A $500 cheque was received from Linda Dryer of RBC Life Insurance. The cheque resulted from Linda applying for the RBC employee-volunteer grant for hours worked preparing for the first Stomp Your Paws for LAWS event in Carleton Place. The event featured Arlene Quinn and raised over $5000. Linda has requested the $500 be used to assist in spaying/neutering programs for cats. Linda lives and works in the Mississippi Mills and Carleton Place area which LAWS now serves in the capacity of both pound and shelter.

Linda has 2 dogs and 4 cats. She worked in Ottawa Humane Society for many years and has fostered about 150 mainly cats and their kittens over the years. She would like to live to see the day when it will be considered a privilege to own a cat. With every cat spayed - it would be nice to have the experience of having difficulty finding enough cats to adopt in the future! Just like her experience adopting a puppy a couple of years ago!

Linda encourages other RBC employees to consider how they can join herself and Diane Thomas (RBC Financial Planner from Carleton Place obtained $500 as well) to consider how they can volunteer the required 40 hours in 2012! It is a pleasurable way to raise needed funds for LAWS.

We recently received an email from Ethel, who is fostering Ellie May, this is what she had to say:

Ellie May is such a smart horse. She is used to me bringing her treats at night before she comes into the barnyard. Some nights I forget but she still follows and keeps looking at my hands or my pockets wondering where the goodies are. I have an elderly sheep that only goes out later on in the evening to graze a bit. The poor old thing is on her last legs but she can still get up (sometimes with help) and wanders out of the barn. Ellie seems to hang around her in the evening. Shivers sleeps in “chicken coop” and that is where Ellie spends the night. I’m wondering if she was with sheep at one time. She only does this with Shivers (the sheep) but not the goats. We had a couple of ladies here yesterday who were adopting a foster dog. I took them for a tour and Ellie did her magnificent gallop to the barn while we were walking in the pasture. I now understand a person’s passion for horses. I smile every time I see her. Thank you so much for letting me foster her.

Ethel

 

Meet many of the dogs at the shelter looking for their forever homes! To share the link to this video: http://youtube/iMBXujxbGZ4

McDougall Insurance and Financial is observing 65 years of service in 2011, and its Carleton Place branch celebrated the achievement with a $2,000 donation to LAWS. A cheque presentation took place Aug. 17 during an anniversary barbecue at the local office. The gift to LAWS was part of a much larger $65,000 donation by the family-owned company - divided up in local communities across Ontario.

Pictured above are Liz Taylor, board member of LAWS, Judy Meyers, board president of LAWS; McDougall Insuarance and Financial staff Lynn Bishop, Angela Dematos, Caley Weese and Joan McDairmid.

Gwen Robertson of the Almonte Royal Canadian Legion presented LAWS board members Liz Taylor and Pam Knowles with a record check for $605 raised at the Charity Bingo nights this past month. Thanks especially to Gwen Robertson, her family, all the legion members and all the Charity Bingo participants who helped raise the funds with the Bingo nights! According to Gwen, this was the largest check that has gone to any of the charities that they have raised money for.

Michael and Krista McLean, long time awesome supporters of LAWS, have shot some amazing video of some of the dogs now at the shelter waiting for their forever homes. Be sure to watch the video and come down to the shelter to see these and the rest of the dogs and cats available to adopt!

Frank Holley, brother of long-time volunteer and supporter of LAWS Freda Ingram, dropped by the shelter today to make a generous donation of $2,000 to help the animals. Frank made the trip from his home in Owen Sound to make the donation and tour the shelter and help walk one of the shelter dogs. A big thank you to Frank! Pictured left to right: Joan Schapansky, Treasurer; Frank Holley, Jennifer Jardine, shelter manager; Freda Ingram.