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See the Events Calendar for our monthly Meet and Greet events and for more details on the special events below.
5-11 GreySave Race to the Park! Picnic
10-19 GreySave Fall Social: Oktoberfest!
Search the GreySave website by entering a word below Navigating this site from a touch-screen device
Check out GreySave Greyhound Adoptions on Facebook
Support GreySave when you shop at Amazon by clicking below. How this works. (866) Grey-Save 866-473-9728 |
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| How You Can Help
Find out more about volunteer opportunities
Work on the front lines of the adoption process • Help at a GreySave Meet
& Greet • Be a GreySave foster home family • Be an Adoption Representative
Work in essential roles behind the scenes A very special service event is Homecoming Day, where we bring a group of dogs from the track and prepare them to enter their foster homes. Volunteers can help with anything from bringing dogs from the track to facility setup/teardown, washing dogs, clipping toenails, brushing, preparing food for workers, helping with cat and small animal testing, to taking pictures of the dogs. See a description of Homecoming Days in our From Track to Home article. Also see photos from a Homecoming Day or go to our Photo Gallery for even more photos. If you are interested in volunteering at a HomeComing Day, email us here. GreySave offers "Greyhound Spa Days" in multiple locations where you can bring your needlenose pal for a day of treatment like a king or queen: wash, nail trim, brushing, ear cleaning, etc. We do the work so the owners don't have to! These days will offer many opportunities to volunteer. See photos from one of our Spa Days. • Everyone can be an informal GreySave volunteer
Provide financial support • Make a Donation • Become a GreySave Benefactor • Shop at the GreySave Store
(Image at right: an x-ray of the repair of GreySave greyhound Annette's broken hock, showing the inserted metal plate/screws.) GreySave has established a special fund for dogs with extraordinary medical requirements. It's called the GreytLove Fund. Monies donated to this fund are used exclusively for our foster greyhounds with special medical needs. We need your help to make sure that they can get the care they so desperately need and deserve. Eight to 10 percent of the greyhounds we take in have extraordinary medical needs that can cost $1,000 or more per dog. The majority are broken legs. Breaks come in several degrees of severity, requiring different levels of treatment:
Exceptional illnesses are somewhat less common than broken legs. These illnesses include excessive post-surgical bleeding, Valley Fever, Tick Borne diseases, and exposure to toxins. Veterinary services and medicines in these cases are expensive and recovery time varies greatly. But our costs average $2,500 per severely-ill greyhound. Each greyhound, each injury, and each illness is unique, but our goal is always the same: restore the animal to health so he can become part of a loving family and lead a full, exuberant life. We need your help to do that. You can contribute to the GreyLove Fund via the Donate button above, or by taking part in our annual GreySave Benefactor fund drive (button in the left column).
• GreySave Info for Payroll Deduction If you donate via payroll deduction, you may need the following information: • GreySave's 501(c)(3) number: 20-5442395 • GreySave's United Way of Greater Los Angeles number: 32497
The Ralphs Community fundraising program contributes thousands of dollars every year to registered Not-for-Profit organizations. To have a portion of your purchases contributed to GreySave you need to register on their web page. Important Note: those already enrolled in the program need to re-register after August 31, 2012. To do so:
Note: If you are a new registrant you may need your 13-digit Ralphs card number. If your card appears to only have 12 numbers make sure you include the little number on the far left side of the card. If this does not work, or you have questions about how to register, or you need to get your Ralphs card number, call Ralphs' help line: 800-443-4438.If you are still having problems, email Cathy Kiburtz (cathy@greysave.org) and she will send you the GreySave barcode that you can have scanned at the Ralphs checkout counter. After you register, please check your register receipts to confirm they are showing GreySave as the beneficiary.
• Shop Amazon and Support GreySave The Amazon Shopping Link is Back!
• Contribute auction and garage sale items Among the more important sources of funding for GreySave is the raffles and auctions at our annual Race to the Park! Picnic in May and Fall Social in October, and the garage sales held at Sue Blair's home. We end up with so much more money for greyhound rescue if we don't have to buy the items that we raffle or auction off. That's where you come in. The items you donate likely will earn more money for us than you paid for them, so your donation will be multiplied. Also, your donations are tax deductible. You might talk to your employer about a donation. Businesses often donate goods and services as part of their service to the community. You can tell them that we are a California non-profit corporation, so their donation is tax deductible, and that we will honor them for their donation at our event (i.e., a bit of free publicity). What to donate to our raffles and auctions: items that have greyhound themes (such as a statue or picture of a greyhound, or greyhound jewelry), or that a greyhound would enjoy (such as collars, toys, treats), or that a greyhound owner would enjoy (such as movie tickets, gift cards, calendars). Please donate new items unless an item has value because of its age or despite its age (such as an antique greyhound clock). Note: please don't donate food items with expiration dates too soon before our next big event. What to donate to our garage sales: pretty much anything that is in working condition, new or used. To donate items to our auctions or raffles, or if you have questions about what we need most, contact Sandy Hightower: 714-776-8212. To donate to our garage sales, contact Sue Blair: 714-636-3919.
• Learn about Taxes and Charitable Contributions to GreySave
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Experience the joy of helping save a life. You can
help GreySave save greyhounds in a number of ways: by volunteering
to help with the many phases of the adoption process such as fostering
or placing dogs in home, by volunteering behind the scenes at GreySave
functions, by buying merchandise from our store, by donating money,
or by participating in the Ralphs program. Email 
At times GreySave brings in a dog with extraordinary
medical needs -- whether for a broken leg, a long-term illness, or
due to some other injury or accident. The medical costs for healing these greyhounds can be very high. In fact, it may cost 15 to 20 times more to prepare one of our special “medical” greyhounds for adoption than it does to prepare a healthy dog. But leaving these ill and injured dogs behind is not an option since we know that once they are healthy again, they can lead long, happy lives.
• Ralphs
Community Fundraising Program