MGPS is having a BB Donation Day, Bottle Drive AND Meet & Greet! This is in honor of BB who is a 2 year old Red female who is 56 pounds AND has her sister at MGPS who is also available for adoption! Avery is a 2 year old 63 pound female who is a very dark brindle. They are BOTH cat workable and will turn three on the 4th of July! Please fill out an adoption application if you are ready to adopt. 

Blankets, Bleach and Bags (reusable to be used for sales and also at adoptions.) These are all much needed items that we need a LOT of. Preloved or new blankets make great bedding to keep the Greyhounds comfortable until they are adopted. Bleach is used in every load to keep those blankets nice and clean. Bags are used for every purchase in our Tally Ho Shop and also at adoptions so we keep an eye out on marketplace for free bags but thought that you might have some sitting around your house that you are not using. I mean who doesn't have that stash of bags that just keeps growing?

Bottle drive--trying to get creative with fundraising as it can be difficult to give a direct cash donation but what about those bottles that are sitting there and just waiting to be returned? Bring them to MGPS while you are coming to socialize and meet Greyhounds and we will return them and have a monetary donation to support the Greyhounds.

Of course any donation is welcome and appreciated:

trash bags

paper towels

toilet paper

photocopy paper

etc.

Check out our amazon wish list if you are unable to make it but would like to donate. Simply purchase from the MGPS wish list and the items are delivered direct to MGPS 

Come and meet the breed and also ask any questions you may have about fostering, adopting, volunteering and donating. The MGPS Volunteer Team will be here with their personal Greyhounds and be ready to answer questions and socialize. Tally Ho Shop will be open. If anyone wishes to pick up their items from the online medical fundraiser, this is a great time to come and pick them up 

If you have any questions, please contact Dawn at 207-557-3166 or click here for more information 

We have been renting a Uhaul van for transports and this ends up being not cost effective for a non-profit. There is a mini bus in NH that is available and we would love to purchase with your help and financial support. Any amount is appreciated we are so thankful to be taking in the Greyhounds that need a place to go and to work to connect them with their forever homes.

Please share to reach as many people as possible any also businesses with their end of year donations looking for a place to go, MGPS is here for you!

If there is anyone interested in matching incoming donations at any amount, you can contact MGPS at 207-557-3166.

The Greyhounds and all of the volunteers at MGPS appreciate your continued support

Other ways of donating: Going to our Facebook Fundraiser on the Maine Greyhound Placement Service page-post is pinned to the top of the page, PayPal at greyhoundkennel@roadrunner.com, address of MGPS is 231 Old Belgrade Rd Augusta, ME 04330

PS. The cost of the Mini bus is $19,000 with a value of $26,000!! It's the GREYT deal that we have been watching for!

12/21 update: $808 in 23 hours!!!!!! Thank you so much!!! Every $1 gets us closer to our goal. You guys are amazing with all of the the donations so far and for sharing this fundraiser to help reach as many people as possible

12/22 update $1265 raised in less that 2 days!!! What amazing support and thank you all so much!! MGPS put $1,000 down to hold it and then with the $1265, that makes it down to $16,735! GO TEAM MGPS!!

12/23 Update: Donations through PayPal have totaled $460 which added to the $1265 = $1725!! Almost 10% of the cost in only a few days. The Greyhounds are so happy that their friends hopefully will be able to ride in a safe and climate controlled mini bus

12/24 UPDATE: The next amazing update is that we have had a total of 30 Facebook donations, 7 PayPal donations, 2 donations by check/mail AND 48 shares of this fundraiser. Total raised to date, including the $1,000 deposit, is $5,823!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was all done during the height of the Christmas holiday when we know people are so busy. Thank you so much for your time, thoughtfulness, love and donations toward the mini bus for the Greyhounds. Please keep sharing this fundraiser and MERRY CHRISTMAS.

12/25 UPDATE: Today we are up to a total of $5873!! We have $13,127 Merry Christmas and thank you so much! (Sorry for the delayed post that was supposed to be on Christmas. I typed it up and forgot to hit send)

Please click here to go to the Facebook Fundraiser for daily updates

Maine Greyhound Placement Service is continuing to bring Greyhounds to Maine!

There are Greyhounds that have medical needs that need to be taken care of before finding their forever homes. MGPS has always taken in Greyhounds that need more time/money for care and will continue to help Greyhounds that have medical needs.

The other way that there are Greyhounds available is when any Greyhound needs to come back to us for ANY reason. We are happy and willing to take any Greyhound that has been adopted back into the kennel/foster home, provide any medical care needed and then find them their forever homes. Through the pandemic this has happened more frequently than ever before and MGPS will continue to be there for every Greyhound that has been adopted if there is a need for them to come back to us. We have great success at finding these Greyhounds their forever homes by finding a home/family that meets their needs at that time vs having first come, first serve type of adoptions.

We continue to bring retired racing Greyhounds from the US which is called National Greyhound Association or NGA Greyhounds. It's a great way to support the Greyhounds by having a place available for them when they are done racing.

MGPS is working to bring Greyhounds from around the world to Maine! We are bringing in Greyhounds from New Zealand, Australia and have brought them from the UK and Ireland. This is all to say that Maine Greyhound Placement Service has Greyhounds available for adoption!! Please go to greyhoundplacement.com to be one step closer to finding your new Greyhound to adopt.

If anyone is not in a place to adopt but would like to support MGPS, there are several ways that you will be able to help. We need foster homes, volunteers, and donations! MGPS needs foster homes occasionally for a short term until the Greyhound can go into their forever home. We need volunteers to help care for the Greyhounds while they are in the kennel before going to their forever homes. Volunteering is different than in years past when there would be between 30-50 Greyhounds at a time!! Now we usually have around five. The turn outs are an easy-going time of taking the Greyhounds out to have some time to exercise, washing any laundry needed, washing any dishes, etc. Then you get to socialize and spend time loving them! If you would like to volunteer, please go to the Volunteer Application to fill out a volunteer application. Volunteering can also include non-Greyhound activities like helping to maintain the building and grounds, help with fundraising, help with meet and greets, etc.

Donating to MGPS is a great way to support the Greyhounds. This can be done by PayPal at greyhoundkennel@roadrunner.com; you can also call Dawn at 207-557-3166 to donate by debit/credit card. This donation could be one time or MGPS has a 12 x 12 program that is a great way to support the Greyhounds throughout the year! This is when anyone could donate $12 for 12 months and support the Greyhounds over the year with a total donated yearly of $144! The donation does not have to be just for $12 and can be any amount and we have had donations of up to $100 per month. Please know that any amount is very much appreciated and makes a big difference to the Greyhounds. Any donation makes it possible for MGPS continue their mission of finding loving, responsible homes for Greyhounds!