New Stuff:)

We are currently running our second End-of-Year Free Membership Drive through January 1, 1010. If you are interested in seeing what we have to offer then just click the ‘Joining UARC’ link on our website and fill out a membership form!

Here are a few things the UARC BOD has been discussing lately:

-How to help the UARC membership sell their fiber products and generate more exposure for their businesses.

-How to make the club generate enough profit with shows and/or fiber events to make dues permanently unnecessary

-How to extend the club more into the direction of fiber and the promotion of the Angora as a production rabbit.

-How to educate the public about Angora rabbits with the design and production of brochures and informational literature.

Another excellent way to generate funds that was suggested by a member of the BOD and other members is to collect and donate Purina Circles. Many people use the Purina Rabbit Feed brand, so if you are not otherwise using your circles and would like to donate them to the UARC, please contact Kathy Taylor on the BOD who is the coordinator for this project!

Thanks to everyone for your generous support, and have a great Winter!

Amy Spang:)

Club News

The UARC has gotten off to a wonderful start this year. So far we have hosted our first specialty of 2009 at the PA Convention in Feb, and there are several other shows planned for the coming months. In addition to this, we are in the beginning stages of planning a fiber gathering, possibly this fall, to ensure that the club is offering an equal number of fiber-related activities aside from the show schedule. We have also put a Sweepstakes program into place that began accumulating points for members at the PA Convention. There will be a page of our website devoted to the Sweepstakes Standings for every year, and Herdsman points will be included in that program, along with an eventual Meat Pen classification for commercial bodied angora breeds.

In addition to these recent activities we also sent out our first trial wool run which came back a great success! Sales of our roving is moving right along, and those who have already spun it are absolutely thrilled with the quality and the price. If anyone reading this blog is interested in acquiring this roving for an excellent price, simply contact our Secretary and Wool Run Coordinator Julie George at juliespins@verizon.net.

We also put our first newsletter of the year out in February, and we are planning the introduction of a UARC Calendar in 2010, along with possible UARC t-shirts/sweatshirts to offer along with it to benefit the club and enable us to offer a wider range of activities for our members. If you are considering joining UARC, now is a fabulous time to look into filling out an application and checking out what our club has to offer. As always, if there are any questions about the club or rabbits in general, please email me at amy@spangangoras.com.

Happy Bunny Breeding (and Owning!) Spring is on it’s way!

Amy Spang:-)
UARC President

Hello and Welcome!

Hello to the fellow angora breeders and owners out there, and Happy Holidays!:) As many of you know our club is in the process of restructuring with many exciting new ideas underway. If anyone is interested in taking advantage of the new club benefits, there is still time to join during our FREE 1-year membership drive. If you would like to check the club out and offer input for new angora projects and activities just go to the UARC website at http://www.unitedangorarabbitclub.org/ and click ‘Joining UARC’ to fill out an online membership form.

Happy Grooming & Spinning in 2009!

Amy Spang:)

UARC President