Another on-line way to help our shelter is to use
www.goodsearch.com as your search engine. Simply go to their site and type
in our name (Humane Society of Elmore County) in the second box and we will earn
money for all the web-surfing you do through their site – too easy!
FEBRUARY 2008
Sat, 2 FEB - Millbrook Mardi Gras Parade;
need help decorating the float that morning and people to ride on the
float. Parade begins at noon; decorating crew will need to meet at the
Mill Creek Ball Park field (line-up area) behind Smokehouse
Restaurant, Main St (Hwy 143) Millbrook, around 9:30 am to work on the
float.
Contact Rea
Cord # 334-567-3377 or Charline Pope #334-514-7088 if you would like
to help. We will be tossing /handing out beads, small stuffed toys
from float to children on parade route. IF YOU HAVE SOME BEADS, SMALL
STUFFED TOYS, WRAPPED CANDY, ETC… you would like to donate for this
parade please call Charline, or take to Rea at the shelter.
Another great
day to look forward to this month is Valentine’s Day! To help
celebrate how special our pets are to us, we will stay at the
shelter 4-7 pm, Thursday, 14 February for our “Sweetheart Social.”
If you find it difficult to stop by the shelter because of your work
schedule, come by on Valentine’s Day to potentially find that new
four-footed sweetheart for your family. And even if it isn’t the right
time for a new pet feel free to stop by just to enjoy some
refreshments, say hi to the staff and our great pets, and you are also
always invited to bring your beloved adopted pet back for a visit.
Surf the internet and love animals and
want to help our shelter? Then we invite everyone to go to
http://www.zootoo.com and sign-up to help us possibly when a
MILLION DOLLAR Makeover
for our shelter. Each shelter that amasses over 25,000 points by
March 2008 will go into the hat for this makeover. If not the makeover
we could possibly win a cash prize up to $5000. The more you do
on this website, the more points we get and it is fun to boot!
So join other pet lovers and help us be in the running for a
million-dollar makeover of our shelter. They say we have to be
on TV and such if we win and we said – no problem, so believe me, we
will invite everyone to join us for that TV appearance!
MARCH 2008
Sat, 8 March – Wetumpka Riverfest @ Goldstar Park-
Downtown Wetumpka 8 am – 5 pm. We will need at least 2/3
volunteers at all times . We will be selling cookbooks,
magnets, donation buckets will be placed on table ,
information available , fliers for the “Tail’s End” Thrift
Store, etc…
Volunteers may want to bring a small cooler with beverage, and
a pop-up type chair for themselves. We need volunteers to sign
up ASAP, so we know we have this well covered!
Sat, 15 March-Supply
Drive /Wetumpka Wal-Mart
If you are planning on purchasing some supplies for us but
find it difficult to get here to drop them off we will be having
a Supply Drive at the Wetumpka Wal-Mart on Sat, 15 March from
10-2. We will be set up outside to receive supplies and can give
you a tax donation receipt right there. We certainly appreciate
Wal-Mart’s support by letting us have these supply drives there
and everyone who supports us so well.
APRIL 2008
SUN. 6
April – 2nd Annual Rock N Roll A Thon @ Country Club Manor – The
residents of Country Club Manor will be getting sponsors to raise funds
for rocking in rocking chairs &/or roll in wheel chairs. To become a
sponsor for one of the residents, please contact Jan Yates @ #
334-514-4839 or # 334-514-6660. Residents at the Country Club Manor do
this as a fundraiser for our shelter, so we participate with them. We also
like to do “Bake Sale” during this fun time. If you can provide some
refreshments, please contact Rea Cord or myself.
Wetumpka
Business Expo at the Wetumpka Civic Center, Sunday, 20 April 2008.
From 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. Shelter will have a table with info on the shelter
there.
Another on-line way to help our shelter is to use
www.goodsearch.com as your search engine. Simply go to their site and type
in our name (Humane Society of Elmore County) in the second box and we will earn
money for all the web-surfing you do through their site – too easy!
MAY 2008
PETsMART’s spring Adopt-a-Thon is 2, 3 & 4 May. Times will be:
Fri, 2 May Noon - 5pm
Sat, 3 May 11 am – 5 pm
Sun, 4 May Noon – 4 pm
FRI., SAT. SUN. - MAY 2 , MAY 3, MAY 4 } SPRING ADOPT-A-THON AT
BOTH PETSMART LOCATIONS!
We will be doing live adoptions at the Montgomery & Prattville Petsmart’s. Friday
–May 2 adoption time is 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm / Saturday- May 3 adoption times
11:00 am – 5:00 pm / Sunday – May 4 adoption times 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm. The
shelter will be open Sun, 4 May from 12-4 pm for adoptions only-
absolutely NO drop off's
Sat, 17 May & Sun, 18 May - Elmore Tractor Pull –
We will join in the fun in the Elmore community for their annual
tractor event. We need volunteers to work our booth -selling cookbooks,
magnets, maybe some of the Tail’s End thrift store merchandise, etc….
Volunteers can sign up for 1-2 hour shifts (or more) Please call Charline
@ # 334-514-7088 to volunteer.
Sat, 17 May-Kitten Shower at the Humane Society Of Elmore
County 10am-2pm. Please bring a shower gift.
Generic brands are fine and greatly
appreciated.
Kitten Chow
Non-Clumping Cat Litter (Special Kitty Brand
is perfect – red bag, 25 lbs)
Cat Food (lamb/chicken
preferred)
Cat Toys
Cat Crates (all sizes)
Cat or Baby Shampoo
Pet Nail Clippers
Carpet Remnants- Prefer them in sizes
so that we can cut out 2’ x 2’ or 2’ x 4’ pieces. These really work well
in our cat cages.
SAT, 24 May – Supply Drive @ Wetumpka Wal-Mart }
10:00 am – 2:00 pm. We will need enough volunteers to set up
tables at both doors so we can talk to people and ask for donations, and
hand out events list, sell cookbooks, etc… If you are available for 1-2
hours please contact Charline Pope @ # 514-7088. These supplies really
help save the shelter $$.
SAT,
31
May -The “Grand Opening” for the Tail’s End Thrift Store- We
will have door prizes – free refreshments – free “Thank you” gift
for the first 20 shoppers – special sale items. We may have more
details to add on that announcement later.
JUNE 2008
SAT, 21 JUN – Cruisin ‘fer Critters Motorcycle Poker Run and fund
raiser for our shelter by The Predator’s Motorcycle Association. Event
will be held at The Keys, Montgomery, 1343 Dalraida Road outside the
back gate of Gunter AFB. Rain or Shine- Registration begins at 12 pm.
First bike out 12:30 pm – Last bike out at 1:00pm - Last bike in 4:00
pm. $20.00 per play—includes: event patch, food, door prize ticket, live
music, bike games. Please let your biker friends know about this
fundraiser! Contact ; Stephanie # 334-233-0603 for more details. There
is a flyer below- if you can get business to put up, please feel free to
do so.
Fri. 25 JULY – Annual Wags & Whiskers “BONE – A – FIT” Silent Auction
- Millbrook Civic Center - doors open at 6:30 pm, bidding starts at
7 pm. Besides lots of volunteers, we need unique / nice auctions items!
We need donations of food / drinks to serve as refreshments. We will
start setting up, decorating on Thursday 24 July, we need volunteers for
helping with this also. The silent auction is our biggest event for the
year, so please sign up early so we know this is well covered!
Sun. 28 SEPT. – BARK in the PARK – Fort Toulouse starts at 1:00
pm – ends at 5:00pm . One of our big events! Volunteers needed to help
with the pet contest /games, children’s games, selling baked goods (need
donations of baked goodies also), selling t-shirts / cookbooks or any
other shelter goods we might have then. Vendor space available for small
fee! We will have a “Volunteer sign up table” and “New Membership”
table, need volunteers to help with these things. Rain date} SUN. OCT. 5
OCTOBER 2008
NOVEMBER 2008
DECEMBER 2008
Another on-line way to help our shelter is to use
www.goodsearch.com as your search engine. Simply go to their site and type
in our name (Humane Society of Elmore County) in the second box and we will earn
money for all the web-surfing you do through their site – too easy!
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"The Tail's End Thrift Store"-This
is the place if you are looking for clothing, toys, knick-knacks,
furniture and other treasures. Our prices can't be beat and
all proceeds support the care of our animals and upkeep of the
shelter.
View more information here
PetsMart Volunteers Needed!!
Saturday adoptions at PETsMART in the
Shoppes at EastChase in Montgomery & Prattville
We are looking for more volunteers to help, usually on a Saturday,
adopting
out shelter pups, dogs, kittens and cats from PetSmart. We are
generally there from 11-4 on Saturdays. We hope to start
doing Fridays as well, so if that works better for you, great!
This is a lot of fun and for those of us who might be suffering from a
little burn out, it is invigorating to see these needy "babies" go to great
homes. At PetSmart, people often end up lining up to get some of these
kids!
If you haven't done this
before, you will be paired with someone who has to learn the (easy)
paperwork and to start learning the answers to some of the common questions
folks have. There is a vet clinic in PetSmart and their staff is also
wonderful and very helpful.
PetSmart has proven to be a wonderful outlet for our critters. We are so
grateful to their commitment to helping the homeless animals. And it's just
a GREAT store too!
If you'd like to volunteer for any of these events, please call or stop
by the shelter to let us know what you'd like to help with.
Proceeds from all these events go back to take care of the hundreds of
animals that come through our doors each month. Also, all donations are
tax deductible and greatly appreciated.
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