2007 Blog Review

This posting will be the 70th posting to the Summit Dogs blog. We started the blog in the middle of July and have averaged around 14 postings - or almost one posting every other day - over the 5 months of the blog existence. I think it's been a great start and we've received lots of positive feedback from our readers.

I will take this opportunity to thank Donna and Alice who are the biggest contributors to the blog; between them they're responsible for around half of all the blog's postings. Thank you!

October's graduation was one of the highlights of the year for everyone involved in Summit's work and we will be posting the recent graduates' stories alongside those of previous graduates on the Summit web site early in 2008. I hope that in amongst the other wonderful stories, we'll be able to post some more updates on the progress of Danny, Summit's Assistance Horse.

Above all, I wish everyone involved in Summit Assistance Dogs and everyone who reads this blog my very best wishes and, for those of you that use the Gregorian calendar, a very happy new year!

Daz

Microsoft Employee Giving - $6,000 raised for Summit through one event

October marks Microsoft's annual monthlong Employee Giving Campaign. I'm proud to work for Microsoft but particularly proud of Microsoft's and its employees' support for not-for-profits.


This week, my colleague who's also a Summit board-member, signed Summit up as a beneficiary of an employee raffle for electric scooters. I don't have permission to share the winner's name but was amazed to learn that over $6,000 was raised for Summit from this one event.


Another key Summit-related activity is the Dogs@Microsoft calendar. Employees donate to Summit and, by way of recognition, have their dog's photo placed in the calendar for the dog's birthday. It's tremendously popular and raises lots of money for Summit every year.


There are, of course, many other activities and many other not-for-profits that employees support and that benefit from this fun and rewarding period.

The photo's include Peggy, her dad and her dog - Apollo - Grant and his dog - Joey - Chrystal and Rick.

Daz