MAGDRL's Board of Directors - Fundraising & Grants
Cathy Dlugosz

Location: New Jersey

Rescue Experience: I have been a member of MAGDRL since 2003. Someone once told me if you love a breed you have to get involved in rescue...I have always loved Great Danes so I discovered MAGDRL at the Super Pet Expo and have been an active volunteer ever since. I started out attending Meet & Greet's, doing home and dog evaluations, helping out at events and soon I became the Northern NJ Meet & Greet Coordinator and then the NJ Events Coordinator.  I organized/scheduled many successful events for NJ including adoption days, various M&G’s, Dog Walks, Yard Sales, and Candlelight Bowling for Danes which included a small Tricky Tray.  This year we are working on our biggest Tricky Tray ever.  I have also coordinated many fundraising programs that can be done organization wide including Terracycle Bottle Brigade, Cookie Wrapper Brigade, Drink Pouch Brigade, we are on the wait list for the Yogurt Cup and Energy Bar Wrapper programs, Verizon Velocity Program for purchasing Verizon products, Phones for Good for cell phone purchases, Magazine Fundraiser which gives 40% to MAGDRL, along with various other affiliate programs where MAGDRL receives a portion of the sales.

I am also the Matchmaker for NJ helping to match our orphans with their forever families always working towards a “Happy Ending”.  Nothing makes me happier than when I see a family with their newly adopted Dane, the smiles on their faces and the wag in their tails!!!

Special Skills: I am an executive assistant with great organizational skills. Before I became an assistant I ran a Dunkin Donuts which helped me to build my people skills. I take pride in everything I do whether it is organizing a corporate function or setting up our Meet & Greet table for an event. I love being at events, spreading the word about our fantastic organization and helping as many Danes as we can.

Motto: "Time spent with a dog is never wasted"

Vision for MAGDRL: To grow as an organization and help as many Danes as we can. I want to find more events that we can participate in where we can reach a larger audience and raise awareness and funds for MAGDRL. I want to find more fundraising opportunities that we can do MAGDRL wide, that every chapter can participate in, like the Terracycle Bottle Brigade. Because working together to help the danes is what we do best!!!

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