List T-Shirt 50% cotton/50% polyester navy heathered short sleeve T-shirt

Classic unisex fit. Pre-shrunk.

VISA/MC/DISC/AMEX CC#_____________________________ Exp Date (mm,yy)______3 digit code (back of card)________

I cannot attend but I have enclosed my donation for the homeless hounds $______

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December 2020 Lottery Drawing

$5 per ticket Enclosed is 1 ticket. To purchase it, please mail the stub and check to:

ABC BHR PO Box 272

Buffalo, NY 14225

Size of shirt: Size Price Qty. Total

Small-2XL $17

3XL $19

VIP’s get FREE shipping! $5 shipping + 8% sales tax

TOTAL ENCLOSED

Make checks payable to:ABC Basset Hound Rescue, Inc. and return to:

ABC Basset Hound Rescue, PO Box 272, Buffalo, NY 14225

2020 SWEEPSTAKES RAFFLE!!

Grand Prize: $1,000 cash

1st prize: $500, 2nd prize: $200

3rd prize: $125, 4th prize: $75, 5th prize: $50

Enclosed, you will find 18 raffle tickets. Each ticket is $5.00 or 3 for $10.00. As soon as you have sold your tickets, please send the stubs to us with a check made payable to ABC Basset Hound Rescue Inc., or with your credit card

information. If you need more tickets, please email Gary Penny at investor0369@gmail.com or call 585-392-0193. All winners will be posted on our website.

The seller of the grand prize ticket will get $300 cash!

Please charge these tickets to my: CC Number ______________________________________ Exp. Date (mm, yy)________________ 3 digit code on the back of card ___________ Name (as it appears on card) __________________

Please mail ticket stubs and payment to:

Gary Penny

21 Cooper Dr. Hilton, NY 14468

Here are two great ideas to increase your fundraising! Top 5 fundraisers receive prizes!

1) Facebook Fundraising! Start a fundraiser on Facebook for ABC! Here’s how:

➢ When Facebook asks “What’s on your mind”, click the 3 dots on the right ➢ Select “support nonprofit” ➢ In “search for a nonprofit to support” type in “All Bassets Cherished” and select us ➢ Before sharing, write a note as to why you are raising money for ABC…because you

adopted an amazing basset from us, because you volunteer for us, or just because you love bassets!

➢ Hit “share”. Be sure to share your post weekly, tag your dog friends, tag your friends you just bought girl scout cookies from, tag your friends whose home party you just attended.

➢ Remember…it’s $15 to get in the door…set up a page and have others donate so you get in FREE! (Please bring proof of online donations at entrance).

2) Dimes for Dogs Did you know that a standard 16 oz water bottle holds $90 in dimes?! Put the label below on a water bottle and leave it in your entrance way, dresser, or kitchen table. Fill the bottle with your spare change every day and watch the money accumulate!

SOUTHWEST AIRLINE TICKETS RAFFLE THREE WINNERS THIS YEAR!

Win 2 round-trip airline tickets on Southwest Airlines! THREE WINNERS WILL BE DRAWN AT THE BLAST! Each winner receives 4 one-way tickets that can be used for 2 round-trip tickets for domestic travel. Travel must be completed by April 20, 2021.

Tickets are: 3 for $25 10 for $50 25 for $100

Tickets can be purchased through our secure raffle ticket website listed below or through ABC’s website www.nybasset.org through April 24th. Winner will be drawn at the Spring Basset Blast on April 25th. Purchase tickets at: https://rafflecreator.com/pages/10588/win-two-round-trip-tickets-on-southwest-airlines-three-winners

Pictured above is one of last year’s winners, Diane of Cheektowaga, with ABC President Shelly Gordon and her husband & Southwest Captain, Don. Don volunteers 80 hours to earn each set of round trip tickets. Thanks to Don for volunteering 240 hours of his time for the homeless basset hounds! Another winner was Valerie of Illinois. Her and her husband, Kevin, used their Southwest tickets to fly to Maui and renew their wedding vows on their 25th anniversary!

***UPCOMING EVENTS****

Breakfast with Bassets: Saturday, March 14, 10am – 12pm

Join us for a fun filled morning with your basset and enjoy coffee, juice & donuts! Please register at www.nybasset.org so we know how many donuts to bring!

Buffalo: Lake Shore Volunteer Fire Company, 4591 Lake Shore Rd, Hamburg. **New Location Rochester: Barks and Recreation, 64 School St, Victor. Albany: Schenectady Dog Training Club, 823 Gower Rd, Glenville. We are asking all families attending to bring a “gift”. This will be your donation to join the breakfast! These gifts will then be used for raffles at our fundraisers below. Some gift ideas include dog products, basset items, lottery tickets, wine, gift certificates, home décor, etc. We are asking that all gifts be new, not used. Shipping Sale: July 1-7th, www.theslobbershoppe.com

ABC Basset Hound Rescue would not exist without support from people like you. It is important for us to say “THANK YOU” to folks who recognize the importance of collecting money for ABC BHR either through pledges, online donations, or selling raffle tickets. We look forward to seeing our old friends and meeting new ones!

Please be sure to have your dog current on ALL of its vaccinations & flea treated before attending the Breakfast and The Blast! Only bassets and shorter at these events, please!

www.nybasset.org