News and Stories from GDRNT

Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate this special time of year. With the focus on the Holiday season it is a good time to give some reminders for keeping your FURkids safe. Hanukkah decorations can prove tempting to our furry family members. Noses, paws and tails can knock glass and ceramic decorations over breaking them. It is a good idea to make sure displays containing breakables are on walls or places higher than your canine's eye level. In the case of felines, breakables should be in a place where kitty can't jump to.

This Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 5:00pm to 8:30pm GDRNT will be at "Christmas in the Park" with the City of Murphy. The park is located at 206 N. Murphy Rd. Murphy, TX 75094. Come Meet some adopted personal danes and the people they adopted! We will also have information about GDRNT, our danes, the adoption process. Make a donation for a limited number of tshirsts, sweatshirts & Magnets! The City of Murphy says: Families can enjoy each other’s company as they join other family groups in taking advantage of the festivities and activities which will be available during the ceremony. These include free photos with Santa Claus, a crafts and activities area for kids, live reindeer exhibit and the awe-inspiring laser light show at the end of the night’s activities.“For entertainment, local choirs will open the event by singing traditional Christmas carols and other selections to set the mood up until 7 p.m., when the Mayor and Council will light the Christmas tree. Then, following the treelighting, Tim Urban, American Idol finalist from season nine, will perform for a full hour,” The event is free, as is the parking at Tom Kimbrough Stadium and Murphy Marketplace, with continuous free shuttle service provided from those locations to the event site. Food and drinks will be available for cash purchase, and an ATM will be set up for the convenience of attendees. For a map and link to the event click on the calendar of danerescue.net

Kick off the Holiday Season Saturday, December 1st with Great Dane Rescue and The Wine Cellar at Starwood from 11:00 to 3:00. Come out and check out GDRNT and get some Holiday Shopping done at all the great shops at Starwood. For you wine lovers, Wine Cellar at Starwood in Frisco. is donating a percentage of daily sales to Great Dane Rescue of North Texas. You can also meet the "Face of the Business", Sam, their rescued Dane. The Wine Cellar is a boutique wine shop that carries unique and low production wines from all parts of the world, at all price points!

There are not enough words to express the Thanks owed to so many who give so much to GDRNT. We are blessed with some of the very best people in the world who give generously to foster, volunteer and support what we do. In the big huge picture it may seem trivial to save the life of one dog, but to that dog it means the world. Ms. Cheryl Reed said it so well in this story found at The Canine Collection of Poems

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