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Dear Wiener Dawg Folks: (Sent via Email - and Posted on SavannahDachshundClub.com blog )

THANK YOU !! to everyone who hellped with The Annual Savannah Wiener Dawg Races.

NEWS FLASH:
Check out Today’s Sunday edition of the Savannah Morning News
Article by Mr. Tom Barton -editorial section - about developing a Savannah Official city mascot : The Wiener Dawg !”

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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
WHO HELPED :

Edna Jackson,
“Grand Marshall Of The 2007 Savannah Weiner Dawg Races”
our beloved and gracious Mayor Pro-Tem for welcoming the visitors to the City of Savannah and presenting “Official ” I raced my Wiener Dawg on River Street” Certficates to all racers

SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS / STACY JENNINGS:
Savannah Morning News: BIg THANK YOU out to our Premier Sponsor: Stacy Jennings who provided sponsorship and guidance and loads of great ideas - from t-shirts to certificates to photographers. And helping to represent Savannah aboard the USS HAWES, taking time out during her Wedding Anniversary to help wiener dawgs !! Congratulations on your anniversary. From Ads to vendor supply info to Printing 1,200 color flyers to help get the word out- we would not have been able to pull this off without your help. Jeff Catron was on-site contact person -who helped load 300 t-shirts into Sandra Brown’s PORSCHE Boxster - hey - arrive in style !

THE JUDGES:
Honorable Judge Claire Williams and Judge Kevin Street and Time Coordinator - Mr. Richard Pfister. For braving 178 racing dawgs running at them !! and maintaing “ORDER IN THE COURT” / race track.

Mr. Rick Lott The Waterfront Association, for starting these races and providing opportunity to help raise money for dogs needing home, rescue and assistance, so they- the dogs can provide love and companionship to people everywhere.

2007 TEAM OUR VOLUNTEERS: Shannon, Kate, Susan, Jeff, Mary, Vianne, Sandra
Shannon Wynn - who provides years of experience and counts money like no one else !! Kate Torborg Shuman - our South Carolina connection who brought a whole posse of folks to help. Susan and Jeff Catron - who were willing to do anything to make this work. Jeff - thank you for helping getting those certificates and flyers printed. Susan for keeping logistics going during the event and for a phone call offering help. Patty Waller and Pooper Scooper Team -who kept the entire waterfront neat and orderly.

Mr. Calvin Hawkins
who built the Race Chutes - and finished the night before around 2 in the morning ! Calvin has a construction / handyman business.

MELISSA SILVA / ALCHEMY ERRAND RUNNING:
Who input the original racers info - typing 200+ entries in our database, and ran errand all over the city- as well as distributing FLYERS - and providing $100 Gift Certificates to EACH of the Top 3 Winners. Visit Melissa by clicking on her logo on our website.

THE FLYER TEAM: Vianne, Melissa, Mary , Sandra
Guerilla marketing at its best; Sandra Brown and Vianne Jennings -and Melissa Silva -& Mary Brey who went all over the city and distributed 1,200 flyers. Also the bag stuffers -who assembled in my living room to stuff 200 bags for the races. Mary took her Coffee News - and flyers to locations throughout the city and the county - as well as placing a free ad in her publication.

USS HAWES:
Special Salute out to Men and Women & wiener dawgs of the USS HAWES -who will be forever in our hearts - as Commander Douglas Warner taught us the rousing HAWES cheer: “AAAARGGH” - pirate in all of us. That Navy Trio of dachshunds were the best-dressed dawgs in town !! All the navy volunteers who helped with Crowd Control, we are glad you had time to be with us and we pray for your SAFE return - to Savannah.

The ALLGOODS - and ALL IS GOOD here
LEELAND MORTGAGE GROUP, Bruce and Greer Allgood - who sponsored us, and provided funds that we needed - to cover actual costs of running this event. But more importantly - just pitching in - picking up the race chutes at 7 AM - and valet parking my jeep in midst of setup. Bloodhound is now honorary dachshund HOUND !!

THE CREES ! & eWomenNetwork
Lisa and CHRIS CREE of SuccessCREEations who made the website and took us from a fledgling yahoo group to a world class global BLOG - that gets us national attention. With online sales, registration, and corporate sponsorship as well as photo gallery. Also - I looked around my living room and realized I was practically attending an eWomenNetwork meeting - during the Bag Stuffing for sponsorship registration kits. The Power of networking - Congrats to Lisa for building the eWomenNetwork group into a dynamic resource here in Savannah.

MARJORIE YOUNG: / CARRIAGETRADEPR.com
Hey having Savannah’s best PR Firm on our TEAM !! Savannah’s resident ANGEL, - The ultimate networker- who has helped so many people get started here. Marjorie helped recruit media, and get the word out. From attending and photographing the HAWES reception to keeping local media, print, radio, and TV up to date. We were in Connect magazine, South Magazine, Savannah Morning News and covered by WJCL, WSAV and had radio Public Service Annoucements throughout - as well as direct email blasts 6 times leading up to race.

KIM-IMAGING:
Kim Thomson - Our official Photographer on site, in conjunction with CarriageTradePR.com helped capture our event in photos. Need photos:contact kim: kst@comcast.net

Dachshund Art by KATRINE and KEVIN:
Dachshund Art by Katrine - who provided the T-Shirt Graphic and the FLYER graphics and layout- THANK YOU - for helping to use visual arts to help raise funds our dogs in need. Check out Katrine’s store on Ebay- by clicking on her logo on the SavannahDachshundClub.com website

ELLEN Seiders:
Graphic Artist and wiener Dawg person - Who designed the Official Savannah Dachshund Club mascot and logo - the Witch Dawg !! in America’s Most Haunted City riding on his broom.

Kelly Meisenheimer:
Owner of Artsy’s on River Street - an art Gallery - who also donated 2 Dachshund paintings for our 1st and 2nd prize winners. As well as volunteering on Site -and helping to keep things going. THANK YOU !! Kelly’s artwork - some in 3-D with special glasses - can be visiting by clicking on her logo on our website.

SANDRA BROWN: PUBLIC RELATIONS/ Marketing Communications
On-site Radio Wrangler - who kept Z-102 informed. Sandra also called all the racers and researched emails, as well as researching contact info for 23 local pet charities. Her years of Broadcast Journalism experience, and Air Force training - directly benefited - and hey it never hurts to have a beautiful lady in a porsche boxster sports car - picking up 300 T-shirts !!

SUSAN GALLION : Banners
The Sign Lady - who made the banners. Gave us great prices and amazing turnaround !! If you need Banners - call SUSAN IMMEDIATELY - I’m serious - she was 1/2 the prices and TWICE the quality of ANYONE I could find !! susan can be reached at: susan@mcpfun.com

CHEF MATT COHEN & BUNNY WARE THE NEW SOUTH CAFE
Who provided location, CORPORATE support and bought 20 t-shirts for their entire restaurant team !! Garcia the WONDER WIENER DAWG - did a trial run - LIve on TV - with Stephanie Simoni on WJCL - shot at The New South Cafe. If you need food, from Catering to restaurant and now the CAFE EXPRESS - stop by and visit these great folks at Skidaway and 42nd Street.

Finally - SCOOTER PIE the PIEBALD DACHSHUND - who did contortions for that South Magazine photo shoot, at age 13 !! . As many of you know our story - -Scooter Pie was rescued from a Puppy Mill - just outside of NYC. We later found out he was born in Georgia - and bought to try and breed his unusual piebald color. 2 Georgia boys - united 2 weeks before Christmas in the Big Apple.
I’m very serious, when on a personal note, I say that I know that I would not be ALIVE today - if wasn’t for the unconditional LOVE of my wiener dawg - Scooter has kept me going - when frankly - there wasn’t much left to go on. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to do this work - for one reason - to help dogs like Scooter Pie that are out there - starving, hurting, and alone and in need - to find their way to a loving HOME .

I salute Ellen Hatcher of Dachshund Rescue of North America - who does this work on a DAILY basis.

May God Bless all of you,
Scott West, and Scooter Pie the Piebald Dachshund
cc: Ellen Hatcher, Co-Chairman, The Savannah Wiener Dawg Races

** NEWS FLASH ** The Fastest Dachshund in Savannah is

LongFellow 3-legged dog wins LONGFELLOW - the 3-legged wiener Dawg. At 1.40 time units - he bet the entire competition of 4-legged dawgs. Longfellow - had raced previously -and we are amazed & INSPIRED at the miracle of his running again and winning. Many thanks to everyone who donated prizes: From Georgia Lottery, The Waterfront Association, Alchemy, Ann Kelly paintings.

FASHION CONTEST:

1st Place; was worn by “Dachshund HOt Dog buns with everything - a costume with Mustard, Ketchup, onions and relish ”

2nd Place: Was work by Luau TIki Twins - the duo - costumes handmade by thiHANK YOU TO Stacy Jennings of Savannah Morning News- our lead Sponsor - and Congratulations on your anniversary !!

3rd PLace: The Georgia Bulldog, Costume !

MILITARY CHALLENGE:
The Crowd learned the USS HAWES Cheer: “AARGH” the pirates cheer led by Commanding Officer. Douglas Warner.

We raced 178 dogs, up from 150 last year. This year we expanded race chute to 10 slots. Great Job ! to Z-102 doing the broadcasting. Many Thanks to Edna Jackson - our Mayor Pro-Tem who opend the ceremonies - and gave out the Certificates to all the racing dawgs. Judges Claire William, & Judge K. Street. Ellen Hatcher, Lisa Cree, Susan Catron .
ABOUT SAVANNAH DACHSHUND CLUB:
We are a social / networking group for dachshunds and friends in the Savannah area, Coastal Georgia / South Carolina. We meet monthly, first Sunday of Each Month at 2 Pm at the Forsyth Park Fountain. Our big Annual Fundraiser is the “The Annual Savannah Wiener Dawg Races”, held on FIRST SATURDAY in OCTOBER each year. Races start at 9 Am - so MARK YOUR CALENDARS !! We get 250,000 people through Savannah that weekend attending the Oktoberfest Festival on the Historic River Street Waterfront

Web Design: Mr. Chris Cree of SuccessCREEations!!

Photography on Website:

2006 Photos by TIm Lisko. 2007 Photos by Kim Thomson, Kim-Imaging

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