Acadiana Humane Society was affected by Issac, but not nearly as bad as our neighbors in other parishes. We rode out the storm with only minor damage to the roof of our quarantine building, some broken pecan trees, a super saturated yard, and loss of electricity for 18 hours. We were lucky this time, as normally in a hurricane we loose power for a week or more and are normally flooded in for several days to a week, but this time we were on the calmer side of the storm. We are however in need of a generator for our hurricane safe animal shelter before the next big storm. The dogs and cats that had to stay in the shelter went without electricity and lights because we don’t have a generator. If anyone would like to donate to help us save up to get a generator, please be sure to note that your donation is for a generator when sending a check or Paypal donation. Paypal can be sent to info@acadianahumane.org or using the PayPal link on our website. Checks can be given to us in person at our Saturday adoption events at Petco (see schedule below), or mailed to us at Acadiana Humane Society; P.O. Drawer C; Sunset, Louisiana 70584-0536. If you would like to donate a generator you no longer need, you may email us at ahspets@gmail.com to make arrangements to get it to us. Or, if you own a business and would like to purchase and donate a new generator that could keep our shelter up and running in a storm, we would be happy to offer you free advertising on our website. Thank you very much!
Acadiana Humane Society Petco Adoption Events
- Saturday, September 8th, 11AM-2PM
- Saturday, September 29th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, October 6th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, October 13th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, October 27th Noon-4PM
Join us on September 22, 2012 at 9:00AM!
It’s Time to Strut for Homeless Pets!
Get ready, get set, get your pooch warmed up ..it’s time for Best Friends Animal Society’s First Annual Strut Your Mutt in Lafayette, Louisiana. Join us for a leisurely morning walk to help homeless pets in the Lafayette area, and then celebrate afterwards at our ultimate doggie festival.
Registration begins at 7:30am (why wait when you can register online now!); walk begins at 9am. Festival ends at 1pm. Just go to www.tinyurl.com/ahsmutt and be sure to select Acadiana Humane Society from the drop down menu when registering. Then, create your own fundraising page and share it on your Facebook page to help us raise money. Of, if you can’t walk with us, please choose one of our Dog Pack Team Members and donate through their fundraiser page. You can see the entire list from our Team Page, or you can check out our Director’s page here: www.strutyourmutt.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=7182 Thank you!
Petco currently has select cat toys and cat scratching posts and cat furniture on sale Buy One Get One FREE now through August 25th when you shop with your Petco Pals membership card. If you only need one of the items, please consider donating the free item to your local animal rescue! For those of you who live in Lafayette, Louisiana, please feel free to make your BOGO FREE purchases at Petco located at 3215 Louisiana Ave. and donate your free cat toys, free cat furniture and scratching posts to Acadiana Humane Society! You can even leave it at the register when shopping and ask the employee to give it to one of the AHS volunteers!
Several customers have already taken advantage of this and donated some of their free items when shopping! The foster kittens and cats are having lots of fun tonight with the new scratching posts! We really appreciate the donation of pet toys and pet furniture and supplies! Why? Because our vet and food bills are our first priority so we don’t normally purchase toys and furniture for the rescue animals. If you prefer to donate them to us in person, you can either bring them home and email us at ahspets@gmail.com to set up a time to meet. Or, you can bring them back to Petco during one of our Adoption Events. Please see below for our current Petco schedule:
Acadiana Humane Society Petco Adoption Events
- Saturday, August 11th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 25th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, September 1st Noon-4PM
- Saturday, September 8th, 11AM-2PM
- Saturday, September 29th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, October 6th Noon-4PM
Tags: BOGO
Many thanks to everyone who signed up to walk with Acadiana Humane Society in Best Friend’s Strut Your Mutt Lafayette our rescue WON $1,000.00 for having the most walkers in Lafayette before the contest deadline! This is exactly what we needed to pay off our 2011 Spay Nation vet bill! For those who have not yet registered, but would still like to walk with us, it is not too late to join us! The money raised will be used to pay our 2012 vet bills and help us save more pets! Just be sure to choose Acadiana Humane Society from the drop down menu when registering: http://www.tinyurl.com/ahsmutt Please see our earlier blog entries if you need more information about Strut Your Mutt.
If you can’t walk with us, please consider donating to one of our volunteer’s fundraiser page!
You can also check out the others who have volunteered to walk with us and choose to sponsor one of them:
www.strutyourmutt.org/team/ahs
Many thanks to our volunteers, walkers, and everyone who is sponsoring a walker!
Acadiana Humane Society Petco Adoption Events
- Saturday, July 28th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 4th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 11th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 18th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 25th Noon-4PM
Strut Your Mutt – Lafayette, Louisiana
FLASh and Acadiana Humane Society TIED in Lafayette’s Strut Your Mutt contest to win $1,000.00!
The TIE BREAKER is now ON! If you have not yet registered to walk with Acadiana Humane Society yet, NOW is the time to do so! We have until July 15th at 8pm PST to win $1,000.00 which is EXACTLY what we still owe on our 2011 vet bills, thus helping us save even more animals in 2012!
The group in Lafayette with the most walkers by 8:00pm PST on Sunday, July 15th will win the $1,000!
*Don’t forget, for live event cities, total qualified walkers includes adult walkers, walkers under 12 who register with a Strut Your Mutt T-shirt, and couples (couples do count as two walkers). Virtual fundraisers and walkers 12 and under without a Strut Your Mutt T-shirt do not qualify.
Please help spread the word and help us win this! Thank you very much! http://www.tinyurl.com/ahsmutt
Your $30 donation (includes your t-shirt) to register with us goes to our rescue, and may help us win the $1,000 to pay off our 2011 vet bills! Please be sure to select “Join a Dog Pack (existing team)” and then be sure to select “Acadiana Humane Society” from the drop down menu. You’ll need to click through a few pages. Be sure you click the final submit button, then check your email to make sure you got a confirmation email. Then, you can go back to this pagehttp://acadianahumane.org/catblogger/2012/07/07/strut/ and check the list of “Participants” to be sure your name is listed there. If your name is not listed there, then when you get your confirmation email from Best Friends, please reply to it and let them know you intended to sign up to walk for Acadiana Humane Society. You can also forward your email to ahspets@gmail.com so we can check on it as well. Thank you!
When you register to help us win, you are saying you plan to walk with Acadiana Humane Society on September 22, 2012 at 9:00AM to help homeless pets!
Get ready, get set, get your pooch warmed up… it’s time for Best Friends Animal Society’s First Annual Strut Your Mutt in Lafayette, Louisiana. Join us for a leisurely morning walk to help homeless pets in the Lafayette area, and then celebrate afterwards at our ultimate doggie festival. You can walk with one or two of your personal dogs. Or, you can just walk with us without a dog. You can also request to walk one of our foster dogs if you prefer.
Registration Fees:
- Individuals: $30 (counts as a walker)
- Couples: $50 (counts as two walkers)
- Kids 12 and under with t-shirt: $20 (counts as a walker)
- Kids 12 and under without t-shirt: FREE (does not count towards contest)
- Virtual Participant: $10 (does not count towards contest) Virtual Participants, like Individual Walkers, can raise money for Acadiana Humane Society by joining our Dog Pack, but will not count towards the $1,000 contest.
Note: every person who is attending the event must be registered in order to participate.
To support Acadiana Humane Society choose us as the Dog Pack you join and we will receive 100% of all money raised (after transaction fees). Be sure to select Acadiana Humane Society from the drop down menu when registering please!
The top individual fundraiser and his/her dog will be recognized in Best Friends Magazine and on the 2013 Strut Your Mutt t-shirts!!
Find Acadiana Humane Society on Facebook and on Twitter!
Tags: Acadiana Humane Society, Best Friends, contest, dog, dogs, Lafayette, Strut Your Mutt
Strut Your Mutt – Lafayette, Louisiana
Join us on September 22, 2012 at 9:00AM!
It’s Time to Strut for Homeless Pets!
Get ready, get set, get your pooch warmed up ..it’s time for Best Friends Animal Society’s First Annual Strut Your Mutt in Lafayette, Louisiana. Join us for a leisurely morning walk to help homeless pets in the Lafayette area, and then celebrate afterwards at our ultimate doggie festival.
Who: Animal lovers in Louisiana who want to raise money for homeless pets, & have a great time with their dogs.
What: Leisurely group dog walk followed by a doggie themed celebration festival that includes pet contests, photo opp’s, treats for your dogs, fun activities, refreshments and more.
Where: Parc Sans Souci – 201 E. Vermilion St., Lafayette, LA 70501
When: Saturday, September 22, 2012 Registration begins at 7:30am (why wait when you can register online now!); walk begins at 9am. Festival ends at 1pm.
Why: To raise money for one of the participating local animal rescue groups (our No More Homeless Pets Network Partners) and Best Friends Animal Society, and help bring about a time when there are No More Homeless Pets.
Registration Fees:
- Individuals: $30 ($35 day-of)
- Couples: $50 ($60 day-of)
- Kids 12 and under with t-shirt: $20 ($25 day-of)
- Kids 12 and under without t-shirt: FREE
- Virtual Participant (not attending our official Strut in Lafayette): $10 (does not include a t-shirt but our 2012 Strut shirts will be available for purchase). Virtual Participants, like Individual Walkers, can raise money for Best Friends or for a participating Network Partner–but will need to join a Network Partner’s Dog Pack in order to raise money for that group.
Note: every person who is attending the event must be registered in order to participate.
To support Acadiana Humane Society choose us as the Dog Pack you join and we will receive 100% of all money raised (after transaction fees).
The top individual fundraiser and his/her dog will be recognized in Best Friends Magazine and on the 2013 Strut Your Mutt t-shirts!!
HOW TO HELP ACADIANA HUMANE SOCIETY:
1. Register to join our Dog Pack (by clicking here for the webpage!). Just be sure to choose “Join a Dog Pack (existing team)” and then be sure to select “Acadiana Humane Society” from the drop down menu. There are different participant options – they’re all listed on the registration page and you can choose which best suits you. If you register as an actual walker BY July 9th you can help us win $1,000.00 if our rescue has the most people registered by this date among those attending the Lafayette Strut Your Mutt! This is exactly what we need to pay off our 2011 vet bills, so it would be awesome if your $30.00 donation to register could help us win this additional money for paying off our vet bill! Thank you!
2. Choose your own personal fundraising goal. This can be any amount that you feel comfortable with, but we’d love to encourage you to aim high! You can fundraise by asking friends, family, & colleagues to donate to your participation in the walk!
3. Choose your “Role”. Select Virtual Fundraiser — Registration Fee: $ 10.00 (if you can’t be here to join us). Or, if you plan to walk with us, then choose Walker – Adult — Registration Fee: $ 30.00 (if 13 or older). There are also two options for those under 12 who will be walking with an adult: Under 12, no shirt (free) or Walker – 12 & Under w/ T-Shirt — Registration Fee: $ 20.00. Please note: While any choice raises money for us, only the $30 walker choice counts towards the $1000 contest.
4. You’ll get your own personal fundraising webpage! You can personalize the page and then send it to friends and family, asking them to either join our Dog Pack or donate to our team! There are great resources for recruiting donors available on the Strut Your Mutt website!
If you’d like to support us but can’t make it on the day, you can be either be a ‘virtual’ fundraiser for our dog pack, or you can donate directly to one of our Dog Pack members.
We really hope to see you on September 22nd! Thank you for your support!
Acadiana Humane Society Petco Adoption Events
- Saturday, June 16th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, June 23rd Noon-4PM
- Saturday, June 30th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, July 7th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, July 14th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, July 21st Noon-4PM
- Saturday, July 28th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 4th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 11th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 18th Noon-4PM
- Saturday, August 25th Noon-4PM
