Announcing the Second Annual Benefit Wine Label Contest!

Say Cheese! And while you're at it have some wine by candlelight! This year's contest includes a wine label contest AND candle label contest. More contests mean more finalists and more winners!

Honor your golden by having his or her picture on a bottle of wine or a fragrant candle! It's as easy as 1, 2 ,3 to enter your pup in our contest:

  1. Submit one high quality photo per family to Lauren St. Andre by email at rst_andre@comcast.net between Monday June 10 and Saturday, June 29 at 5pm Central time. You don’t need to be a member to participate, but the subject(s) of your photos need to be golden retrievers.
  2. A panel of judges will select 30 finalists (ten more than last year!), which will appear on the As Good as Gold website.
  3. Let the voting begin!  Starting  Monday, July 22 through Saturday, August 10 at 3 pm Central time you will be able to vote to select the top 12 contest winners!  The golden retrievers receiving the top six votes will appear on As Good as Gold Benefit Wine labels for the next year. The goldens receiving the next six highest votes will appear on sixteen ounce decorator candles.  Winners will be announced early the week of August 12!

Each vote requires a $2.00 tax deductible donation to As Good as Gold. You, family, friends and co-workers can vote as often as you like to make certain your golden is part of the winning line-up.

This is an event in which no one loses because the money collected goes to support the work of saving abused, abandoned and neglected goldens!

Click here for contest rules and helpful hints on how to take a winning photo and remember tell your pups to “Say Cheese!”

Contact Lauren St. Andre at rst_andre@comcast.net or 815-363-5414 with any questions.

 

Strut Your Mutt!

As Good as Gold is partnering with Best Friends Animal Society to participate in the online dog walkathon called Strut Your Mutt to help raise money for our needy goldens.

You don’t need to leave your armchair to help! If you would like to join our pack, simply go to www.strutyourmutt.org/team/agag, click on "Join this dog pack" to register, and then set up your own web page. You can then begin to ask your family, friends and co-workers to either raise funds for AGaG by joining the Pack or make a contribution to your webpage.

It's fast and easy to join our pack!  Click here for instructions. f you are unable to participate as part of our Strut Your Mutt team, but would like to make a donation instead, you may click on any of the dog pack member links at the bottom of AGaG's dog pack website (link above) to contribute.  Contact Miriam Feldman, “Leader of the Pack,” with any questions at mirnjer@aol.com.

 

Join AGaG for Doggie Dining at Port Edward!

It's almost summer which means dining with your dog(s) at Port Edward in Algonquin is right around the corner!  Three dates are scheduled this year (June 27, July 25, and August 22) -- all begin at 5pm.  Don't have a dog?  Your check will still count towards the restaurant's 15% donation of each evening's proceeds.  Click here for a flyer with all the info you need.

Port Edward Restaurant
20 W. Algonquin Rd.
Algonquin, IL  60102
847-658-5441
www.portedward.com
5pm - dusk

 

Let the Celebration Begin!

On May 15 As Good as Gold observed its 10th anniversary!  Our members selected Making Golden Dreams Come True Since 2003 as the phrase that best describes what we do.  The graphic design above, created by AGaG member Lauren St. Andre, will be used in numerous ways throughout the year.  Be sure to look for it with the most current news about the ways in which we plan to celebrate our first ten years!

As Good as Gold wishes to thank the generous donors who are participating in our $10 for 10 anniversary fundraising campaign.  They include: Alice Abraham, the Ahlberg Family, Stratos & Sheryl Athanassiades, Sue Battalini, Deborah Bean, Terry & Denise Becker, Russ & Barbara Bigelow, Brian & Sharon Blaszak, Jim & Jennifer Burklow, Michael & Carrie Cleary, the Conroy Family, Rand Nickerson & Carrie Coonce, Mike & Renee Crawford, Tom & Sue Durante, Nancy Eggert, Gary Masterson & Jenni Erdman, Larry Fajardo & Gina Buresch, Ronald & Jennifer Golembiewski, Tom & Eve Gramer, Karen Grandt, Ken & Amy Reed Hogrefe, Dave & Kathy Jakubowski, Bob & Sheila Johnson, George Kages, Jean Karczewski, Paul & Terri Klimek, Ronald Kline, Vickie Kukulski & Judy Bartolini, Darlene LoCascio & Contessa Mancini, James & Laura Machin, Sally Macnamara, Matt & Ann Mahoney, Peggy Maciejewski, the McGary Family, Joan McGowan, Eric Meadow, Tami Meer, Lisa Nelson, Colleen & Nina O'Brien, Michael & Candy & Mallory Pirello, Ron & Carol Petersen, Ken & Jodi Phillips, Taralyn Phillips, John & Colleen Pochron, Bob & Fran Puchli, Steve & Cyndi Raine-Dentinger, Roy & Sheryl Roush, Trudi Schoening, Bylle Skoczek, Sam & Lynda Smith, Jerry & Laurie Stecker, Janet Syverson & Sarah Bleeks, David & Theresa Taylor, Greg Wessman, Ken & Cathy Williams, and two donors who wish to remain anonymous.

Click here for more information about As Good as Gold's $10 for 10 monthly recurring gift program.

Great Ways to Shop and Give



iGive lets you help your favorite cause every time you shop!  This website is free to use and it features a network of over 900 stores, including favorites like Macy’s, Kohl’s, Home Depot and Crate and Barrel, so you can get all of your shopping done online.  If you sign up and designate As Good as Gold as your preferred charity, iGive will donate a portion of your total sale to us! The company will donate $5 for using iGive and $5 when you make your first purchase.  It has donated over $5 million to organizations just like ours. The donations keep growing as you keep shopping!

iGive also makes a donation for every web search completed through iGive, so by using iGive as your search engine, you can contribute to a good cause. If you search the web multiple times a day, like many of us, this adds up!  So search and shop away and help rescue goldens, too!  Visit iGive by clicking on the logo above, or click here and click on the green “Join Today” button to get started.




Did you know that you can raise money for As Good as Gold just by shopping at Amazon.com? This site carries thousands of items from electronics to baby gear to dog supplies. Oh, and books.  And ebooks.  And ebook readers.  And all kinds of things you can use, and even things you didn’t realize you needed.  If you’re an online shopper, you can check off all the people on your Christmas list when you shop at Amazon.com.  Their service is excellent, their shipping is fast, and their prices are competitive.  And best of all, they’ll donate a portion of every purchase you make to As Good as Gold.

If you have a Kindle, are getting a Kindle, or are an avid book reader, you can help raise money for As Good as Gold every time you buy a new ebook or book. (If you are not getting your Kindle until Christmas, you can still download the Kindle app, buy your ebooks now and load them on your ereader when you get it.) So for those who buy books all year, this is an easy way to help your favorite rescue while enjoying a great read!  Click on the logo above or here to go to the Fundinco site.  When you get there, click on the box that says “Click here to begin shopping!”

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