CRVGRC members and their beautiful Golden Retrievers are all smiles after donating pet oxygen masks to Suffield Fire and EMS departments.
On May 15 the CT River Valley Golden Retriever Club (CRVGRC) donated to the Suffield Fire and EMS departments two specialized canine and feline oxygen mask kits.
The CRVGRC is a club that consists of about 70 members located around northern Connecticut and western Massachusetts. We hold monthly meetings to discuss the many activities that are held throughout the year. Some of the club’s events include educational seminars, dog shows, dock diving and our annual health clinic. We have been able to assist the dog community when there were devastating natural disasters such as the wildfires in California, the fires on Maui and Hurricane Katrina. We also support the research that is continuing to be accomplished by veterinarians working with our parent club, the Golden Retriever Club of America, from the funds from our yearly events.
Today it was time to support a need closer to home. These oxygen masks will be available if the Fire/EMS departments find themselves at an emergency call where there may be a pet in distress due to fire or smoke.
Our seven members and their Golden Retrievers- Lucy and Scuba, Phil and Autumn, Karen and Eva, Dawn and Trace, Cathy and Jackson, Linda and Charlotte and Wendy and Cider- were thrilled to meet the Fire and EMS staff including Fire Chief Scott Cunningham. I think we all enjoyed the time spent together!!