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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
Please note that only GRC members registered on this website can volunteer for our demos/events and to volunteer you need to be logged in to the website. If your [username] is showing in the upper right of the menu bar with Log Out next to it, you are logged in. If "Register | Log In" In is showing in the upper right of the menu bar, you need to log in using your username and password. If you are having trouble logging in or have forgotten your username and/or password, please email me and I will help you log in. DO NOT Register for a second time as this will not solve the problem. If your are having problems accessing pages of this website or you cannot enter the needed information to register or volunteer, check the version of browser you are using and read the section below entitiled "Website Compatibility Information" for possible solutions before contacting me. Please send any questions or comments about the website to me at the address below, thanks.
Warren Strand: wwstrand@ccigrc.org
Posted On: 6/1/2011
Last Updated: 5/2/2012
GRC Highlighted Events
From now until June 30th, we are participating in Whole Foods, Nickels for Non-profits at the Folsom store. To participate, bring in your own reusable bag when you shop and get a 5 cent credit on your bill which you can donate to CCI. This is for any day, any time, until June 30th.
Since we are tryinig to establish a relationship with Whole Foods we have agreed to participate in their pet adoption day. There will be serveral rescue/adoption organizations present as well as pet vendors, demos live music, raffles and a bbq. We will have a booth at this event to promote CCI and to recruit new puppy raisers from the locat community. The event will be help outside in the side parking lot and we will have plenty of space. Please consider volunteering for this worthwhile event.
Website Information
This website is built using the latest internet standards. Due to this the website works best with Safari, Chrome or Firefox, 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 or IE8, but some features do not work as well as they should and the use of IE6 or earlier is not supported as they do not adhere to most current internet standards. Each of the browsers below are available for both Macintosh and Windows computers (click on the links to download):
Safari - http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
Chrome - http://www.google.com/chrome/
Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
Posted On: 1/12/2010
Last Updated: 5/29/2011
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.
Posted On: 12/20/2009
Last Updated: 6/7/2010
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.
Posted On: 1/11/2010
Last Updated: 5/5/2010
Event Sponors

West Sac City Hall
9:00am - KPT
10:00am - Basic
11:00am - Riff Raff
Wed, 5/23
Whole Foods Market
5:30pm - Open Class
Thu, 5/24
Roseville Fountains
6:00pm - Basic
7:00pm - Riff Raff
Fri, 5/25
Cal Expo
6:00pm - Big Dogs
Wed, 5/30
Whole Foods Market
5:30pm - Open Class
Thu, 5/31
Roseville Fountains
6:00pm - Basic
7:00pm - Riff Raff
Fri, 6/1
Laughs Unlimited - Old Sac
6:00pm - Big Dogs




