April 2009


 

 

Consider making a SERVICE donation!

 Looking to Donate Something? Are you looking for a way to make a donation, but you don't have the extra cash? Did you know you can donate services? Here are just some of the services that can be donated to the Shelter and get free advertising for the donation! 

To offer a product or service that you think our Shelter might need, click here to email the director and we will keep your information on file! 

  • paving company to help with paving the entire facility
  • fencing for the kennels
  • landscaping and landscaping architect
  • printing services for marketing collateral
  • graphic design to help create marketing pieces
  • thankfully we don't need a newsletter person cause we've already got one whose AMAZING :) woo hooo you rock
  • fundraising or grantwriting experts
  • program development
  • a nice rich person to send lots of $$$ so we can remodel!
 

 

Hippity, hop...

 

...op, hop, hop...

 to the Leominster Petco for pictures with the Easter Bunny!
The Easter Bunny is Coming to Petco!

Pet parents, are you looking for a way to show off your dog, help the Animal Shelter, Inc. and the Petco Foundation all at once? Hop on down to the Leominster Petco on April 11th with your pet all spiffed up for a meeting with the Easter Bunny. Here are the details:

 

Who Animal Shelter Inc. and Petco Foundation
What Pictures with your pet(s) and/or human kid(s) with the Easter Bunny
Where Petco store in Leominster located at 48 Water Tower Plaza, Leominster, MA 01453 (In the plaza with Shaw's)
When Saturday April 11th from 11am-1pm. No appointment needed!
How All pictures will be printed at the store and you will get them immediately. All pictures are $5 each.
Why To raise money for the Shelter and the foundation, and of course to show off your beautiful pet!

For more information or questions, contact Melissa at melissa@sterlingshelter.org or call the Leominster Petco at 978-840-5810.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dozens of animal rescue groups and pet related vendors, manufacturers, and sponsors come together for an “event not to be missed” for pet lovers.
Rescuers' Reunion at the Whisker Walk 2009
 

Sunday, June 7, 2009 (rain or shine!)
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lancaster Fairground - Home of Bolton Fair
Route 117 - Seven Bridge Road
Lancaster, MA


 Mark your calendars! Please join us for the Rescuers' Reunion AT the 2009 Whisker Walk. View our video, on YouTube, to see just how much fun that you, your family, and your dog(s) will have!

Not only is the Whisker Walk an amazing event to experience with your family and dog(s), but you must also participate in the heartwarming and touching reunion.

The 2009 Rescuer’s Reunion Meet and Greet us an opportunity to meet YOUR dog(s) foster family from Virginia (VA), Tennessee (TN), and Puerto Rico. Our partner shelters and foster families will be traveling a very long way to attend to meet you and your dog(s)! Last year's reunion was an amazing part of the Whisker Walk event. Many of our pets reconnected with littermates and found each other! The foster families from VA, TN, and Puerto Rico will be at the event all day to reunite with you and your dog(s). You can’t miss it! In addition, our Shelter will provide adoptees with a sticker that corresponds with the group you adopted. You can write your pets adoption month and year on it and while walking around the event, you just might bump into a littermate to your dog(s)!!! It is a fun and exciting opportunity to reunite. Last year there were many reunions!

Stay tuned to our Shelter website (www.sterlingshelter.org) for more information and details! You definitely do NOT want to miss this!!!

 How can you help our pets and programs? Create your very own custom webpage to fundraise and collect pledges for the Whisker Walk. Send emails to your friends, family, and business associates – 100% of the money raised will help our pets and programs. Ask your company if they will match donations and double your fundraising efforts! Prizes will be awarded to the top fundraiser/team.

Don't forget to check out our Shelter Facebook Friends  (www.facebook.com/people/Sterling-Shelter/1382700804) page to keep up-to-date with events and happenings.

 

 

Join in on the benefit concert and car wash to raise fund for the Shelter and our furry friends!
The Every Nose Needs a Home Concert

Put on by Worcester State College's WSCW Lancer Radio to benefit Animal Shelter Inc. in Sterling.

 

Who WSCW Radio featuring Jeff Siegriest, Cowboy Matt, NEMES, and Ryan Fitzgerald
What Benefit concert and car wash. Free with donation suggested.
Where Worcester State College Campus, Wasylean Patio.
486 Chandler St., Worcester, MA 01602
When Thursday, April 30th. Car wash 12-3pm, Concert 7-10pm
Why To raise funds for the animals at the shelter and listen to good music

 

 

 

 

 

Go green and help the Shelter with your Shaw's Rewards card!
Shaw’s Receipt Rewards Program

Thank you to all of our Shelter friends and supporters who have faithfully mailed or dropped off your Shaw’s grocery receipts as part of the Shaw’s Receipt Rewards Program. Our Shelter receives a percentage of the total grocery bill.


Going Green! The program is changing to become more eco-friendly and paperless. There is a PROGRAM UPDATE that is effective 28 February 2009.
 

Shaw’s is changing their program to go paperless and help us save time counting, calculating, and mailing hundreds of thousands of receipts each year. Sign up with your existing Shaw’s Rewards Card. It takes seconds and both YOU and our Shelter will save on postage, time, and it helps the environment!

Thank you for your help and patience!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the VCA Animal Hosptials for affordable vet services!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Help prevent
heartworm disease
for your pets!

VCA Animal Hospital Promotions Are Being Continued Through June!

Our Shelter has a very close partnership with the VCA Animal Hospitals and we LOVE that they help our Shelter, as well as many other shelters nationally. We wanted to let our supporters know about the great promotions they are running and the ideal way to SAVE money AND keep your pet's healthy!

Preventive Care Clinic:  Receive 50% OFF all prescribed vaccines when you purchase a health exam. Having your pet examined at a VCA Preventive Care Clinic is a smart idea. It is where your pet will receive four vital types of preventive care:

  1. Vaccines. They are the best way to prevent life-threatening infectious diseases and to prevent pain and suffering.
  2. Nutrition. Even just an extra pound or two can shorten your pet’s life. Find out how to make smart nutritional choices that help prevent obesity.
  3. Dental care. Bad breath is only the beginning. Dental disease can lead to kidney, liver, and heart problems, as well as bone and tooth loss.
  4. Parasite Prevention. Heartworm in cats and dogs can be fatal. There are many other serious diseases transmitted by parasites—year round. Learn how to fight back!

This is THE IDEAL time to discuss heartworm prevention, as well as flea and tick prevention, for your DOG and CAT with your veterinarian. Heartworm disease has been reported in all 50 states. Heartworm is transmitted through mosquitoes and warmer weather brings mosquitoes. Spring is here, so PLEASE learn more and discuss this with your veterinarian.

Preventative care is HIGHLY advised. Our Shelter provides Interceptor OR Sentinel to all pets, in our care, once monthly. This is a once a month preventative. Interceptor or Sentinel are effective, easy-to-administer and inexpensive. These medications interrupt heartworm development before larvae and adult worms reach the lungs and cause disease. When administered properly and on a timely schedule, heartworm infection can be prevented.

This map shows particularly endemic areas based on the number of cases reported by clinics. Heartworm has been reported ALL over New England.