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GRCA-NRC Golden Starfish Award

The Starfish Story

A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a
beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish
have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old
man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one
starfish after another and tossing each one gently
into the ocean.

"Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?," he
asks.

"Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and
if I don't throw them further in they will die."

"But, old man, don't you realize there are miles and
miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can't
possibly save them all, you can't even save one-tenth
of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your
efforts won't make any difference at all."

The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick
up another starfish and throw it into the sea. "It
made a difference to that one."

2006 recipients

Group Award
Not Awarded

Individual Award
Nancy & Allen Kiesler
Jody & Mike Jones

How to apply for the Golden Starfish Award for 2007

Submit nominations to National Rescue Committee, PO Box 6626, Syracuse, NY 13217-6626
OR martha@grca-nrc.org

Announcing the Winners of the 2006 Golden Starfish Awards

The National Rescue Committee of the Golden Retriever Club of America is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006 Starfish Award. This year there are two individual winners, who also happen to be husband and wife teams deeply committed to Rescue. The winners are Nancy and Allan Kiesler of Evergreen Golden Retriever Rescue in Renton, Washington, and Jody and Mike Jones of Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary in Elverta, California. The Group Award will not be offered this year.

Nancy and Allan Kiesler have been Rescue volunteers for sixteen years. Their work with Evergreen Golden Retriever Rescue, of which Nancy is President, has been noteworthy for their commitment to volunteer development, fostering a strong working relationship with the local breed club, networking with other Rescue organizations and promoting puppy buyer education.

Jody and Mike Jones founded Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue in 2000 after serving as area coordinators for another Rescue organization. In 2003, only three years after their founding, they secured property and created the Homeward Bound Sanctuary and Adoption Center, one of only three such facilities in the nation. They have been committed to their mission that no Golden dies alone in a shelter and the roster of 200 volunteers they have assembled assures Goldens in need in their area of a guaranteed safety net.

The Golden Starfish Award is presented on an annual basis to one or more Rescue groups or individuals that make a difference. The awards will be presented in September at the Goldstock Camp in Pennsylvania and again at the Golden Retriever National Specialty Show in Seattle, Washington.

Congratulations to the Kieslers and the Jones. We know they agree with us that everyone nominated is indeed “a winner” because each nominee has the respect and admiration of their fellow volunteers.

National Rescue Committee Members
5/2/07

The Golden Starfish Award is presented on an annual basis to
one or more rescue groups or individuals that make a difference.
By the ones or by the hundreds, each group contributes to the
effort, and we would like to recognize these groups both large
and small for their devotion to rescue.

Past Recipients
Year	Group	Individual	Team
2006	Not awarded	Nancy & Alan Kiesler Jody & Mike Jones
2005	Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue	Carole Cappelini	J & L Golden Retriever Rescue Gulf South Golden Retriever Rescue, Golden Beginnings of Texas Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro Golden Retriever Rescue
2004	Rescue A Golden of Arizona	Chandler Rudd
2003	Foothills Golden Retriever Rescue	Pauline Stevens
2002	Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue	Gail Lustig

To read the GRNews article about the recipients click on the year.

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