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JANUARY 24TH, 2009
Weather and road
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Home for the HOWLidays What is it? It's what Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate, truly means!
What do we (you!) do?
This economy means even more animals in need this winter... |
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
To help
us bring warm beds and houses, flea treatment, food, to pets Volunteer here. Can't volunteer? Donate here quickly! We'll go and buy what we need NOW. |
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Donate! Dog & Cat Houses, beds, food. We prefer PetSmart Gift Card Wal*Mart Gift Cards or Costco Gift Card (best prices). Click here for "ship to" info. |
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From one of our volunteers, who
returns year after year to help... "I wouldn't spend my time any other way! There's nothing like dressing up warm, joining an awesome group of compassionate people, and touching the lives of the animals who need us - desperately. It beats sitting at home and watching football or cooking - any day!" Cindy T., Lake Havasu, Arizona Start here, whether in Washington State or places beyond! There are animals in need everywhere who need YOUR help!
OUT-OF-STATE INCENTIVE: if
you distribute at least 12 dog/cat houses in December, we'll reward the
team leader with a famous PasadoRescue t-shirt!) |
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A Typical Home For The Howlidays
outing ...
Imagine the scene at
left...... Grab some hot
cider... ..load up your SUV's and vans with dog houses... |
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...beds, food and flea
treatment... and head out to find dogs and cats who suffer in the cold. |
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You meet their owners,
make friends with them, offer their pet a house, a bed, toys, and some food - and flea
treatment, bringing needed relief from these parasites. That's Yvonne, left, who's brought comfort to so many animals who need you, your time, your passion! What better way to spend this holiday! |
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From one of our
volunteers on one of our Christmas Give-a-ways... "We hit pay dirt," one volunteer said. The local police of a tiny mountain town directed the group to an area of shanties that grew out of the banks of a rapidly-flowing river. "Be careful. Don't send just women down there. There are a lot of meth labs," the police officer told our Team Leader. So together, as a group, they traveled back roads, all unmarked dirt lanes, until they were under a thick, wet cedar forest, on the banks of the river. |
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"We got out of our cars
and trucks and started saying "Is anyone home? We've got goodies for
your pets!'," one of the volunteers recalls. "People began coming out of
old, rusty buses they called home. Old trailers, cars - and they were
thrilled. They couldn't have been more grateful, or happy."
Volunteers began meeting
people they would never have meet, probably, in their entire lives. "You
could tell some people were anxious," recalls one participant. "They were faced with how the 'other
half' lives - and they had no idea. But as soon as they all met, they
found there was a common bond of loving animals. It was amazing to see
how everyone became friends almost immediately, hugging, laughing. It
was so great." |
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It was nothing like the
police had told them. No one felt threatened. And all of the pet owners
were genuinely moved by what volunteers had come to do - to help their
beloved. pets. One dog, particular, stole their hearts. |
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She'd lived on a chain,
although it was apparent her guardian loved her. She had just given
birth to a litter of puppies. Volunteers gave her a new dog house, a new
bed, and flea treatment, one of the most important gifts we bring to
these animals who have so little. In the cold, fleas can cause anemia,
and take the life of the less resilient, ill, or old animals. |
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Even though we gave Mama Dog new everything - toys, treats, food - her best gift will be the spay that Pasado's Safe Haven will provide for free after New Year's. This litter, would be her last. Left, Debbie W. and her husband Rick and Claire A. and her husband were two of many couple who used Christmas to help needy animals. How can we thank people like them? No words can express what heart these people have.
Want to volunteer yet?
O.K. go for it! |
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Donate
a Costco Gift Card and help us buy warm beds, food, and everything else
we need, where we need to buy it! Ship to address: 10131 Woods Lake Road, Monroe, WA 98272 Click here to volunteer to help us in Washington State or start in your area of the U.S. or Canada! |
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Making friends with people
who have little to give their pets enables us to come back and provide
pet sterilization (like we will for this litter, as well). And it also
provides us insight into how to help pets of the needy. Although The Spay Station, our big rig mobile pet sterilization, comes to a community near to where we found Mama Dog and her litter, we learned something new from Mama's guardian, and her neighbors. All of them asked if we could provide muzzles, in addition to the houses, beds, and food. Why? We asked. Actually thinking the worst. It was because they'd all wanted to bring their animals to be spayed and neutered on-board The Spay Station, but because they didn't have transportation, they relied on bus service. And the community bus system will allow dogs on-board only if muzzled. Had we only known. |
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Is this my NEW WARM
HOUSE?!?!?! One woman e-mailed Pasado's Safe Haven this week and commented that it was hardly uplifting to learn of these animals, living in such sad conditions, only to leave them there. In many ways, we couldn't agree more with her. But the fact remains, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of animals live in less-than-ideal conditions in the U.S. And despite the fact that they're not housed or cared for as we would like them to be, we cannot look away and do nothing. |
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We thank every person who
took the time to improve the lives of so many dogs and cats. To
Oasis Facilities Management for loaning us the trucks to deliver
everything. After last year's Christmas give-a-way, dogs and cats were warm, well fed, had their first toy to lay beside - and will not feel the bites of parasites. And those who needed further veterinary care or sterilization, got it. Now, we need YOUR help for THIS year! Are you 'up' for a feel-good Christmas experience of your life?! Then sign-up here! We can't wait to meet you!
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Before the event: |
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January 24th
Meet your team and let the goodness begin! (Our day starts at 9AM and ends about 2pm.) Can't help onJanuary 24th? Then make a donation here, we'll buy what we need! Or, purchase a Costco Gift Card - we get the best prices on everything there. Mail to: Pasado's
Safe Haven |
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Donate
a Costco Gift Card and help us buy warm beds, food, and everything else
we need, where we need to buy it! Volunteer! Click here to volunteer to help us in Washington State or start in your area of the U.S. or Canada! |
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Read a great story in The
Seattle Times about this awesome day
here! |
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TIPS TO KEEP ANIMALS SAFE IN THE COLD from
Pasado’s Safe Haven
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Check out how Pasado's Teams did in other states in Christmas' past!
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