About Us
Team Greyhound Adoption of Ohio Inc. Mission Statement
Team Greyhound Adoption of Ohio, Inc., is a non-profit group placing retired racing greyhounds into adoption in most of Ohio and parts of adjacent states. Since 1999, we have placed nearly 1500 retired racers into loving adoptive homes!
The racers that we place are trained in Ohio prisons for a minimum of three months prior to adoption. This training ensures a secure match with the adoptive families through their training in socialization, basic obedience, and house manners. The racers reside in foster homes after graduation from their training program, where they have an opportunity to be shown at meet-n-greets in our branches throughout Ohio. At any given time we have between 40 and 60 greyhounds available for adoption allowing choices of a variety of temperaments, sizes, and colors. All appropriate veterinary care including altering, vaccinations, worming, and micro-chipping has been given to each greyhound we take in.
Team Greyhound is an all Volunteer organization. We have no paid help and rely solely on volunteers and donations to cover expenses in the placement of the greyhounds. Our volunteers, area representatives, Board of Trustees and officers make Team Greyhound such a huge success! If you are interested in volunteering and helping out these beautiful greys, please contact by email or phone your area representative.
1/1/11-12/31/12 Officers:
- PRESIDENT: Wendy Simon
- VICE PRESIDENT: Don Levan
- SECRETARY: Donna Bossert
- TREASURER: Lisa Caccioppo
Board Members
- Don LeVan
- Wendy Simon
- Tracy Poplinski
- Lisa Caccioppo
- Nanci Hopperton
- Laura Earl
- Courtney Kindler
- LuAnn Back
- Cristy Wright
- Stu Bossert
- Karen Wissinger
- Jan Simek
- Bobbie McDermott
- Diane Spires
- Katie Fornadel
- Pamela Farr
TGA Ohio Branch Representatives:
- Dayton and Southwest Ohio Area (Don Levan @ 937-433-3302)
- Columbus and Central Ohio Area (Wendy Simon @ 877-TGA-OHIO (877-842-6446))
- Cleveland and North East Ohio Area (Nanci Hopperton @ 440-234-3539)
In cooperation with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Team Greyhound Adoption of Ohio is working with several correctional facilities in the State of Ohio. We started with our first dogs at the Lorain Correctional Facility in Grafton, Ohio, in March of 2001.
Participating Prisons
Below are the prisons Team Greyhound has partnered with to achieve the following goal: When the dogs leave the program they will know how to walk nicely on a lead and obey the basic commands of sit, down, stay and come.
