NEWS
Freekibble a good way to have fun and feed pets for free at the same time!
Everyday you play Meow or Bow Wow Trivia, these sites will provide free kibble to animal shelters to help feed hungry cats and dogs (one site feeds dogs, the other feeds cats----to help both you need to go on both sites). Thank you to Donna Plummer who found the website.
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And don't forget to click daily on Animal Rescue Site, they give to feed and care for animals for clicks too--also if you purchase from the site, each sale provides so many extra bowls of food for shelter animals.
CLICK AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SIDEKICKS
We thought it was a great idea when Donna Plummer suggested that we include in the newsletter a section called "Sidekicks" where we would announce requests by club members to have other club members join them for various activities.
Here is our first request:
Joanne Stahl would like to hear from members interested in joining her in rafting on the Susquehanna or Juniata Rivers. She has two spots on her raft but invites those with their own rafts, kayaks, canoes, tires to meet her for a day on the river. Call Joanne at 545-5610.
If you would like us to include a request for a "sidekick ", please contact Mary at 717-774-2931, Marshall/Susie at 717-651-0255 or email mhope8440@yahoo.com or msgalinsky@aol.com.
We need the information by the 20th of the month in order to include it in that month's newsletter.
This page was last updated: on January 31, 2012
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Compassionate Pet Cremation Services
Our newest club member Linda Corson operates Angel Pet
Services. She is offering the following:
Members of the Green Street Vegetarian Club will receive $5 off a private pet cremation or a $10 memorial donation will be given to the Green Street Vegetarian Club in memory of any pet who receives a private premation. Just mention that you are a GSVC member.
Your deceased pet can be picked up from your home or from the veterinarian. You can also bring your pet to Angel Pets. The pet's remains will be usually available to return home within 24-48 hours.
A miniature cedar chest is the standard urn; others can be special ordered, if desired. All pet parents will receive a Memorial Rainbow Crystal.
Communal Cremation is also available 365 days a year, by appointment.
The cremation service supports Angel Pet's other lifesaving programs, such as low cost spay/neuter, lost and found pet registry and assistance, live-trap loans for capturing lost and stray dogs and cats and for trapping cats for spay/neuter, adoption and placement advice and support, pet behavior counseling and referrals.
Angel Pet Services "Helping Pets and Their People, Any Way We Can." Call 921-2117.
Visit angelpets.org.
The Central Pennsylvania Animal Alliance is a non-profit 501(c)(3), all-volunteer organization dedicated to creating a no-kill community for companion animals. CPAA promates spay/neuter assistance, adoptions, and educating the community on responsible pet ownership.
Lend a Paw to Homeless Pets:
Volunteer with CPAA
The Central Pennsylvania Animal Alliance (CPAA) is calling on animal lovers to give a few hours of their time as volunteers to help CPAA reach its goal to create a no-kill community in central PA.
Volunteers can help transport animals to adoption events and share information about them with patential adopters. CPAA can also use more volunteers to simply spend time with the dogs and cats available for adoption.
For more information on CPAA, its mission and the many available volunteer opportunities, visit www.cpaa.info or e-mail zella@cpaa.info.
Member Participation Requested
Heather Meledin sent us the following request:
In an effort to get the Green Street Vegetarian club participating more with local animal groups, we are asking for any suggestions for activities or groups that you would like the club to be involved with. Please contact Heather at 717-329-1934 or heather.meledin@gmail.com with any suggestions.
Heather currently volunteers with the Helen O. Krause Animal Foundation in Dillsburg with cats who have Feline AIDS. The shelter is always looking for volunteers to spend time with the cats and dogs who live there. If you would like to visit the shelter with Heather to see what is involved, please contact her as indicated above. She can also put you in touch with someone at the shelter for further information about the volunteer opportunities that are available.
Barb and Christine sent us the following announcement:
Leafleting for the Animals – Volunteers Needed
In the Harrisburg area there are several of us who have been leafleting for the animals this year and we are hoping to find others who can help us to spread the word and create more vegetarians. Just two of us were able to hand out over 4300 brochures in very limited time frames. You can reach 100’s of students during a single class break. It’s rewarding & enjoyable. If you would like to help us leaflet please contact Barb at blkeith@comcast.net or 717-939-2701.
We were inspired by groups such as The Humane League of Philadelphia and founder Nick Cooney. In the past 4 years they have handed out over 425,000 brochures. The Animal Awareness Project (Ellicott City, MD) has handed out 57,000 and states “one of our largest efforts is the distribution of V.O. brochures and we are able to reach 1000’s of people.” Compassion Over Killing in D.C. and the Humane League of Baltimore have reached nearly 100.000 people. Mercy For Animals in Chicago has found this so effective that they now have their name printed on the cover of the V.O. brochure and have passed out 191,000. These cities have created countless vegetarians as well as volunteers and advocates. Let’s change the
Harrisburg area next!
In a 2005-06 survey (conducted by Bon Appetit) among college students, an average of 8% identified as vegetarians, less than 1% as vegans. The 2009-10 survey, however, was very different. Twelve percent identified as vegetarians, and 2% as vegans.
That is a 50% increase in vegetarians and a doubling of vegans in just 4 years! That is very remarkable! Many of these students learned about vegetarianism by receiving free information on campus.
Vegan Outreach is an animal outreach program that prints brochures detailing factory farming and vegetarianism. They give their brochures free of charge to groups and persons willing to educate others who know little or nothing about the cruelties inflicted on animals.
Colleges, fairs, festivals, concerts, parks, and malls are great places to leaflet. If you are interested, visit Vegan Outreach’s website. They explain why leafleting is so effective and you can check out the brochures. Killing animals for food will probably never be outlawed but changing people’s hearts and minds will change their fate.
You can do so much good in so little time.
Thank you very much, Barb Keith & Christine Brewster
Give to the Homeless Animals:
Donations Needed
Club member Heather Meledin is asking for donations to the Helen O. Krause Animal Foundation in Dillsburg. The following is the shelter's wish list. If you would like to make a donation, please contact Heather at 717-329-1934 or heather.meledin@gmail.com.
Dogs: dry food - Purina pro plan, squeaky toys, tennis balls, Jolly balls, large kong toys, Booda bones, large galileo bones, large nylabones, dog treats, dog training treats, pedigree canned dog food
Cats: Friskies canned food, Purina cat chow dry cat food, Purina indoor formula dry cat food , Science Diet senior dry cat food, non-scoopable litter, cat beds, cat condos, small cat trees, Turbo scratchers and refills
Special Request: gift certificates for Staples, Wal-Mart, Giant Food Stores, Petsmart, Boiling Springs Animal Hospital
General Supplies: brooms and mops, 6” and 9” round paper plates, paper towels, copier paper, postage stamps, 33 and 39 gallon plastic garbage bags, Dawn dishwashing liquid, liquid hand soap, liquid laundry detergent, dryer sheets, waterless hand sanitizer, bleach , disposable latex/rubber gloves
Tips For Vegans
Omega-3 essential fatty acids: It is very important that vegetarians and vegans regularly consume flax seed or flax seed oil in their diet, about 1 teaspoon of oil each day, or about 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed (grind fresh each day in a small coffee grinder). Ground flax seed can be sprinkled on cereals or salads.
Vitamin B-12: It is very important for vegans to get adequate amounts of vitamin B-12 fortified foods or take a B-12 supplement. A B-12 deficiency can lead to permanent nerve damage.
Calcium: A few studies have suggested that some vegans may fall short of calcium
requirements, raising their risk for bone fractures. (Many omnivores don’t get enough calcium, either, of course.). Recommended intake of calcium for adults is 1,000 mg per day. Here are some good vegan sources of calcium:
300 mg calcium: 1cup fortified orange juice or V8 juice, 1 cup fortified soymilk
200 mg calcium: 1 tbsp blackstrap molasses, ½ cup cooked collard greens, ½ cup calcium-set tofu, 1 ounce of fortified breakfast cereal
100 mg calcium: ½ cup cooked kale, turnip greens, or broccoli, ½ cup cooked soybeans , 5 dried figs
50 to 75 mg calcium: 2 tbsp almond butter or tahini, ½ cup prepared textured vegetable protein (TVP), ½ cup cooked bok choy, ½ cup tempeh, ½ cup cooked navy, black or great northern beans, ½ cup vegetarian baked beans, 1 orange, 2 tbsp almonds.
Green Street Club Shirts
Green Street Club t-shirts have been ordered and will soon be available. They will cost $15. You can order medium, large, and extra large.
Call Marshall/Susie at 717-651-0255 to order.
Don’t wait, supplies are limited.
(These are not endorsements of the GSVC club--a member submitted these for information)
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