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The NWASS would like to
gratefully acknowledge some of our sponsors. We KNOW we have missed
some of you but please know we thank you from the bottom of our
hearts. Without your support we would not have been able to make it
this far. Art & Marj Buchanan (Roi Theatre) plus all of their awesome staff who helped with our Eight Below auction!
Ms. Krall and Mrs. Monkman's homerooms Smithers Secondary School
2007 AWG Northern Industries & All-West Glass The Peak CJFW radio Dale Perry - Perry and Company David Mio - Calderwood Realty Dean Moore - Bulkley Valley Printers Dr. Onstein (Optometrist) Eric Mah - Mah, Barnes & Company Grace Kwan Hans Saefkow - for designing our logo! John VanVeen - Heritage Technical Services The Movie Gallery Newpro Smithers North Country Insurance Agencies Northline Collision Oscar's Source for Sports Paul's Bakery Peter & Rona Lund - Silver Estates Ltd. Ray & Beanie Collingwood - Collingwood Brothers Serge Mazerand Smithers & District Chamer of Commerce Smithers Dairy Queen Smithers Feed Store Smithers Golf and Country Club Smithers Safeway Smithers Secondary School: Grade 8 class 2006 Smithers United Church The Crest Hotel, Prince Rupert Wayne Kendall Walburea R. David
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Donations are not only about money. You can do an important part by informing others about the plight of animals. Letters written to the editor of a local newspaper, calls to a radio talk show, or material passed out at a dog show, club meeting, or other event, are all excellent ways to spread the word.
Individuals or groups might wish to donate books on animal protection, wildlife or pet care to a local library or school and ask that it hold an animal week, featuring a display or promotion of these books.
Encourage responsible pet ownership by setting a good example. Make sure your pet is spayed or neutered, wears a collar with proper identification attached to it, is routinely vaccinated, regularly exercised, fed a balanced diet, and adequately sheltered. Never let your pet run loose unsupervised. If, for some reason, you are unable to keep an animal, either find him/her a good home or take him/her to a no-kill animal rescue association or league through which he/she can be made available to a loving home. NEVER abandon an animal, for it will probably not survive and will only add to the already monumental problem of pet overpopulation. Helping in your community Do you know an elderly person or someone sick who has a pet? Volunteer to help feed, walk or bathe the person's dog, or change kitty litter. Your help may enable someone to keep a pet they might otherwise have to send to a shelter. Offer to collect blankets and other supplies. Create a bulletin board for your school or library with pictures of adoptable animals. Animal rescue groups always need money. Hold a bake sale, collect money from recycling aluminum cans, or hold a yard sale. The money could be given to sponsor spay/neuter programs or to help feed shelter animals. Make posters for the neighborhood about taking care of animals, spaying and neutering, adopting older animals, and everything that is involved in taking care of a pet. Ask permission to put these up in stores, veterinarians' offices, or on community bulletin boards. Set up a humane education program in the local school system. Discuss the possibilities with your local school or district administrator. Perhaps you could initiate a simple, one-hour program on pet care and animal problems for one or two grade levels. Teachers generally welcome volunteers from the community. You would eventually reach great numbers of children, and the experience can be rewarding and of immeasurable help to animals.
For more information please contact us at smithersnwass@hotmail.com or write to us at Box 3064, Smithers BC. V0J 2N0
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We
can use Canadian Tire Money to buy food, litter and
supplies at Canadian Tire. Please send any CTM donations by mail to:
