As Good as Gold will host a fall wine tasting at Lynfred Winery in Roselle, Illinois on November 29th, 2018. We’ll start at 6pm and wrap up at 8:30pm. Your ticket includes three wines (3-3oz pours), cheese tray and assorted breads. There will also be…
As Good as Gold’s 2018 Rescue Reunion Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, September 16th and we will be celebrating our 15th anniversary! ALL As Good as Gold member families, adoptive families and friends are invited to attend with their well-behaved dogs (even if your dogs didn’t…
As Good as Gold doesn’t receive litters of puppies very often, but when we do it is an exciting time for everyone! They are so much fun to raise and watch develop into playful little ones. My favorite fosters are litters of puppies; no matter…
Share your story and you could receive a $1,000 Petco gift card AND As Good as Gold could be awarded a grant of up to $100,000 to help them save even more Goldens and Golden mixes! The deadline to submit your story is September 15th…
In 2014, Karen and Mike Mazzaroli sent their foster boy, 10 year old Draper, to us. He settled right in, went on waterfall road trips, romped in the snow, barked at duck butts, and turned his new found talents into being a therapy dog visiting…
All the photos have been submitted and prepared for the contest. Now you get to see them and, more importantly, you get to vote for your favorites!! The top 12 dogs, based upon the total number of votes received, will end up on this year’s selection…
We are excited to announce that it is time for the 7th annual As Good as Gold Candle Contest to get underway! The contest begins with photo submissions of goldens and golden mixes by AGaG members, as well as non-members. There is no cost to submit…
Amazon’s fourth-annual Prime Day is coming up on Tuesday, July 17 and will feature one-of-a-kind deals exclusively for Prime members. This is one of the biggest shopping days of the year and a great time to shop at smile.amazon.com because Amazon will donate to As…
The Candle Photo Submission begins today! Don’t miss your chance to have your favorite Golden Retriever or Golden mix on this year’s candles. It’s easy and free to submit your photo. Please review the photo submission guidelines to ensure your photos will qualify. We need to…
Are you curious to see the Silent Auction items for A Golden Ball? This year you can see descriptions and photos of each and every Silent Auction item. Go to gold18.gesture.com Are you attending? Click the View Items button. Not attending? Click the Register to Participate button. You’ll be able…
A Successful A Golden Ball
A Golden Ball 2019 is in the books. Thank you to all who attended.
Your participation in bidding on the live auction packages, playing a fun game of Heads or Tails, or mingling through the silent auction room while enjoying the open bar and hors d'oeuvres made for a great evening.
Thank you to all of our sponsors and to the Miller Group Charitable Trust Group for their donation. Preliminary results show we did reach our goal!
We also want to thank all of the volunteers, some who worked all day long, to ensure the evening ran smoothly.
If you have photos from the event you'd like to share, please do so as a comment in this post.
A GOLDEN BALL 2020!
A Golden Ball will be May 16, 2020, so please save the date for next year.