"The Collies In Our
Lives"
is a 100 page booklet of
stories, writings, anecdotes,
artwork, and poems, mostly taken from the
Collie-list,
by generous permission of the authors.
** Inspired by a similar sheltie-list book
project
which netted over $3000 for sheltie rescue
**
The cost of this book was $6 per
copy
-all proceeds went to benefit Collie Rescue.
The first
edition in 1999 sold over 250 copies and made
over $1500 for Collies in
need.
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I
selected only 5 Collie Rescue groups to benefit from the sale of the book. I
limited the number of beneficiaries in order to make the donated proceeds of
this book substantial enough to be of maximum help. The groups I selected
were chosen to represent a variety of geographical areas of the US and
Canada. It was up to the book buyers to determine how the proceeds were to
be distributed among the 5 groups. (for a final
accounting of books sold and distribution of moneys paid to rescue groups-
go to bottom of
page)
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I had
pledged to produce 250 copies of this book (if there were orders for that many)
at my own expense - all proceeds to go to the 5 chosen Collie Rescues.
More than that amount were sold, resulting in over $1500 going to Collie
Rescue.
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In
2000 I printed a limited quantity of an expanded 2nd edition of the book which
contained a bit of additional material. I donated 20 copies of this 2nd
edition both to Collie Rescue League of New England and to Central Valley Collie & Sheltie Rescue (in
California.)
I am currently not planning to print another
edition, due to
other commitments, but I will not rule out the
possibility of a 3rd
edition at some point in the
future.
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Thank
you everyone for supporting this project. Homeless collies across the US
and Canada thank you!
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FINAL BREAKDOWN (updated:
03-5-00)
Books
Sold: 253
Distribution:
COLLIE RESCUE LEAGUE OF NEW ENGLAND (CRLNE)-
$301,
LOUISIANA COLLIE & SHELTIE RESCUE - $182,
TRI-STATE COLLIE RESCUE (Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana)- $230, COLORADO
COLLIE RESCUE (Lisa King)- $544,
COLLIE CLUB OF CANADA (CCC) - (Rescue
Fund) - $252,
and Singapore SPCA - $20
(special international order)
Total donations to Collie Rescue = $1527
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