Corgwn.com - A Gathering of Corgis

We're Kathy and Leo Notenboom, and two or three times a year we hold Corgi gatherings at our home in Woodinville, a suburb of Seattle. This site is where you'll find the latest information.

We have a date!

The 2012 Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic will be Saturday, August 4th, 2012.

As usual the picnic will be at Leo & Kathy's home in Woodinville, WA (a Seattle suburb).

We'll post more information as the date draws closer.

In the mean time:

• The 2011 Picnic, with links to photos & more.

• What we do... - a little background on the picnic and how best to stay informed.

It's the "as official as it gets" Pacific Northwest Corgi Picnic, including a silent auction to benefit Corgi Aid.

Update: O.M.G.! Based on the RSVPs so far this one looks to be the biggest PNW Picnic ever!

Update #2: O.M.G. O. M. G.! It was!

We lost count at 70 bodies, and now estimate upwards of 80-90 people attended. We couldn't even begin to count the dogs.

Thanks to everyone who attended. It was a great time.

Over $1300 was raised for Corgi Aid! Thanks again to Jean Clements-Macak for running the auction, it was a grand success.

Photos:

• from Bobbie Mayer
• a selection of photos courtesy of Nick Olson.
• The "Corgi's R Us" meetup group photo album for the picnic.
• Carl Lim's photos on Picasa.
• I'll link to more as I hear of them, so please let me know if you have photos to share.

#1 - A Corgi Afternoon

The Woodinville Corgi Crew (and their hoomans) would like to invite all to the informal "Woodinville Corgi Afternoon" on Wednesday, May25th at our home in Woodinville WA, from noon until whenever. (Let us know if you need directions.)

Beverages will be provided, but you can bring a snack as long as you promise to take any leftovers with you when you go home.

All well behaved Corgis and Corgi-wanna-be's are welcome. For those who haven't been we have roughly half an acre of fenced yard where Corgis can run free. (Photos and links to photos of previous events are on http://corgwn.com.)

Rain or shine - just bring boots & towels if it rains :-).

#2 - "THE" Picnic

The "official" PNW Corgi Picnic will be on Saturday August 6th. Save that date - we'll send out more details when that gets closer.

Keep an eye on http://corgwn.com for details and updates to our events.

Helen, Dagmar & Sammy
(& Leo & Kathy)

What a great turnout!

We figure over 50 people as perhaps as many dogs had a great time at this years picinic. We had our highest Cardi-count ever (6 9!) as well as our usual not-a-Corgi representatives.

I was a little too busy manning the barbecue, but I was able to take a few photos - here's the primary venue at roughly the peak of the afternoon:

I've got just a couple more venue pictures up on Flickr.

More Photos:

• Carl Lim's Pictures on Picasa, should be visible to all.
• Kathleen Pehl's photos on "Cassie’s Ruminations" blog
• Valerie Lee Allen-Goldberg's Photos - Woodinville corgi picnic!! on Facebook
• George Burns's Photos - Corgi Picnic 2010 on Facebook
• Dee Waluk-Johnson's Photos - corgitime 2010 picnic on Facebook

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The auction, you ask?

$2,310.

That's $1,310 on site (plus some who weren't able to make it but did designate for the event) plus the $1,000 match.

Even without the match it was a record setting day for the Pacific Northwest. Thanks to everyone who came and donated and bid and had fun.

It was a great time!

"Rain or Shine" turned into ... shine!

We had a great time.

You'll find some pictures here.

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Saturday, May 22nd
Rain Or Shine
Noon until whenever
Leo & Kathy's home
Woodinville, WA (a suburb of Seattle)
email leo <at> notenboom.org for directions

This that time of year again!

All are welcome for "A Woodinville Corgi Afternoon"

Thanks to everyone who came! We had perfect weather, a great crowd, lots of fun and food, and managed to raise $450 for CorgiAid in the process.

A big thanks to my wife Kathy for working hard for perhaps the most organized picnic ever . And to Linda Taylor for helping out, and Jean Clements-Macak for running the silent auction again this year.

Update: it was a great time! The weather cooperated - good friends and good dogs all had a good time.

Some photos: 2009-05-30 Corgi Afternoon.

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It's been a long, cold, wet and often white winter. The cure: some serious frapping!

All are welcome for "A Woodinville Corgi Afternoon"

• May 30th, 2009 (Saturday)
• Noon until whenever
• Leo & Kathy Notenboom's home in Woodinville, WA (a Seattle suburb)

Not everyone wants to get all the email from various mailing lists, nor monitor the groups or forums that I might announce our events on, so I've created a private, announce-only mailing list.