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H.O.P.E. Safehouse1911 Taylor Avenue Racine, WI 53403 262.634.4571

Sandra wants a piece about being a foster family for crit-ters, so I thought I’d offer up my perspective and experi-ence. As you know, HOPE has no real kennel facility andlong term cages for cats is just not acceptable. That meansour intakes are limited to “reasonable” numbers of cats andonly as many dogs as we have foster families. Every daywe are bombarded with pleas for rescue from numerousshelter facilities and the office staff has to pick and choosewhich animals we actually have room for. This can reallybe heartbreaking as 99.999% of those pleas go straight toe-mail trash. We can squeeze in a couple cats, even at fullcapacity, but if we don’t have available fosters we can’tintake the dogs. Now don’t get me wrong, even if we had500 fosters, we still couldn’t handle all the requests, but Iam always looking for “just one more animal to save”.

Unfortunately I hear all too often; “I can’t fosterbecause it would hurt too much to give them up”. . . yep. .. it does hurt; but we’re in this business of rescue becauseanimals are dying for lack of homes, not because it’s allfun and games. I don’t want to diminish the good timeswith foster critters as there are a lot of silly dogs and catswho will warm your heart and cause you to laugh at theirantics. Trust me I have stories!

There are all manner of big, little, young, old, male andfemale dogs that need your help and guidance. Once weknow the dynamics of your particular family, we can easi-ly find the critter that would fit best.

I will warn you that you may indeed fall in love withyour foster critter and never want to give him/her up.That’s okay it’s happened to me. . . I forget how manytimes. I’m 50 plus years old so you do the math! Yet I’vefostered and placed way more animals than I’ve kept.Some of that is just simple logistics. If I keep them all,there’s no room to help any others. Of course I believe thatno better home exists than my own, but that’s my selfishpride coming through not a real desire to help animals. I’mnot sure exactly how the saying goes, but it’s somethinglike, “nothing good ever comes easy”. Well, fostering ani-mals can certainly be difficult. Sometimes it’s their healththat makes you fret. Non-stop diarrhea, sores that won’theal, pain that requires constant medication. Most times

it’s their behavior that drives you a little bonkers as mosthave either been mishandled or they’ve been taught nomanners at all. You can be assured of pee where you real-ly don’t want it; chewed up TV remotes, holes dug in youryard and possibly a few sleepless nights from barking. Yetafter a while you see them change, they’re calmer, theyrespond to commands, their tail wags more and no poop inthe house for more than 5 days! It’s a miracle! It’s actual-ly that for the first time in probably their entire lives,they’re in a stable environment. . . well. . . as stable as acrazy dog rescuer can possibly be. Their personality blos-soms and they’ve become a joy to have around. . . just intime to rehome them. . . sigh. Every time I hand the leashover to the adoptive family my heart aches. I wish I couldtell them that they are going somewhere where they will beloved forever, and it’s not that I don’t want them. I can’t letthem see me cry because that would upset them. Theywouldn’t understand. I’ve got to suck it up and put on myhappy face. The pain fades with time and I remind myself,it’s not all about me. Time passes and in a while, I’mready to do it all over again.

This is really hard work, and often I cry but I know I’mmaking a difference in the lives of unwanted, abandoned,abused and misunderstood animals. Seeing their liveschange for the better is one of the most rewarding things Ihave ever experienced. My life is fuller because of themand when I go to my grave, I will be able to say I addedsomething positive to this world.

So that’s the straight poop on fostering. The mostlygood, the little bit of bad and an occasional ugly. If theugly becomes too difficult, you just have to let us knowand we’ll always take the dog back. During their time withyou we will supply you with all food, medications, leash-es, crates or whatever you need. You will provide shelter;guidance, correction, love and anything that animal willneed to become a well-adjusted four-legged family mem-ber. They don’t have much of a chance coming out of ashelter cage, straight into a new home without some basicmanners. Your input will give them a better chance of find-ing a forever home not just another stop along the way.Call me!

April 2012

Ways to Help H.O.P.E. …

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It’s easy to help HOPE by doing what you do every-day - search and shop the Internet.

Go to www.goodsearch.com and enter HOPE Safe-house as your designated charity. Every time you search the Internet through the GoodSearch web-site, HOPE will receive a penny. GoodSearch is powered by Yahoo so you will get the same great results on all your searches.

You can also help HOPE receive money by shop-ping online. Go to www.goodsearch.com and locate the store you would like to shop and if you have HOPE as your charity we will receive a percentage of your sales. Don’t forget to check the coupons of your favorite stores that are listed on GoodSearch. HOPE can receive money from airline ticket purchases to pharmacy purchases to clothes purchases to pet supply purchases. Hun-dreds of stores you shop on the web everyday are on GoodSearch.

It really is easy to donate to HOPE just by shop-ping and searching the Internet. If you are con-cerned you might forget to go to the GoodSearch website, they have a toolbar you can download so every search will be counted.

Donate:Money: become a member, donate money, pay a vet bill,

donate in memory of people or pets, donate in honor of people or pets

(Every penny helps an animal!)Time: volunteer at the office, at one of our fundraising

events, at one of our meet & greets throughout the community

(Even an hour a month or year helps!)Purchase HOPE merchandiseJoin us at one of our fundraisers:

HOPE Raffle tickets (drawing held first Saturday in June). Purchase tickets and/or help sell tickets for our raffle.

Cause for Paws (held the first Saturday in October). Come to the event and bid on items, volunteer for

the event, join the committee and help make the evening a big success.

(Check our website calendar or newsletter for upcoming events)

When at the vet with your animal, pay a little extra towards HOPE’s bill

(at Northshore Animal Hospital or CrossRoads)

Use your computer to help by using Good Search every time you search on the internet or make a purchase on line.

(See below or our website for more information.)

Adopt a shelter animal Foster a HOPE dog or cat

One important way to help HOPE is word of mouth. If you like our organization, tell people!

Thank you to everyone who donated items on our wish list-your giving was astounding! Because of your generosity, we have all thesupplies we need for this year and next! We are lucky to have such caring and generous supporters. Thank you!

There are still a number of ways to help HOPE:

There is a website available that will help locate pet friendly apartments.

Katie Reardon created www.myapartmentmap.com/pet_friendly/to help find pet friendly apartments easily.

Christie Graham from Homestead Realty, Inc. will donate3% of her commission to the animal shelter of your

choice, if she is your realtor. You can contact Christie byphone at 262-344-1752, by email at

cgraham@realtor.com or visit her website atwww.christiegraham.com.

I need a home...

Ellie Clover

H.O.P.E. Safehouse, Inc..

Board of Directors Lynn Nielsen-Eeg Jonathan Eeg Alan Eisenberg Lori Jensen Sharon Johnson Dave Braun Mike Balcer Cat Minister Kathy VanParys

Veterinary Assistance Crossroads Animal HospitalFor Pet’s Sake Veterinary Clinic North Shore Animal Hospital The Animal ER of Racine/Kenosha

Critter Quarterly StaffEditor ~ Sandra Knorr Writer ~ Lynn Nielsen-Eeg Printers ~ JD Printing, Racine, WI Labeling & Mailing ~ Pearl Czechowicz H.O.P.E. Safehouse is a 501(c) 3 charitable organization that specializes in the treatment and care of injured strays. All contributions of property or monies is tax deductible.

Volunteer Coordinator Samantha Kupper

Web Space and Hosting Paul BurdickCanine Training ConsultantKatie’s Canine KlubhouseCanine Training AssociatesSherri NohaMikey ThompsenCanine Boarding & DaycareWoofdorf Astoria Dog Hotel & Day SpaPetfinder AdministratorSarah YanakowiczOff-Site Education CoordinatorMaureen PotterOffice AdministratorLisa Barta

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PLEASE NOTIFY US OF ANY CHANGES: If you are moving or have changes toyour phone number or email address, please contact the o�ce. We want to make sure youcontinue to receive our newsletter and are noti�ed of any new happenings at HOPE.

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Thank you to Abbott Laboratories Employee Giving Campaign and the following employees: ValerieAldrich and Mary Ustymowicz.Thank you to the Anonymous donor (or donors) that sent us a couple of packages from Amazon withgoodies for the cats and dogs at HOPE.Thank you to the Aurora Health Care Employee Partnership and the following employees: RebeccaDeGroot, Wendy Jaeger, Barbara Kimball, Allan Loeb, Victoria Minturn, Margaret Myers, Carol Nolte andRhonda Schmall..Thank you to BRP USA Inc. for having a bake sale and donating the proceeds to HOPE.Thank you to the Paula and E.L. Donovitz Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Jewish CommunityFoundation for donating to the medical care of our animals. Thank you to Paula Donovitz for consideringus a worthwhile charity and nominating us for this donation.

Thank you to Dover Flag & Map, Northshore Animal Hospital and Woofdorf Asotria for selling the 2012 HOPEcalendar. Thank you to everyone who purchased a calendar!Thank you to Educators Credit Union for donating money and items for HOPE. Educators Credit Union had aprogram to highlight different shelters so their employees could learn about the shelters while fundraising andvolunteering. Thank you to the employees for their generous giving and a special thank you to Shannon Huot &Lauren Cuccio for putting this together.Thank you to Girl Scout Troop #5821for hosting R.A.A.A.D. (Rescue Animal Awareness & Adoption Day) at TrefoilOaks in January. This event was to inform people about animals and pet rescue and also for the troop to workon their Silver Award. The Girl Scouts did a fantastic job of illustrating the effects of puppy mills. It was obviousthey did their research by the posters on the walls and the information they had available. Thank you to JanetDelcua, Suzanne Hall, Karen Hermansen and Marlene Perkins for representing HOPE at this event. Thank you to“Bowie”, “Stacy”, “Merria”, “Gigi” and Suzanne’s two dogs for being on good behavior and adding to the event.

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Dear HOPE Safehouse,

Thank you for coming to John Paul IIAcademy to talk about dogs. Welearned a lot. We will tell others whatwe have learned. Thank you for takinggood care of all of the animals.

Sincerely,

The Kindergarten, 1st and 8th grade GirlScout Troops

{Editors note: Please see the Thankssection for more information onMaureen’s presentation to these girls.}

Hi Lynn & staff,

Just wanted to let you know that my lit-tle “ Otis” passed away yesterday. I hadadopted him from a Kenosha Shelter in07. He had a large tumor, but he wascomfortable & quietly passed away inmy arms yesterday. I am so glad I stayedhome from work. I could tell he didn’tseem right that morning and at least Iwas with him & holding him when hewent. “Rosie “ ( my Hope foster failurefrom 02) and “Hemi”, ( My stray puppythat was found by a nurse at work ) areboth missing him as much as we do. Atleast he will not be in any more pain & Iknow he will find some friends on theother side of the rainbow bridge..

Marie Sands

Dear Lynn,

I love Hunee and he is such a huge partof my life now. He completed the puz-zle I call life and I am so grateful to seehim every day.

His classes are going great. He really isa very smart and loving dog.

Thank you,

Christopher Durian

Dear HOPE,

I was told by a good friend what goodwork you do, helping animals. I have acat named Molly. I got her from a catshelter where I did volunteer work.

Thank goodness for people like you andthe many people that help.

Best wishes,Jane Simmons

Hi Lynn.

I just wanted to write and say that Miseeis wonderful and I absolutely LOVE her.She is adjusting better than I thought shewould and she has not had a single prob-lem with being in a new place andaround new people. I actually got backfrom my parent’s house in Illinois todaywith Misee, and they absolutely adoreher. I am attaching a few photos of her!

Thanks again for everything Lynn.I will always recommend HOPE to any-one. I could not be happier!

Ursula

The following donation to H.O.P.E.Safehouse is in appreciation for all theloving care given to all the felines andcanines.

We are so enjoying Callie (aka Deana)our tortoise shell cat we adopted fromyou, going on 7 years – how time hasflown.

Thank you!Marcia & Bill Huck

To our friends at HOPE,

May your holidays be filled with joy andhappiness.

Lehie (Cedar), Nikki (Chuckette), KayPearson and Joyce Levandowski

Hi Lynn,

We are so happy with our new familymembers. We have renamed though,Vamp now “Emma” and Virgo is now“Otis”. We thought the new names fittheir personalities much better. Emmagives us hugs on a daily basis now andthey both snuggle on our laps. They areso sweet and well behaved. Of course,they rule our hearts.

We couldn’t be happier and everyonewho meets them thinks they’re adorable.They’re love and companionship havemade our holidays so much more spe-cial.

Thank you for what you do Lynn and allthe volunteers. I think Emma and Otisare very happy with their new digs andthe love of a new permanent family.They send their hugs as do we.

Hope you have a great holiday and fan-tastic New Year!

Best wishes,Alice & Steve Chmielewski

MerryChristmasfrom Lucie(Maxy) &Zoe (Kara)O’Krongly

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Holiday Greetings from Zoey!

As we approach our 4th anniversary hav-ing this sweet little girl in our family, wewant to send another big THANK YOUyour way for working so tirelessly tosave such precious lives. Your effortsare truly & deeply appreciated.

Thank you.Andrea & Bill Frank

Zoey babysitting our chicks! She isenthralled with our chickens and takes itupon herself to watch over them.

YOUR PET'S FIRST AID KITThe Humane Society of the United States

Everyone who shares a home with a pet should have a basic pet first aid kit on hand.

Keep a kit in your home and in your car if you travel with your pet. You can buy a firstaid kit for people and add pet-specific items to it, or you can purchase a pet first aid kitfrom a pet supply store or catalog.

Our condolences go to the following:

Dr. Linda Axnick and her family on the loss of her father, Walter, in January2012.

Gail Griffith on loss of her feline “Faxon” in January 2012.

Suzanne Hall who lost two canines “Alvin” and “Jebbi” in January 2012.

Debbie Prucha and her family on the loss of her father, Bill, in January2012.

Marie Sands who lost her canine “Otis” in November 2011.

Jay Slesarenko who lost his canine “Lady” in December 2011.

Pet-specific supplies• Pet first aid book • Phone numbers: veterinarian, nearestemergency veterinary clinic (and knowhow to get there!), poison-control center orhotline (such as ASPCA poison controlcenter at 1-800-426-4435)

• Paperwork (in a waterproof container orbag): proof of rabies vaccination status,copies of other important medical records,current photo of your pet in case he gets lost

• Nylon leash• Self-cling bandage (Stretches and sticks toitself but not to fur—available at pet storesand through pet supply catalogs)

• Muzzle or strips of cloth to prevent biting(as long as pet is not vomiting, choking,coughing, or otherwise having difficultybreathing)

Basic supplies• Absorbent gauze pads• Adhesive tape• Antiseptic wipes, lotion, powder or spray• Blanket (foil emergency blanket)• Cotton balls or swabs• Gauze rolls• Hydrogen peroxide (to induce vomitingwhen directed by a veterinarian or poisoncontrol)

• Ice pack• Non-latex disposable gloves• Petroleum jelly (to lubricate thermometer)• Rectal thermometer (your pet's tempera-ture should not rise above 103°F or fallbelow 100°F)

• Scissors (with blunt ends)• Sterile non-stick gauze pads for bandages• Sterile saline solution (sold at pharmacies)• Tweezers• A pillowcase to confine your cat fortreatment

• A pet carrier

Additional useful items• Diphenhydramine (Benadryl®) if approvedby a veterinarian for allergic reactions. Vetmust specify correct dosage for your pet’ssize.

• Ear-cleaning solution• Expired credit card or sample credit card(from direct mail credit card offers) toscrape away insect stingers

• Glucose paste or corn syrup (for diabeticdogs or those with low blood sugar)

• Nail clippers• Over-the-counter antibiotic ointment• Penlight or flashlight• Plastic eyedropper or syringe• Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) to cleanthermometer

• Splints and tongue depressors• Styptic powder or pencil (sold at veterinaryhospitals and pet supply stores and yourlocal pharmacy)

• Temporary identification tag (to put yourlocal contact information on your dog’scollar when you travel)

• Towels• Needle-nosed pliers

In addition to the items listed above, includeany items recommended by your veterinar-ian specifically for your pet. Check the sup-plies in your pet first aid kit occasionally.Replace any items that have expired.

For your family’s safety, keep all medical sup-plies and medications out of the reach ofchildren and pets.

Reprinted by permission of The HumaneSociety of the United States

Pets People

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In Memory of Michael BenchShawn BaileyMargaret Glick

In Memory of Irene BugniJames & Judy Martin

In Memory of Ed ChvilicekBecky Radtke

In Memory of Dennis DeMarkMatt & Rita AndisChad ArentsLinda AyalaDavid & Vicki BaclawskiMichael & Elinor BoldusSamantha CarlsonKellie & Keith ChristensenKristiansen Enterprieses dba CleancoNancy & Kris CohenIsabelle ComandePatrick & Betty DeckerFred & Christine DobkeRobert & Heidi DomanikLeonard & Mary DonnellyPaula & Alan EslerJames FetekJanis & Joseph FilipponeDavid & Patricia GieseDavid Hall Jr.Barbara HammesDonald HansenScott & Michelle HealyDavid HuckLorraine HuffEdwin & Arija JirgensenEdwin & Patti JirgensenHeather JirgensenCharles & Rita KingBrian & Amber KirbyJoe KremkoskiJohn & Linda KustersJames & Debra LadwigTami LemaSandra LindquistPhilip & Linda Litrenta Jr.Heather McBrideMr. & Mrs. Rich McBrideLeonard & Mary Theresa MontalbanoRonald NelsenJohn & Vickie OberstJudie Oberst & Lorenzo SanchezMr. & Mrs. Michael OberstLarry & Shirlee Opdahl

Racine City Tavern League Inc.Elizabeth RicchioDianne & Robert RiceDonna RintelmannBob & Florence RiversMiguel SanchezLyle SantarelliKrystal SchuhLouie Seabolt & Jane HutterlyFrank SterbinJohn & Mona SwanJody TarwidPatricia TarwidToney & Carolyn TateroAllen & Judith WalekMark & Nancy WanggaardAnthony & Dorothy WellsWells Brothers RestaurantCharles & Diana Woodring

In Memory of Angie DeMoulpiedSue Olsen

In Memory of Dolores “Dee”DomanikRobert DomanikGary & Denise LequiaRonald & Sandra Vollmer

In Memory of Laura DoperalskiThomas & Ann Davis

In Memory of Marion GibbsDr. Edward & Jana Waldeck

In Memory of Lance GissellWilliam & Linda Gissell

In Memory of George GoldPrincess, Richard, Moses, Angel &BuddySuzanne Talaga

In Memory of Marion KeufferShirley & Evert Carlson

In Memory of Catherine KnappPPG Industries

In Memory of Larry LarsenKaren Nielsen

In Memory of Diane PawelskiVictor & Barbara Melby

In Memory of Bill PhalenSharon & Don Johnson

In Memory of Betsy RogolskiRobert Garner

“Abby” ~ beloved canine of Jeffrey &Stephanie Braun

“Apollo” ~ beloved Great Dane ofRebecca Porcaro

“Bart” ~ beloved feline of the Arts ~Frankie and Sandra Dee

“Boo” ~ beloved horse of Lori & EricJensen ~ Dr. Heidi Jahn

“Bubba” ~ beloved canine of Judy &Raymond Moungey ~ Ann & PatrickGrady

“Callie” ~ beloved feline of Gigi & JimHansen ~ Kathy & Terry Van Parys

“Cleo” ~ beloved pet of Pamela &Gregory Mross

“Emma” ~ beloved feline of CatherineDrott ~ Pat Cherf

“Frank” ~ beloved feline of Katherine &David Knabel

“Frank” ~ beloved feline of Katherine &David Knabel ~ Laura & Jay Evans

“Gypsie” ~ beloved pet of William &Laverne Van Der Zee

“Katie” ~ beloved Golden Retriever ofJerry & Judy Baker ~ Sharon & DonJohnson

“Max” ~ beloved feline of DianeDelaney

“Ninja” ~ beloved Great Dane ofRebecca Porcaro

“Otis” ~ beloved pet of Marie Sands“Patty Donahue” ~ beloved feline of

Merle Donahue “Raspy” ~ beloved canine of Dick &

Barb Chambers ~ Paul & Connie Eberly “Raspy” ~ beloved canine of Dick &

Barb Chambers ~ Donald & MarySchwartz

“Raspy” ~ beloved Springer of RussSesto ~ Bonnie Larkfield

“Raspy Sahn” ~ beloved canine of Dick& Barb Chambers ~ “Toby & Stella”

“Rosie” ~ beloved canine of Connie &Paul Eberly ~ Donald & Mary Schwartz

“Ross” ~ beloved canine of Kathleen &Norman Riddell

“Roy” ~ beloved pet of Marie Sands“Sadie Jo” ~ beloved Border Collie of

Harriet Newman “Sam” ~ beloved Border Collie of Lori &

Eric Jensen ~ Dr. Heidi Jahn“Samantha” ~ beloved feline of Diane

& Michael Delaney “Shiloh” ~ beloved canine of Jeffrey &

Stephanie Braun “Shiloh” ~ beloved Cavalier King

Charles Spaniel of Bayard & ArleneHochberg

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Mike & Sue BalcerekKris & Paul CookErika Lee GoskerWendy GoskerSherry & Gary HortonDon and Sharon JohnsonDavid MisunJames and Jean MohrhauserNancy NelsonMarlene PerkinsRunzheimer InternationalSharon & Robert Trussell

Matt & Rita AndisSharon ApostoliBetty BeadlesWesley & Debra BeatyJan BehrensClaudia BergesRobin BirkholzJeffrey & Stephanie BraunGuy & Lynn BretzPaul BurdickRichard & Barbara ChambersDiane & Michael DelaneyMerle DonahueMichelle DunningJon & Marjorie EckbladErik FroodeJames & Nola GordonJudith GreenquistEileen JeffordsRuth JohnstonRandolph & Patricia KeltnerSandra KnorrBob & Patty KogutkiewiczGeorgine & Kelly KudrnaCarolyn LorenziniKatie MaesTony & Kathy MattsonThomas MielkeKaren & Jorge MurilloElsie NelsonJoAnn Neville

Robert & Joyce NewmanSherri NohaDave & Gwen O'CullRichard & Mary OddersCarol OhdeSusan OlsenDonna OsgoodJames & Carolyn PankaJudith & Richard PlantFrank & Peggy PrinceDavid & MaryLou RedmonKathleen & Norman RiddellJim & Laurel RomnekTheresa RooneyMarianna RotheLaurie RouleauMarie SandsBruce & Suzanne SargentKim SewellHoward & Mary Lou ShortNancy SpohnRobert & Judy TurnerJeffrey & Jane UeckerLaverne Van Der ZeeMary Lou VandenburgJames & Elaine VerheggeWayne & Pat WalczakMary & Bill WalkerBeverly WenzelSarah ZupkeIn Honor of...

Tom Devine – Lenora Brockman

Cindy & Raul Falcon – In honor ofmy children – Jan Pfingsten

Jack & Dian – David Cummings

Dr. Heidi Jahn & North ShoreAnimal Hospital – Thank you foryour care & concern over ourGolden Retriever,“Harley”. He cel-ebrated his 17th Birthday beforepassing due to your dedication. –John & Norma Walley

Kayla Kropidlowski – Susan Madsen

Lori Miller & Doug Torres – Inhonor of my children – JanPfingsten

Randi & Mark Myers – In honor ofmy children – Jan Pfingsten

Vicki & Dan Schultz – In honor ofmy children – Jan Pfingsten

Joyce Woodward – Happy Birthday– Michael Clickner

Are you a ‘Quarter Hoarder’?Do we have the fundraiser for you!

We are on a mission to accumulate quarters (and other small change).Our goal is to collect 40,000 quarters by the end of summer. If you wouldlike to help with our fundraiser, bring your piggy bank to HOPE.The money will be used to pay down our medical bills.Thank you to everyone for supporting us.

In Memory of William SeegerMary KleteckaAllen & Janice LechnerGeorge & Connie OrganJerome & Deborah PruchaLois & Roger PruchaRobert & Barbara RozzoniLeRoy & Carolyn Seeger

Marie SeegerJanet StroscheinLorraine Wretne

In Memory of Russ SestoBonnie Larkfield

In Memory of Charlotte StekaLee & Gail Pullen

In Memory of People (Continued from pg. 6)

ADOPTED!“Ashleigh” – Linda Archibald

“Beanie” – Marna Frank

“Buddy Jr.” – Justin Moore

“CC” – Maureen & Chris Potter

“Chu” – Dr. Heidi Jahn

“Danka” – Russell & Janice Zebell

“Hoagie” – Deborah & Paul Zacher

“Hunee” – Christopher Durian

“Misee” – Ursula Gutowski

“Nik” – Brenda & Robert Rynders

“Randal” – Laura Siettmann

“Wriggley” – Lee & Pete Kramer

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Thank you to GoodSearch for donating a portion of HOPE supporters internet purchases and donating forevery web search. Thank you to everyone who chose HOPE when using GoodSearch. To find out moreabout helping HOPE through GoodSearch, see page 2. GoodSearch has started GoodDining and HOPEcan earn up to 6% by you dining at over 10,000 restaurants. To learn more, please visitgoodsearch.com/gooddining.Thank you to Havahart, Northshore Animal Hospital, Petco, Pet Supplies Plus, Sportland and WoofdorfAsotria for continuing to allow us to have a donation jar at their locations. The extra change really addsup. Thank you to everyone that donated their change.Thank you to HomeandLiving.com for donating stamps to HOPE.Thank you to Kay Home Products for donating their 2011 Christmas donation to HOPE. Each year anemployee is picked to choose the charity for the year. Thank you to Patricia Bailey for choosing HOPE. Thank you to Lakeside Curative Workshop for donating homemade cat toys. Thank you to all the

workers for thinking of HOPE and our cats.Thank you to the PEDIGREE Foundation for granting HOPE an operational grant. If you would like to share youradoption story with fellow dog lovers go to Facebook.com /PEDIGREE or twitter@Pedigree US. Thank you to Pet Supplies Plus for donating cat & dog items.Thank you to PETCO Foundation for considering HOPE a worthwhile charity for the Tree of Hope 2011 fundraiser.Tree of Hope is the PETCO Foundation’s annual holiday fundraising campaign where donations are collected instores and the monies collected go directly to animal welfare groups in the areas where donations are made.PETCO noted that people were very generous this past holiday. Thank you to everyone who donated and thank youto Racine’s Petco for hosting us and being very generous throughout the year.Thank you to Maureen Potter and her crew who gave an educational talk to Daisy and GirlScout Troops plus guests from John Paul II Academy. They talked about HOPE's rescue andeducation missions, proper dog greetings and responses to unwelcomed dogs and animalpotential, followed by a meet and greet. Thank you to the Kindergarten, 1st and 8th gradeGirl Scout Troops for having HOPE come to speak and also for donating money and itemsto HOPE. (See the girls letter in H.O.P.E. Mailbag.) Here is a picture of Sheri Noah with oneof the troop.Thank you to Quad/Graphics Community Fund Drive and the following employees: TimothyEhrett and Mark Lena. Thank you to Windhover Foundation for matching the contributions made to HOPE.Thank you to SC Johnson ‘Dollars for Doers’ and the following employees: Kathy Garski & Bruce Sargent.Thank you to SC Johnson Law Department Patent Group for donating money to HOPE. The Patent Groupdecided to collect money instead of exchanging gifts and donate the money to charities. Thank you to Debra &William Bielefeldt, Timothy & Amy Feret, Karie & Daniel Kirchenberg, Suzan & Michael Lechner, Cindy Schmidt,Ryan & Amanda Sieker, James Frasher & Xuan Tran for considering us a worthwhile charity.Thank you to Wal-Mart Foundation for turning JJ Austin’s volunteer hours into cash for HOPE. Thank you to JJ forcontinuing to volunteer all those hours at HOPE.

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Sweepstakes Tickets on Sale NOW!The tickets will remain $5 per ticket or six for $25.The grand prize will be $1,000, $500 for first prize,

$250 for second prize and $50 for third prize.There will also be 10 T-shirt winners.

The drawing will be held Saturday, June 2, 2012.If you are interested is selling tickets or need more tickets,

please contact the office.

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Saturday, June 9th, 2012 is the second Hydro-PawloozaThe event is in memory of Hydro, a chocolate lab rescued by HOPE in 2009 who survived heartworm, internal para-sites, ear infections, prostate issues and a shotgun blast. Hydro crossed the bridge after succumbing to brain cancerin 2010.Plans are in the works but it will be held at Mixers inside Paradise West (6501 Washington Ave in Racine). There willbe several bands and different activities. Come out and join in the fun!Please see the website calendar (under Happenings), we will post more information as it becomes available.

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