Please go to Great Harvest Bread Company on 854A Kaliste Saloom Road Lafayette, Louisiana 70508 (337) 236-896 and vote for Acadiana Humane Society as the next BAKER FOR THE DAY!
Customers can vote for the charity/non-profit group that they would most like to see run the bakery and receive the money. Great Harvest Bread Co. will donate all ingredients and labor. ALL CASH TAKEN IN—not a percentage of the profits—will go to the winning group on Sunday, March 29. Acadiana Humane Society is the only animal rescue on the ballot. Please go to the store, now through March 7th and cast your ballot for the animals!
Why does Acadiana Humane Society want your vote?
Acadiana Humane Society is a no-kill animal rescue and foster home system. We take in homeless, abandoned, owner surrendered, and animal control rescued cats, dogs, and other animals. We vet them and adopt them out through Petco, Petsmart, Petfinder, and our website.
Acadiana Humane Society plans to use part of the proceeds to pay off our current vet bill. We will also put 25% of all money raised into our Spay/Neuter Fund to help low income families alter their pets. Some of the money raised will go into our Shelter Fund to help us finish construction of our hurricane safe animal shelter.
Every Vote Counts! Help us become the next Baker For The Day!
Acadiana Humane Society will be participating in the Krewe des Chiens 11th Annual Mardi Gras Dog Parade on Saturday, February 14, 2009. The parade will start rolling in downtown Lafayette at 2PM. The Krewe des Chiens is a large fundraiser for all local animal rescues. Please come out and support Acadiana Humane Society and other area animal rescues!
We are currently collecting donations of Mardi Gras beads and other non-edible throws that our volunteers can throw out to the parade goers. Linda at Bridge Storage on Ambassador Caffery has been kind enough to be a drop off point for donations to our animal rescue. If you have any Mardi Gras beads, stuffed animals, or other non-edible throws to donate, please stop by Bridge Storage on Ambassador Caffery and look for our donation box there. If you would like a tax donation receipt, please leave either your buisness card, or your information with Linda, and we will mail one out to you.
You may also drop off donations of cat & dog food, as well as pet food for small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, cockatiels, etc.), litter boxes, litter scoops, cat litter, dog & cat toys, dog & cat treats, hand held brooms and dustpans, Advantage, Frontline, pet carriers, wire crates, small animal bedding, and other pet supplies that you think we can use for our foster animals. To see a specific list of soome of our needed items, please check out our needs page on our website.
We are also looking for volunteers who would like to walk in the parade with us. We need two adults to carry our banner, four adults to help with security, a few adults to walk adoptable dogs, and adults and supervised children to pull wagons and throw beads. Please contact Sue via email if you can help with the parade.
To view more photos from last years Dog Parade, please check out our Flickr site.
Come see us at the dog parade!
PetSmart® and Hill’s® are proud sponsors of the PetSmart Charities “Second Chance for Love Adoption Weekend”. The weekend adoption event takes place Friday, February 13, thru Sunday, February 15, 2009, in all U.S. PetSmart® stores. The goal is to find homes for more than 13,500 pets in need.
Adoptors will receive FREE with each Cat or Dog Adoption “The Guide for Lifelong Health” To assist New Pet Parents on caring for their new family member every Cat & Dog adopterwill receive: “The Guide for Lifelong Health” (a $30 value, in-store only) provided by Hill’s®.
A $7 coupon toward a bag of Hill’s Science Diet® dog or cat food, as well as additional PetSmart® savings on supply items. (both offers valid in U.S. Only)
We will be at Petsmart on Johnston Street in Lafayette, LA, on Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15, from 11am to 4pm on both days. Check out our list of adoptable pets on the “Adopt Me!” page of this blog and come meet your next forever best friend!
