2025 Rescue Fundraiser
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Berner Gift Extravaganza
Are you ready to have some fun and help support Berner Rescue along the way?
First, let's wander through the Berner Gift Extravaganza Gallery and pick out the gifts you want to win with your free tickets! We have collected a ton of Berner items sure to appeal to all Berner lovers. All you have to do is request your FREE tickets and then decide which items you would like to spend your tickets on. There are two categories of tickets: Tier A and Tier B. Here is how it works:
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Send an email to Joye Neff (joye.neff@gmail.com) and ask her for up to 30 free tickets for Tier A prizes and 100 free tickets for Tier B prizes.
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Then tell Joye how many tickets you want to spend on which gifts in the Gallery.
EXAMPLE: "Joye, please give me 30 FREE Tier A tickets and put them all toward gift A-3. I would also like 100 FREE Tier B tickets and put 60 toward gift B-1 and 40 toward gift B-63."
It's that simple!
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You may also request that Joye send free tickets to your Berner friends, mentors, or people you admire. Share the fun and make their day!
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Winners will be chosen by random drawing for each gift on April 14, 2025 and gifts will be mailed to each winner following the drawing.
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While you are selecting the free gifts you would like to win, please consider making a donation to our 2025 Berner Rescue Fundraiser. You may win your free gifts regardless of making a donation, but you are here anyway and why not help support the rescue of Berners from puppy mills, commercial breeders and families who can't or don't want to care for them anymore. Help them find a wonderful forever home. All contributions to the Bernese Mountain Dog Charitable Foundation are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible under our non-profit 501(c)(3) charity status, subject to IRS regulations.
The goal for our 2025 Berner Rescue Fundraiser is to raise $31,000 for our Berner Rescue Program.
The Bernese Mountain Dog Charitable Foundation Rescue Assistance Committee (BMDCF RAC) is the lifeline for Bernese Mountain Dogs facing desperate situations. We provide crucial financial assistance to Bernese rescue groups, including BMD Regional Clubs and the BMDCA Rescue Program, ensuring these gentle giants receive the care they need.
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Our mission centers on covering the often-overwhelming costs of veterinary care and rescue expenses for purebred Bernese. These dogs, through no fault of their own, find they are in need of rescue due to life changes like divorce, relocation or the heartbreaking loss of their owners. In addition, some Berners are victims of neglect, abuse or abandonment and need our assistance.
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The compassion of Berner Lovers fuels our work. Our 2024 Rescue Fundraiser was a resounding success, raising over $30,000! This remarkable achievement allowed us to act quickly when rescued Berners faced urgent medical crises, providing vital support to rescue organizations. We were able to fund $25,733.30 in rescue grants in 2024! We are deeply grateful to the generous donors and the many Bernese Mountain Dog Clubs who issued challenge grants, amplifying our impact.
Together, let's surpass 2024's incredible total and create even more second chances for Bernese Mountain Dogs in need. Your support transforms lives.
Hurry! There is one week left of our 2025 Rescue Fundraiser and we are not quite half way to our goal of $31,000. Many companies match employee donations. Ask your employer to match your donation today and we will get to our goal twice as fast. A Berner's life depends on it!
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Please help us reach our goal! You may donate by PayPal or credit card through our Donate Now portal. Please indicate that this donation is for Rescue in the "Use this donation for" drop-down box.
If you would prefer to write a check, please make it payable to the Bernese Mountain Dog Charitable Foundation and mail it to Babs Winicur.
Babs Winicur
100 Halcyon Dr. Apt. B203
Media, PA 19063
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If you are sending a check from outside of the US, make it payable to Joye M. Neff (her bank does not charge a fee for converting foreign checks to US dollars, so the 2025 Berner Rescue Fundraiser will get the entire amount of your donation) and mail the check to Joye.
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Joye Neff
108 Minnock Dr.
Mars, PA 16046-1308