SCWTCA Endowment, Inc.
(A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, donations are deductible for Federal Tax purposes)
Breeders’ Challenge
Calling All Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Breeders!
The SCWTCA Endowment, Inc. announces the Breeders’ Challenge to benefit improved health for Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers. Health Research is key to a long and healthy life for our beloved Wheatens.
This Challenge benefits two worthy research projects, the Canine Phenome Project and the Siblings Pairs Study. (Both projects are under the care of Dr. Gary Johnson at the University of Missouri, Columbia.)
- The goal of the Canine Phenome Project is to assemble a resource consisting of DNA samples from a wide variety of dogs with well-characterized phenotypes and have the resource ready for the developing technology. The CPP will establish a DNA bank with supporting data for researchers to identify genes responsible for canine diseases and is now open to all Wheatens.
- The goal of Wheaten Siblings Pairs Study is to locate genes involved with PLE and PLN.
Who will take up the Challenge? We invite and encourage all SCWTCA
member breeders to contact the owners of Wheatens bred by them. We need as many as are able to contribute to this worthy cause. (The SCWTCA Endowment is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; therefore, all donations are tax-deductible.) A decal of a running Wheaten will be sent to donors who contribute $25 or more to the Challenge.
The SCWTCA Endowment has provided a template for a form letter that breeders can personalize. It features a tear-off contribution form that includes: the breeder’s name, a list of specific projects, including the general health fund. (Click to download this template as a Microsoft Word document.)
How can donations be made? Donations can be submitted as individual checks or in batches of checks. Donations will count towards the breeder’s total only if the breeder’s name and Breeders’ Challenge notation are on all the checks.
- Make checks payable to SCWTCA Endowment in US funds only.
- Make notation on checks indicating Breeders’ Challenge and the name of the breeder.
- Mail checks to:
When should we begin? Now! The Challenge will run until December 31, 2008. The winner will be the breeder whose owners donate the combined largest amount of money. Breeders’ own donations do not count towards the winning amount.
The winner of the first Breeders’ Challenge will be notified in January 2009, and an award will be presented at the SCWTCA 2009 annual meeting. The first year’s award will be a head-study painting, created and donated by Darci Olson, of the breeder’s dog of choice.
So get your Wheaten owners’ names and addresses … Ready! Set! Go!
