❄Winter Spotlight: From Our Board of Directors 📋

Dear GGRLC Friends,

It’s hard to believe another year is already coming to a close—it has truly flown by.

As adoption applications continue to arrive faster than pups come into rescue, we’re thoughtfully working through our approved adopter list to ensure every Golden is matched with the home meant just for them. Your patience, kindness, and unwavering support make this possible. They mean the world to us—and to the dogs waiting for their moment to shine.

We were thrilled to host two Golden Retriever Meet-Ups this year—joyful gatherings that were as heartwarming as they were successful. And thanks to your generosity, our Cartober campaign resulted in the donation of a vehicle to support our mission. To everyone who attended, shared, donated, or cheered us on: thank you.

We also launched our GGRLC Golden Treats Shop, featuring delicious See’s Candies that make wonderful gifts while helping Goldens in need. You’ll find more details later in this newsletter.

Inside this edition, you’ll discover many ways to get involved—volunteering, fostering, helpful tips, inspiring stories, and more. We hope you’ll share it with fellow dog lovers and help us spread the Golden joy far and wide.

From our hearts to yours, we wish you and your furry companions a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year.

With deep gratitude, The GGRLC Board

✨ Welcome, Bentley, to Our Golden Guardian Family ✨

Our GGRLC Golden Treats Shop is officially OPEN — and it’s overflowing with irresistible See’s Candies treats that are guaranteed to delight every chocolate lover.

 

Here’s the best part: every purchase sends love right back to our rescue. Through See’s Yum-raising, a portion of every sale helps us save, heal, and rehome Goldens in need. A sweet treat and a sweet impact.

 

Whether you're craving something delicious or need a last‑minute gift that never disappoints, we’ve got you covered  Visit our storefront here by clicking the picture above until 12/31/25. A new season of our storefront will reopen for the 2026 season on 1/6/26.

 

From all of us — and all the Goldens whose tails you help keep wagging — thank you for supporting our mission 

🚗 Cartober Paid Off! 💲💲

🚗 We’re celebrating big news—GGRLC received a vehicle donation! A huge thank‑you to Karen C. of Myrtle Beach, SC, whose generous gift of an unwanted car has already made a life‑changing impact for rescued Golden Retrievers. Her donation didn’t just clear space in her driveway—it opened the door to hope for dogs who need it most.

And here’s the exciting part: You can create that same kind of impact.

Whether it’s a car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat, your vehicle donation can help Grateful Goldens Rescue of the Low Country raise thousands to support medical care, transport, and the safe rehoming of our beloved Goldens.

💛 It’s easy. It’s free. And it truly makes a difference.

And now there’s even more good news: Thanks to a new BBB tax benefit, non‑itemizers can deduct up to $1,000 for vehicle donations!

If you’ve been thinking about clearing out an unused vehicle, this is the perfect moment to turn it into something extraordinary.

Ready to drive change? Visit our CARS Donation page and become a hero to a Golden in need. 

🤓 The Reading Corner 📚

Here are two recommended books ~ one for adults and another for children. 📖

GGRLC Tip 💡

🎁 Is Your Pup a Lambchop Superfan?

If your furkid goes absolutely bonkers for their beloved Lambchop toy — carries it everywhere, guards it like treasure, or uses it as the world’s softest pillow — then we’ve got the ultimate holiday upgrade for your good boy or girl.

✨ Introducing the Jumbo Lambchop! A glorious 24 inches of plush, squeaky, snuggly Lambchop joy. Perfect for the dog who’s been very good this year.

But wait… If your alum has been exceptionally, over‑the‑top, heart‑meltingly good? Then it might be time for the legendary, larger‑than‑life…

🎉 36" MEGA Lambchop! Yes — three feet of pure, ridiculous, wonderful Lambchop magic. The kind of gift that instantly becomes a core memory.

Here at GGRLC, we have zero doubt that every one of our alums has earned MEGA‑status this year. They’ve loved big, snuggled hard, and brought joy to their families every single day.

So tell us, mom and dad — Is this the year your pup gets the Lambchop of their dreams? 🐾💛

(GGRLC Alums -- we've got your backs! ❤🐕🐾

  Ways You Can Help GGRLC 

• Volunteer - there are so many ways you can help, especially fostering!
• Hearts of Gold ~  "In Honor of " or "In Memory of" a special someone or pet
• Shop in the GGRLC Store Golden apparel for everyone
• Sign up for iGive and Walmart Spark - round up your payment - it all adds up!
• Walk for a Dog Wooftrax
• Sign up for Kroger Community Rewards - 2025 2nd Quarter Donations totaled $24.74 by 10 families
• Check if your Employer has a Matching Gift Program  - We've seen a real increase in employer matching donations - Thank You! 👏
• DONATE to help with the medical expenses of our Goldens and Golden mixes.
• Donate a Vehicle - We are now a partner of the CARS Donation Program. CARS makes donating your vehicles (running or not) including cars, trucks, trailers, boats, RVs, motorcycles, campers, off-road vehicles, planes, heavy equipment, farm machinery, and most other motorized vehicles easy.
• Did You Know? Many supporters give stock and grants from Donor Advised funds or make a Qualified Charitable Distribution, all of which are more “tax-smart” than giving cash. To learn more about these types of charitable vehicles, click here.

THANK YOU! ❤🐾

Sunny, the unstoppable snow princess! ❄👑

 

Sunny, keep shining your light and spreading joy wherever you go! 

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