The creation of the ASSA Foundation was predicated on the need for a means of generating significant funding for the not-for-profit and charitable objectives of the ASSA.
The ASSA Foundation was chartered in the State of Virginia in 2002 and operates as a not-for-profit and tax-exempt organization as defined in section 501c3 of the IRS Code. The Foundation is set up as a subsidiary organization of the parent club, with four of the five sitting officers of the ASSA serving as the officers and directors of the Foundation.
The Foundation provides charitable grants and funding to rescue operations, scholarships, health research, legislation education, and other related causes. During the past few years the Foundation has made more than $100,000 in distributions to the charitable purposes of the ASSA. Your gift to the Foundation is tax deductible to the extent provided by law. Making a donation to the Foundation is easy. Download the donation form and send your check to the Foundation treasurer at the address noted on the form. All gifts will be acknowledged by letter from the Foundation.
The Foundation recognizes significant contributions in amounts of $250, $500 and $750, respectively, with a beautiful bronze, silver or gold plated Sheltie Guardian Angel pin. The pins were custom designed and crafted by Virginia Perry Gardiner and are simply beautiful! What a wonderful way to support the work of the Foundation and the ASSA!
Don’t forget to check with your employer when making a donation to see if they have a matching gifts program. Many do and will match your donation 1:1 or 2:1 and in some cases even 3:1! This is a great way to have your gift provide even greater benefit. Some employers may require donor or verification forms or a letter. Contact the Foundation treasurer if you need tax identification numbers or additional information that may be required by your employer.
There are other ways to donate to the Foundation as well. These include providing for a donation to the Foundation in your will or naming the Foundation as a beneficiary of an insurance policy. These are not difficult to do but they require that you consult your legal and financial counsel representing the interests of your estate so that they are done correctly. Again, the Foundation treasurer can provide documentation upon request to assist you.
It is with pleasure that I announce that the Foundation has received from the Purina Parent Club Partnership Program a check for $2680, to be applied to health research, education and rescue, along with a matching donation to the AKC-CHF Donor Advised Fund. Nearly 300 members submitted weight circles during 2008 to make this happen. Good job! Al Bianchi Treasurer, ASSA Foundation (April 2009)
Starting in September 2009, the ASSA Foundation added another layer to its recognized donations by offering the Bronze Angel. With a donation of $250 you will receive a bronze sheltie angel in the same design as the gold and silver angels.
On March 8, 2012 the ASSA Board on the advice of the Foundation Treasurer eliminated the gold angel, do to the ever increasing cost of gold, and replaced it with a gold plated silver angel. You must donate at least $750, for the new gold plated pin, $500 will award you with a silver angel and for a bronze angel you must donate at least $250. Your name will be added to the appropriate list.
Angel Donors 2012
Gold Angel
Associaton of Working Shetland Sheepdogs
Marjorie Norstrom
Tampa Bay Area SSC
Silver Angel
Mid-Arizona SSC (Health)
Mid-Arizona SSC (Research)
ASSA Princess Party
Mary Couzens
Julie Iverson
Lyn & Bob Krivanek
Colonial SSC
Bronze Angel
Shetland Sheepdog Club of Tidewater
Patrica Hoover and Glenn Miner in memory of:
Wilowind's Shadow Rising, CD, RE, AX, AXJ
Robyn Fatula-Confer and Merrily Duncan in memory
of Walt Hudson
Pam Harmon in memory of
UKC Ch. Nandina The Wheelman
(AKC major pointed)
Mary Mahaffey
SSC of Georgia
Sue Atwood
Nancy Ager
Central Virginia SSC
Angel Donors 2011
Gold Angel
Anonymous Donor
Kim Furlong
Purina Parent Club Partnership Program
Mary Couzens
Zana Friend
Marjorie Norstrom
SSC of Greater Baltimore
Earl and Mary Gumm
Anonymous Donor
Northern Virginia Sheltie Rescue
Silver Angel
Linda Uriarte
Central Indian SSC
Anonymous Donor via Wells Fargo Bank
Colonial SSC
Central Virginia SSC
Linda Nicholas
Julie Iverson
Bronze Angel
Mary Gumm
Granite State SSC
SSC of Tidewater in memory of Norris Ross
Sandra Sewell
Maryann and Frank Lannon
Mary Mahaffey, DVM
Lyn and Bob Krivanek
Doris Ann Brown
Nancy Ager
SSC of Monee
Walter and Nancy Craig
Robert Davis
SSC of Northern California
Cynthia Webster
Pacific Northwest SSC
Central Kentucky SSC
Western Massachusetts SSC
Gail Taddeo
Donna and Mac McClurkan
$1 to $249
Mary Stuller Yvonne & Harry Bleistein Janice Miller Shirlee Jacobson
Mary Escalante Albert Mogavero Jeny-Lyn Helm Beverly Malmborg
Chery-Lyn Larkin Janet Blount Alicia Keegan
Becky Johnson Donna Shade Marianne & Donnal Lewis Barbar Deloge Sue Adolph
Maryann & Fred Lannon Robert & KC Wright
Beki Vale Francois Blachere Amy Langhorst Margaret Nelson
Ulli Weinrich Ed & Rose Marie George Gayle Rizzo Doris Ann Brown
Harriet Smith Nancy Ager Marjorie Norstrom
Angel Donors 2010
Gold Angel
Anonymous donor
East Kentucky Rescue
Tallahassee Area SSC
Kim Fulong
Slidell Dog Fanciers Assoc.
Second Chance Sheltie Rescue, in memory of Marie Bonsack
Marjorie Norstrom in memory of Richard F Norstrom
Silver Angel
Sharon Sampson
Ginny Dennis
Glenn Miner and Patricia Hoover in memory of "MACH Lorac Queen's Bench, CD, RN
"Bailey"
Central Indiana SSC
Jim Primmer, judge, SSC of Northern California, donated his judges fee
Marlene Kuhn
Colonial SSC
Mary Couzens
Dr. Robert "Bob" Miller
Ginny Dennis
The Global Shelties Magazine
Laurel Highlands Kennel Association
Bronze Angel
Patricia Hoover, in memory of Credo Juris Ad Infinitum, Mx, AXJ
Julie Iverson, in memory of Lymarr Send In The Clown, AX,AXJ,OAP,AJP,CGC
SSC of Tidewater, in memory of Staff Sergeant Mark Stets Jr.
Lyn and Bob Krivanek
Nancy and Walt Craig
SSC of Greater Baltimore
Yvonne Samuelson, in memory of Dionne Houchins
SSC of Northern California
George and Patty Page
Holly Neel in memory of Kim Popish's sheltie "Cody"
Sharon Sampson
Penny Overton
Neary Trust
(In memory of Richard J. Neary, father and father-in-law of ASSA member Debbie and Don Miller)
This fund is a separate account as a growth fund for rescue. Donations to this fund, rather than being used for distribution for current rescue operations, will be applied to the growth of the principle balance. Interest earnings generated by the fund will be directed to rescue operations.
Don & Debbie Miller
The ASSA Foundation Board of Directors, for 2010, have made the following Grants:
$2000 to NAIA for the continuing effort in Legislation Education. $5000 to Clemson University of underwriting the coat of processing Sheltie blood samples in Dr. Leigh Anne Clark's DM research project. They also made additional distributions to ASSA Rescue of $2000 and another $5000 to NAIA the money for these donations was received from the ASSA Board on behalf of the ASSA Parent Club.
Angel Donors 2009
Gold Angel
Dana Quinney
Walt and Christine Hudson
Kim Furlong
Ralph and Karen Elledge in memory of Jan Beck
Sonia Carringer
Cindy Wilson
Central Iowa SS Rescue
Purina PCPP
Silver Angel
Glenda Henson
Mary Couzens in memory of Don Bright
Ginny Dennis
Julie Iverson
Central Virginia SSC
Lyn Krivanek
Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Baltimore
Colonial Shetland Sheepdog Club
Janice Ibaraki
Bronze Angel
Ron Valio
Triangle SSC of NC
Earl and Mary Gumm
Holly Neel
Nancy & Walter Craig
Robert & KC Wright
$100-249
Nancy Ager John & Barbara Alexander Julie Blasi
Mary Couzens Beth Dowd Gary & Claudia Frank
Sandra Garner Glenda Henson Sharon Hill
Alicia Keegan Maryann & Frank Lannon Judith Kelsey
Mary Mahaffey Joel McCarty & Nick Joines Janice Miller
Edith Overly Gayle Rizzo Michele Stapleton
Charles Stevenson Gordon Tobey Rose Tomlin
Marilyn Waiton S.R. White Central Ohio SSC
Cleveland SSC Green Bay SSC Triangle SSC
Moore County KC SSC of Northern CA. Pacific Northwest SSC
Western MA. SSC OLH, Inc. SSC of Western NY
Clorox Co. Foundation
$1-99
Nancy Beki & Francois Blachere Jim Blount
Dixie Bolgiano Irene Brown Janet Calpin
Carol Campbell Mary Couzens Barbara Deloge
Gertrude Derubis Arlene & Ron Duceck Mary Escalante
Sondra Esporite Bruce & Janine Franc Daniel Fleitas
Priscilla Gardner Diann Gindlesperger Laura Georgi
Pamela Harmon Martha Heckman Jeny-Lyn Helm
Maxine Hutchinson Rita Keller Barbara Kenealy
Gladys Knox Dr. Kuhn & Associates Marlene Kuhn
Carolyn Kuzdas Jane Lane Diane LaClare
Bernadine Luketich Carl & Amy Langhorst Cecilia Mackey
Paulette Marcoline Samuel & Lois Lippincott Faye Maslow
C. Richard Michie Raymond Niaura Jodi Odom
Albert Mogavero Gary & Suesan Munsch Edith Overly
Nancy Rynewicz Lynn Sekeres Marilyn Schultz
Harriet Smith Mike & Nancy Steinel Michael Stratton
Mary Stuller Loretta Tay Ann Torkelson
Margaret Wade Janet Whalen Diana Willliams
Joyce Woolridge Linda Yelle America's Charities
Laurel Highlands Kennel Assn.
October, 2009
The ASSA Foundation Board of Directors has authorized funding for the following Health Research Projects: AKC-CHF Grant #00748 - SND Association Mapping for Canine Epilepsy. $1000. AKC-CHF Grant #00770 - Characterization of the Y Chromosome Identifying Genes for Male Infertility. $2500. Al Bianchi Treasurer, ASSA Foundation
Angel Donors 2008
Gold Angel
Patty Jackson
Sheri Sparks
Diana Williams
Kim Furlong
Don and Debbie Miller
Katherine Cochran
Andrea Duval Poole
Mary Couzens
Marjorie Norstrom
Janice Ibaraki in Memory of Ch. Ashburton Foxglove Nickelodeon
Julie Iverson, DVM
Ralph & Karen Elledge
Janice Leonard
Tray Pittman
The Grainger Company
Enterainment Industry Foundation
Silver Angel
Ann Watson in memory of Jean Clodwick
Sheila and Melvin Mackler
Susie and Jim DeKieffer
Ginny Dennis
Lynn and Bob Krivanek
Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Baltimore
Linda and Rick Churchill
Colonial Shetland Sheepdog Club
Tri-State Shetland Sheepdog Club
Sharon Sampson
Justin McCormick, in memory of Karl Clark
Holly Neel
Ellen Ball
Jennie McKenan
Jean Towner
Robert & Kum Wright
SSC of Greater Baltimore
$250 - 499
R. Flanagan Betty McKinney S. Trautman-Riley
$100 - 249
Nancy Ager Halina & Norman Christie Julie Blasi
Nancy & Walt Craig Rose Marie George Mary Couzens
Stephen Hahn Sharon Hill Rebecca Jarit
Nick Joines Marylouise Kiefert Alicia Keegan
Richard & Terri Knotwell Frank & Maryann Lannon Mary Mahaffey
Joel McCarty Janice Miller Vincent Patou
Margaret Pratt Gayle Rizzo Jan & Ken Stanley
Ulli Weinrich Central Ohio SSC Cleveland SSC
Evergreen State SSC SSCNC Sheltie Rescue Miami Valley SSC
Pacific Northwest SSC Green Bay SSC SSC of Northern CA
Franklin Templeton Investments
$1 - 99
Nancy Ahern Fay Anguzza Yvonne Ansick-Bleistein
Janet Barber Francois Blachere Janet Blount
Dixie Bolgiano Irene Brown Lora Durr
Sharlene DeFee-Rubenstein Daniel Fleitas Keith Foster
George & Sandra Garlick Clayre Gayle Diann Gindlesperger
The Harleys Pamela Harmon Jeny-Lynn Helm
Victoria Hernandez Peggy Jones Marlene Kuhn
Laura LaCongo Trevor Ling Faye Maslow
Geri Mercer C. Richard Michie Albert Mogavero
Margaret Nelson Edith Overly Penny Overton
Kim Parker Teresa Plucinski Lorrie Reed
Marilyn Schultz Elaine Shively Marsha Silverhorn
Harriet Smith Ann Torkelson Beki Vale
Judy Wells Greater St. Louis SSC SSC of Western NY
Tampa Bay Area SSC
Message from the Foundation treasurer, 2007
What has the Foundation done?
During the past few years, with the support of people like you, the Foundation has been able to make more than $100,000 in distributions to the charitable purposes of the ASSA in the areas of health research, rescue, scholarship, legislation education and other charitable causes needing assistance.
As you know, I post the acknowledgement of the Guardian Angel contributors to list as they occur and they are also posted to the ASSA Website. The receipt of and recognition of significant gifts and the awarding of the lovely silver and gold pins is something special.
However, these messages are in no way intended to overshadow the generosity of the many donors who make smaller and regular donations to the Foundation as well; and, since the beginning of the Foundation's activities, these individuals and organizations are recognized annually in both the Handbook and the Bulletin Board. Furthermore, if not for the many donors who have contributed to the Foundation over the past several years, the significant amount of money that has been directed toward the charitable purposes of the ASSA would not have been possible.
Thanks to all.
Al Bianchi
Treasurer, ASSA Foundation
Angel Donors 2007
Gold Angel
Greg Speeks, VA
Anonymous Donor, blue chip stocks
Katherine Cochran
Mr. & Mrs. W. Thomas York Jr.
Merrily & Donald Duncan (in memory of Ch. Integra Indelible Ink)
Boyd & Juanita Smith (in memory of Ch. Integra Indelible Ink)
Frank Fletcher
Betty Jo McKinney
Mary Couzens
Anonymous donor
Zana Friend
Colonial SSC
Corporate matching gift
Grainger Company
Silver Angel
Southeastern Wisconsin Herding Dog Rescue
Kim Furlong, OH
Susan Sparks, VA
Jenni McKeman & Jean Towner, CO
Western Massachusetts SSC
Julie Iverson
Frank Lannon
Cecilia Mackey (in memory of Ch. Integra Indelible Ink)
Ginny Dennis
Carol Howell
SSC of Greater Detroit
Darlene Martin
Julie Iverson
Holly Neel
Frank and Maryann Lannon
Marjorie Norstrom
SE Wisconsin Herding Dog Rescue
Colorado Sheltie Rescue
$250-499
Barbar Bauer Sonia Carringer Robert and Kum Wright
SSC of Northern California Triangle SSC
$100 - 249
Nancy Ager Cheryl Anderson Julie Blasi
Sandra Cornell Nancy & Walt Craig Elizabeth Crane
Barbara DeLoge Sharon Hill Alicia Keegan
Lyn & Bob Krivanek Adam Langer Mary Mahaffey
Faye Maslow Dana & Scott Quinney Yvonne Samuelson
Joel McCarty Janice Miller Jim & Mary Nolan
Nick Joines Edith Overly John Thurston
Rose Tomlin Ulli Weinrich Pacific Northwest SSC
Green Bay SSC Rogue Vally KC SC of Western New York
Tampa Bay Area SSC Three Rivers SSC Warrenton KC
$1 - 99
Nancy Ahearn Yvonne Ansick-Bleistein Julie Banks
Janet Barber Janet Blount Jim & Janet Blount
Dixie Bogiano Barbara Bresemann Irene Brown
Barbara Cole Margaret Ann Campbell Cathy Craft
Sandra Curtis Sharlene DeFee-Rubenstein Great Dalrymple
Rita DeVito Paulette Domingon Ruth & Lewis Dove
Mary Escalante Ken & Lorraine Eppeson Daniel Fleitas
Clayre Gayle Laura Georgi Karen Glover
Pamela Harmon Richard & Julie Harmon Diana Gildensperger
Jeny-Lyn Helm Phyllis Holst Ann Hoppert
Cynthia Hornor Janice Ibaraki Rita Keller
Barbara Kenealy Melanie Kerker-Dunn W. Fletcher Kent
Marlene Kuhn Carl & Amy Langhorst Geraldine Mercer
Lauren Miller Frank & Maryann Lannon Julia Mirts
Constance Moll Amy & Donovan Moore Albert Mogavero
Lorrie Reed Marge & Dan Parker Gayle Rizzo
Nancy Rynewicz Nancy & Bob Runyon Lucy Sargent
Marilyn Schultz Max & Marcia Schneider Maureen Schurr
James Simms Steve & Amanda Silberer Harriet Smith
Mary Stuller Carl & Patricia Skinner Diana Williams
Beki Vale & Francois Blanchere Linda Yelle
Iowa City SSC Emeral Empire SSC Central Virginia SSC
SSC of SE Florida
Angel Donors 2006
Gold Angel
Kim Furlong
Merrily Duncan
Frank Fletcher
Heidi Jacobson
Keith Kozakiewicz
Sue Ellen Miller
Marjorie Nordstrom
Linda Sanders
Canadian Shetland Sheepdog Association for $2,500 for DM research
SSC of Northern California
SSC of Tidewater
Silver Angel
First Canadian club donor: Shetland Sheepdog Fanciers Club Edmonton
Sonia & Robert Carringer
Mary Couzens
Ginny Dennise
Barbara Aulbach
Priscilla Gardner
Cathi Gorman
Nancy Hildreth
Jennie Hynes,
Julie Iverson
Patty Page
Ellen Worthington
Robin Swan
Holly Neel
Sandra Vassel
Michele Boyce
Luanne McCain
Linda Isbell
Donor acknowledgement
First Canadian individual donor: Patricia Schiller, Oshawa, Ontario
First Japanese individual donors: Akira & Reiko Kanda, Tokyo
Angel Donors 2005
2005 distrIbution of funds
Scholarships - $3,000
Health Research - $5,000
Rescue Operations - $17,000
Legislation Education - $1,000
"Katrina" Animal Relief - $1,000
Gold Angel
Sue Ellen Miller of Honeoye Falls, NY
Richard Boresen & Karen Newquist of Saddle Brook NJ
Sandra Vassel of St. Cloud, FL
Sheltie Rescue Non-Profit of Aston PA
Sheltie Rescue of WNY
Shetland Sheepdog of Greater Detroit in Memory of Peggy Miller (Barlo Shelties)
Silver Angel
Barbara Aulbach of Scappoose, OR
Capitol Herding Club
Mary Couzens of Menominee MI
Green Bay SSC
Julie Iverson of McMurray, PA
Sonia Carringer of Seymour, IL
Tri-State SSC
Ginny Dennis of Riverside CA
Ann & Ken Flessas of Export PA
Mike & Cathi Gorman of McKinney TX
Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Detroit in Memory of Peggy Miller (Barlo Shelties)
James & Cathleen Sullivan of Tinton Falls, NJ
SSC of Anchorage, Alaska
Donor acknowledgement
Nancy Ahern
Frankie Carothers
Sharon Hill
Mary Mahaffey
Laurel Perry
Cathy Rainer
Yvonne Samuelson
Nat Seney
Ellen Worthington
Ute Wrotnowski
Clorox Company Foundation
Blue Ridge SSC
Inter-State SSC
Angel Donors 2004
Gold Angel
Evergreen State SSC, WA
Jane Howard of Chicago, IL
Katherine Cochran of Longwood, FL
Cathi Gorman of McKinney, TX
Potomac Valley SSC, MD
Silver Angel
Barbara Aulbach of Scappoose, OR
Al & Liz Bianchi of Chesapeake, VA
Mary Couzens of Menominne, MI
Betsy Guttman of Cincinnati, OH
Adams Foundation of Lake Forest, IL
Tri-State SSC, CT
SSC of SE Florida
Sandra Vassel of St. Cloud, FL
A Garland of Shelties of Harpersville, AL
Julie Iverson of McMurray, PA
Frank Fletcher of Greensboro, NC
Angel Donors 2003
Gold Angel
Evergreen State SSC, WA
Jane Howard of Chicago, IL
Grainger Corporation of Lake Forest, IL
Silver Angel
Susan & Kurtis Mabe
$250-499
Donald and Deborah Miller, Potomac Valley SSC
$100-249
Nancy Ager Joyce Becherini Al & Liz Bianchi
Nora Borgstrom Patricia Butler Mary Couzens
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