Each auction item donation generates funds that make a huge difference for a rescued golden retriever in need! Your donation can range from spectacular to an individual gift card … all donations add to our goal and are greatly appreciated!
Here are a few ideas:
Gift Cards – For restaurants, clothing and home goods stores, pet stores, pharmacies, auto fuel, etc.
Sports Tickets and Memorabilia – The Cubs – Sox City Series tickets, World Champion Cubs, Blackhawks, Bears and Bulls. Sports hero photos, baseballs, etc.
Theater Tickets and Concerts – Hamilton tickets, other shows, symphony tickets, Ravinia performances
Entertainment – amusement parks, botanic garden, arboretum, architectural tours, boat trips, Navy Pier ferris wheel, comedy shows, movies
Art Objects – statues, stained glass windows, vases, paintings and quilts
Electronics, Cameras – iPads, computers, headphones, gaming software
Local Travel – Use of your summer home, condo or cabin
Wine and Jewelry – Donations of wine and popular jewelry like Pandora
Certificates – Photography, restaurants
Dog Items – gift baskets, dog beds, leashes, car seat covers
Please avoid items with individual sizes such as clothing. To donate, complete the donation form.
Check out the Golden Ball website for more information.
Everyone Loves a Happily Ever After!
Dog lovers enjoy learning about our happily rescued goldens and their forever families. Do you have a success story of your As Good as Gold rescue that you’d like to share in the newsletter or on the website (www.asgoodasgold.org/recently-adopted/)?
If so, please contact us at success@asgoodasgold.org
You may either submit your written story or request that our volunteer write it for you. If you write the story, please be brief and understand that it may be edited for size, etc.
Please include the following items:
• a photo
• your full name
• email address
• phone number
• dog’s name before and after adoption
To our readers … keep an eye out for these happy endings as new stories arrive regularly!
