When we close the books on 2011, over 350 Great Pyrenees and Pyr mixes will have found homes coast-to-coast through National Pyr's adoption application process.  Hundreds more will have been pulled and adopted out by our rescue partners in the national networks we support which promote the many Pyrs still found in kill shelters.

We're very active on Facebook and launched  our new nationalpyr.org website in the Spring. We've improved our administrative processes and  moved our application information to a new data base management system and expanded our applications processing team. The owner surrender program now has two volunteers intercepting dogs before they go to shelters and a second 800-number hotline, 877-372-3273, was established to take calls from shelters and owners. We sincerely thank everyone who has helped our team effort by donating or volunteering.  We look forward to an equally busy 2012.

We've seen that the economy has hit many rescues hard. Some have closed their doors, others are not taking in any more dogs. National Pyr has increased its rescue services to help fill fhe void in states without adequate rescue. We are dedicated to maintaining the same level of care in 2012 to help adoptable Pyrs and Pyr mixes as well as the neediest cases. Your donation to National Pyr supports Pyr rescue operations in 40 states. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation so Pyr rescue can be there in 2012 for all the dogs.

You can also help rescue by buying through IGive where rescue gets a percentage of goods purchased online.  IGive lists 922 stores including Amazon, L.L. Bean, Pet Care RX, PetSmart, Sears.com where your purchase benefits rescue.  To register with IGive, specify National Great Pyrenees Rescue as your charity and they take care of  the rest. National Pyr is also registered with selling on ebay which gives a portion of the sales to rescue.

We want to thank everyone, especially our volunteers and contributors, for the selfless donations of time and money that make rescue possible. Those who wish to mail their contributions can send them to:

National Great Pyrenees Rescue, Inc.

P.O. Box 214

Maplecrest, NY 12454-5200

We thank you and the dogs thank you, too.