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Please thank the following major sponsors of PARS FOR PAWS with your support!

Please see our 
Sponsors' Page 
for more information.

 
Jeffrey Paris, Financial Advisor
 www.wfadvisors.com/jeffrey.paris

Gold Country Golf and Utility

Tuolumne County 
Veterinary Association, Inc.

Law Offices of 
Michael W. Milward 
and 
Ellen D. Vogt 
Arnold, CA

Please see our 
Sponsors' Page 
for more information.

Feed shelter animals at
no cost to you by visiting
www.freekibble.com 

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Quick News Headlines!

Rusty's Tale

Ever wondered how being abandoned and lost feels to a dog? Read a short "true" story written from a dog's perspective here. As of January 13, 2010, Rusty is at the Calaveras County Animal Shelter awaiting a forever home.

New Animal Shelter to be a Reality

At their December 15, 2009 meeting, the Calaveras Board of Supervisors passed the New Shelter Resolution with no opposition. This Resolution was the first major step toward a partnership between the County and Calaveras Humane Society to provide a new, state of the art animal shelter to help the animals of our county. Now our massive fund raising effort begins. Follow the exciting progress of the new shelter here in our Quick News Headlines. See our poster and find out how to help the effort with your donation here.

If you have a web site and would like to help raise funds for the new shelter by putting a donation button on it, click here to learn how.  

Thrift Store Opening
by Blair Wilie

The CHS Thrift Store in Arnold is now open for business! It's located between Big Trees Market and Round Table Pizza in the Meadowmont Shopping Center. This is the center where we held our Yard Sale on Memorial Day 2009.

With an early opening on October 29th and with a grand opening on November 6th, the store has already attracted hundreds of customers with its quality merchandise and bargain prices... 

...(For the entire article please click here) 

Thrift Store hours are currently: 

We are ALWAYS glad to have more help & volunteers at the CHS Thrift Store. You can sign up by calling the store at 795-GIVE or stop in during business hours.

If you have questions about what is involved in volunteering at the thrift store, please call the store or Anne Ellis at 795-4538.

Harvest Home Festival
by Mary Pons

Once again, we were guests at the Harvest Home Festival at Ironstone Vineyards on Saturday, October 10th and Sunday the 11th. The Enterprise's Patty Hennessee saved the perfect spot for us,right at the entrance. The event was colorful and festive, with many interesting displays of art, produce, crafts and other products in the booths. 

Fosters Lenore Woods, Lisa Vanderpool, and Joyce Techel brought their cats and kittens. Karen Tiede brought her foster puppy Stella Luna. Katie Orlopp and Jackie Becker helped us find homes for the adorable kittens in the accompanying photo as well as four others. 

It was perfect fall weather, crisp and sunny. The turnout was good, making the annual event a success for us and for our hosts. Thanks to the Enterprise for giving us this opportunity to find homes for some of our animals.

PAWS AND CLAUS

Paws and Claus 2009 has come and gone. Families filed into the Masonic Hall in Murphys all day long on December 5, to get their children (2- and 4- legged) photographed with Santa, and to buy some of the many gifts and delicious baked goods on sale. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event fun and successful and we hope to see you all again next year!

We're in the Movies!
by Debby Beaufort

In September I received an email from movie director Dan Pavlik stating he had gotten my contact info from Judy Telezinski thru Linda Payton. He explained he was making a movie in Arnold in a few months and would need a 3-month-old medium to large breed pup... 

...(For the entire article please click here) 

Calaveras, animal advocate talks give way to new shelter
by Dana M. Nichols, Record Staff Writer

October 14, 2009

SAN ANDREAS - Calaveras County officials and advocates for the humane treatment of animals have reached verbal agreement to cooperate on the construction of a new, multimillion dollar animal shelter and pet adoption center.

The breakthrough came Tuesday when a majority of the members of the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voiced support for a deal under which the Calaveras County Humane Society would raise the millions of dollars needed to build a modern shelter while the county government would provide the land...

...(For the entire article and a photo of the Board of Supervisors meeting, please click here.)

CORN BROOM POOL TOURNAMENT

The Ebbetts Pass Moose Lodge in Arnold held a charity function that was loads of fun for all participants and raised almost $1000 to benefit Calaveras Humane Society! the Sept. 20 tournament was the brain child of Mike Hoffman. Ed Franke of the Moose Lodge officiated over it. The top winners took home their specially inscribed broom sticks and a bunch of nice prizes. Thank you Ebbetts Pass Moose Lodge! See photos of the great event here.

PURCHASE JEWELRY & HELP THE ANIMALS

Brenda Jennings has generously offered to donate half of all proceeds from sales of her gorgeous Gemstones by Bren jewelry to CHS if the contact for the sale originates from our CHS website. Click here for more information and a contact form and you will be glad you did! Remember, the holidays are not far off and these original works of art are outstanding!

STRUTT YOUR MUTT, October 24, 2009
by Karen Tiede

With the support of Hawg Dawgs Restaurant and Starbucks in Valley Springs, Ellie Stone fashioned a fun Calaveras Humane Society benefit. With a tremendous turnout of dogs, children and animal lovers, there were pet related booths offering homemade pet treats, pet ware, pet training and dog demonstrations such as agility and protection training. Local businesses and animal friends generously donated GREAT raffle prizes which were a big hit. Dog lovers eagerly registered their pets for competitions such as Kibble in the Spoon, Doggie Tic-Tac-Toe, Best Costume, Best Trick, Redlight-Greenlight, etc. The event earned over $1500 for the animals and the CHS Adopt-A-Pet found forever homes for six cats.

For more photos of the event, go to Ellie’s business website www.totalfocusphoto.com, click on "find your event photos" and then click on "Event Photos" for the Gallery for Strutt Your Mutt.

Special thanks to our event sponsors, Jeff Solari of Hawg Dawg’s Restaurant, Spence Ranch Feed, and Valley Springs Feed & Pet Supply. 

PARS FOR PAWS

Our 4th Annual Golf Tournament was all about having fun while "Helping Us Help the Animals!"  Click here to see photos from the successful event, here for a thank you to our sponsors and donors, here for more information on major sponsors, and here for a short article telling more about this great event.

Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Videos now on YouTube!

Check out the video presentations from the last 3 years of Volunteer Appreciation Dinners on YouTube! They are great!

2009: Wall-to-Wall Kittens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RV7tVg7Uz4 

2008: Audrey and Buddy-the-Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUiE2F0umtI&feature=channel

2007 Alley Cats, Alley Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPzN8qFhSmQ&feature=channel 

55-5 Gives Senior Animals a Second Chance

Click here to learn the details of what CHS is doing to help senior animals find forever homes and senior humans find the perfect companion pet.

Buy CHS gear and wear online!

Now you can browse, select and purchase gear and wear displaying the CHS dog and cat design embroidered on them. To view the large selection click here. Get great gear for yourself and help the animals of Calaveras County at the same time! (They make wonderful gifts, too!) 

Mother Lode Artist Paints for Charity

Click here to see how a local canine artist is helping raise money for humane organizations in Northern California.

We now have office hours!

The CHS office is staffed by volunteers and is normally open
Mondays & Wednesdays 10 am - 12 noon
Tuesdays & Fridays 10 am - 2 pm

We are staffed by our volunteers and open for your convenience at these hours. Foster homes can pick up food for their animals. Or come by and discuss volunteering with us. You can search on line for a pet. Buy merchandise. Drop off a donation. Watch a video. These are our administrative offices and we do not take in or adopt out animals at this location.

4868 Highway 4, Suite E

Located in Vallecito, east of Angels Camp on Hwy 4
behind Family 4 Fitness--in the rear of the building.

Our mailing address is:
P.O. Box 177
Vallecito CA, 95251

We now take credit cards at our fund raising events!

Thanks to a recent donation of the equipment and the service, we can now take credit cards at our events, for your added convenience. Stock up on shirts! Buy a dog house or cat condo. Visa and MasterCard only.