Thank You, Hero Dogs Volunteers!

December 2011

• The Discovery Channel's Creating Change Group for Hero Dogs' first professional Public Service Announcement.
• Kennel Helpers -- Sally Regnier, Susan Bell, Lynne Bettinger, Annie Branner, Carole Hrin, Tammy Tucker, Maureen McCabe, Jan McIntire, Kathi Cover, Robin Swope, Lauren Anderson, JoAnn Aman, Ilene Glassman
• CFC Volunteers -- Stacey Niebuhr, Kimberely Farmer, Rob Grubbs, Alison Putnam, Maria Malagon, Barbara Lawton, Lynne Bettinger, Rena Dye, Jeanie Wade, Shannon Dungan, Sheila Horgan, Robin & Mark Hayden, Chris Flannery, JoAnn Amann, Bonnie Shore, Sherry Rubin, and "Libby", "Teddy", "Ike", "Maverick", "Patton", "Radar", "Scotty", "Gracie"
• Rik Krauss for all of your organizational help.
• Jenifer Almond for starting to paint the bathroom.
• JoAnn Amann for completing the painting of the bathroom.
• Don Amann for building us an awesome new table in the training room.
• Maria for all the work you do as the Puppy Program Coordinator.
• Lynda for all of your help in the office.
• All of our wonderful puppy raisers because we just can't thank you enough!

November 2011

• Gail Pennybacker from WJLA Channel 7 for doing a feature news story on Hero Dogs, Inc.
• Harold for picking up and delivering donated furniture.
• Jeanie for purchasing another computer for the Hero Dogs' office.
• Harold for setting up new computer.
• Pat Fuhrer for cleaning up the trails
• JoAnn Amann, Ted Smyth, Don Amann, Natalie Dickins and Linda Phipps for volunteering at the Marine Corp Birthday Celebration at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory
• Lynne B for participating in the Veterans Day celebration in Silver Spring.
• Marcie and JoAnn for the Veterans Day introduction of Hero Dogs, Inc. to the Oakdale Emory United Methodist Church in Olney, MD.
• Tiffany, Lou, Ed & "Patton", Alison & "Radar" and the Montgomery County Veterans Commission at White Flint Mall.
• Everyone who participated in the planning and execution of the Discovery Channel video shoot.
• Stacy & "Maverick" and JoAnn Amann for the presentation at the Montgomery County 4-H Kids and Dogs Club.
• Kim G. for your help and service as our volunteer coordinator; best of luck to you.
• David E. for taking over our Flickr account and photography coordination.
• Joe Pulver, Harold Chernoff, Aleks Chernoff, Ed Miller, Randy Orf, Trace Orf, Anna Walsh, Emily Walsh for putting up the fencing at the Hero Dogs facility.
• Carlyn W. for puppy sitting "Radar".
• Natalie. for puppy sitting "Patton".
• CFC volunteers - Janice, Nancy S., Carl Z., Ed, Carl P., Stacey, David E., Lynda & Tigger, Nancy V., Mary M., Rena, Rob, Joann, Lynne, Ilene

October 2011

• CFC and Maryland Charity Volunteers - Dona, Janice, Rob, Rena, Joe, Harold, Lynne, JoAnn, Ilene
• Behke's Nursery for inviting us and Behke's volunteers - Stacey & "Maverick", Alison & "Radar", Maria and "Audie" & "Scotty"
• Baron's K9 Country Store and community volunteers!
• Beth El for having us and "Teddy", Shannon & Gabby, and Robin Grasso for volunteering.
• Bark! for having us and Bark! volunteers Bella, Diana, Nina, Deb, Alison, Suzanne, and Jeanie
• Manuel Pereira for repairing our sidewalks.
• Dan Simons for power washing our sidewalks.
• Tom Bettinger for installing exterior motion sensor lights.
• Beverly & Dan Simons for puppy sitting Abe.
• Jill for puppy sitting Abe.
• Lynda Pereira for office support.
• As always, every day, thank you Hero Dogs' Puppy Raisers!

September 2011

• Manuel for working on sidewalks
• Lynda for admin work and CFC preparation.
• Maureen & Mike McCabe for washing down the wooden walls.
• Shannan for helping with admin work.
• Maria for taking over as the Puppy Program Coordinator.
• Harold, Jeanie, Ed & "Patton" for helping with the Maryland Charities kick-offs.
• Joann & "Maverick" for presenting to the Rotary in Beltsville
• Maria & Walter for driving to Cleveland to pick up "Audie" & "Scotty".
• Staff & Volunteers with Community Support Services for cleaning our buildings weekly.

• JoAnn & Don Amann for "Maverick", Suzanne for "Patton", Beverly for "Abe", Natalie & Tony for "Patton", "Ike" & "Maverick", Maria & Walt for "Audie" & "Scotty"

• Shannan, Ilene, Maria, Lynne, JoAnn, Rob

• Kerry Hemphill & Marcie Engel, Don & JoAnn Amman, Sharon Murphy, Rick Carp & Linda Bissell, Ted Smyth, Jeanie Wade, Lynne Bettinger, Rena Dye, Carl Phipps, Nancy Spain & Ilene Glassman, Maria, "Libby", "Audie" & "Scotty", Shannon & "Teddy", Laurie & "Ike", Stacey & "Maverick", Ed & "Patton", Steve & "Radar", Dan Ross, Mark, Robin, & Alex Swope, Stuart & Dagmar Sachs and Photographer - Lew Lorton.

August 2011

• Don & Dave for building our new office space.
• Dan Ross for installing outlets for Fios.
• Jill & Rosie for puppy sitting Radar.
• Natalie & Tony for puppy sitting Ike.
• JoAnn & Don for puppy sitting Maverick.
• Ryan & Nancy for putting together our new desk.
• JoAnn, Molly & Abe, Ilene &Teddy at Bark!
• Those who helped us clean: Maria Malagon, Carleen Sanders, Ed Miller, Harold & Margaret Chernoff, Jeanie Wade, Don & JoAnn Amman, Robin, Mark, and Alex Swope, Amy Krause, Melissa Smith, Marcie Engel, Carlyn Weaver, Leslie & Ken Sullam, Ilene, and the following high school students from Glenelg Country School: Emily Walsh, Emily Schreffler, Aleks Chernoff, Thomas Hannah, Jordan Claytor
• Everyone who helped up prepare for, volunteered and attended our First Annual Open House.
• All of our puppy raisers!

July 2011

• Thank you to Ike & Radar for being on MSNBC in New York.
• Thanks Stacey & Maverick, Tiffany, Mia, Dona, Suzanne, Carlyn, Diana, Sue C, Ed, Shannon, Lynne at Dogtopia.
• Thank you to Robin for puppy sitting Maverick
• Thank you to Nancy for putting together another logowear order
• Thank you to Tiffany and Robin for going to Bark!
• Thank you to Molly for puppy sitting Patton (while raising Abe)!
• Thank you as always to Lynda for administrative help and support.

June 2011

• Thank you to Tiffany Pryce, JoAnn Amann, and Radar for volunteering at the Bark! Rockville store and to Suzanne Foley and Molly and Abe for volunteering at the Bark! Olney store information booths.
• Thanks to everyone who attended the Bethesda Big Train Baseball picnic and game and all the volunteers and puppy raisers who helped to staff our table.
• Thank you Alex Swope for volunteering to become our newsletter editor!
• Thank you Kim Graham for volunteering to become our volunteer coordinator!!!
• Thank you to Ilene Glassman and Maverick for their participation in Baron's K9 Country Store event.
• A thank you to Lynda Pereira and Tigger for their admin support again this month.
• Many thanks to Ilene Glassman for attending the CFC briefing in Washington D.C.
• Thank you Don and JoAnn Amann for puppy sitting.
• Thank you to Lynne Bettinger and JoAnn Amann for your help with puppy outings on Fridays.

May 2011

• Many thanks to Shannon and Teddy, Walter, Maria and Libby, Robin, Mark and Maverick, Ilene Glassman,and JoAnn for participating in Brookeville Animal Hospital Open House.
• Thanks to Robin Swope for puppy sitting Maverick.
• Thank you to Molly and Ben for welcoming puppy Abe into their lives!
• Many thanks to Ed for redesigning our brochure.
• A big thanks to Lynda Pereira and Tigger for their admin support again this month.
• Thank you Maria and Libby and JoAnn and Ike for participating in the Takoma Park Elementary School Career Day.
• Thanks to Natalie and Toby Dickens for puppy sitting Radar.
• Thank you Maria Wagner for puppy sitting Maverick and Teddy on two separate occasions!
• Thanks Joe and Ilene for helping with the lease!
• A GREAT BIG thanks to Carl and Linda Phipps for everything they did every day at the JSOH Airshow - setting up, tearing down and volunteering too!
• Thanks to everyone who volunteered for the JSOH Airshow: Maria and Libby, Ted Smyth, Harold and Aleks Chernoff, Lynne and Tom Bettinger, Walter, Maria and Libby, Chris Flannery, Jeanie Wade, Joe Pulver, Toby Dickens, Ed and Patton, Stacey and Maverick, Shannon and Teddy, Lisa and Neal Sprehn, Marcie Engel and Kerry Hemphill, Alison and Radar, Rena Dye, Don and JoAnn Amann and Hope.
• Another BIG thank you to Carl and Linda Phipps for attending the Stars, Stripes and Spokes Rally, for setting up and tearing down and for volunteering every day!
• Thank you too, to Lynne and Tom Bettinger, Ted Smyth, Ilene Glassman and Teddy, Joe Pulver, Dona Deutsch, Ed and Patton, Tiffany Pryce, Alison and Radar, Melissa Smith, Jeanie Wade, Molly, Ben and Abe, Suzanne Foley, Lynda Pereira and Tigger, Stacey and Maverick, Don and JoAnn Amann and Hope, for volunteering for the Stars, Stripes and Spokes Rally.
• Thank you to Lynne Bettinger and JoAnn Amann for your help with puppy outings on Fridays.

April 2011

• Thank you to Bev and Dan Simons for puppy sitting Teddy.
• Thanks to Jill Levin for puppy sitting Ike.
• Thank you Nancy for coordinating the logowear order!
• A thank you to Carlyn Weaver for puppy sitting Maverick.
• Thank you to Tiffany Pryce, Lynne and Tom Bettinger and Ike for attending the Damascus American Legion Soldier Appreciation Day.
• Thank you Davida Bilgrad, Harold and Aleks Chernoff, Carlyn Weaver, Shannon and Teddy, Dona Deutsch, Camila Jacobs, Tiffany Pryce, Alison and Radar, Janice Wahlmann, JoAnn Amann, and Deb Brokenrope for their participation in Paws in the Park Dog Walk and Fest.
• A big thank you to Dona Deutsch, Ed and Patton, Janice Wahlmann, Lynda Pereira an Tigger for attending the Bark! Olney store event!
• Thank you to Lynda Pereira (and Tigger too!) for her admin support this month.
• Many thanks to Lisa and Neal for their Royal Wedding / Hero Dogs fundraising party!
• Thanks again to Lynne Bettinger and JoAnn Amann for their help with our puppy training outings on Fridays.

March 2011

• Thank you Alison and Steve for so generously opening up your home to puppy Radar!
• As always, thank you Lynda Pereira and Tigger for their admin support!
• Many thanks to Lynne Bettinger and JoAnn Amann for helping with puppy training outings on Fridays.
• Thanks to Lynne B. for taking Patton to visit his sponsor.
• Thank you, thank you, thank you to Tiffany Pryce for volunteering to become our Events Coordinator!

February 2011

• Thank you to Lynda Pereira for admin support. Your help - and Tigger's too - is greatly appreciated!
• A BIG thank you to Ilene and Nancy for traveling to and helping with puppy testing Radar.
• Thanks to all our new volunteers for coming to our first events orientation! We are so grateful for your support at all the Hero Dogs events.
• Thank you to our wonderful puppy raisers for all you do because we just can't thank you enough!
• Thanks to Our House for inviting us to present and thanks to Ilene and Ike for participating in the demo!
• Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 2098 Gaithersburg for inviting us to their meeting and for the delicious dog biscuits they baked. All the Hero Dogs pups LOVED them!
• Thanks to JoAnn and Maverick for participating in the Girl Scout Troop 2098 Gaithersburg demo.
• Thank you Jack Townsend for the strategic planning. Great job!
• Thanks to Jeanie for purchasing a new computer for Hero Dogs!
• Thanks to Nancy for setting up the new computer. You are awesome!
• Thanks to Lynne, Maria, Walter and Libby for participating in the Expo.

January 2011

• Thank you to Lynda Pereira and Tigger too, for admin support.
• Thank you Ilene for traveling to and helping with puppy testing Patton.
• Thank you to all our volunteers who came to puppy sitter orientation.
• Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 808 Brookeville for inviting us to present at their meeting, and for the wonderful red, white, and blue fleece tug toys they made for the pups.
• Thanks to Leslie, Ilene, and Libby for participating in the Girl Scout Troop 808 Brookeville demo!
• Thank you Ilene, Nancy, Chris, Alison, Shannon and Teddy, Maria and Libby, for participating in the MLK Day Volunteer fair.
• Thank you to our wonderful puppy raisers for all you do because we just can't thank you enough!
• Thank you Karen Mathias for another great Hero Dogs newsletter!