So back in January we get an email from this guy named Anthony. He is an artist (well not in REAL life, in real life he does document handling or something that isn’t as interesting as his painting). He said the following:
First, I would like to say that I absolutely love this sanctuary. I would love to visit some day, hopefully with an adoption in mind. Currently, I am starting to work on a series of Acrylic Paintings, small ones, that I plan to leave at random places like bus stops or libraries, shelters, where ever, for people to just take if they want it, for free. These works will be my “Inspire” series, and have the number in which they were painted on them. In addition to the rest of the information about the paintings, I would love to place the web address for Pets Alive on the back of the paintings.
Wow. How amazing is this? Someone that never met us, found out about us, believed in what we do here and is using his talent to make a difference for us. We were amazed. Anthony and I chatted on and off in email for a while, then he donated some oils for our Penny Social and then we got around to asking him if he would do a mural for us on the wall, on the brick house stairs. We had wanted to do this for some time but the artist we had been talking to lived very far away and we couldn’t make it work out. Anthony started later that week. First he had to prime the walls – he did the entire downstairs and upstairs. It looked great. Then he came every weekend until the mural was done.
This past Sunday, he finished.
It is so cheery and so happy and really fun. It brightens the whole house and everyone who walks in stops to stare and they ALWAYS smile and say something akin to “wow”. Yep. Wow. In the past few months we’ve all gotten to know Anthony, he has helped us in various ways and attended our events, and now I wouldn’t hesitate to refer to him as a friend. Check out his website too when you get a chance: http://www.anthonytrott.com/
Thanks Anthony for doing this for us. It’s beautiful and greatly appreciated! Below is a picture (pending a better from Becky – I am no photographer) and of course that is Scrumpy (aka Tommy) sitting at the top. I LOVE it! Always puts a smile on my face when I walk in here (as if there wasn’t enough reason to smile before!).
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Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on March 12th the following dogs were adopted: Owen, Lilah, Arnie, Xandy, Swampy (but came back), Dylan, Clarence, Augie, Connie, Darla (but came back), Pokey, Daffodil, Jasper, Murphy, Blue, Kylie, Miriam, Doty, Diamond, Williard, SunLi, Suzy, Miley, Isis (but came back), Abby, Meadow, Garth, Rufus, Jillie, Middy, Rigsley, Lil Pip, Smokey, Zippy, Sounder, Kendall (came back and was adopted again), Sonny, Pancake, Blossom and Astor. Yes, that is 40 dogs. Nice going everyone!
We even adopted out two cats. Not only that but they were FIV cats! Sweet Pea and Ginny went home. Two FIV cats…it is just so wonderful that people are starting to understand that FIV cats are not something to be terrified of. We’re going to add a section (thanks Sandy!) to our website (as soon as I can find ten minutes to get to it) about FIV cats and the myths, etc. Unfortunately we also had a cat that died this month – our older feral cat Zack passed away. R.I.P Zacky.
One of the standouts as far as adoptions goes is Middy. Middy got adopted by Extreme Canines. Check out their website. They have videos that will blow your mind. Our little Middy is going to be a performance dog. GO MIDDY! They are also interested in coming back here at the end of the summer to do a fundraiser with us. How cool would that be?
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Giant Egg Hunt at Pets Alive – with special guest
On Saturday, April 11th (from 11am – 3pm), Pets Alive will be holding our first annual Egg Hunt and Family Fun Day!
The Easter bunny has agreed to make a special appearance at Pets Alive on April 11th. He is coming to run a giant egg hunt and many games and prizes for the kids. There will be face painting, prizes, photos, food, cotton candy, and much more! We will also have a spring flower sale and a bake sale. Event will run between 11 am – 3 pm. Fee is $2 per child (extra donations always welcome as well as bake sale items!) This should be a really fun event, we hope you will come!
Yuk it up to benefit Pets Alive
Middletown’s own Manhattan Comedy Club (YES! – this is in Middletown, just ten minutes away from Pets Alive) is hosting a night of comedy to benefit Pets Alive.
The event will take place on April 19, at 7:00 PM, at the Manhattan Comedy Club, 400 rt 211 East, Wallkill Plaza, Middletown, NY. There will be three comedians, a 50/50 raffle, door prizes and a short live auction with an auctioneer, and cocktails! Steve Schaffer from the Tonight Show, and Comedy Central’s Tony Darrow and Rich Franchasi will be performing that night. Tax deductible snickers, chortles and guffaws, and the money goes to Pets Alive. What could be better? You can buy your ticket right now by clicking the link below – or from the main page of our website (which allows you to buy multiple tickets). Tickets are $45:
We must sell 100 tickets to this event! Please ask your family, friends and neighbors to come along. We have only sold 25 tickets so far and if we don’t sell at least 100 more, we will have to cancel the event and refund those purchases. Please help make this event a success. We are trying very hard to raise money by giving something back – a dinner, an all day event, a comedy night – anything to try to raise much needed funds but also provide you a day or an evening out along with a tax deduction. We know the economy is in a bad way, which is prompting us to try to be more creative in our fund raising attempts – so please help support us in this way, as well as the businesses offering up their halls and clubs to us for the night.
Allura Designs Fundraiser to Benefit Animals of Pets Alive!
Pets Alive will receive 25% of the total sales of all orders placed in April through Debby Renna (one of our regular volunteers). Please go to www.Alluradesigns.com, and take a peek at all of the unique jewelry and gifts. Click on the individual pages of the catalog. The online catalog just doesn’t do the jewelry justice. The gems are gorgeous, are made of dichroic glass and all Allura gems are Made In The USA!
For only $4 shipping you can have your order shipped directly to your home. Contact Debby Renna at drenna2000@gmail.com to order. She accepts paypal or credit card payments. Thank you for helping Pets Alive! (If you are local or are a volunteer at Pets Alive Debby can deliver items to you).
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