Golden Beginnings Tree of Hope

Happy New Year, thank you for all of the amazing work you all do!

Peace on Earth for all God’s 4-legged creatures.

In Loving Memory of Stacy Holly,
Barbara

Thank you for ALL YOU DO each and every Year! And Thank the Volunteers for their many hours of contributions. How Blessed! our lives have been through Golden Beginnings, Houston, TX. Best to All in the New Year 2022!
Current FurBabies…Callie, Sadie, and out Golden Bridge Guy…Snowdon.

In memory of our sweet Ava

Love goldens!

In memory of our pal Bentley, and in honor of his best friend Max – living his best life at almost 15!!
Love to all the good dogs and their people

In loving memory of our beautiful boy Dexter. You were with us for 16 years of pure Joy. We miss you sweet boy.
Love you always.

Bill & Brenda Newton and all your furry brothers and sisters.

With love for my dear friend Midge Leonard. Praying for the best of blessings in 2022.
5 diamonds, doubled, redoubled, vulnerable….. Bella joins me in sending love.

Our GBGRR “Emma” fka Spinner. Love you so much and miss you. Hard to believe it has been 13 months you went to dog heaven. We will meet again. Our love, Todd and Stephanie

In memory of sweet Charlie girl. We loved you so much and had you for too short a time.

Thank you to Golden Beginnings for our sweet Murphy who now waits for us on Rainbow Bridge.

In Memory of Irish, thank you Golden Beginnings.

We are blessed to have sandy!!

Thank you to GBGRR for all that you do. We are grateful several golden-times over!

We’ve been blessed with 3 Goldens…what a joy!

In honor of gbgrr alum Lexi, Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!

4 beautiful Angles for my 4 special angles that have gone over the rainbow bridge. All 4 were so special and left a paw print in my heart. Rest in Peace. Katy Mo Jane Plummer, Santa Fe Rose Fenton, Golden Beginnings pups Maggie May Fenton and Hannah Louise Fenton.

In loving memory of Lewis, Ginger, & Hershey and in honor of Bobby and McGee. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers at GBGRR who brought the best furever friends into our lives.

Merry Christmas from GB alums Sammy and Hershey

Gus and Leo were wonderful adoptees from Golden Beginnings! Thanks for all the volunteers who work so hard!

In memory of our sweet pups at Rainbow Bridge – Max, Dixie, Richie, Lily Ann, and Oakley. We love and miss you all.

In Honor of our current babies – Chewie and his girlfriend, Charli Rae. We love the endless snuggles, laughs and dog hair you bless our homes with every day. 🥰

For Kirby and Casey

In memory of mom and all those goldens ( and others ) we have fostered and kept in love with GBGRR ‘s help

Luna has brought such joy and love to our hearts and home! She has been such a blessing. ❤️🐶❤️ Thank you GBGRR!!

Our Thanks to Golden Beginnings for the many Goldens we were privileged to own or foster. This gift is given in their memory of all those wonderful Goldens who enriched our lives and gifted us with wonderful memories which we now hold so dear. We desperately miss our wonderful Miss Tassie which we rescued, fostered. and adopted from Golden Beginnings and gave us so much joy and laughter for 10 wonderful years passing from a stroke in 11/2015.

Thank you for our sweet Kevin. He brings us so much joy, and we love him so much.

Lexi (fka Poppy) is wishing everyone a blessed and relaxing New Year (she’s an expert at relaxing)!

Thanks GBGRR for our Nelson, he has been a blessing to our family for over 6 years. We pray we can love him for many more…The Grasso Family

In memory of sweet Cinnamon Girl. In gratitude for sweet sweet Zoe! And thank you to Golden Beginnings for all that you do.

We love and appreciate GBGRR!!!!

In memory of Dora Lea, our “oldie Goldi”.

In loving memory of Forrest, my heart dog,. Your brother and I miss you everyday.

In memory of Scout and Noel, our 2 foster failures, who warmed our beds and our hearts until they were “15, Goin’ On 16”.

For Tucker and Dourdo

Thank you for all you do!

Honey wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Thank you GBGRR!!

In loving memory of my granddog Maggie, and thank you to this wonderful organization.

In memory of my sweet Maggie, and to thank all of the wonderful volunteers who work so hard to get these sweet dogs their golden beginning. ❤️

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Always thankful for all that GBGRR does. Have my two sweet boys because of this group.

For the special dogs we have loved and lost, waiting at the Bridge — Dixie, Lily Ann, Oakley, Richie and Max.

From Tucker Tangelo (C2) Moser and I’m loving memory of Abby Gala Apple and Cooper Melonhead Moser.

Thank you Tori for all the joy you provide.

Thank you gbgrr for all that you do for this wonderful breed. In memory of Lilly, Daisy, Brandy and Mr. Chief.

With love in honor of our GB girls Sadie and Katie and in memory of our Kylie and Candy. They all mean the world to us!

In loving memory of our gentle giant, Baxter, who will forever be remembered by Charlotte & Jim Dudley, and all of his cats.

In memory of Luna

In loving memory of our sweet Bailey girl (GBGRR alum Dec 2015). She was the best dog. So thankful for Anne & GBGRR for bringing her to us.

In Loving Memory of my Beautiful Nala and to celebrate our newest Love Bella 🐾💕

So grateful to GBGRR —- the transporters, fosters, adoption coordinators and countless other volunteers. Griffin (now 13 years old) and Addie (now 10 years old) , both GBGRR class of 2013, bring us joy everyday. Thank you for the opportunity to be their human!

Merry Christmas and many thanks for our GB pups, past and present: Sophie, Maggie Mae, and Cody!

Thank you, GBGRR! In memory of Burton and in celebration of our 13-year-old Golden Beginnings girl, Cricket.

In Memory of Shadow, Claire & Grayson.

In loving memory of Alex, Hunter, Hunter II and gbggr Ava who stole our hearts. Tori, our newest golden, wishes every golden to be adopted or rescued the very best in 2022.

In memory of Maddie Terwelp, our sweet golden angel. Thank you Golden Beginnings for bringing her into our lives!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Barbara, Louie and Bridget Taake.

In memory of Cinnamon, Nugget, Aubrey, and Sunny, the sweetest goldens ever. Thank you, Golden Beginnings, for rescuing Aubrey and Sunny and filling our hearts.

In memory of Abbagayle, Peaches, Nadine, Faith, Duke (Possum) and Charlie Boy. All now angles waiting at the bridge.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

In memory of Joy and Twinky and the happiness they gave me.

In memory of Amber, Reese, Callie, Palmer, Bisco, Pix and Shannon. A piece of our hearts went with each of you!

In memory of Daisy

In honor of Lego and the joy he’s brought into our lives. Thank you, GB!

Thanks for bringing Molly into my life.

In memory of Jake who was such a great dog

In Honor of Ann & Stuart James and their boy, Ridge
In Memory of Chrissy and Maggie

We are so thankful to GB and especially to Anne and Marty for bringing Bear to us back in March. We love him so much and he is happy and healthy and enjoying life here with us on the farm. Such a good boy!! Merry Christmas to all of you.

In honor of all of the fabulous transporters — every Golden Beginning starts with you!

In memory of our sweet Murphy and grateful for our happy Brandy who makes us smile every day.

Merry Christmas from the Henry King

In honor of Bob and Susie Alexander from Gabe

In honor of Mary Susan Lindholm from Bear.

Happy Holidays! From Sara, Alan, Napa, and Zin

In honor of our Sophie, and in memory of big sister Jingles and our special golden retriever-loving friend, Judy Daniels.

In memory of Bear (Titan) Alexander who lived out his best days with his dad, Bud Alexander.

Thanks for all you do!! In memory of our sweet and camping-loving Ben! We miss him everyday!
Happy Holidays to all!

Thanks for all you do! Our family would not be the same without you!
❤️ Cali, Darby, and Freddy
Mom and dad too

Thank you, GBGRR for giving so many goldens a second chance. You truly give new life to the rescue as well as to the new owners.

Merry Golden Christmas to all! Thank you GBGRR for the wonderful work you all do!

Thank You to everyone for helping and taking care of all our precious Goldens.

In Memory of Cessna who left us in March to be with her boy Piper and her other Golden Angels Rosie, Lilly and King.

In memory of all of the sweet dogs that have blessed our lives over the years and in honor of Charli Rae and her boyfriend and fellow GB alum Chewie who both provide endless love and entertainment. We are so lucky to have you!

Thank you for all you do for the beautiful Goldens.

Merry Christmas to all the Goldens and Golden lovers.

In memory of all our Goldens Clyde, Burke, Sydney & Maggie

Katie wishes all goldens a very Merry Christmas. Thank you GBGR for all you do.

May all your beginnings be Golden!

In memory of sweet Piglet.

Thanks GBGRR ! Merry Christmas and a Golden New Year! Michael and Jane Kubitz, Suzi and Holly Bea

Vixey and Georgia GBGRR alumni living their best life as a Milliren!

For all the Goldens who have brought joy to my life.

Merry Christmas from Rory adopted 6/2018. He’s our sweet boy that is a therapy / reading doggo! And in loving memory of Remy adopted 8/2009, he too had a passion for his reading kids. God bless this group of Angels saving these pups so we can love them and give them their best life!

Our Golden Scout loves our daughter Hanna and we love them both!

Merry Christmas to all our beautiful golden puppies and their friends.

We are so thankful for GBGRR and all they do! Chase & Tucker are perfect for our family and we’ve loved having them as members of our family for the past 7 years (Tucker) and 5 years (Chase)!

Merry Christmas to some special animals!

Thank You so much for all that you do! You guys are amazing!

Many thanks to all of the Golden Beginnings volunteers for all they do for the needy Goldens.

For all the beautiful Goldens that make our lives complete.

Thanks for all you do!

Thanks for all of the great work you do!

Honoring Cade and Bear

In Honor of Ginger & Teddy, my Golden buddies.
Long gone but Never Forgotten

In Honor of Lilly

Merry Christmas from The Fords: David, Gail, Ivy, Ginger (Eve) and Barney

Love watching what you all are doing and so glad I had the chance to be a part of it while in Houston. Sending love from San Francisco!

Merry Christmas and Happy Golden New Year! Love, Lexi, Johnny, Katherine and Jeff

In memory of Bear and in honor of Bud Alexander.

In loving memory of my big brother, Maximus Walter Tan.
Missing you always.
Love, Lenny and family

In memory of my sweet Joey.

A big thank you to all the volunteers and fosters who help these precious Goldens!

Merry Christmas! Love Tidwell,
Blu, George and Findley (my fellow rescue brothers)

Happy Holidays to everyone who supports Golden Beginnings. Ms Sassie was a former GBGRR rescue. Thank you.

From Trixie and Sassy

A golden angel for our golden boy. Jackson, you are missed every day! We are so thankful for our time together. You are forever in our hearts!

In honor of Starbuck and Bella who give us joy every day and in memory of all our fur babies who have crossed Rainbow Bridge in the years gone by. Wish everyone a happy holiday season!

In honor of the Bailey Family in Charleston, SC. Lisa and Tanner were with me on many transports and their puppy Sophie became one of Max’s best friends. They are true hearts of Rescue.

In honor of my friend, Trish Herrera and her beautiful Golden, Livy and Joanie Patrick and her Goldens, Boone and Birdie.

Thank you For the many years with my beautiful Golden Retrievers. This is for Rosie, Lucie, Tom, Angel, and Livy. Love to Tatum, Beckett, Boone, Birdie, Boone and Max and all our dog and human friends and family who are here and that have passed to Rainbow Bridge..
A Golden Angel shines a light on all.

We love our Stetson, adopted from Golden Beginnings just over 2 years ago. He fits into our family perfectly. Thank you for your work with Goldens. Merry Christmas!

Where to start! You had just rescued a Golden from Brownsville with many issues including heart worms! You let us have him IF we would do the heartworms, which we did right away! If only you could se him now! He can stand up now, he has the most beautiful curls everywhere. He loves his companion dog. He has been a fabulous dog for us! THANK YOU Lauri and Cynthia!

In loving memory of our sweetheart Holly…we still miss you every day.

From the Quinns and Rosie. GBGRR alum 2017

With love from Opal and Ruby; we are looking forward to fostering again in 2022!

Dixie passed in April, 2021. She was great.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL !!!

Merry Christmas from the Ford’s; Ivy, Ginger (Eve) and our hound dog Barney.

Happy Holidays from our family!! In memory of our sweet Katie and Ellie!

In celebration of GBGRR Alumni 2019, Boone Galileo Pan! He is a Golden Retriever with a bit of Great Pyrenees mix in his DNA. He is PERFECT, loving with a bit of mischief. He made our house a home again. Thank you to everyone at GBGRR who gave him his Golden Beginning!

In loving memory of our 1st Golden from GBGRR, Max, who was the heart of our family for 8+ years.

In memory of Mack, beloved by Ginny and Ryan Bivens. Waiting at the Rainbow Bridge now with our Gus.

Happy Hanukkah!

In memory of Jake and Alley

Thank you all for loving and saving golden retrievers! Love, Candyce Beneke, Lily Grace, and Angel Dixie Belle

Merry Christmas from Hamm (GBGRR ’16)!

In memory of my sweet girls, Angel and Amber.

Merry Christmas from Frankie. Thank you for helping all the goldens in need.

Blessings, and thanks, to all the GBGRR volunteers. They have given so much joy to so many Goldens and the Golden families! Shiloh, and my past girls, keep showing me what love is. Merry Christmas to all.

We received the best dog in the world. When Charlie (AkA King) joined our family. Seasons Greetings.

On behalf of Winston, and in loving memory of Teddy and Cam (GBGRR alum)

Thanks Golden Beginnings for giving us our sweet Finley

In Memory of our 3 Goldens. Mandy, Flare, and just a week ago Bo. We so miss all of them.

Remembering our Angel, a senior Goldie adopted through Golden Beginnings and who spent ten golden years with us.

In loving memory of our wonderful rescue dogs Buddy and Patrick

Goldens make the world better!
Thank you Golden Beginnings.
From our…. Iris, Ellie and Willow!
We remember always in our heart,
Lilly, Chief and Miss Daisy.

In memory of Duke, Harris and Jack, all GBGRR alumni.

In memory of Bandit

Duke and Sherman . . . GBGRR Alumni

Remembering the sweetest rescue that survived distemper and fought on for more than a decade. She is loved and missed. See you at the bridge, Celie.

Miss you, Abby girl. You were the perfect companion for almost 18 years..

So grateful for my beautiful Sundae Rose. Merry Christmas.

We are so grateful for this organization providing so many dogs with a golden beginning! Also forever grateful for getting us our sweet boy, Murphy!

From Addie

In loving memory of
Maggie Christmas McDonald

Thank you GBGRR for all you do to save these beautiful and sweet dogs

Merry Christmas from Remy and Rhett Robinson!

In loving memory of our wonderful goldens through the years – Sydney, Tyler and Cody!

For Beanie and Sawyer (GBGRR Rescues) Pixie and Mia, and in memory of Lily. Merry Christmas!

In memory of angels, Chelsea and Val. You will never leave our hearts.

From the Webers – past and present, Golden and honorary Goldens – thank you GBGRR for all you do for our Furbabies x

In Honor of Mary Alma Welch and Mindy

In Honor of Daisy

In Honor of Bella

We are forever grateful to GBGRR for our sweet Sonny & wish you Happy Holiday Season!

Donated in memory of Casey and Kirby, and given in support of all Goldens who have been fortunate to have been helped by this wonderful organization. Many thanks to all the volunteers and supporters!!

In honor of the wonderful GBGRR volunteers.

In memory of our sweet Winnie. She brought loads of happiness to our home.

Merry Christmas from Casey and Blanca

For our Goldie and Lolly.

Thank you to all the Golden Beginnings volunteers for your dedication. We could not exist without you. Angel is doing well. Helping one dog at a time to find their Golden Beginning. Thank you all

In loving memory of all our beloved GB Goldens – Jansen, Ranger, and Bruno. We miss you!

In memory of Fritz and Sailor. Take care of your sister Cali when she gets to Rainbow Bridge. xoxoxo

We love sweet Murphy. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

For all the great volunteers and fosters that make gb possible.

In honor of Sophie.

Thank you for making the world a better place!

In memory of GB alum Sadie, who left us in February after nine years but is missed every day. Also in honor of alum Skyler, our three-legged wonder, who continues to amaze us.

Thank you for all the work you do for these beautiful dogs and for my wonderful Barbara.

In memory of Molly, our first golden, and in honor of Bear, our current love! Both found their way into our hearts thanks to Golden Beginnings!

In loving memory of Liz, Alaska, and Sunny, and in honor of Shadow, our current furbaby.
The Fowlers

Thankful for my Golden blessings (Baron, Finnegan, & Houston)!

We are so grateful to all the wonderful volunteers at GBGRR who gave us Callie- the light of our lives

This is for the 4 beautiful goldens we have had through the years and hopefully a rescue in the near future.

We are so grateful to have Lexi join our family nearly 4 years ago. She is so sweet and loves everyone. We are so blessed to have adopted Lexi through Golden Beginnings.

Praying many more Goldens will be rescued this year! Love, Ranger & Bentley

In loving memory of our sweet Josie. All my love to our new Josie.

In memory of our best Friend Trixie, adopted from Golden Beginnings 11 years ago and crossed the rainbow bridge in September. You will always be on our beach walks

In honor of my Brother in law and his wife, Jim & Ferol Richardson
Merry Christmas

In loving memory of Brandy and Honey. All my love to goofy Scout.

In memory of our sweet Shiloh who sent over the Rainbow Bridge this year. We miss you every day, Baby Girl! Love you!

Honoring Freedom

In honor of all of the fosters and volunteers that make GBGRR so amazing. We are thankful for you all and grateful for Cole and Millie that GBGRR brought into our lives.

In honor of Jake, Gracie and Jimmy Buffet. We miss you!

For our sweet “Texi” boy❤️❤️

We miss you, Rocco – so smart and loving!

Merry Christmas to All at GBGRR and Wishing you a Happy New Year!

In memory of our sweetest boy, Milo. We miss our Milo so very much. Thank you, GB for allowing us to love him.

In memory of our sweet boy Andy. We miss you every day. We are so thankful to all those at Golden Beginnings.

In memory of our prince, Gus. We loved him so much and will love and miss him always. ❤️

In loving memory of Apollo. Wish you were here to meet your new little golden brother, AJ.

In honor or Lauri Neale, who works tirelessly for these wonderful dogs. Thank you for fostering and matching me with my girls. I don’t know where I would be with out these dogs in my life. In memory of my GBGRR angel Trudie always in my heart.

To my lovely Astro. I miss you so much my sweet boy.

With grateful thanks to GBGRR’s wonderful volunteers. Thank you for all you do!!

In memory of the best dog ever, our sweet angel, Bliss

In memory of our sweet Chuy

In memory of my sweet Henri, a golden angel.

For our beloved golden girl, Sassafras. We miss you everyday.♥️🐾🌈

For our recent GBGRR rescue, PIPER (formerly known as Polly) who has helped fill our hearts with joy again.

In memory of our prince, Gus.
We loved you for so long and love you still. We miss you so much!

In memory of our Molly girl. We miss you everyday.

For my beloved golden, Nugget. Miss him every day.

In honor of Lance and Norman and many more years with Luke

In memory of my two beloved Golden Rescue boys. I miss you both every day.

In Memory of our beloved Dylan.
We miss you so very much!
Merry Heavenly Christmas 🎄
Love and Hugs,

In memory of GBGRR alumni, Chloe. Gotcha 12.12.2010-6.28.2021. My sincere thanks to all who worked to bring her home to our family.

With gratitude to Golden Beginnings. Thank you for bringing to us our two magnificent Golden boys: Redford and Mickey. Love and God bless all the Goldens and all of their precious owners!

In memory of our Golden Angel, Cody! We miss you more than words can say. Thanks to all the GBGRR volunteers for the wonderful work you do.

Holiday blessings from Joan and Fenn Sandstrom.

For all the love given by Wrigley, Rusty and Jack may they all be running in the fields on the other side of the rainbow bridge

Wishing the GBGRR family a safe and happy holiday season.

In memory of Hannah, Fletcher and in thanksgiving for Joy!

In honor of Bear

For my dear Golden angels Chase and Angel. You changed my life in the most loving way and I miss you everyday!

In honor of Luke, Lola and Elsa.

In Honor of Kirby

Honoring All the Great GBGRR Volunteers

Wishing all of the GBGRR dogs, volunteers and donors a very happy, healthy and safe holiday season!