So Many Deserve Our Thanks...
Great Dane Rescue cannot happen without the help of many people
who give of their time and talents to make life brighter for Danes in
Oklahoma.
First of all, to our foster homes! Who do the hard work
of spiffing up our found danes and helping them grow healthy, wise
and happy. Rescue could never exist without each and everyone of our
courageous foster families. Salute!
Our Foster Families Past & Present!
current
Loree Boyer
Phil Mc Hale & Sharon Grayham
Craig & Lacey Brushwood
Billy & Jennifer Smith
Paula Moore
Stacy Jennings & Sunshine Bromfield
Renee Gartland
Elizabeth Sharrock
Lindsey Askins
Jack & Jodiann Cates
Rory & Caroline Garien
Scott &
Janet Milstead
Betty Jones
Jennifer Eggers
Dee Soder
Jennifer Beard
Ron & Jan Cates
Bill & Joyce Mauterer
Shadow Wynn
Gary & Abigail SanSoucie
Tanya
Kittrell
Adrianna Wright
Melinda Windisch
Scott and Elisha Pressy
Katie Weins
Sheri
Starr
Did I miss you? I'm sorry, Please let me know. I'll fix it. Jodiann
Our Special Thanks...
Lacey Brushwood, Vice-President,
Lacey Brushwood was the first
volunteer at the first meeting to start Heartland Great Dane Rescue,
Inc. She was pivotal in helping form HGDR from the ground up. She served as
Vice-President for 7 years and helped write many of the policies and
procedures we use to this day. She spent many hours toiling away
in the trenches for rescue and her sacrifice is much appreciated by
volunteers and adopters alike. A heartfelt THANK YOU! Goes out to Lacey for
her cool head during emergencies, the hours behind the wheel and the
lifetime she spent on the
phone, as well as the oodles of email she fielded in her many years of
rescue service. She tag teamed duties with Jan, took over for the
President in Jan's absence and was a consoling shoulder as HGDR endured many
growing pains. A fighter by nature, she was right there to physically
take on all comers who abused, neglected and caused daily suffering to the
Great Danes she loves. She has earned the right to step down and spend more
time with her family. We wish her well in life beyond daily rescue
work and thank her with a huge appreciation for the many Dane Lives she
impacted to the positive in all her years at Vice-President.
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Frank and Brenda Young, Webmaster, 2001-2007 A very special Thank You to Frank & Brenda Young of
Royal Sooner Danes & Borzoi for all of their help. Frank & Brenda have been around since the beginning of HGDR and have been a blessing in many cases. Frank has given us advice on Dane health issues along the way and answered questions while we were learning as well as accepting late night phone calls when our first puppy ate a frog! He still takes those phone calls when something new emerges ‘just in case’ he knows something we haven’t learned yet! Brenda designed our logo (we’ve made a few changes over time) as well as built and maintained our first website. Without her assistance, HGDR would not have had a web presence for the first 6 years of our existence! Brenda also maintains a yahoo e-mail list
( out-going only) called
OklahomaGreatDaneNewsAndEvents. It keeps Okie Dane
Fanciers in the know about all OK Dane events.
Thank You's All Around...
Jennifer P. of California for her generous donation to help pay down our boarding bill. 12.10.07
Neil & Cathy Goodman of Oklahoma Saint Rescue,
for attending a puppy mill retrieval with HGDR.
John Leiker, Great Dane Assistance League,
listing Semper Fi with his National Danes in Need Program.
Larry & Jean Whetstone, ongoing rescue help in and around the Altus area.
Tom "Trucker Tom" Davis, Transport help for Zsa Zsa