We are very busy this Spring and looking forward to a good year for the Museum. Fundraising is our major effort this year. We got a bit behind last year as activities were so restricted.

Our annual Museum Benefit Trial is planned for June 12 & 13th in Littlestown, PA. It is a great trial site and there will plenty for every terrier to do! Please join us! If you are unable to attend, please sponsor a class. The funds from this Benefit Trial cover a significant portion of the operating expenses required annually to keep the Museum going.

The big project this year is an all-out effort to raise funds for the Homestead Project. If you are not familiar with this project, please keep following our efforts – we will keep you updated as we progress. Finding a permanent location for the Museum and the JRTCA is extremely important – and can ensure that these organizations will be able to continue to preserve and protect the TRUE Jack Russell Terrier for many years to come.  The Homestead will make the Museum to be more accessible, promote educational days, put more training in place available to all, help with Rescue, and so much more. It will be self-funding and will be “home” to all true Jack Russell lovers.

We are researching any and all fundraising options to make the funds grow quickly so that this can become a reality sooner than later. This is a joint project with the JRTCA. So far the JRTCA and the Museum have collected approximately $15,000. That may seem a long way from our goal – we need about $200,000 to buy a large enough property – but it is a great start.

There are many fundraising projects being planned – a photo contest will be up on the website soon. Raffles and silent auctions, bingo nights, fun days, bull roasts or similar events, are all good options that can be done in your local areas – please see what you can do to help. If people all around the country help in this fundraising effort it will grow fast!

Some of the educational projects for the Museum & Library that are underway are videos for all Jack Russell activities, history as it has progressed since the early Fox Terrier days, more books for the library, documenting and preserving the many magazine/newspaper articles from over the years and more. A major goal is a traveling Museum/Library that would consist of a large trailer equipped with key items that could be hauled around the country to educate the general public on our terrier.

We hope to find grants that will assist with some of this – particularly the traveling Museum/Library.  All of this of course will be a large effort, both financially and administratively. If you would like to help with any of this, please step forward – we welcome all who would like to participate!

Call any Board member, or the office at 410-560-9958.

The Oct 31/Nov 1, 2020 Museum Trial results have been posted to the trial page.

Unfortunately the August Trial is canceled. Restrictions have tightened in Pennsylvania as well as other nearby states.

This is a difficult year for all, we truly appreciate all the hard work our volunteer team has done and the donations. We will have the trial as soon as the environment is safe to do so. Please stay well and continue to support the museum – it’s going to be a tough year to keep things going. We will post any updates on rescheduling as we know them.

Thank you!!

The Museum Board of Directors

With the COVID-19 virus keeping most of the country on lock-down we are forced to consider whether or not to cancel our June Benefit Trial scheduled for June 6-7. The decision has not been made at this time; we will make the decision in early May. This is the major fund-raiser for the Museum’s annual operating expenses, so we truly hope we can proceed. If not, we will reschedule for later in the year.  Please remember that the Museum operates ENTIRELY on donations. If you are able to make a donation it would be greatly appreciated!

We are continuing to fulfill our purpose of EDUCATION to the general public and continuing to expand the web site and the Museum itself. We are working closely with the JRTCA towards purchasing a property that will permanently house the Museum. This is very important – we cannot expand and fulfill our mission without space to do so, and space that will be a permanent investment and prevent more costly moves in the future. Our efforts are delayed due to the problems in the country currently.

While things are quiet, we are not asleep! We are still working for the preservation of the true Jack Russell Terrier!

Thank you!​

It is with a heavy heart that we must let all of our JRTCA family know that we lost a wonderful lady, Ailsa Crawford, founder and President Emeritus of the JRTCA.

Ailsa dedicated many years of her life to building a club and registry to protect this little white dog that we all love. Above all she would want to know that all lovers of the true Jack Russell Terrier will carry on her dedication to this terrier, and protect it for years to come.  She has left a great legacy.  Everyone please say a prayer and a thank you to the best friend of the Jack Russell and the JRTCA – she will always be remembered and sorely missed. 

Funeral services will be held on August 27th in Gladstone, NJ.  Please contact us for additional information.

Obituary

Trial Results for June 2019 Trial

• Museum Trial Results for Sat, June 22, 2019
• Museum Trial Results for Sun, June 23, 2019

A change has been to the Museum terrier trial (Jun 22-23).  The dinner has been moved from Friday night to Saturday night at 7 PM.

See trial flyer on the Trial page.