News from East Lake Pet Orphanage

As our Orphan of the Month for February, you can adopt this wonderful pet at 20% off (felines are regularly $135, and canines are regularly $165)! Visit this orphan in person and complete your adoption application between now and February 28, 2011 to be able to take advantage of this great offer!

Visit us on-line or call us at 214-349-ELPO (3576) for more information on other wonderful animals for adoption!

Sherry and Grady

Volunteer of the Month

February 2011

Our Volunteer of the Month for February 2011 is Sherry Bartlett! Sherry is a regular at Petco and other off-site events. She is always willing to go the extra mile and fill in when there is a need. These events are very successful in finding homes for our orphans, and we could not do them without volunteers like Sherry. When Sherry is at home, she and her husband spoil their former ELPO, Grady, with lots of love and attention.

There's no denying it--volunteers make an amazing impact on the lives of the animals in our care. They provide comfort to the timid and injured, playtime for the energetic, and most importantly--unconditional love that some of these wonderful animals have never experienced before! For information on how you, too, can become a volunteer, visit us on-line or call us at 214-349-ELPO (3576).

ELPO wish list donate piggy bank

Looking for creative ways that you can make a difference for animals-in-need? Look no further than the list below!

WE NEED

For East Lake Pet Orphanage: *working, reasonably current computers
*unused medications
*animal safe cat and dog toys (such as Kongs, stuffed animals specifically designed for pets, jingle bells for cats, etc.)
*Science Diet food (adult dog, puppy, adult cat or kitten
*towels, blankets, or machine-safe small pet beds
*color scanner/printer that can scan multiple pages at once for orphanage administrative duties
*updated graphics for The Spamer & orphanage banner
*new locations for donation boxes
*new locations for donation cottages
*breakaway cat/kitten collars
*portable laptop for database entry and for showing pictures of ELPO pets
*Smart phones for video recording/Facebook/Twitter/Youtube marketing of homeless pets
*volunteers-dog walkers-7 days a week
*volunteers-cat cuddlers-7 days a week

For off-site adoptions:
*portable outdoor heater
*golf umbrellas
*Igloo Ice Cube MaxCold 70-Qt. Cooler withwheels (or similar unit) for The Spamer Mobile Adoption Unit

*large portable collapsible wire crates
*portable laptop for database entry and for showing pictures of ELPO pets
*volunteers,volunteers,volunteers!

For Second Chance Treasures: *resale items (we work to recycle anything from scrap metal and rags to fine china and beautiful antiques, all to help pets!)
*Tarn-X
*Brasso or other brass polish
*jewelry cleaning solution
*light bulbs-regular incandescent
*portable laptop for database entry and for showing pictures of ELPO pets
*Smart phones for video recording/Facebook/Twitter/Youtube marketing of homeless pets
*copier
*volunteers to walk dogs-7 days a week
*volunteers to cuddle kitties-7 days a week

For East Lake Cat Care Center: *large tree stump with wide spread branches for cat enclosure area for climbing
*assorted cat toys
*flat screen TVs for cat lodging areas

Art for a Cause

Anyone driving past Second Chance Treasures during the holidays probably noticed the vibrant orange Christmas trees on top of the shop. What an eye-catching display! Are you a local artist that is looking for a unique way to bring attention to your creativity? We'd love to partner with you! We are looking for local artists that can create seasonal displays to place on top of Second Chance Treasures to help draw attention to our organization. If you are the artist whose work is currently on display, we will have information in the store to let shop visitors know more about you and where they can see more of your work! If interested, please call Second Chance Treasures at 214-660-9696 and leave your contact information.

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February 2011 Greetings

PLEASE HELP

Another theft has occurred at Second Chance Treasures, our resale shop benefiting homeless pets! On 2/21/11 at 3:00 a.m. someone broke into the store and stole all of the computers and equipment. These items are a vital part of the daily operations. We urgently need funds to replace these computers, or the donation of reasonably current equipment. We simply do not have the funds to replace these.

You Can Help Make a Difference!

Click here for the story on these pups!

Each year East Lake Pet Orphanage is flooded with homeless animals from dogs and cats to the occasional guinea pig or goat! All of these pets come to us in need of loving homes and many require extensive medical care.

As a community shelter, we rely solely on private donations from people like you to provide life saving health care and preventive treatment for whatever time is needed until adoptive homes can be found. When you donate to East Lake Pet Orphanage, you prevent euthanasia and give a second chance to a pet in need.

Sadly, 200,000, or 8 out of 10, pets found as strays in the Metroplex lose their lives simply because there are not enough homes for them.

You can be a HERO and make a difference today by contributing urgently needed funds to help continue our work and to close the gap on this year's current deficit of $23,501.00

Whether you can spare $5 or $50, your tax deductible contribution will make a difference!

On behalf of the homeless pets in our neighborhoods, Karen Fling, DVM
President, East Lake Pet Orphanage