It's Been Awhile

It's been some time since anyone has posted or so it seems. We've been busy promoting the calendar and selling it to everyone we know and to scads of folks we don't know! It's been shipped to Canada, Australia, the UK and I think every state in the Union! We have a good mix of male and female buyers as well. So, continue to promote to your friends and family. We have few hundred more to sell! And I can't think of a better holiday gift than our calendar. Every home should have one!

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posted by Patti @ 10:54 AM   0 Comments  

Week Three and Going Strong

It's been just about three weeks since the launch of the Greymates 2008 Calendar and how exciting it has been. We have posted about our calendar on every Greyhound list and forum out there that we can think of! Comments and feedback have been very positive. We even made the local news (see previous post about Wes Side Story).

As a result of our efforts, we have sold nearly 700 calendars which is almost half of our goal of 1,500! We're hoping for an influx of orders over the next few weeks which will wipe out our inventory causing us to have to place another printing order! So keep those orders coming and spread the word to all your greyhound friends.

The website address again is http://www.greymates.org/. Thank you for your support.

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Wes Side Story

Yesterday Wes Sarginson of 11Alive News called and wanted to interview a few of us for his segment, Wes Side Story. It had to happen during the week and he really pushed for it to happen that day plus he wanted Greyhounds to be in attendance. My first thought was, "I can't get anyone together with a dog on a weekday" but then I remembered Suzanne, our June Calendar Girl, was scheduled to deliver a presentation to her Rotary Club and the topic was Greyhound Adoption, our organization (SEGA), and then at the end she planned to promote the Calendar. Perfect, I thought except that it was then about 10:30 a.m. and her presentation would be between 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. Nonetheless, phone calls were made back and forth and before we could blink an eye, Wes Sarginson and his camera crew were headed to meet with Suzanne at the Rotary Club luncheon. Cindi (February Calendar Girl) joined them as well, with Greymate Ginger. The resulting interview can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/2gpwgm .

We're quite excited about our first news coverage and hope many viewers were able to see it. Mostly we hope people will consider Greyhound adoption in the future and will support the Calendar, as well.

A big thanks to Suzanne and Cindi for being there for the interview. They did us proud!

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The Countdown Is On

We are nearing the launch of the Greymates calendar and it is definitely an exciting time. After more than 15 months in the planning and execution phases, the calendar is near reality. In fact, we should receive our first shipment from the printer toward the end of next week. Then, it's only one more week until Greyfest, our annual fundraising festival where we celebrate our wonderful Greyhounds. At that event we plan to "reveal" our calendar to our fellow Greyhound friends. We are very anxious to get past this point and get on with selling the product which most of us poured our heart and souls into it. We anticipate the public response to be overwhelming and are preparing ourselves in anticipation that this will be the biggest fundraiser our group has accomplished in it's over ten year history. Stay tuned for more from our very own Calendar Girls.

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