Put these dates on your Calendars for the Second Chance Cocker Reunion Picnic…SCCR adopters, donors and volunteers are all invited!
June 21th — Lake Chabot Park in Castro Valley, CA
Jul 19th — Rincon Beach Park in Santa Barbara, CA
We will be emailing out the invitations in May with all the details.
This year, with your unfailing support, we rescued over 140 dogs and supported 34 dogs in loving sanctuary homes. We created our new “Team Lead” positions which allow us to expand into new geographical areas covering the state of California more completely than ever. We welcomed four new team leads into our organization and they are proudly leading SCCR rescue efforts in their locations. They have helped us rescue dogs from hopeless situations giving them not just hope but medical attention, loving families and a promise that we will always be there if they need us.
Buddy and Bo’s mom passed away when on vacation leaving them at the pet sitters with no instructions on what to do with them so the sitter took them to a shelter in Sacramento. Even though Buddy is a senior with health problems and Bo is snippy with strangers we found them a home with two mom’s who think they are absolutely perfect. Tiny was “rescued” by an independent rescuer who abandoned her in a foster home after pulling her from a shelter in Los Angeles. We stepped in, got her medical care, surgery and found her a sanctuary home where we will make sure she is properly cared for, for the rest of her life. That is what real rescue is and we won’t settle for anything less
Talia was hit by a car and sitting in a Bakersfield shelter with a shattered pelvis when we found her. With your support we were able to pay for the $4,000 surgery, nurse her through her recovery and find her a home where she is now the reigning princess. Annie was pulled from the Stockton shelter. At 3 years old she was already completely blind from cataracts. We asked you to help us give her sight back and you answered without hesitation. One surgery and six weeks recovery later her dad tells us “It’s like a whole new world opened for her.”
We are looking forward to this coming year, here at SCCR. We will be launching our new HALO Cocker Spaniel Registry in February. It will offer Cocker Spaniel owners another option to ensure their babies are safe when they are gone.
We will continue to grow without sacrificing the quality of work we do and we are proud to have you with us every step. We thank you for being an important part of Second Chance and helping us save lives,
Best wishes for a fabulous 2014,
Elizabeth Mazzetti,
President
Buddy, Jezebel,, Shadow and seven other new oldsters were welcomed into our Sanctuary program this year. This program is near and dear to our hearts as these oldsters are so in need, so loving and so deserving of the life we can offer them. Some of them come from owners who have passed away, some were left at the shelter by their families who didn’t want them anymore. All of them are confused, sad and hurting when they come to us. We place them into permanent foster homes where they are treated as treasured members of the family. They are pampered and get the best medical care we can find.
We treasure our foster families as much as we do our seniors. They are very special people. They welcome into their homes and hearts senior dogs they they know they will only have for a few short months or years. Not everyone can do this but these special people know what a tremendous gift this is to these dogs. For some it is the only time in the dog’s life they have been loved and cared for.
We have approximately 30-35 senior dogs in our Sanctuary program at any one time. We provide for all of their medical care like Chloe who had a tumor removed from her ear earlier this year and Henri who is having reoccurring eye issues.
We are holding a super duper Halloween Costume Contest for cockers this year. Molly is our spokesCocker and will be policing the contest. Molly wants to see some wild and crazy cockers in costume. For a $25 or more donation for our senior cockers you can enter your favorite picture of your cocker in costume and win some fabulous prizes:
1-Make a donation of $25 or more towards our Sanctuary Program to care of our senior cockers
2-Send the picture of your cocker in costume to elizabeth.mazzetti@cox.net
3-go to the SCCR facebook page and vote for your favorite
We will be posting all the contestants on our facebook page and you can vote for your favorite. The contest ends Oct 31st and winners will be announced on Nov 1. The winners will have the most votes.
Prizes
Wow, what a year for our Annual Cocker Reunion Picnic’s….we had over 80 SCCR cockers come to both our picnics this year! The Santa Barbara picnic was Saturday and boy did we have a great time. We got to visit with old friends and new ones. Ate amazing food, (we will post the tortellini recipe soon, as requested by so many of you), played on the beach, visited with our fabulous vets Dr. Fisher and Dr. Kristin from Carpinteria Veterinary Hospital, got a grooming demo,got a henna by Felecia and shopped for cool cocker stuff.
The Spring Raffle brought in enough to pay for Lulu’s surgery and part of Romeo’s too! Two of our raffle winners, Rushelle Vasak and Tim Morrow donated their winnings back to the dogs. You guys Rock!
The dogs all got a yummy Happy Birthday doggie cupcake baked by Stephanie while we enjoyed her scrumptious chocolate cake with almond frosting, yum!
Romeo was the hit of the day as he worked the crowd as only a puppy can do. He raised over $1000 towards his surgery. Good job Romeo! You can see all our pictures on our Facebook page.
Thank you so much for celebrating our Tenth Birthday with us this year and we can’t wait to see you next year.
You can purchase your tickets online now or send us an email to RSVP and buy your tickets at the door.
The SCCR Santa Barbara Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, July 20th. You can reserve your spot for that picnic now too.
Time, place and directions for both picnics on the website.
We can’t wait to see you all there with your “cocker kids”!
Lulu is completely blind at 2 years old from cataracts. We think she deserves to see for the rest of her life so we are going to make it happen. We are so grateful for your support that allows us to give Lulu this precious gift.
This year for every $25 donation towards Lulu’s cataract surgery we will enter you 15 times in our Spring Fundraiser drawing. We are giving away $500, $250 and $250 at each of our Annual Picnics. The first drawing will be at our Sacramento annual picnic on June 22 and the second will be at the Santa Barbara picnic on July 20th. Don’t forget to reserve your spot at the Picnic!
