Re: AKC CHF Malignant Histiocytosis Fundraiser

[Dr. William B. Neff]

Thank you, Marjie, for suggesting that people who want to make a donation 
in Dunbar's memory contribute to the current AKC CHF Fundraiser.   You are 
right it is a "double win" - money donated to this fund will help in 
fighting malignant histiocytosis and also the donor stands a good chance of 
winning one of Willem's wonderful paintings.

I'd like to encourage others who would like to honor the memory of a Berner 
who has lost the battle to histio, or to any other disease, to make a 
donation in that Berner's memory.

Making a donation to the AKC CHF Fundraiser is also a marvelous way to 
honor a Berner who is healthy and to give thanks for their good health. 
Who knows, the life that is saved by this research project might be your 
Berner someday.

Some people honor Berner owners who have done kind things for them by 
donating tickets to that person.   These donations can be done as a gift in 
your name to the person you are honoring or I can notify the person that an 
anonymous donor has made a donation in their name.   Either way, I can tell 
you that people who have received these donations in their honor in the 
past have been thrilled to be recognized and honored in this way.

The other added benefit to making donations in memory or honor of Berners 
or in memory or honor of Berner Friends is that you get a "warm, puppy dog 
feeling" by doing so.   Won't you please consider doing this for a Berner 
or a Friend?

Here is the website to see how to make donations: 
http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/histio/							
In order to go past our goal of raising over $5,595, we need to raise 
$4,800 in the next three weeks.  So far we have had 20 people make 
donations to our fundraiser.   There are 2021 members of the Berner-l, so I 
would think that we should be able to get a LOT more donations from people 
in the USA and other countries.   We are trying to see how many different 
countries can be represented in our donor list, but We NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Thank you, Willem Wijnberg for your generous donation of two more paintings 
to help us fight malignant histiocytosis.

Thank you, Jean Cheesman for making such a wonderful site to honor those 
Berner who have lost the battle to malignant histiocytosis: 
	http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/histiorollcall.htm

Thank you, Karen Pickel, for doing yet another fantastic web site to help 
us raise money for this vital research study: 
	http://www.overthefence.com/raffle/histio/

Thank you to the 20 people who have already donated money to the AKC CHF 
Research Study Grant #2214.

Thank you in advance to the other 2001 members of the Berner-l who will be 
moved to send donations to this fundraiser.   The Berners who will benefit 
from this research study will thank you, too!

Waiting for an "avalanche of checks" to arrive in my mailbox soon.....

Joye Neff and Nick (Ben)
In memory of SeaVaRidge's Winston Poohbear (1-8-98) (1-4-03) - Malignant 
Histiocytosis
Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, PA