Purina Parent Club Partnership Program

Going to the National Specialty Show?
HERE'S A SPECIAL OFFER FROM PURINA!

For all Platinum Members of Purina's Parent Club Program, Purina is pleased to offer free dog food for your stay in Oklahoma.  If you are not a Platinum Member but have submitted weight circles for at least 500lbs of Purina food in the past year, you may order one eight lb. bag without charge.

Please send your name, address with zip code and PPCP membership number to Lynn Heidinger at Goldenhse@aol.com, stating the amount and variety of food requested.   Your request must be received no later than September 15th.  You may pick up your dog food at the Purina booth beginning Sunday, Oct. 25th.

The benefits of being a Purina Parent Club Member just keep getting better!

The Golden Retriever Club of America participates in the Purina Parent Club Partnership (PPCP) Program to earn funding for canine health studies, education and/or rescue efforts that will benefit our breed. For information on becoming a PPCP member, click here or on the logo to be taken to the PPCP page. You may also contact Lynn Heidinger at Goldenhse@aol.com.

The core essence of the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program is working together for the betterment of dogs everywhere. Our national breed club and the Canine Health Foundation  are counting on you. Thank you for joining us in preserving our heritage and ensuring a healthy future for our canine companions. 

As of August 31, 2009, the Golden Retriever Club of America, Inc. has 3522 members declared for the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program. From January 1, 2009 through August 31, 2009, 617 members have submitted weight circles resulting in a total of $10,571.44 accumulated thus far for the 2009 Program.  The best way to increase the earnings and close the gap on the potential earnings is by spreading the word.

Don't forget to send in those circles!  Purina must receive weight circles by December 31, 2009 for us to receive credit this year. These monies go to medical research, rescue and education. If you feed Purina, please participate! Send in those circles!! Thank you on behalf of GRCA.

Over the past five years, this program has earned the following for GRCA:

* 2003: $9,300
* 2004: $11,816
* 2005: $15,005
* 2006: $14,938.33
* 2007: $17,655.29
* 2008: $17,324.92

Through the PPCP Program, Purina and the AKC Canine Health Foundation work
together to help parent clubs address priority health concerns for their
breeds and areas not previously funded. Here's how the PPCP Program works:

Pro Club members redeem weight circles from bags of participating Purina brand dog foods. Purina tracks these weight circle submissions, and for every $100 of qualifying weight circle points earned by Pro Club members, Purina donates $10 to the participating national parent breed club.

Points are accumulated throughout a calendar year, and in February, a check representing 10% of the value of the submitted weight circles for the year is evenly split. Fifty percent will go to the Canine Health Foundation, in the name of the Golden Retriever Foundation (designated as a GRCA/GRF donor advised fund) and will be specifically directed for research of Golden Retriever health issues. These monies are eligible to be matched up to 100 percent by the Canine Health Foundation if it meets the Foundations funding guidelines. The remaining fifty percent will be issued to GRCA to be used for rescue, education and/or research as determined by the Club.

Source of the materials:The Laborador Retriever Club, Lnc.