NEWS & UPDATE, May/June 2012
From: Elizabeth Howard, Coordinator “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France The job of our project is to provide food for pets of homeless and low income persons in our community. This definitely leads us here-and-there. We Went To The Dogs : Two Alachua County Animal Services officers accompanied us to several homeless encampments. We’ve wanted to do this for quite some time so that the officers had a chance to meet the dogs and the people and to give some education about spay/neuter and other issues. Most people were home as were the dogs and we all could see that the great majority of people are caring well for their pets. We made sure everyone knows about the benefits of St. Francis Veterinary Clinic and that they know where and when they can pick up pet food from our project. We really appreciate all the hard work of Alachua County Animal Services and that they made time for us. Our Film Screening was a great success. The films,...