Are you going to eat that?

Greetings fellow animal friends! :)

This week's post I decided to blog about my somewhat, but not quite borderline 'hoarding' of anything I can use for Dogs Of A Good Society.  As some of you may know, I am not much of a collector of things I don't need (i.e. clothes, boxes, knick knacks, etc).  I absolutely love cleaning and organizing, getting rid of 'junk' so to speak.  With that said I do collect: old/new t shirts (for DIY dog toys), boxes, Starbucks coffee bottles (for event decor), mason jars (events), notebooks, paper, recycled paper, pens, pencils, folders, candle jars (events), shopping bags (storage, etc), hangers from the dry cleaners (for D.O.G.S. clothing closet), seasonal clearance items (event decor/supplies), frames, and so much more!  Random items I collect all for D.O.G.S.  I find myself frequently thinking, what could I use this for D.O.G.S., or this or that.  

"Hey don't throw that away, you never know when I could use it for D.O.G.S.!"  Lucky for me, my family is pretty supportive of my 'keeping of things'.

Being a start up non profit, I don't want to waste any resource; waste not, want not.  Almost anything could be a resource.  Heck, I recycled an old table a neighbor was throwing out for the D.O.G.S.'s office.  And for those of you who know me fairly well, that's almost unheard of.  I am quite a germ-a-phobe, got some snippets of OCD cleanliness in me.  However, I figured a good scrubbing and disinfectant and va la!  An office desk so I can work diligently and efficiently in the D.O.G.S.'s office.

I suppose you have to keep everything and anything, reuse, recycle, and all that to save a little here and there.  All to be able to spend more on helping animals.  It's OK to do that, it's OK to want to spend it where it counts.  I'm learning it's OK to change some of my habits, way of thinking, what have you to really focus on what's really important.  The BIG picture. Pinch a little here, save a little here, keep a little of this, get a little of that, to help.  Help a furbaby that will make my heart and face smile for days on end.

A glimpse of some of the items I collect

all for these cuties...

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Light bulb!

Greetings animal friends! :)

My life consists of working on Dogs Of A Good Society, maintaining a full house, working at a part time job, balancing a full calendar and squeezing in self care; can have my head spinning at times.  For the most part, I love it and enjoy the 'whirl wind' of a life I have created for myself.  With lots of love, support, and coffee it works out well!  

I am asking my fellow blog friends, D.O.G.S. friends, and everyone around the world, what would you like to see on the blog?  More on D.O.G.S.'s process, announcements, day to day happenings, you name it!  I would love to hear from you all.  Sometimes my mind goes 100 mph a minute I need to slow down and reflect on what works well here.  Let me know @ dogsofagoodsociety@gmail.com or comment below.


I am happy to share all things D.O.G.S.

I'm listening....

Thank you 2014, Welcome 2015!

Hello animal friends! :)

It's been awhile since D.O.G.S. has posted a new blog, thanks for being patient with us.  We are excited to roll out some new initiatives and have already introduced a couple of our projects to assist animals in MN.

It has been a GREAT 2014 and we look forward to an even better 2015.  Here's a little recap of what we have been up to in pictures.  Enjoy!

Our Annual Benefit

Our new t shirt design for 2014

BBQ with your Buddy fundraiser! 

Paws on Grand

We got to be a part of GiveMN-Give to the Max day!

Holiday wrapping 2014 at Barnes and Noble

Join the Pack be a Pack Leader initiative

Supplies to share, we are here to assist animals, however we can!

Meetings, meetings, and more meetings to connect with YOU and other great partners!

Our new BOGO leash designs, proceeds go to helping animals and we donate one!

Coming soon, our YouTube project!

Constantly learning new skills, thanks to our site designer and 'on call webmaster' we learn the ropes!

This is just a snippet of what we had done in 2014 and 2015 there is so much more in store.  Stay tuned!  Thanks to you all this and more is possible-for the animals!

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BOGO (Buy One, Give One)

Good morning animal friends!

Brrrrrr it's cold here in MN.  If you are going to go for a walk or run with your furbaby don't forget to bundle them up too!  Booties are nice for our four legged friends as well. 

We at Dogs Of A Good Society are excited to offer our brand new spanking leashes!  It was a fun process, designing, shopping around for quotes, and building partnerships to get our leashes.  It took us longer then expected, however little bumps in the road are expected with new ideas.  We couldn't have done it without your support.

Check them out below.

The leashes are $10 bucks and when you buy one (all proceeds go to assisting animals in need here in MN), we give one to a local rescue, shelter or pound.  Our version of BOGO.  What a deal right?  

Want to sport one of these with your furbaby and support animals in need?  Contact us today @ dogsofagoodsociety@gmail.com or www.dogsofagoodsociety.org

Until next time,

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Thankful

Hello D.O.G.S. friends,

It's been approximately two years since Dogs Of A Good Society started, six months since we received approval for our 501c3 non profit status, and six years since a dream, wishful thinking and ideas became reality.  I am so thankful for all this progress, better yet the driving force behind D.O.G.S.-our amazing board members, volunteers and kind donors.  I am thankful.  Thankful for the organization and its heart; it's mission and vision.  It took much work, sweat, a few tears, no blood thank goodness to get D.O.G.S. up and running.  You may have remembered from my past blog posts, that there were challenges in the beginning and being alone.  I don't feel so alone anymore.  I am not alone, because there is YOU.  

D.O.G.S. has had the opportunity to grow slowly, but surely.  With growing comes growing pains and I am thankful for those as well.  From organizational growth, budget woes, lack of  resources/manpower, to name a few-am thankful for it all.  For the ups and downs, the achievements and the snags you run into as an organization, the accomplishment seems so much sweeter.   Balancing life, family, social time, self care, the organization is no easy task.  A task I am still working on mastering; multi tasking and time management.  It never ceases to amaze me how much time is needed for it all.  As much as I love D.O.G.S., enjoy its challenges and what it stands for.  I know, realistically and idealistically I can't live, eat, breath it, but I have the passion for it.  Isn't that what counts first?  Passion.  Find what's your drive and passion and it becomes easier.  Of course there are many challenges, but they don't seem like uphill challenges when it's something you love.  They are welcomed. 

So for this week's blog we wanted to say THANKS, not just for Thanksgiving, but for EVERY DAY.  I am thankful for all of you kind and generous donors, volunteers, partners, collaborators, members, friends, animals, and family.  We at D.O.G.S. are thankful for you.  

D.O.G.S. is part us and you for supporting us in our mission.

Until next time,

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Give To The Max!

Greetings everyone! :)

It's been a few weeks since our last blog and we apologize for keeping you waiting!  We have been working on a few projects that has been keeping everyone, including myself extremely busy!  Trying to organize it all and prioritize all the happenings, projects, events, schedules, timing has been a bit of a challenge for me.  I am working on improving my time management skills, multi-tasking skills, among others.  It is a constant learning curve and I am constantly learning on better ways to operate Dogs Of A Good Society and ways to be a better example and leader for the organization.  I suppose I got what I wished for, forever being in 'school' and being a forever student! hehehe ;)  More to come...

With that being said, I have learned, we as a team have learned the many different opportunities we can be a part of since our non profit 501c3 status in May.  We get the privilege to be a part of Give To The Max day here in Minnesota.  A great chance to be a part of the movement to 'ignite generosity' in Minnesota on a small to grand scale.  Giving on one day, with perks of giving, with matching donations as something we could be a part of and much more.  Please consider giving to D.O.G.S. today and schedule a gift with www.givemn.org your gift will go a long way and we will make sure every single penny counts!  Over the past year, we have tried to the best of our abilities to reach out to animal organizations to let them know we are here to help.  We can help multiple organizations and many animals all with your support and we are grateful for that.  As part of our passion in helping however and whenever we can!  Whether it be with rescuing supplies, foster supplies, funding for surgery, transportation, advocacy work, and much, much more.

Interested in Joining Our Pack?  Check out our web site www.dogsofagoodsociety.org to get involved in volunteering, becoming a board member, or being part of our foster database to help #SaveALife  We need YOU to make it happen, let's do it together, to make a world of difference for one animal at a time.

You Like Big Mutts and You Cannot Lie

Good morning everyone!  Beautiful weather in Minnesota today :)

The last couple of weeks we had a t shirt fundraiser campaign to raise funds to assist animals in need here in Minnesota.  We are so pleased to announce that the campaign was successful and we reached our goal of 30 t shirts/sweatshirts sold.  We appreciate everyone's support, sharing, and spreading the word about these cute shirts designed by our talented team.   Swag helping a cause.  The dollar is powerful.  You can do so much with your dollar.  You can buy something that helps someone, a furbaby, somewhere; it's a powerful concept.  Thank you for using your dollar for a cause = helping animals.

We at D.O.G.S. have many project initiatives we are working hard on and are excited about.  One of the projects was the t shirt campaign.  Efforts, resources, and passion go behind everything we do and we can't thank everyone enough for supporting our mission.  To keep our vision alive we strive to do what we can and invite you to be a part of our journey.  We are actively looking for volunteers for events, projects, passionate board members, and fosters to connect with rescues in Minnesota to #SaveALife  Please consider joining our team in the efforts to do what we can, when we can, however we can; to help animals in need.  

If you are not able to donate your time, please consider donating for a cause by visiting www.dogsofagoodsociety.org  There are several fun ways to participate and help.  

Join our pack and become a Pack Leader and donate on a schedule that works for you.  All proceeds go to animals in need.

We hope to hear from you soon!

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