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  • Setzer Foundation

    Volunteers Needed
    9/8: Demo
    CA Dept. of Conserv. Disab. Wellness Event


    9/8: Demo
    CA State Employees Charitable Campaign (CSECC)


    9/11: Demo
    Zoom Zoom Woof Woof


    9/16: Demo
    CalPers United Way Kick-Off Event


    9/16: Demo
    Fremont Presbyterian Church Group Meeting


    10/3: Outing/Demo
    PAWED at the Park



    Current Events
    9/11: Fundraiser
    Zoom Zoom Woof Woof


    10/3: Outing/Demo
    PAWED at the Park



  • Welcome to Gold Rush Champions (GRC)

    An all volunteer chapter of Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), a nonprofit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs and the ongoing support needed to ensure a sucessful graduate team.
    GRC is a group of volunteers who work together to support the mission of CCI and to help local breeder/caretakers, puppy raisers and graduate teams in the greater Sacramento valley region, as well as the greater Reno region.


    GRC Announcements

    GRC Demonstration, Exhibit or Info Table Requests

    If you would like to have the GRC come to your event or meeting

    and give a presentation about CCI or do any of the following:

    Give a demonstration with some of our CCI dogs or puppies in training.

    Distribute pamphlets and answer questions about CCI and the different

    types of service dogs available and the benefits they can provide.

    Talk about how to become a puppy raiser or breeder/caretaker.

    Send an email with the event details and a contact name, email and phone number to: demo@ccigrc.org


    GRC Highlighted Events

    Zoom Zoom Woof Woof

    • Saturday, 9/11
    • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • El Dorado Hills Town Center

    A Classic Car Show to benefit CCI

     

    This annual event is back again at Town Center. Over 1,800 people attended last year's event and viewed over 100 beautiful classic cars. Come and enjoy CCI dogs, great cars, food and drink. This is a fun-filled day not to be missed. To volunteer to help with this event click here.

     

    For more information on Zoom Zoom Woof Woof 2010:

    Click here to Display the 2010 ZZWW Registration Form.

    Click here to Download 2010 ZZWW Registration Form.

    Click here to Download 2010 Zoom Zoom Woof Woof Flyer.

     

    For more info call: Kathy and Jeff (916) 933-3558 or email: kzastrow@sbcglobal.net


    Website Information

    Please Register If You Have Not Done So Yet!

    To Register click here or select Register on Menu Bar above.


    All GRC Puppy Raisers, Breeder/Caretakers, Graduates & Volunteers need to Register.

    Soon, only registered members will receive GRC class, demo and event notices.

    By registering and logging in you will make it easier for us to manage classes, demos, events and keep members up to date. See Website information below for more details.

    Please Note: Website Home Page Shortcuts

    Clicking on any of the GRC Highlighted Events below will take you to a page showing more information for the event as well as any flyers associated with the event if available.

     

    Clicking on the Volunteers Needed, Current Events or Puppy Classes listings on the Home Page will take you to a detailed page for each with more information available.

    Benefits of registering and logging in to the website include:

     

    1) Ability to access and easily change your own member information and have access to basic  contact information for other members.

    2) Access to the new GRC Forums and Membership list which will replace the grcgroup forum and member list on Yahoo Groups.

    3) Ability to manage and track your volunteering for GRC demos and events online.

    4) Access to file and photo upload/download storage on website.

    5) System to track each of your CCI dogs and important information for each.

    6) Ability to automatically create driving directions to GRC classes and events.

    7) Access to detailed GRC class descriptions and training information including commands.

    8) Other new features still in the yet to be released or planning stages.

    Website Compatibility Information

    This website is built using the latest internet standards. Due to this the website works best with Safari, Firefox or IE8, in this order of preference. To ensure a trouble free experience please check that you are using one of these browsers, if not, you can download and install from one from the links below. You can use IE7, but some features do not work as well as they should and the use of IE6 or earlier is discouraged as they do not adhere to most current internet standards. Each of the browsers below are available for both Macintosh and Windows computers:
     Safari - http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
     Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
     Internet Explorer 8 - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Internet-explorer/default.aspx

  • Puppy Classes
    Wed, 9/8:
    Regal El Dorado Hills Stadium 14
    5:30pm - Open

    Thu, 9/9:
    Roseville Fountains
    6:00pm - Basic
    7:00pm - Riffraff

    Fri, 9/10:

    12:00am - Big Dogs will be on Sat 9/11
    12:00am - Big Dog Class will be on 9/11
    12:00pm - Big Dog Class on 9/11

    Sat, 9/11:
    El Dorado Hills Town Center
    12:00am - Riffraff
    12:00am - Big Dogs
    9:00am - KPT
    10:00am - Basic
    11:00am - Riffraff


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