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2006 SUMMER-FALL NEWSLETTER

89 Mill Road North Haven, CT 06473 203.239.2641

Website: www.theanimalhaven.com

Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday * 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.

Saturday * 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Greetings Members! We hope you are enjoying your summer and that you have survived all the rain. WAY too much of it for my taste but hey, what can you do about the weather? . or the

price of gas!!

SUMMER RAFFLE WINNERS

Congratulations to the following: 1st Prize Lea Pannella

(Cedar s St eakhouse at Foxwoods) 2nd Prize Lisa Mercugliano

($150 Exxon/Mobil card) 3rd Prize Harriett Applewhite

(Black & Decker items) 4th Prize Sheryl Oliver

(Panera Bread) 5th Prize Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kretvix

(Nuance Hair Design & Spa)

SPONSOR A PET!

WISH LIST

Pet food Office supplies

C leaning supplies (i.e. bleach, disinfectant, paper towels)

Yest erday s N ews scoopable cat litter Toys/treats for large dogs (i.e. Kongs, large

dog biscuits) Small scratching posts for cats

Garden hose rack Newer computer witn Windows

*** UPCOMING EVENTS ***

(EMF = benefits Emergency Medical Fund)

Bake Sales at PETCO

420 Universal Drive, North Haven 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Baked

goods always needed drop off to PETCO that morning. 8/12, 9/9, 10/14, 11/11, and 12/9

Pet Adoption Day at PETCO

- 420 Universal Drive, North Haven 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

8/12, 9/9, 10/14, 11/11, and 12/9 Visit some of our pets that are up for adoption.

Yankee Candle Sale

- Sept. 11 to Oct. 9 40% of sales will benefit the EMF.

Candles make great holiday gifts - sell at work & to family, friends & neighbors.

Catalogs will be available after Sept. 10. Call Diana for info at 203-484-0270

Donate to the Combined Federal Campaign Sept. 15 to Dec. 15

Federal employees can donate to Animal Haven via the CFC. Our CFC # is 7123. Pledge a

donation that will benefit homeless animals. Pet Calendar 2007 (EMF) deadline for photo entry is September 1. Submit pet photos for $10 each accepting only 60 photos. Printer needed

to make the calendar. Call Liz 203-488-3859 (calendar cost depends on the printer.

11th Annual Walk-A-Dog-Athon

Sept. 16 10:00 a.m. (9:15 a.m. registration) North Haven Green. Walk with your dog!

$15.00 per entry will get you a T-shirt & a gift for your dog. Business sponsors needed ($50 donation). Call for a form to pre-register.

Bark Busters to do dog obedience demo! Clean-Up Day at Animal Haven

Oct. 21 Noon to 4:00 p.m. Help make our kennel for homeless cats & dogs

sparkling clean. We need some strong helpers to move heavy

items to better organize our facility.

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EVENTS, CONTINUED

North Branford Senior Center Holiday Fair

Nov. 18 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

North Branford Community Center, Rt. 80 We will have a table there selling items!

Animal Haven s Holiday Fair November 25 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. North Haven Congregational Church. To donate something, contact Chris.

St. Therese Holiday Fair

Dec. 2 Middletown Ave., North Haven We will have a table there selling items!

YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR FUND-RAISERS IS MUCH APPRECIATED!

Since we are participating in some other Holiday Fairs this

year, we really could use lots of d on ated it em s to sell ..

crafts, handmade items, gift baskets, decorative items, gifts,

almost anything new. Please contact Chris.

ALSO NEEDED

Dog walkers

- age 16 or over (call shelter). Volunteers to help socialize shy cats by petting & grooming them. This is a very

important job because shy kitties take longer to adopt (call the shelter).

Gardeners to help weed, plant flowers & clean up the grounds (Jane 203.234.9584).

Raffle prizes (call Chris). Volunteers to help with fundraising & at

events (call Liz 203.488.3859). Do you know a reliable company to vacuum

air ducts? (call Liz).

Adopting is the most responsible option for anyone seeking a pet.

Even the most pathetic shelter cat or stray can usually blossom into a beauty with

the right kind and amount of care, love and patience.

Lorraine & Stephanie Velardi at The Only Game in

Town for hosting our June tag sale.

University of New Haven students Rachel Smith, Derick

LaTore, Noah Savy, Jake Gotlitboski & Amanda Astle who helped us clean

up after the OGIT tag sale. Jane Yant for organizing the OGIT tag sale and

the one at 32 Ezra St. Jess Friedman for hosting the Ezra St. tag sale. Bill Carey for his superior salesmanship skills at

our tag sales. Friends of Animals for giving us 10 spay/neuter

vouchers. Cheryl Serra for writing special pet stories to help

adopt our hard-to-place pets. Eleanor Valley for her many years of service on our

Board as our Public Relations contact. Maryann Mele for donating cat food & litter.

Dave Foley of Bark Busters Home Dog Training

for offering us a discount on training, for working with long-time resident Howard, and for doing a dog obedience demonstration at our upcoming

Walk-A -Dog-Athon. The following visitors to our shelter who made

various donations: Brenda Eddy (food), Barbara Skomro (gift basket), Bill DeMatteo (money gift), Judy Perkins (money gift & chair cushions), David

Doleys (food & dog bed), Karen Baker (beds, blankets, leashes & collars), Deborah Armitage

(food, biscuits, Heartguard & Frontline), Nancy Suski (cat toys), Shirley Gustafson (food and treats), Roxanne Delvata (towels), Rosanne

Dimauro (food), Colleen Robek (food & bedding), Good News Christian Church (food), Ed Gorman

(food & blankets), Renee Fasulo (food & treats), Bernice Giskin (food & treats), Middlesex Dance

Center (money gift, blankets & food), Shawn Clark

(food, treats, medicine), Debbie Caso (toys), Mary Cruz (blankets & towels), Michael Kuczewski

(many donations of food & biscuits), Jane & Robert Fiengo (food & toys), Laurie Gibbons (food), Sue &

Dan Oliverio (food), Patricia Stallone (food), Kathy Kristhoffer (food, paper towels, toys),

Griffin Genovese (for his 10th birthday he collected food, beds, biscuits & gift cards for us), Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Kohn (towels), Donna Candella

(food), Sharon Schreiber, Vicki Deweul, Haley Kaercher

(food), Walter Kaercher (money gift), Donna & Sam Sutter (towels, blankets, food),

Deanna Katz (for her Bat Mitzvah she collected donations of food, toys, litter & beds),

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Melinda Maisano (food, bed, medication), Mary-Jo Warren (bed and carrier), Nicole Davison (blankets

& cushions), Tom Leahn/ Anna Morse/Lauren Hassan/Cora Jacobs (toys, treats, blankets),

and Bob Kowalski (food)

Remember that I like to play and have fun.

I have no concept of obligations, appointments, or any kind of timetable.

Please be patient with me when it seems as though I'm unaware of time.

I can never understand why time is so important to you. If, like me, you're living life to fullest, and making the

most of every moment, what difference does time make?

The way I figure it, I can always make time for you.

Special thanks to everyone who sent in stories about their pets adopted from us! We received many great stories & photos and the book is well

underway. It will include not only adoption stories and how our furry friends touch our lives, but will also feature the history of Animal Haven. We expect the book to be out sometime in 2007. The book s author, Marie Cox, works full-time for

the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce and is working on the book as time allows. She is extremely dedicated to promoting adoption and the mission of Animal Haven and is determined

to get the book finished as soon as possible.

OKAY will somebody please explain to me what happened to the month of July?

Is it just me or is time going by faster?

MAKE THE MOST OF I T .. ENJ OY YOUR LIFE AND FIND A WAY TO ADD MEANING TO YOUR DAYS. And thank you for helping

Animal Haven bring meaning to the lives of the animals in our care.

Your Editor: Chris Gagne 203.484.9648 or chriskat32@aol.com

I srael ( left ) is a one-and-a-half year old part Siam ese cat that has been spayed and vaccinated. She is an incredibly social cat that cam e to the Anim al Haven with a group of nine cats from the sam e hom e. Her sibling, Sly, was also part of the group. Sadly, I srael and Sly tested posit ive for feline leukem ia. I srael current ly needs daily inject ions of insulin. The cats are separated from The Anim al Haven s healthy cat population and are living comfortably in the conference room . Sly ( r ight ) is also very personable, greet ing all his guests enthusiast ically. Both of these cats deserve a loving home and The Anim al Haven is desperately seeking either an adopt ive hom e or a foster hom e situat ion, perhaps with other feline leukem ia-posit ive cats. I f I srael and Sly didn t have feline leukem ia, they would likely be the m ost quickly adopted cats at The Anim al Haven.

Animal Haven needs your favorite recipes so we can publish a

cookbook to sell for a fundraiser! The easiest way for us to get them to Morris Press Cookbooks is for you to

enter the recipes online. Go to: www.typensave.com

login, and enter: your name

group login is: catsanddogs password is: r2jce

Follow the instructions.

We will also have recipe forms at the shelter for you to fill out, or you can contact Chris to have a form sent to

you. You can send in as many as you want!

The deadline is October 1, 2006.

The size and cost of the book is dependent on how many recipes we collect.

PLEASE help by contributing recipes that you love and know others will love, too!

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF FROM

Jennie Angelini The Cameras & Smiths Cymballine, Arthur & Cherise - beloved Kitty-Cats of the Beak Brothers Kevin Hall Wilson beloved dog of Jeff & Nancy Cave Del Werner Quincy, much loved by Marylin Newman Michalah Bracken & Mark Rosenthal Jasper & Andy - beloved pets Ruth Petrucci (pet sitter) Norma Thomas Bobbie & Roland Parenteau Norma Thomas Bill & Sandy Richards Leo - a much loved cat, 10 yrs. old Connie Delia Leo - loved & missed by Connie Delia Nancy Turner Daisy Mecca Kathy & Ron Diotaiuto Ebony, an angel cat both here and beyond Irene & Michael McCoy Our beloved companion, Gigi, a beautiful German Shepard Mildred C. Richard My cat

my baby Smokey Adelle Wengert Sweet Bridget Liz Gallagher Luna, beloved kitten of Robert W., 1 yr. old Betsy Frey Preston Valley, 13 yrs. old, beloved yellow Lab of David, Nancy & Andrea Valley Sara, Meg & Gwen (adopted from A.H. 1987)

In memory of Carol Kenney Johnson, donations were received from:

Mr. & Mrs. John Early, Anne Ockert, Milford Imports, Inc. dba Courtney Honda, Newlon, LLC dba Conn s Volvo-Mazda of Milford, Dan Perkins Subaru, Branford Hyundai Inc.

dba Quality Hyundai, Napoli Motors Inc., Napoli Indoor Auto Outlet, LLC, Robert & Albert Vagnini, Jack & Bobbie Lynch, Dick & Dianne Halloran, Joyce & Ed Fedor, Crest Lincoln Mercury Inc.

Sovereign Bank- John Early, Wayne, Sokolosky, Anthony Thomas, Robert Vagnini, Joseph Nelson, Gladys Rivera, Deborah Wnek, Diane Coleman, George Hall, Kathy Burke, Jo-ann & Richard Feegel,

and Cheryl Magera

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