There are many ways to say, 'I love you!' is a song that I remember from
the Mister Rogers' Show, which by the way originates in Pittsburgh, PA!!
Well, that song seems appropriate for the ways that people have found to
make donations to the various Berner causes that need our help. Jim
Johnson recently offered to generously donate a large part of his
commissions from the sale of real estate to Berner causes and there are
others who also donate part of their commissions to Berner causes. Here is
a current list of what people are doing to help. Maybe we can add some
other people to the list of things in new and creative ways to help
Berners.
WAYS THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOUND TO HELP BERNERS:
--- Jim Johnson has his real estate license in Colorado. If someone from
the L, a local club, etc. refers him to a client in Colorado or any other
city and he closes a deal, he will donate 25% of the commision back to the
BMD cause of their choice and will donate an additional 25% to a BMD cause
of his choice, so a total of 50% of his total commission will go to BMD
charities. Contact Jim at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Patt Wiegand is offering her collar covers to benefit BARC. Please
visit the Canterbury Tails web site at: www.canterbury-tails.com
--- Pippa loves Berners, and she loves making things of all kinds. With
this in mind, Pippa will donate 2.5% of her proceeds from the sale of her
hand-crafted items. Another 2.5% will go to BEHAF. Contact Pippa at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Ray Burgett will donate his total commission from any new customer
orders from his Flint River Ranch Premium Pet Food order page to BARC. Ray
estimates that will work out to 15 3/4 % of the total sales. Ray tells us
this can only apply to new customers of FRR, so if you are thinking about
feeding Flint River Ranch or are ready to make the switch, visit Ray's web
site at: http://www.goodbernerfood.com/order.html
to benefit the rescue effort and your dog.
--- Pat Burgett will donate $15.00 from each of her original State Plaques
ordered via her Art Studio web page:
http://users.eoni.com/~eaglecap/pats_studio.htm
They have the State Flower, Tree, Bird, Flag and a head study of the
purchaser's Berner. We all know that Pat does beautiful work, and now she
is helping to save auctioned Berners destined for puppy mills with her art.
--- You can shop at iGive.com A percentage of every dollar paid by
registered BARC shoppers comes to BARC. iGive.com gives you access to some
great stores and services! When you visit, be sure to register your wish
that your proceeds go to BARC, Inc. It's that simple! Here is BARC's
website:http://www.barcinc.com
--- BARC, Inc. is now a dogstuff.com affliate. If you enter the dogstuff
site by clicking on the icon at the BARC Website at:
http://www.barcinc.com/Vendors.html BARC will earn up to 5% of profits from
sales of merchandise from dogstuff.com
--- Any items that you purchase from Amazon.com will result in money being
donated to the BMDCA Health Fund if you enter Amazon.com through Wendy
Beard's Boris Books at:
http://members.rogers.com/bernerboris/bernerbooks.html
Wendy Beard's Berner, Boris, has dedicated his free time to reading these
books and has great pleasure in recommending books to you. In order to make
your choice a little easier he has included comments from some of the
berner-l members. Even he, as a humble dog, knows that your pockets aren't
bottomless. However, should you decide that you must have some of these
books for your own personal library then follow the links provided on the
website and you will help Bernese Mountain Dogs far and wide, as any
commission earned on the sale of these books through this web site will go
to The BMDCA Health Fund.
BERNER FUNDS:
Someone mentioned that we need to have a list of all of the current Berner
Funds accessible, and I agree that it is absolutely necessary! We have so
many different funds in need of money, and all of us have a favorite
emphasis. Here's the current list. The funds are listed alphabetically.
Below the Berner funds are some detailed descriptions of other ways people
have found to help! Contact them for details.
Be sure to BOOKMARK this site: http://www.berner.org/pages/charity.htm
It has all of the information in this post in case you misplace this
important information that Pat Long and Hugh Hayes have compiled.
= AKC/CHF BMDCA Donor Advised Fund - tax deductible donations can be sent
to this fund. The CHF reviews scientific health related studies through a
rigorous evaluation process. Studies it approves which might be of value to
BMD's are reviewed by the BMDCA health committee. The Health Committee
recommends some of these studies to the BMDCA board which ultimately
decides which studies the funds in the AKC CHF BMDCA Donor Advised Fund
will be used to support. Make your check payable to CHF, but on the memo
line mark it for the BMDCA Donor Advised Fund. See:
