GPA Nashville

Who is GPA Nashville?
Greyhound Pets of America - Nashville (GPA/N) works collaboratively with adopters, with rescue, humane and other greyhound groups and the racing industry to find homes for retired racers. Each year, 20,000 greyhounds retire from U.S. tracks in need of homes. Our targeted adoption territory includes middle Tennessee, northern Alabama and southern and western Kentucky.

Our adoption application, intake and home visit process helps us identify appropriate homes for these gentle, loving dogs and to match people with compatible greyhounds. Retired racers are uniquely suited to live as companion animals. Affectionate and calm, they thrive on human attention and interaction, adjust well to home life and repay the kindness of their people with faithfulness and devotion.

What we do
Based in Nashville, Tenn., GPA/N primarily gets adoptable greyhounds from tracks in West Memphis, Ark. and Birmingham, Ala. We also accept for placement retired racers whose owners can no longer keep them as well as retired racers who are turned into pounds, shelters and humane associations in our service area. In 2007, 121 greyhounds found homes through GPA/N. GPA/N is a chapter of Greyhound Pets of America, the nation’s largest greyhound adoption organization.

How we do it
Our funding comes from donations, adoption fees and in-kind gifts amd support from individuals and companies, grants and from our annual silent auction and Winter Gathering. The group has no employees and gratefully acknowledges the hard work, dedication and generosity of its volunteers and partners in the business community. As a 501(c)3 organization, all donations to GPA/Nashville are tax deductible.

For more information contact us at 615-269-4088 or email us at gpanashville@gmail.com. Our mail address is: GPA Nashville, P.O. Box 1042, Goodlettsville, Tenn. 37070.

Board of Directors

Liz Trapp - President
EMAIL LIZ >
615.476.8604

Liz adopted her first greyhound, Jordie, in 1994. Her pack now includes Elliott, Dana, Miz Zircon, Zarillo and Oreo. Liz does home visits, picks adoptable dogs from tracks and kennels, fosters and is a Meet and Greet regular. She works as an insurance agent.

Carol Macherey, DVM -
Vice President
EMAIL CAROL >
615.832.6535

Carol adopted her first greyhound in 1997. Her pack includes Doc, Digger, Lorrie, Triple, Horseshoe and Rising. As a veterinarian and co-owner of Grassmere Animal Hospital, Carol is GPA/N’s resource on greyhound health and care. She is a Meet and Greet regular and fosters.

Pam Neiman - Secretary
EMAIL PAM >
615.308.0688

Pam adopted her first greyhound, Fantasy Live, in 1992. Her pack now includes Slugger, Train, Uncut and Naomi. GPA/N's secretary since 2001, Pam does home visits, fosters, helps with fundraising and keeps up the database. She is a volunteer at Almost Home for Hounds, Nunn, Colo.

Kent Hiday - Treasurer
EMAIL KENT >
615.866.8908

A greyhound owner since 1992, Kent handles GPA/N’s financial affair's, fosters and helps at special events, does home visits and is a Meet and Greet regular. He is a volunteer at Almost Home for Hounds in Nunn, Colo.
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Mona Grove -
Foster Home Coordinator
EMAIL MONA >
615.480.6852 (c)
615.612.2030 (h)

Mona adopted her first hound, Frosty, in 2002. Since then, she’s added Mort, Dewey, Rocky, Leona, Ed and Tiffany to her pack with Ms Ella, Say and Jack, waiting at the bridge. Mona works with foster homes, fosters, helps with Meet and Greets, home visits, runs to the track and special events. Senior greyhounds are her true love and all of her hounds with the exception of Leona (who is four) are seniors. She works for metro judicial system.

Mardy Fones
EMAIL MARDY >
615.297.2033

Mardy works from home so she can be with her greyhounds, Indy, Shadow and Kelley, a non-grey and two cats. She does the GPA/N newsletter, GreytNews, the group’s public relations and advertising, works Meet and Greets, fosters and serves as the general go-for.

Jan Bornstein
EMAIL JAN >
615.347.9459

Jan adopted her first greyhound in early 2006. Her pack includes Temple, Boyd and JB, as well as three children. As a accountant and owner of Fax Tax and co-owner of Bornstein Travel with her husband, Daryl, she finds time to be a Meet and Greet regular, helps with fund raising and coordinates GPA/N special events.
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