President's Report
by Barb Bowes

It's hard to believe that our 20th year as a Club has come to a close!

In September we held our big 20th Anniversary Celebration. We had the tailgate lunch after judging at our Regional Specialty, held in conjunction with the Lehigh Valley Kennel Club dog show, and that night we had a hot buffet dinner at the Days Inn! We had a GREAT turnout for these two events! We had over 50 people at the tailgate and over 40 people at our buffet dinner! Everyone had a really good time at both! Considering the year we've had as a Club, it was really nice to see everything getting back to normal and the Penn-Dutch GPC coming together to celebrate such a prestigious milestone. We also thank our out-of-town guests for celebrating with us.

Pyrtoberfest was a blast and the weather was Pyrfect! We had 25 or so attendees and the food was spectacular. Bea and Chic once again did a wonderful job with coordinating and cooking the hot foods, as well as decorating the tables for our dining pleasure.

This is our traditional Rescue issue of the Pyr-A-Scoop, but we still have some things that need to be done.

We still need a Fun Events Committee Chairperson. And speaking of Committees, even if you do not want to Chair a Committee, if you'd like to help out the Chairperson for a Committee, I'm sure that person would just love to have your help!

Our events do not organize themselves. We need people to organize and help out with each event. In order to continue to offer the amount of events we currently have slated we need more help! Burn out occurs when too few do too much, so the more help we have the easier it is for everyone involved.

We also need a Fundraising Chairperson. Dianne Migas agreed to fill the void when Fred decided to step down from this position after many long years of serving, but she'd rather not continue as Chair. Or at the very least we need to get her some help in the interim. We have a varied and talented membership in PDGPC, so I'm sure someone out there would do a wonderful job at it! You'll never know if you don't give it a try!

As far as the events go, we need you to contact Bea, as she coordinates the food. Not contacting Bea makes her job much more difficult. Chic and Bea put heart and soul into coordinating the food and decorations and they do a bang-up job!

Without Board Members, Officers and Committee Chairs we cannot run this Club. So, to borrow a slogan and change it a bit, "Aunt Barb wants YOU!"

Get involved and help make 2009 the best year ever!

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