Wild Birds Unlimited is a PET FRIENDLY store - did you know that? And Collie Concern is all about bringing our collies to pet friendly places. You can meet some of our foster collies and meet our foster parents and volunteers on March 13th from 12pm to 3pm when we bring the foster dogs to the store for a meet and greet!

One of the great things about our little rescue is that we are all friends and we really enjoy getting together. This is very cool since none of us knew each other before joining Collie Concern. We can use more new friends (wondertwins activate - take form of: Volunteers and Fosters!) The easiest way to find out if you like our "culture" is to come meet us in person and dog.
I promise not everyone is as goofy as me. OK Maybe they are... You'll have to come find out.

This is an INDOOR event, so we not freeze our collies off!

To recap:

WHO: Collie Concern Rescue Volunteers, Foster Dogs and YOU!
WHAT: Collie - Bird Extravaganza! Foster Dog Meet and Greet!
WHEN: March 13th, 12pm to 3pm
WHERE: Wild Birds Unlimited - The Gallery Shopping Center on Kingston Pike in Knoxville, TN (http://www.wbu.com)
WHY: To benefit our collies! To take them out and socialize them. To meet potential adopters and volunteers and to make new friends!

Come Meet our Volunteers and Walk your dog with our Foster Dogs at World's Fair Park! We will have the available collies, Phoenix, Maya, and Shelby out for a meet and greet! Meet our Foster parents and volunteers and ask questions about "a day in the life". Decide if you would like to join the Collie Concern Family! Bring snacks for you and dog treats for the dogs! We plan on meeting at the jumping water fountain and the dogs will be wearing their bright orange "Adopt Me!" vests. Since Phoenix doesn't have a lot of fur, she will also have on her famous "biker" cutoff jeans shirt. :) It will be a nice day. Bring a blanket and something to take notes on if you like. We will have stacks of our fliers available to give to folks who want to hang fliers for us!

Here is a link to the city's website for the park, including a picture of the jumping water fountain where we plan to meet at 3:30pm: http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/parks/worldsfair.asp

Here is a map of parking locations:
http://www.worldsfairpark.org/pdfs/Knoxville-Downtown-Parking.pdf
I always park between 11th street and World's Fair Park Dr. across from the Knoxville Museum of Art.

Hope to see you there!!!

Welcome to Collie Concern, Inc!

Tennessee has a lot of VOL SPIRIT! Lets show Tennessee Collie Enthusiasts all that we have to offer! Please fill out a volunteer application today! You will work with the Tennessee team locally and with the network of volunteers that are already in place. Many opportunities are available to help the collies! We need you in order to make Collie Concern a success! We need you to jump in with FOUR PAWS!



The mission of Collie Concern Rescue, Inc is:
To facilitate the adoption of displaced collies into loving and responsible homes and to provide a good interim quality of life for homeless collies. Our focus is on matchmaking the right collie into the right adoptive home. Collie Concern Rescue seeks to educate the public on responsible dog ownership through mentoring and post-adoption services.



Is that your mission, too?

"Comedian dogs, spectacular dogs, gloriously human dogs...
Collies of every phase of heart and brain and soul...
Among you, you have taught me more of true loyalty and patience and courtesy, and divine forgiveness and solid sanity and fun and a hundred other worth-while lessons....
than all the masters I have studied under."