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Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on December 15th, we adopted out the following dogs: Jada, Noble, Hero, Eddie, Charlie, Teddy bear, Snowball, Scooter, Jingles, Frank, Leon, Lovey, Jesse, Verucca, Maggie, Linus, Lucy, Sammie, Billie, Moose, Patrick, Mack, One, Noel, Jenny, Jerry, Bobey, Madison, McBean, Rudolph, Holly, Casey, Ben, Jackpot, Claus, Kringle, Arlette, Jackson, Gabby, Lil Bill, Spunky, Janie, Hunter, Matilda, Madden, Rufus, Rosie, Jonie, Cody, Major, Janie..again, Arlette again, Jackie, Smokey, Mabel and George, Josie.
The following cats were also adopted: Charlie, Eddie, Cleo and Ricky. That is a total of 61 adoptions this month. Great. Good luck furries!
We had a lot of “pairs” adopted this month too – people coming down and taking two dogs home. Hero & Noble, Linus & Lucy, Claus & Kringle, Cody & Major, Matilda & Madden and George and Mabel went home as duo’s. It is so much better for a dog to have a companion. We’re really thrilled by this latest trend.
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Updates by kerry on Jan 23, 2010. There are comments.
CHALLENGE!!!
An anonymous donor has promised to match the total of ALL sponsorships for ONE YEAR if we can get 100 NEW sponsors between November 1 2009 and December 31, 2009. The amount of money this is for us, is staggering. We have sponsorships for as low as $18 a month for a lifeline sponsorship, $25 for a cat sponsorship, $35 for a dog sponsorship, $35 for a senior animal sponsorship or $85 for a horse sponsorship. Please spread the word and help us get to this goal. We have less than two weeks left! This is very critical to us. We are begging you to sign up for animal sponsorships. We MUST reach this goal and we are very close right now. Remember, they start at just $18 a month.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on November 11th, we adopted out about 57 animals! Preston, Tisbury, Snausage, Rosie, Sandy, Brizzie, Buddy, Coal, Dixie, Shayna, Billy, Dory, Ember, Talia, Quigley, Spunky, Kylie, Bingo, Tessa, Inglebert, Kit, Ernie, Akasha, Princess, Droopy, Layla, Gypsy, J.D., Kanga, Friday, Maggie, Daks, Gracie, Redford, Boomer, Barbie, Rosie2, Pork Chop, Tundra, Slugger, Sinclair, Gunner, Panda, Bunny, Max, Nixon, Samson, Redford (again), Huey. We even adopted out eight cats this month! Yay to Sammi, Jesse, Vinny, Pumpkin, Bear, Katie, Vladimir & Virgil.
Stand out adoptions this month would HAVE to be Rosie, Tisbury, Snausage and Gracie. Rosie was a little dog scheduled for euthanasia because she could be so ornery. She arrived in a metal cage where she could not even turn around or stand up! We were shocked. We were told not to handle her but to DUMP HER out of the cage because she was so nasty. Oh my. In a cage like that, totally exposed, who could blame her??? We opened it up and let her make her own way out. Within 20 minutes she was kissing us and friendly. It is true that it took about 20 minutes every time she met someone to warm up and understand they would not harm her, but she was not a nasty dog at all. In fact, Rosie was one of the sweetest and most affectionate dogs (always wanting to cuddle in your lap) that we have encountered. She was adopted and now lives in New York City. Imagine. Truly. Yes imagine. From death row, to Central Park. Imagine.
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Updates by kerry on Dec 15, 2009. There are comments.
$100,000 Gift is Part of Ongoing Commitment to Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary
[Middletown, N.Y. CA/USA – Nov. 30, 2009] Pets Alive, one of the nation’s oldest no-kill animal sanctuaries, will keep on saving unwanted pets with a $100,000 gift from Sidewalk Angels Foundation.
Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas and his wife Marisol started the foundation to raise money for worthy causes. Sidewalk Angels has so far donated almost half a million dollars to Pets Alive (http://www.petsalive.com) to help the organization save abandoned and unwanted animals.
“We can attribute a good part of our success to the support of Sidewalk Angels and Rob and Marisol Thomas,” says Matt DeAngelis, Executive Co-Director of Pets Alive. “We are fortunate that they have been involved with Pets Alive all these years and are grateful for their support on projects like GiveaDog.org, our socially responsible pet gift for the holidays.”
GiveADog.org (http://www.giveadog.org) allows people to give their loved ones the gift of a dog without the responsibility of feeding, walking, and cleaning up after a dog. Pets Alive gives recipients regular updates on their dogs through email, custom Web pages and even video.
Rob and Marisol Thomas started volunteering at Pets Alive about six years ago and adopted their beloved dog Tyler from the sanctuary. Tyler recently passed away but the couple’s love for Pets Alive continues, says Kerry Clair, who serves as Executive Co-Director with DeAngelis.
“Rob and Marisol have not only given us their money, but they have given us their hearts, and we appreciate that very much,” Clair says.
Their fans have donated over $6,000 to Pets Alive in Tyler’s memory, Clair says. The sanctuary plans to renovate its outdoor dog area and rename it “Camp Tyler” with that money. Marisol also serves on the Pets Alive board and her parents volunteer at the shelter.
The most recent $100,000 donation from Sidewalk Angels Foundation will go towards Pets Alive’s annual operating budget of about $400,000, Clair says. The sanctuary saved a record 1,000 unwanted animals last year, and is on track to save a similar number this year.
“Each year we raise about half of what we need. Sidewalk Angels gets us through the rest of the year,” Clair says. “Without them we would have been forced to shut our doors twice already.”
Founded 30 years ago by animal lover Sara Whalen, Pets Alive rescues animals from New York and across the United States. The sanctuary also takes animals from other shelters that might otherwise be killed, with a focus on animals that have been abused, neglected or have special needs.
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Updates by kerry on Dec 01, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since my last update on October 6th we placed the following dogs: Blackjack, Olivia, Goldie, Lizzie, Jennie, Ashley, Kisska, Bones, Charlie, Kohli, Lenny, Autumn, Luka, Batman, Jolie, Bobo, Tinkerbell, Hannah, Posey, Abby, Zoe, Nana, Billy, King, Heaven, Deuce, Panda, Peanut, Rem, George, Shadow, Shayna, Kelsey, and Vaughn. We also adopted out the following cats: Charlie, Coal, Pixie, Serena, Petey, Patches, Oscar and Beebs.
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Updates by kerry on Nov 11, 2009. There are comments.
Manhattan Comedy Club – PLEASE STOP YOUR CALLS AND EMAILS!
Thank you ALL for your letters and calls to Rich at the Manhattan Comedy Club – PLEASE STOP NOW. Rich spoke to us and we have ironed it all out. It was a bad misunderstanding that we settled very amicably. Please continue to support his club – nowadays we can all use a laugh and he has some great comics coming up. We thank you all so much for contacting the club and asking for them to work with us on resolving this, because it worked. It put us all together again to talk it out and work out a solution. Rich turned out to be a really nice guy and we were able to retain a relationship. Thank you all for your help, and thank you to Bob Luparello for his help with this. He is going to be doing a show at the club on October 16th and 17th. Go check him out!
Sanctuary animal updates:
The following dogs were adopted since my last update on September 11th: Dozer, Bernie, Minna, Dutchess, Bengal, Newton, Starlet, Dove, Lacey, Wolfman, Samantha, Ruby, Mya, Sally, Sparky, Isis, Glory, Rocky, Max, Kimmy, Zack, Annie, Rogue, Mason, Compton, Jade, Adler, Louise, and Harley.
In addition to that we didn’t have a bad month for cats either. Billy the cat, Hansel, Trixie, Sweet Sugar, Gretel, and Little Sam all found their forever homes too.
Mary and Francis – two horses – also found THEIR forever home.
Intakes:
This month we took in 32 dogs. Eight dogs came in from local surrenders, three came from OK, three from VA, ten from KY, five from SC, and two from OH. We also had Lenny returned because he is an escape artist, and we lost our beloved Mush-dog, and we also lost one of our feral cats, Mel.
We took in a slew of cats – don’t even ask! – there are kittens just about everywhere, and we’re going a little nuts. Come down and get a kitten, will ya? Or two – they’re small. Also two goats! Yes, we have goats again! We took in two goats which we promptly renamed Goatie McGoat and McTavish McGoat. Come see them, they are hysterical. You can’t be depressed around goats, they are just too funny.
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Updates by kerry on Oct 06, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
The following dogs were adopted since my last update on August 1st: Mason, Itty Bitty, Shed, Abby, Nutterbutter, Petals, Draisen, Lucille, Frisby, Winston, Bender, Halla, Zimmer, Kelly, Ara, Abbie, Buddy, Murphy, Drifter, Ara (again), Web, Cutie, Cuddles, Wigglebutt, Carly, Willy, Honey, Wanda, Roscoe, Sterling, Mary Kate, Coopster, Weston, Williard, Charity, Haddock, Katona, Nanette, Panda, Darla, Lenny/Mason2, Cooper, Abby (again), Shy Ann, Bailey, Friday, Sonic, Scootie Poo, Dutchess, Fonzie, and Hail.
(This is Cam in the exercise yard playing with some volunteers. He was NOT adopted – again. Sometimes, just occasionally, he likes to bite people so for some reason no one has taken him home. We’re working on one of our volunteers though. Cam is one of my favorite dogs here and he has lived here almost his whole life (eight years). I am terrified he will die here, never having a loving home of his own. He really IS a great dog. Once he knows you, he would never, ever hurt you. I PROMISE.)
We also had a record-breaking EIGHT cats go home! Honey, Bunny, Jeremy, Simka, Honor, Maggie, Renee, and Tex. Two of those were FIV cats and two were kittens. Thrilled that we are seeing an increase in cat adoptions and the FIV cats getting a home is just great news.
Additionally two of our horses found a new home. Mary and Francis will be going to live at Ferrell Hollow Farm in Tennessee. They leave Pets Alive on September 15th for their new life. We can’t tell you how happy we are for them. Cindy flew all the way up here to meet them, spent three days getting to know them and helping us and she will be adopting them as her personal horses. This farm SPECIALIZES in retired or special needs horses. Cindy is – there is no other word – AMAZING. I was deeply inspired, touched and awed by her. We are going to miss Mary and Francis terribly, but I know there is not another place on earth I would feel as comfortable about them going to, as Ferrell Hollow. Good luck my big friends. We will definitely be keeping in touch!
Nice job everyone. Sixty-three animals. Good luck little beasties!
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Updates by kerry on Sep 11, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since my last update on June 14th (has it been THAT long? I’m sorry!), the following dogs were adopted: Posey, Harold, Rusty, Boogey, Jackson, Racer, Dilly, Jethro, Possum, Sasha, Borus, Koasha, Lucy, Luke, Sebastian, Kibbles, Patches, Spot, White Foot, Lil Bit, Sebastian again, Brownie, Twila, Boogie, Peanut, Bunker (again but again returned, poor guy!), Johnny, Van, Buddy, Fresco, Lizzie, Spangle, Little Richie, Cade, Rocky, Misty, Bengal, Pauly, Teona, Rosemary, Rachel, Poppy, Choco, Pilgrim, Buddy2, Tor, Shu, Shea, Lady, Orlando, Buddy3, Chase, Rico, Carrie, Penny, Celia, Dinky, Doty, Pepsi, Bibi, Brownie2, Yogi, Pumpkin, Layla, Lady2, Tinkerbell, Penny, Cupid and Edison. 69 dogs? Not too bad!
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Updates by kerry on Aug 01, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on May 19th the following dogs were adopted: Terry2, Rebecca, Doris, Frenchy, Sammy, Denver, Sparky, Yogi (but was returned), Jasper, Dudley, Paisley, Strutter, Tangelo, Glacier, Zesty, Agassi, Forbes, Charmin, Treasure, Nanook, Denali, Scooter, Stewie, Finnegan, Moxie, Honeycomb, Lola, Dempsy, Samson, Scrappy Doo, Penelope, Clover, Bambi, Juniper, Breeze, Jazz, Sadie, Precious. Precious had an amazing story and you can read all about her here. She is now safely in her new home with one of our daily volunteers – Sonya. They are BOTH so happy and we are really glad. This was truly a great match. Foxy, one of our horses was also adopted this month.
Snausage was once again, NOT adopted. This is a picture of him telling everyone what he thinks of that. Sorry Snausage. We will try again this month for you.
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Updates by kerry on Jun 16, 2009. There are comments.
Dear Doggie Friends,
I hope this email finds you well and happy in your new home. The reason I am writing is because everyone at Pets Alive misses you. We miss you A LOT! This place just isn’t the same without your furry face. To show you just how much we miss you and how much we love you, we all got together and came up with a fabulous idea– WE’RE THROWING A BIG PARTY IN YOUR HONOR! Please come, and bring your people with you, of course. Enjoy this special day with your family as our guests.
Event: The Alumni Picnic
When: Saturday June 20th 11am to 3pm
Where: Pets Alive, 363 Derby Rd. Middletown, NY
What: Mostly we want to reminisce and love on you, but there will also be lots of good food and fun things for you to do, including:
- A Blessing of the Animals led by our very special guest Reverend Eleni: The Reverend is coming a very long way JUST TO SEE YOU (don’t tell the others, they think she is coming to see them, too). This blessing is for all your animal friends, and for all people who are friends of animals, and for you, too! (Yes, can you believe it? Even though you are already so blessed to have found such a wonderful forever home!)
- A Parade: This is your big chance to strut your stuff in front of everyone!
- Contests: Bone up (no pun intended) on your fast tail wagging and speedy sits!
- Human/Dog look-alike competition: They say people start to look like their dogs after a while, so get your most special person to spruce up a bit so he or she resembles you even more!
Everyone at Pets Alive is keeping their paws crossed waiting to hear that you will come! Please RSVP BY JUNE 13th, and tell us how many humans (adults/children) you will bring along, so we can try to figure out how much food to get! (RSVP by sending an email to volunteers@petsalive.com). If you don’t RSVP, you can still come but it would really help us to have a guess at about how many people to expect. Please also note that we will clear out the outside runs and put all of our dogs in the kennel for the day. Your dog can stay in the run all day so we can go to each one to visit with them!
YARD SALE A BIG SUCCESS!
You raised over $3500! Hats off to our dedicated volunteers, and to everyone who baked, sewed, donated items for sale, lent tables, tents, and devoted their time to making this day a success – without you none of this would be possible!
Special thanks to Becky, the organizer – she is the YARD SALE QUEEN! And to Carmine, who worked so hard all week. To Donna for her doggie bandannas, they were a big seller; to Melissa, who sent a ton of baked goodies; to Roxanne for another successful 50/50 and a merchandise raffle; and to Annemarie, for the awesome dog biscuits – dogs loved them so much that they sent their people back for more, to J&J Tent Rentals for coming and setting up and breaking down a tent that day – at no charge to us!
A BIG THANK YOU to all the volunteers who setup, worked the sale and cleaned up – Joy, Debby & Keith, Yvonne, Russ, AnneMarie, Andrew & Matthew, Debbie V., Linda, Simon & Stephanie, Nicole, Roxanne, John, Mimi, Larry & Chris, Stacey, Trudy, Alex, Danielle, Linda, Albert, Megan, Melissa, Carmen, Carmine, Barbara, John, Tom, Sara, Jen, Kim, Lucia, Linda. If we forgot to mention you, we’re sorry – but we thank you, too! Finally to Juan and Marcos, thanks for all your help – you guys are great!
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Updates by kerry on Jun 11, 2009. There are comments.
Sanctuary animal updates:
Since our last update on April 9th the following dogs were adopted: Terry (that is him in the picture with his new brother), Ellie (came back and was adopted again), Sarah, Chet, Apricot, Liberty, Jinx, Fiona, Slash, Magnolia, Banker, Sampson, Lil Ann, Greta, Bundy, Willie, Randall, Tanner, Sissy, Kelly, Winner, Alex, Swampy, Chester, Nyssa, Llaylia, Aggie (came back), Keena, Lab Lady, Shep Lady, Elvis, Deja, Jack, Bella, Moet, Vu, Bubba (went BACK home), Johnny Cash, Bertha, Max, Deja, Boxcar Willie, Chester, Hola, Amigo, Major, Lima Bean, Fresco, Limo, Sadie, Joe, Blondie, Memphis Belle, Sable, and Brittany. Cashew – A CAT – went home too! YES WE ADOPTED OUT A CAT! Almost 60 animals found homes this month. Nice going team. The staff at Pets Alive, and our volunteers – are AMAZING.
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Updates by kerry on May 19, 2009. There are comments.