| April 16th, 2006 |
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8 Ways To Help Hoosier Pets This Spring!
Indiana-PAW Friends,
Looking for a way to help Hoosier
pets this Spring? Here are 8 things you can get involved with today!
5 Fun Indiana-PAW Community Outreach
Opportunities!  Spring is finally here, and with
it comes Indiana-PAW's community outreach season! A chance for us to
make a direct difference for Hoosier pets by gladhanding with
citizens at a variety of fun events. Please let us know if you'd
like to help us at any of the following:
- Opportunity #1: "Earth Day," April 22nd, American
Legion Mall Park in downtown Indianapolis. Volunteers needed for
our Indiana-PAW booth between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- NEW! Opportunity #2:
"Mutt Strutt 2006," April 30th, Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
sponsored by the Humane Society of Indianapolis! Volunteers needed
for our Indiana- PAW booth between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- Opportunity #3: "Petfest 2006 Spring Adoption Day," May
6th, Indiana State Fairgrounds, dedicated to getting as many
animals adopted as possible. Volunteers needed for our Indiana-PAW
booth between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Opportunity #4: "Walk for the Animals 2006"
walk-a-thon, June 3rd, Cool Creek Park in Carmel, benefiting the
Hamilton County Humane Society. Volunteers needed for our Indiana-
PAW booth between 10 a.m . and 1 p.m.
- NEW! Opportunity #5:
"Fishers Freedom Festival," June 24th, Roy G. Holland Memorial
Park in Fishers. Volunteers needed for our Indiana-PAW booth
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Click here to let us know
if you'd like to participate in any of these wonderful
events!
Opportunity #6: Join A National Group On Pet-Disaster
Preparation  What would you do with your pets
if disaster struck? If you're like most of us, you'd stay with them,
as many did in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Indiana-PAW
volunteer Keith Lender asked that we pass on information about a new
national group you can join that's working to help make these
decisions easier. National Disaster Animal Rescue & Supply ( www.ndars.org) is a coalition of dedicated
rescuers who believe no animal deserves to be left behind during any
type of disaster. Their goal is to provide foster care, supplies,
transportation and other items needed for major disasters, like
tornados and even terrorist attacks. There will be a coordinator for
every state, as well as a central database to volunteer goods or
services.
If you'd like to join
NDARS, click here.
Opportunity #7: Foster Help Need For Tippecanoe County Humane
Society  Indiana-PAW has received a plea
for help from Wende McKinney, the Breed Rescue/Foster Care
Coordinator for the Tippecanoe County Humane Society (TCHS). TCHS
recently joined the PetSmart Charities' Rescue Waggin,' a pet
transport program that transports dogs and puppies from areas of
high pet overpopulation to places where adoptable pets are in
demand. TCHS is in desperate need of Indiana-PAW volunteers who
are willing to foster these dogs and puppies for 2 weeks prior to
their transport date. We're hoping some of our dedicated
volunteers and foster parents can help TCHS. In addition, TCHS is
in dire need of a foster home for a wonderful 11 month old dog named
Malachi who likes other dogs, likes cats, likes kids, is
housebroken, walks well on a leash, and is a very handsome Pit Bull
for whom time is of the essence.
If you can foster a dog or
puppy for TCHS, click here to e-mail Wende.
Opportunity #8: Rescue Farm Needs Volunteers, Donations,
Supplies To Build Cat Sanctuary Near Bloomington Rescue
Farm, an Indiana-PAW partner, has contacted us for help. Rescue Farm
is an animal shelter based in Ellettsville, Indiana, and they have
ambitious plans to build a 40 acre, all breed rescue sanctuary, much
like the Best Friends animal sanctuary in Utah. This will be a
tremendous help to homeless animals in Monroe County. To make
this happen, Rescue Farm needs volunteers, donations of building
supplies, etc.
If you'd like to help
Rescue Farm build this much-needed sanctuary, click here to e-mail
Jodi & Matt Schermerhorn
Thank you for all YOU do for Indiana animals!
| Indiana Proactive Animal Welfare,
Inc.
Amy Van Ostrand, Esq.
Founder & Executive Director
Phone: 317-345-6773 |
Website: http://www.indiana-paw.com
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