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Dear Karel,
Welcome to the Kennel Kapers Online, the Humane Society of Berks County's online newsletter. It provides updates on upcoming events, nice people, cool happenings, great programs, and important issues. We hope that you find it useful and enjoyable! |
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February Furry Friday
Christine Leinbach returns with a great new show!
The February Furry Friday Art Exhibition & Open House  features the return of one of our most popular artists ever, Christine Leinbach! Her colorful paintings of dogs, cats, landscapes and more are sure to strike your fancy. Enjoy some great food, have a beverage on us courtesy of our sponsors, Legacy Brewing and Barefoot Wines, and talk to the animals! You can also check on the latest construction progress toward the HSBC's Veterinary Hospital and kennel renovations.
Furry Friday is this Friday, February 8, from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. It's fun and free, so join us and bring some friends!
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Generosity In All Shapes and Sizes!
 Most people know that the HSBC is an independent, private charity. That's why we have to rely on events, individual donations, and service fees to do our work. But those helping the Humane Society are not always the people you might think!
Take eight year old Claire Ziolkowski, for example (shown here with her sister, Kathryn). Instead of birthday gifts for herself, she asked for gifts for the animals of the Humane Society. As a result, she donated $250 dollars and lots of pet food and supplies this past holiday season. Now, that is big generosity in a little package!
The HSBC also received a great deal of generosity over the holidays from area churches. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oley was one of several churches who collected offerings for the animals that resulted in generous financial donations and car loads of food and supplies.
These donations are every bit as important to the animals as cash donations (but we really need those, too!). The donations of cleaning supplies, office supplies, gift cards, washing machines, medical equipment and more that we have received over the past year have helped us put our precious financial resources to other good uses. So, a big thank you to Claire, Pastor Mitchell, and the hundreds of others who have helped the animals in so many creative ways!
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| End Berks County's National Embarrassment
Ask PA officials to support Pigeon Shoot Ban Legislation!
 It is not often that we find ourselves in the very last place to allow a terrible and repugnant thing. Those of us living in Berks County, Pennsylvania hold that unfortunate distinction. Not only is Pennsylvania the last State to legally and openly allow pigeon shoots, Berks County is one of the only places in the entire state to have them- and Berks hosts three major shoots!
We can do something about this now, by demanding that our State Representatives and Senators support House Bill 73 and Senate Bill 1150 or give a public explanation for why they won't! Is there a good excuse for blocking a bill that says you can't shoot at a bird launched from a catapult or tied down to a hay bale? If there is, I believe our "uncommitted" officials owe it to their constituents to openly explain why they won't support this short, crystal-clear legislation.
Contact your Representative or Senator now and ask them join Berks County Senator Rafferty and Berks Representatives Caltagirone, Kessler, and Santoni in co-sponsoring these two bills. If they won't, demand to know why.
Some place had to be the last place to make dog fighting a crime or to end segregation. Berks County's national embarrassment can be brought to an end and we can put the final nail in the coffin of the disgraceful practice of pigeon shoots. Let's go from being the last place to have pigeon shoots to the last place to have had pigeon shoots.
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The Humane Society of Berks County serves all of Berks County and surrounding communities, sheltering 7,000 animals each year. It is a nationally recognized, award-winning, private, non-profit organization funded through donations and service fees. In addition to enforcing Pennsylvania's animal cruelty laws, the Humane Society offers adoption services, spay and neuter services, humane education, pet behavioral counseling, and help to stray, injured and mistreated animals.
Sincerely,
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 Karel I. Minor, Executive Director
Humane Society of Berks County |
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