BLACK FRIDAY. CYBER MONDAY. GIVING TUESDAY.

Today is the International Day of Giving. It’s a chance to support what you care about. This year we need your support now, more than ever. With Americans going back to the office post-COVID we are seeing a huge increase in Springers needing our assistance. That paired with skyrocking veterinarian costs puts rescues like ours in the red.

Today, we lean on Springer lovers like you to support what you care about and ask for a donation of any size. We are a 100% volunteer organization, so you know every dollar donated goes to helping the breed we all adore.

Please consider ESRA this Giving Tuesday.

OUR STORY

In March 1998, ESRA began with the development of a friendship between two ladies from opposite sides of the country who shared a passion for English Springer Spaniels. In 1984, Jan Flagg, a southern California resident, adopted a five-week-old puppy from a shelter in Carlsbad, California. This adoption brought the awareness of a rescue operation needed for these loving Springers. Judy Manley, an Ohio resident and breeder since 1979, was pursuing a project to form a rescue committee for the national breed club, the English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association. These two kind-hearted ladies met, and a partnership began to rescue English Springer Spaniels, out of which ESRA was born.

English Springer Rescue America, Inc. was incorporated in August 1999 in Orange County, California. On September 10, 1999, the organizational meeting was held in Oceanside, California, where a group of five people gathered (among them were Marie Devaney, Barbara Ellerbrock, Jan Flagg, and Christina Santos) to officially organize the rescue and served as the first directors of ESRA. In turn, the directors elected the first officers of ESRA, which included Jan Flagg (president); Judy Manley (vice president); and Christina Santos (chief financial officer/treasurer). The directors then identified 26 people who wanted to become members of the corporation and named them to membership. Sadly, Jan Flagg, the founding president of ESRA, passed away in November 2002.

Today the organization thrives with over 2500 members, a Board of Directors, consisting of seven active members around the country, a President, CFO, Treasurer and Secretary. English Springer Rescue America rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes over 600 Springer Spaniels a year and continues to be 100% volunteer.

Giving Tuesday

By English Springer Rescue America Inc

Giving Tuesday

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