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Australian Terrier Trust

“The AusTTrust”

Assisting the Australian Terrier Club of America Inc.,
in supporting our breed through Health and Education
What’s it all about anyway….? In the past, at the time ATCA mem- With your first donation of $100 or more you will receive a “Friend
bers paid their dues they indicated on the renewal form any addition of Aussies” Recognition Lapel Pin and a Shingle for that year. For
amount of money to be given to the Health Fund or Education Fund. continued donations of $100 or more you will receive a Shingle to add
No one was able to deduct any of these donations from their taxes. to your Recognition Pin indicating that you are a continuing “Friend
of Aussies”. Every donation is appreciated. Your dollars continue the
There have been ATCA members and owners of Australian Terriers Trust’s ability to help our Aussies in so many ways!
who wanted to support the breed, but wanted to gift the money into
a Trust. Until the AusTTrust was established these monies were kindly Go to our web page to also order items that will benefit the Trust!
held by the estate’s trustees until these monies could be donated to a http://www.australianterrier.org/trustgifts.html
bona fide trust for Australian Terriers or donated to ATCA as an endow-
ment for a designated trophy fund.
The AusTTrust began with an estate donation 2011. Since then the
Trust has raised approx. $42,000 to September 2017. Since its incep-
tion the Trust has;
• Sponsored the 2013 Educational Speaker at the National Spe-
cialty in Palm Springs with Thomas Graves DVM, PhD, DAVIM who
spoke about a passion of his, Diabetes.
• Sponsored the 2015 Education Day Speaker at the Chattanooga 8” x 10” Limited Edition prints
National Specialty where Carmen Botaglia spoke about breeding All proceeds go to benefit the AusTTrust
healthy dogs.
• Raised monies for the Hemangiosarcoma research study from
members and fanciers of the Australian terrier.
• Matched all the funds raised for the Hemangiosarcoma research
study to double the ATCA donation.
• Supported the AKC Canine Health Foundation Tick Bourne
Disease
• Initiative with funds from the Trust matched by the Australian
Terrier Club of America and AKC to a total of $5,000
• Established “Friends of the Aussies”! A group of donors who con-
tribute $100 or more to the AusTTrust annually. Balls
• Hosted annual events thanking all our donors large and small for All proceeds go to benefit the AusTTrust
their work and contributions to the AusTTrust.
• Sponsoring 2018 Education Day speaker at the Asheville, NC Blank Note Cards
Specialty with Dr. Jerold Bell from Canine Health Foundation. All proceeds go to benefit the AusTTrust

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