Don’t be the only attendee this year to miss one of the most anticipated events of the Specialty: the Thursday  night Rescue Benefit at Purina’s new indoor facility!

The Rescue Benefit will be catered by Specialized Catering who will present a wonderful buffet dinner of: St. Louis Hill Salad, Chicken Spedini, Mostaccioli, Pasta Con Broccoli, Greens Beans Nouvelle, Garlic Breadsticks with desserts of Brownies, Lemon Bars and Assorted cookies. Refreshments include Lemonade, Fresh Brewed Ice Tea and Fresh Brewed Decaf Coffee.

In addition to the meal, the evening will include the annual Rescue Parade, ticket raffle and a silent auction of Border Collie merchandise and other great prizes.

Advanced dinner reservations are recommended so that we have adequate food and beverages and can an accurate head count for the caterer. People who have not pre-registered may pay at the door, as we will plan for a few walk-ins. We’re hoping that most Thursday revelers will prepay by September 19, 2010.

Mailing Raffle donations: Please consider donating one or more items for the raffle or auction. In the weeks and months prior to the event, we need to gather hundreds of items, including goodies for dogs or their owners, Border Collie decorations, books, training and sports equipment and livestock-related items. Send raffle items, or send a check made out to Linda Ramas (with Rescue Raffle Donation written in the lower left hand corner) and Linda will do your shopping for you!

Bringing Raffle Donations: Merchandise donations may be brought to the event and dropped off at the BCSA INFORMATION BOOTH any day at the vendor area up until 2pm on Thursday. Any donations that we receive after this time will go into next year's rescue raffle!

ALL donations should include name and address of person/group donating the items and monetary value of the item(s). If there is a minimum bid that you would find acceptable for either auction, please tell us this. This will help us decide whether to put items into the raffle, or the silent auction. Volunteers are needed to help both before and during the event on Thursday. Please contact Linda Ramas if you can help. Rescue Groups are encouraged to participate with the event.

• DEADLINE: 9/19/10 (People who have not pre-registered may pay at the door, as we will plan for a few walk-ins. )

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