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Gaspee Day Parade
Saturday, June 8th
Be on the lookout for PARL! We'll be there with our awesome volunteers. Alumni dogs will be marching proudly...and we'll be unveiling a new Pooch-centric PARL "Float!"
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Visit PARL!
 | | Warren is waiting for YOU! |
We welcome you to visit us anytime at www.parl.org but nothing takes the place of seeing all of our wonderful animals in person! Here's our Hours/Directions. Visit PARL 6 days a week. Our adoptable animals welcome you with open paws!
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The Providence Flea is an upscale urban flea market launching Sunday, June 2nd on the Providence River Greenway! Visit PARL's Booth!
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Ways to Help
 | | Billie Holiday going home! |
Can't adopt? Never fear - there are so many ways to help PARL - from online shopping to workplace giving. Visit Other Ways to Donate today and see how you may be able to help animals in need.
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How Are We Doing?
 | | PARL Pals, Shamrock & Clover going home together! |
We'd love to know what's on your mind. Send us some feedback! Please email us your questions, opinions, concerns or suggestions to Contact PARL ENews
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Help Us Help Them
 | | Our Staff Pick of the Week was adopted! Judge with his new family! |
There are so many ways you can choose to make a difference in the life of a homeless animal. Help us give a second chance to many more animals. Please Donate today.
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Traer Scott Book Signing!
Join Traer Scott at Barnes & Noble for a talk and booksigning for her book Newborn Puppies: Dogs in Their First Three Weeks on Saturday, June 29th from 1pm-3pm at 1350 Bald Hill Road, Warwick!
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Quick Links
 | | Platinum, going home! |
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Greetings!
 | | My kids helping out at the shelter during the blizzard. |
I ask those of you reading this message one question. "What (or who) inspires you?" This is usually a fairly easy question for people to answer. Some of the common sources of inspiration are friends and family, political or social leaders, movies, books and the list goes on and on. It is often easy for us to identify sources that inspire and excite people. But when we add two words, "to act," to the question above the answer is not as easy to find.
Alright, let's take another look at the updated question. "What (or who) inspires you to act?" These two little words really do dramatically change the question. As stated earlier, it is easy to be inspired. After watching a documentary, reading a book or seeing a compelling news story I have found myself inspired and saying "I am not going to do blah, blah anymore or I am going to volunteer at blah, blah." Then some time passes and I don't actually do any of the things I was inspired to do. I have a feeling I'm not the only one that has experienced this phenomenon. If you can relate, don't despair as there is hope for all of us. The good news is there are plenty of things that not only inspire me but that cause me to act. I can't tell you what things may inspire you to act; you have to find that out for yourself. I can, however, share with you just one of the many sources that inspire me to act.
One source of inspirational action for me is my children. I want to be a good example to them and teach them the importance of compassion for all living things. Over the years, they have helped foster kittens, guinea pigs and countless other animals in our home. They have cared for animals in the shelter. Now, as they are getting older I can see that the years of shelter training have given them a deep understanding of why we help animals. They continue to inspire me to act.
What is it that inspires you to act? I'd love to hear your answer. Here's my email address, cdicenso@parl.org. I hope you take me up on this and share with me your thoughts.
Carmine DiCenso
Executive Director
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Positively Promoting Pitbulls
compassionate messaging
 Alyssa Ferreira is a PEGASUS 8th grade student at LaSalle Academy and she needed to crete a brochure for her school project "Independent Investigation". She chose PARL and specifically the subject of the benefits of adopting a Pitbull...more
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Saving Animals One Pint At A Time!
pints for paws is june 29th!
 On Saturday, June 29th come on down to Nick-A-Nees in Providence to help PARL "save animals one pint at a time!" It's all about the PAWS! VIP Craft Beer Tasting tickets and Main Event tickets will be available online on Monday, June 3rd and at PARL (34 Elbow Street in Providence) or Nick-A-Nees (25 South Street in Providence). You need to be 21+ to attend the VIP Beer Tasting and Main Event...more
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 "The ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge is a great motivator for our team and the residents and businesses of Rhode Island to get involved - to help connect the hundreds of awesome, loving cats and dogs in our shelter with the right families." says Shelter Manager Amy Duskiewicz. Working together, we will save hundreds of animals and enrich the lives of new adopting families. At the same time, we'll have a shot at the $100,000 grant which would continue to fund our programs and services and save more lives."
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Workin' Out Can Help Save More Lives!
method fitness boot camp!
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A Few Clicks Away to Help Animals!
amazon wish list
 From cans of cat food to office equipment, every item donated helps us to save much needed funds that can be invested back into our animal care and programs. We've now made it even easier to donate goods by creating an Amazon Wish List! Take a look and bookmark it...we'll be updating it periodically with new items for the animals!
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Dr. Ian Dunbar is Coming to RI!
dog lovers take note...
 Often referred to as the "Dog Trainers' Trainer," Dr. Dunbar founded the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, he has produced numerous books and videos and given hundreds of seminars and workshops, helping to educate dog trainers, veterinarians and pet owners around the world... more
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Love is Adoptable at 34 Elbow St!
say hello to our parl cats!
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Happy Tails
cleo's happy tail!
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Particularly because the breed tends to get such a bad rap, I wanted to share with the story of Cleo, a pit bull that we adopted from PARL almost 3 years ago.
Our other dog, Trolla (also adopted from PARL many years ago), was getting old and we wanted to get another dog while she was still with us -partly to lessen the blow of losing her, but also so that she could "teach" the new dog how to be as great as she was! We looked online at the dogs available for adoption at PARL, and Cleo's picture caught my attention. Then I read her profile: adopted and returned, TWICE. Yikes. Seemed like a huge red flag, so we kept looking...more
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