As a Guest at Ft. St. Clair KC

We were guests last night at the meeting of the Ft. St. Clair Kennel Club in Eaton, OH. It was their annual "picnic" meeting, and was quite interesting! They do some fun things we might want to incorporate at meetings. They held a "White Elephant" silent auction in which you could bid on gift bags filled with who-knows-what. Bids all started at a dollar and ranged up to about $10. Some of the items really were "white elephants," (like used dog-related t-shirts) but there were also some pretty nice things, too. Flexi-leads, new t-shirts, gift cards and the like. Additionally they "pass the hat" at every meeting and for those with brags to share, they put a few bucks in the hat and can make their announcement. They also had door prizes, which were wonderful day lillies, as one of the members has a day-lily farm (and Norwegian Elkhounds.) It was pretty festive, even though there were only about a dozen people in attendance.