Welcome to Greyhound Friends of North Carolina

Our mission is to provide adoption services for retired racing Greyhounds, provide for their health and welfare, educate the public about the availability and desirability of greyhounds as pets and place them through adoption into loving homes.

It's vacation time and Bella is ready.
Don't forget your greyhound.

Please visit the Volunteer Opportunties section of the website for details. We currently have some weekday and weekend shift openings.

~~~Don't forget to check out our Trading Links section.  There are vendors that donate a percentage of sales directly back to GFNC. 

NEW ~ Testimonial section in the Main Menu and in the Banner at the top of Home Page.
We are passionate about our greyhounds and we all love to read stories of success, challenges, funny and memorials.  If you would like to share a story about your greyhound, you can click on the tab and complete the form and submit.

GFNC's E-newsletter: To subscribe send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with you name, email address and city/state/zip code.

Kennel contact information and hours:
2908A Oak Ridge Road
Oak Ridge, NC 27310
336-643-0233 Fax 336.644-2703
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New large white GFNC signage at Oak Ridge Road with a street sign at the gravel road entrance to the kennel as Misty Hollow Lane.

• Monday-Friday by appointment
• Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. *arrive for a first visit NO Later than 3:00pm
• Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  * arrive for a first visit NO later than 1:00pm
• If you bring along your pet to visit with a potential best friend - best to call for an appointment.  It takes approximately 2-3 hours to choose a new "friend".
• Our posted hours includes the Noon turnout, which is the dogs 2nd daily turnout.  Depending on the staff and volunteers available on any given day, we may need to interrupt your visit to perform this task, which generally takes 1 hour to complete.  During this time, you are welcome to watch the turnout process until we can resume working with you.  Our kennel guests greytly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
• If the posted hours are not convenient, you are welcome to call the kennel for an appointment for weekday or weekend.

Tax ID # 56-1963355

Wish List Items: disinfectant cleaners, dry dog food, paper towels, toilet paper, bleach, liquid detergent, dog shampoo, Rid-x for septic systems, trash bags (large & kitchen size), liquid hand soap, $3 donations towards bulk purchase of blankets and always accepted monetary donations.

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GFNC Message Board Forum
GFNC now has our very own Message Board where we can communicate with members from all over the state and divided into areas of interest. Visit GFNC Message Board @ http://gfnc.forumup.org and JOIN so you can keep up with all the up-to-date Cold Nose News or a place to ask Questions!

There are a lot of benefits of having a Message Board like this - the biggest one is that we can now post PICTURES right in our messages! We can all chat with each other - so we are no longer only chatting with the people in our own Satellite!

So join today, let's get started talking with each other! Any questions or problems registering contact Leah Cales: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Greyhound Friends, a friend to all by Sophie Nielsen-Kolding Phoenix 14 News on April 4, 2011  Link to Newscast http://phoenix14news.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/greyhound-friends-a-friend-to-all/.

Greyhound Friends's first youtube video by Hunter, a greyhound's view on how to adopt a greyhound

A great youtube video by The Greyhound Project, Inc Boston, MA @
http://adopt-a-greyhound.org An outstanding video promotion about their adoptable greyhounds.  Look at his face!

Thanks to Tracy Eyre for sharing her video in tribute to her Bernadette and all greyhounds PRESENT and PAST "Who Saved Who?!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd5Sk0wDjGw&feature=youtube_gdata

GFNC Virtual Kennel Tour by Smilebox

Visit our Kennel from your own home.

Attachments:

Greyhound Friend 2012 Brochure

[GFNC hand-out promotional kennel/adoption brochure]

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