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BeaCon is a non-profit 501(c)(3) foundation. 

Our missions and how we work to achieve them are listed below. See how we accomplish these by mouse over a mission.

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Current Events

• Article of the month (April 08)
  • Autoimmune Disease

• (April 15, 2008). Survey about Lighting The Way, BeaCon's semi-annual newsletter. The board of directors is looking to cut newsletter costs by charging a small yearly subscription fee or converting snail mail to email receipt of the newsletter.
  
  
  • If you currently receive the newsletter by snail mail - please fill in the survey.
  • If you don't receive the newsletter but would like to - please fill in the survey.
    
    
  • Link to survey
    
  • Survey ENDS JUNE 30, 2008.
    
    
• (April 25, 2008). Year 7 Open Health Registry report.
  • Word format click here
  • PDF format click here
    

Easy way to contribute to BeaCon - SunTrust Bank will donate $100 to the charity of your choice if you open a new personal or business checking account and accept a new SunTrust Visa check card before August 15, 2008 - and make one purchase and submit a redemption form. Of the five account types, four can be applied for on-line. (posted 4/9/08)

Use this link: https://promotion.suntrust.com/mycause/ and select "Toolkits for Nonprofit Organizations".

BeaCon's charity name is listed as Bearded Collie Foundation for Health on the Sun Trust site.

• BeaCon has donated for 2008 to two research projects with AKC CHF(1/9/08).
• $500. Active Grant # 1031-A.  Determination of target antigens in canine primary immune-medicated hemolytic anemia. Principle Investigator: Darren Wood, DVM, University of Guelph.
• $1,000. Active Grants # 590A & B. Identifying genes regulating Addison's Disease in the Portuguese Water Dog (PWD). Principle Investigators: K. Gordon Lark, PhD, U of Utah; Elaine Ostrander, PhD, NIH.
  

• Addison's Research Project at UC Davis.
• Update your Beardie's health yearly  http://cgap.ucdavis.edu/healthupdateform.htm
• Join the project. Obtain a DNA kit for your Beardie http://cgap.ucdavis.edu/addison's.htm
  
  
• Donate. First time donors receive a lovely pin.
  • $15-$99. BeaCon logo pin
  • $100-$199. Silver Beardie Angel pin
  • $200 and up. Gold Beardie Angel pin
  • Send your check made out to BeaCon for Health to Elsa Sell, 764 Liberty Rd., Milner, GA 30257.

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There are 1203 Beardies in the OHR as of 3/15/08