Diamonds
in the Ruff
Fayette Friends of Animals
Quarterly Newsletter
Summer 2010
Diamonds are furever…
Money can buy you a fine dog, but only
love can make him wag his tail.
–K. Friedman
In photo: Starsky, 1-2 year old male
PO Box 1282
Uniontown, PA 15401
724-245-7815
724-245-7816 fax
www.fayettefriendsofanimals.net
Upcoming Events, Fundraisers and Help Wanted!
Remaining 2010 Events!
September 4th—Bake Sale, Wal-Mart
October 30th —Fall Cash Bash PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE!
Volunteers are always needed to help staff these events! Please
contact the shelter at 724-245-7815 if you’d like to help.
Bake Sale—Bakers Needed! Our next bake sale is Labor Day
Weekend (September 4th) from 1-5 or until sold out! We need you
fabulous bakers and your delicious treats! Homemade dog and cat
treats sell well too! This is a great fundraiser for us, we appreciate
your help! Please contact Cathy at 724-245-0716 with any questions/to sign up to
bake goodies.
Anthrocon Update! Many thanks to the wonderful folks at
Anthrocon and all the attendees who, during the three day
convention in Pittsburgh, donated and raised a large amount of
money for the shelter! With these funds we are improving,
repairing and adding fencing to help provide a more enriched
and safe environment for the dogs in our care.
Car Show Update! As usual, the annual car show hosted by
Dale Eicher was a great success. Lots of gorgeous cars were showed off to benefit
the animals at the shelter. Thanks to everyone who made this event a success!
Ex-Paw-Sition Update! Our annual Expawsition at the Christian Klay Winery
went very smoothly and was great fun for all. Thanks to Sharon Klay and all the
other volunteers who make this yearly event a success to help provide for the
shelter’s needs!
Bike Run for the Dogs Update! A big thanks to Mary, Jim, and
Paul of Riser’s Pub and Dogwood Acres—and all the great folks who
volunteered to cook and staff the event—for another hugely
successful Bike Run for the Dogs! This annual event is always a blast and truly
helps our shelter!
SCOOTER NEEDS YOUR HELP! Scooter was injured by a german shepherd
who grabbed him on the neck—this damaged his
salivary gland which resulted in saliva leaking into his
neck causing a big bulge. To repair this injury he will
have to go to a specialist vet at Ohio State. If you
would like to help him with his surgery, please send
donations to: Fayette Friends of Animals, Scooter’s
Fund, PO Box 1282, Uniontown, PA 15401
Foster Moms (and Dads!) Needed.
Don’t want to come to the shelter but want to
help out? Consider becoming a foster parent for
a dog or cat who needs extra attention or is
simply too young to be at the shelter. We have
kittens, cats and dogs who need socialized to
help them become highly adoptable! The
shelter currently has only a handful of foster
homes (Sue, Annette, Marge, Flo, Carol,
Stephanie, Karen—thank you!) and desperately
needs more. Litters of pups stay healthier out of
the shelter, so do kittens. Enjoy the fun of a pup or kitten and then give them back when they
are ready to move on!
Handy Man (or woman!) Needed! Are you retired and looking for something to
do? The shelter could use a handy person to help out with odd jobs and minor repairs around
the shelter! We also need someone with a chainsaw to come cut up a fallen pine tree. Please
call us at 724-245-7815 if you can help!
Don’t Forget GOODSEARCH! Raise money for the shelter by using
www.goodsearch.com for your internet searching needs! Just select Fayette Friends of
Animals as your designated charity and we’ll earn money for each search
you do. Also, if you do your shopping on major retailers online through
the goodsearch links it will benefit the shelter! How easy is that?
Featured Gems
Meet Happy and Tucker!
Are you the one for me? Answer yes if
you’re looking for a pleaser and can be my
leader. Happy is a husky mix who is very
smart and loves to please. He enjoys and
excels in obedience training and would love
a person who will continue that with him.
He knows how to sit and heel. He is looking
for a home with no other dogs since they make him anxious. No cats, he is a husky
after all. He loves to be petted, snuggle, give paw, and go for walks. He would like
an older, settled home with teenagers and older only.
Are you the one for me? Answer yes if you’re
looking for a quiet, snuggly friend for company.
Tucker is an older boy (we are guessing 7ish)
who was adopted as a younger cat and returned
two years ago due to a move. He is a very
affectionate fellow who enjoys being petted and
snuggled. He gets a long great with other cats.
He needs his eyes wiped daily. He is so sad here
at the shelter he would love to finally find a new home that will love him.
Pedigree Foundation Adoption Drive. We’d love your help with
raising food for animal shelters around the country (including us!). All you need to
do is become a fan of The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive on Facebook!
Visit www.facebook.com/pedigree to become a fan. For each
new fan, Pedigree will donate a bowl of food! So far they
have raised nearly 1 million bowls and our shelter has
received several hundred dollars in coupons for free bags of
food!
More diamonds waiting to be polished…
Bennie
Chilly
Daffodil
Tex
Hutch
Banjo
Baker
Maggie
McGee
Furve
All these wonderful gems depend on our members
for food, a clean and warm place to sleep, and
necessary medical care! Thank you so much for all
your support!
Thank You’s
Sheehan’s Store (have a happy retirement!), Fayette County Special Fire Police, Fayco, Dale
Eicher and Patty Volek, Rudy and Emily Kolencik, all the folks at Christian Klay Winery, all the
folks at Riser’s Pub and Dogwood Acres, Vona’s Dairy Bar in
Connellsville, Petsmart and Petsmart Charities, Applebees, A-Plus Gas
Station on Morgantown Rd., Wal-Mart, all our ticket sellers and other
very dedicated and wonderful volunteers, Brother’s Lazer, Lori and
Seth from Armstrong Cable, Pet Supplies Plus, Your Pets, Target,
Herald Standard, The Daily Courier, The Dominion Post, The Tribune Review, WMBS, Froggy
Radio, WPXI, KDKA, WTAE. Rolling Hills Vet Clinic, Chantilly’s Pet Salon, Geary Veterinary
Services, Phoenix Accounting, St. Vincent DePaul’s and the wonderful folks who deliver
blankets to us.
Memoriums and Honorariums…
In memory of Jhanna Sabatula…
Nancy Masek
Donald and Nancy Lozier
Ellen and William Ulmer
Fayette Engineering Company, Inc—
Brandon Sabatula
Lawrence and Beverly Sabatula
Robert and Carol Reinhard, Jr.
James and Cheryl Ann Haun
Brian and Jennifer McWilliams
Philip and Theresa Jaworski
Sharon Rosendale
PNC Bank/Sharon, Jamie, Deb,
Debbie, Kelly, Val, Gail and Lisa
Richard Gaydos
In Memory of Lady…
Karen Galicic
In Memory of Sophie…
Linda Kaiser
In Memory of Kitty and Mitzi…
Raymond and Dolores Gaskey
In Memory of Theresa Galluzo…
Lucinda Baur
Mary and Kenneth Hardy
Lisa and Michael Lancaster
John Zawada
Patricia and Richard Phillips
In Memory of Virginia Janosek…
Evelyn and Michael Messina
Alphonse and Roxanne Lepore, Jr.
Kathy Grooms
Thomas Crockett
Donna Bangiorno
Deanna Buell
In Memory of Eleanor Greene…
Alice Sedlak
Homestead Park United Methodist
Church—“Word” Bible Study
In Memory of Frank Shuba…
Stalnaker’s Shear Symmetry Hair
Studio/Donald Stalnaker
In Memory of Steve Morascyzk…
Christine and Joseph Morascyzk
In Memory of William Hutchinson
John and Cathy Vrabel
In Memory of John Osborne…
Pauletta Osborne
In Memory of Mother…
Stephen and Barbara Beucher, Jr.
In Memory of Phoenix (Sandy)…
Howard and Elizabeth Barnhart
In Memory of Dorothy Harvan…
Chester and Paula Welc
In Memory of Sandy Christmas…
Leonard and Kathy Volk
In Memory of Astro…
Joanne Molek
In Memory of Kelsey…
Donald Santore II
Gemstone Collar Club
Be a gem and join the Fayette Friends of Animals No-Kill Shelter & Rescue 2010
Gemstone Collar Club. Make a donation of $1,000.00 + and you will be enrolled in our
Diamond Collar Club. A donation from $500.00 to $1000.00 places you in our Sapphire
Collar Club. Any donation from $100.00 to $500.00 will allow you to become a member
of our Ruby Collar Club. Please complete the form below and mail it along with your
check or money order to: Fayette Friends of Animals, Attn: Gemstone Collar Club, P.O.
Box 1282, Uniontown, PA 15401
Yes, I would love to be in the:
_____Diamond Collar Club
_____Sapphire Collar Club
_____Ruby Collar Club
Name:______________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________
Donation Amount:___________________________________
Please enroll me as a regular member:
$10
$20
$30
Name:________________________________
Address:_______________________________
$______
Mail to: FFOA, PO Box 1282, Uniontown, PA 15401
Help Get our Pets Noticed!
Sponsor a Pet in the Herald Standard
Small Ad: $16.95
Large Ad: $25.95
Sponsor a Pet in the Daily Courier
Small Ad: $17.00
Make checks payable to “Herald Standard” or “Daily Courier”and mail to the coordinator:
Tammy Coleman, 133 Fawn Ridge Road, Uniontown, PA 15401
Memorial and Honorarium Donations Accepted
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__________________________________________________________
From: ____________________________________________________
*please note, due to printing times your memorial may be printed in an issue later
than the upcoming issue
We are a no-kill shelter…Thank you for supporting Fayette Friends of
Animals, your local no-kill shelter. We understand that it is frustrating when our
supporters cannot get wayward cats and dogs into the shelter however this is the
limitation of being a no-kill shelter—we do not euthanize to make space. We
adopt out roughly 250 cats and 800 dogs per year on a good year and, as the only
no-kill in the county, this makes it impossible to accommodate the full need in our
county—we receive requests to give shelter to roughly 30 cats per day during the
spring, summer and fall months but can only house 60 cats comfortably at the
shelter while they wait to find homes. We appreciate your understanding and
your continued support as we try to service our county to the best of our ability
and capacity.
From:
Fayette Friends of Animals
PO Box 1282
Uniontown, PA 15468
To:
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." – Immanuel Kant