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Dear Friends of Owney,
My name is Rosemarie ‘Ree’ Granger and Bev Adams has passed the Owney
project on to me. She also sent me names of teachers who want to
participate. I do not have 50 states yet.
I do have some extras from some states and will see what I can do to
accommodate them.
First I want to say Bev Adams did an incredible job getting Owney to
all 50 states. She had the patience and tenacity to make it happen.
Since there has been so much difficulty in getting Owney to all 50
states because he gets held up and lost, I am thinking of sending out 2
look alike Owneys to 25 states each. That way hopefully everyone will
see him in one year.
Everyone would send postcards to the other 49 states regardless if
their school is in the group of 25 that are circulating the particular
Owney they received.
I would like to use 2 older Owneys that I have used before. They both
have vests and are huggable. I will put a few pins on each of these
Owneys so even the early schools will have something. I also plan on
including a photocopy of the Lynn Hall book. She gave me permission.
I do have a two other Owney dogs that are a little different that can
be put into service if need be.
When the Owneys return to me I will put the contents of both boxes into
one box to be sent to the President.
It would be very helpful to have the name of your principal or
secretary so I have someone to call in case you are not available. I
have used this method before when I could not contact the teacher and
the teacher did not have time to tell the office to send Owney on to
another school. (Teachers transfer, illness, or unexpected family
leave)
I hope this change does not bother anyone. I am just trying to make
things a little easier. It may not work especially if people keep Owney
more than a day.
I will still need from you the following:
Teacher(s) name
Email Address
School name
School address and zip
Email
School phone number
Principal’s or secretary’s name and number
Start of School
Vacation (You might want to specify winter break, spring break, and any
other extended
breaks (some school are on year-round schedules or have other long
breaks)
End of School
The rest of the plan remains the same.
The Basics
1. Collect or make postcards for the other participating classes and
prepare to mail them.
2. Get ready to have Owney visit your class.
3. Write a letter to the President and add it to Owney's box.
a. Bev always tried to have every class receive a letter from the
President.
4. Mail Owney to keep him on schedule.
5. Send an e-mail to Owney@bathpublicschools.com to share the news from
Owney.
a. The news from Owney is forwarded to the
other teachers.
b. The news posted in the journal on the web
page.
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Photos of Owney and/or your school can be posted.
• A link to your
school’s website can be posted.
• Photos of students
will not be posted.
c. The e-mail
news alerts the next teacher that Owney is on the way.
d. This is a great opportunity to share what
makes your State special.
6. Mail the postcards as soon as possible.
a. This is another opportunity to share what
makes your State special.
b. The most prevalent complaint is that
classes did not receive a postcard from every participating
class. Please make sure you keep this basic commitment.
The schedule depends on each participant. I have no control over
how fast he travels. Typically, the first few teachers keep Owney
moving, then people must think, “We’ve got all year!” We all get busy
around report card time and the holidays. Owney seems to slow
down. It’s tempting to keep Owney for just one extra day.
Owney really needs to keep up the speed all year long for both
groups. If everyone keeps to these guidelines, Owney can make it
to all the participants and to the White House in one school
year. We are all counting on you to get Owney to the next school
on time.
If you remember to contact the next teacher, they will have more time
to prepare for Owney’s visit. Please make sure you check your
e-mails for the most current itinerary or Owney will need to backtrack
so he doesn’t miss anyone
email:
owney@bathpublicschoools.com
mail address:
Mrs. Granger's Fourth Grade
Fisher Mitchell School
597 High Street
Bath, Maine 04530
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