Our 2010 Annual Calendars now for sale
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2010 Pets and Friends Calendars
A big thank you goes to all the volunteers who submitted photos of their pets for our 2010 Pets and Friends Calendar Contest and to the hundreds of people that went on line and voted for their favorite one. Voting for just one picture was a hard task as they were all great photos and well deserving of calendar placement.
Congratulations goes out to the top 13 most-voted for pets who are now featured in our new calendar… Kip, owned by Marybeth Convery made the cover this year, with January going to Sequoya , Peggy Bochun’s favorite feline. February features BlueBarrie, owned by Mara Joseph and Shadow, owned by Patty Gill takes the month of March. April display’s Breanne Gilnnum’s rabbit Smokey and May belongs to Emma, Maria Short’s best friend. June features Liam, Daphne Parkers little guy and July sports Tuscany owned by Genevieve Garner. August’s spot is reserved for Jayde and Jessica, owned by Sandra McKellar and September shows off Taffy, owned by Pat MacKenzie. October belongs to Simba, who is owned by Curtis Murray and November shows Kace, owned by Jim and Carol Renshaw…. and last by not least, Decembers spot is for Carson, who is owned by Denise Wright.
The Calendars have now been printed and are for sale for $15.00 each which includes postage and taxes. Please mail your order and payment to: Pets and Friends, #411 – 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1X4 and don’t forget to keep taking those great shots for next years contest.
Capilano Mall - Plush Pet Adoption
Our information booth and “Plush Pet Adoption” event at Capilano Mall on the 30th November and the 7th December went very well and it was great to see so many people wanting to have their pets photos taken with Santa. There was line up of parents and children and an assortment of cats and dogs and even a hedgehog nestled in a Santa hat waiting for that special little chat with old Father Christmas. Thank you to all the volunteers and their four-legged best friends that helped man our booth there. We had lots of inquiries about visiting care facilities with pets so hopefully we can add some new volunteers in the new year.
Upcoming Screenings and Orientations
Are you interested in becoming one of our pet visitation teams? If so, please contact us to arrange for a pet screening, and to sign up for orientation.
Our next available screening dates and locations are:
Vancouver – Tuesday – 12 January. Because of the Olympics, February screening in Vancouver have been canceled.
The next Vancouver screening will be 9 March 2010.
Burnaby – Tuesday – 12 January & 9 February 2010
Delta – Wednesday – Starting again 14 April 2010
Port Moody – Wednesday – 13 January & 10 February 2010
Pet screenings take about a half hour and are in demand! Please reserve your spot early.
(HUMAN) ORIENTATION
Saturday – 16 January & 20 March 2010 – from 9:00 am until 12:00 noon
Vancouver
Because of the Olympics, the Vancouver Orientation for the 16 February 2010 has been cancelled. We will add another Orientation in Surrey on Saturday the 20 February 2010 should there be enough new volunteers wishing to attend. The next Orientation in Vancouver will be held on Monday the 20 April 2010 – from 6:45 pm until 9:30 pm
Email: info@petsandfriends.org
We look forward to working with you!
PLEASE NOTE: Many new volunteers want to visit with children. Ronald MacDonald House has cancelled its pet visitation program (Jan. 2008). Canuck Place's visitation program is FULL. However, there are many seniors' facilities, group homes, hospices etc. that are not child focused that need visitation teams. Please consider volunteering at another facility in need.
No one should have to live without companionship
Did you know that people living in long-term care facilities can go months without meaningful social contact? Even with the best care, they may struggle with powerful feelings of loneliness and frustration.
Pets and Friends is working to ensure that people in facility care don’t have to live without the comfort of companionship. Our long-running and highly successful pet visitation program touches thousands of lives each year—but there are still many elderly, sick and disabled residents who need our help.
Your involvement can make a difference:
- Become a volunteer
- Bring Pets and Friends to your facility
- Make a donation
- Renew your membership