Betty White, Dr. Phil, and Kim Basinger top list of celebrities donating pet's collar for charity auction
"Celebrity Collars for Dollars" Fundraising Auction
Benefits Dogs Deserve Better; Begins June 22nd
June 18, 2010, Tipton, PA—Betty White, Dr. Phil, and Kim Basinger top the list of celebrities donating their dog's used collars for a "Celebrity Collars for Dollars" auction benefiting Dogs Deserve Better, a nonprofit bringing dogs from backyards into the home and family. Each celebrity donated an autographed photo and a signed dog collar with both their name and the name of their companion.
The group also received collars from Terry Bradshaw, Kate Bosworth, Kelly Hu, and Richard Simmons. All have been framed in shadow boxes with a photo of the celebrity, any personal notes, and a Dogs Deserve Better "Celebrity Collars for Dollars" inscription label specifying the celebrity name, his/her companion's name (if known), and the date of the auction.
Ashton Kutcher, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Jeff Bridges, Tony Hawk, and Troy Aikman were among the celebrities who donated autographed photos. The photos were framed and will be sold during the ten-day eBay auction.
Matthew Broderick donated an autographed photo and a signed copy of "The Producers" playbill. Also donating photos or other signed items to the auction were Bob Barker, Carol Burnett, Chris Cagle, Dan Akroyd, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Fabio, Faith Ford, Greg Biffle, Jack Hanna, Jenna Elfman, Jimmy Buffett, Stefanie Powers, and Ted Kerasote.
Tamira Thayne, founder of Dogs Deserve Better, states "We're excited by our list of celebrity participants this year! Not every celebrity who donates sends a collar, but those who do make our celebrity auction really special and one of a kind. America's chained and penned dogs deserve so much more, and we're thrilled celebrities are joining with us in encouraging society to make dogs part of their pack and not leave them chained, isolated and alone, in the backyard."
Dogs Deserve Better is pairing the celebrity auction with their annual Chain Off Event, taking place from June 26th through July 4th. During this year's event, the group seeks Freedom for Chained Dogs in every state in the nation. 62 volunteers in 21 states plus Guam and British Columbia will live chained to doghouses for 8-24 hours to call attention to those who are still not free—dogs who spend their entire lives at the end of a chain, ostracised from what they long for most: family, love, and attention—a "pack" in which to belong.
The Dogs Deserve Better "Celebrity Collars for Dollars" auction will run 10 days through July 2nd, and can be found through the website at http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/collarsfordollars10.html starting June 22. Details on the group's Chain Off 2010 can be found at http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/Chainoff2010before/chainoff2010.html.
Dogs Deserve Better is a 501c3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Tipton, Pennsylvania, is the 2003 First Place Winner of the ASPCA Pet Protector Award, and currently has over 150 area reps in 38 states as well as in Canada, the UK, Bahamas, and Canada.
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