Please go to http://www.wfaa.com
There is an animal shelter in Tool, TX that is running out of money and
food. wfaa ch. 8 in Dallas has done a story about the shelter. The story
should still be on the web site and there is contact info. for the shelter.
In case you miss it, here it is. Phone no. 903-432-3422. Address is 10200
County Road, Tool, TX 75143. There is a web site: The Humane Society of
Cedar Creek Lake that can take donations http://www.hscd.org. Tool is a
tiny town SE from Dallas. It seems to be a very rural area and the shelter
serves several small towns. I wish I could do more, but I am sending out
this story to as many people as I can. I know we all have to cut back now
and I am included in that. I will send them what I can. I am sure no
matter how small the donation, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Shirley/Petey and Paloma's Mom

S.Smith wrote:
Please go to http://www.wfaa.com
There is an animal shelter in Tool, TX that is running out of money and
food. wfaa ch. 8 in Dallas has done a story about the shelter. The story
should still be on the web site and there is contact info. for the shelter.
In case you miss it, here it is. Phone no. 903-432-3422. Address is 10200
County Road, Tool, TX 75143. There is a web site: The Humane Society of
Cedar Creek Lake that can take donations http://www.hscd.org. Tool is a
tiny town SE from Dallas. It seems to be a very rural area and the shelter
serves several small towns. I wish I could do more, but I am sending out
this story to as many people as I can. I know we all have to cut back now
and I am included in that. I will send them what I can. I am sure no
matter how small the donation, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Shirley/Petey and Paloma's Mom




WIsh I could help. But the rescue I work with
is presently around $50K in the hole....and
that was at the *beginning* of kitten season.

"Tara Green" wrote in message
...
S.Smith wrote:
Please go to http://www.wfaa.com
There is an animal shelter in Tool, TX that is running out of money and
food. wfaa ch. 8 in Dallas has done a story about the shelter. The
story
should still be on the web site and there is contact info. for the
shelter.
In case you miss it, here it is. Phone no. 903-432-3422. Address is
10200
County Road, Tool, TX 75143. There is a web site: The Humane Society of
Cedar Creek Lake that can take donations http://www.hscd.org. Tool is a
tiny town SE from Dallas. It seems to be a very rural area and the
shelter
serves several small towns. I wish I could do more, but I am sending out
this story to as many people as I can. I know we all have to cut back now
and I am included in that. I will send them what I can. I am sure no
matter how small the donation, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Shirley/Petey and Paloma's Mom




WIsh I could help. But the rescue I work with is presently around $50K in
the hole....and that was at the *beginning* of kitten season.

I think it's important to support your own local shelters/charities. It's
all well and good when one can get national coverage and the money pours in,
but our local SPCA doesn't have an office, a facility, or any building at
all. They rely totally on fosters and donations to keep rescued animals
safe and cared for. A huge job for just a few folks.
--
Phyrie
Kiba the Cav's Pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phyrie/...758930/detail/

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:05:01 -0700, "Phyrie"
wrote:


"Tara Green" wrote in message
...
S.Smith wrote:
Please go to http://www.wfaa.com
There is an animal shelter in Tool, TX that is running out of money and
food. wfaa ch. 8 in Dallas has done a story about the shelter. The
story
should still be on the web site and there is contact info. for the
shelter.
In case you miss it, here it is. Phone no. 903-432-3422. Address is
10200
County Road, Tool, TX 75143. There is a web site: The Humane Society of
Cedar Creek Lake that can take donations http://www.hscd.org. Tool is a
tiny town SE from Dallas. It seems to be a very rural area and the
shelter
serves several small towns. I wish I could do more, but I am sending out
this story to as many people as I can. I know we all have to cut back now
and I am included in that. I will send them what I can. I am sure no
matter how small the donation, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Shirley/Petey and Paloma's Mom




WIsh I could help. But the rescue I work with is presently around $50K in
the hole....and that was at the *beginning* of kitten season.

I think it's important to support your own local shelters/charities. It's
all well and good when one can get national coverage and the money pours in,
but our local SPCA doesn't have an office, a facility, or any building at
all. They rely totally on fosters and donations to keep rescued animals
safe and cared for. A huge job for just a few folks.

I agree. There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of shelters in the same
boat as this one, but for whatever reason they don't get/seek the
publicity online or through other media.

"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:05:01 -0700, "Phyrie"
wrote:


"Tara Green" wrote in message
...
S.Smith wrote:
Please go to http://www.wfaa.com
There is an animal shelter in Tool, TX that is running out of money and
food. wfaa ch. 8 in Dallas has done a story about the shelter. The
story
should still be on the web site and there is contact info. for the
shelter.
In case you miss it, here it is. Phone no. 903-432-3422. Address is
10200
County Road, Tool, TX 75143. There is a web site: The Humane Society
of
Cedar Creek Lake that can take donations http://www.hscd.org. Tool is
a
tiny town SE from Dallas. It seems to be a very rural area and the
shelter
serves several small towns. I wish I could do more, but I am sending
out
this story to as many people as I can. I know we all have to cut back
now
and I am included in that. I will send them what I can. I am sure no
matter how small the donation, it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Shirley/Petey and Paloma's Mom




WIsh I could help. But the rescue I work with is presently around $50K
in
the hole....and that was at the *beginning* of kitten season.

I think it's important to support your own local shelters/charities. It's
all well and good when one can get national coverage and the money pours
in,
but our local SPCA doesn't have an office, a facility, or any building at
all. They rely totally on fosters and donations to keep rescued animals
safe and cared for. A huge job for just a few folks.

I agree. There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of shelters in the same
boat as this one, but for whatever reason they don't get/seek the
publicity online or through other media.

I do understand the wide spread needs. The area is very rural (like many
others) and I was hoping that readers in TX would respond. The news last
night (Mon) did show that many have delivered bags of pet food to the
shelter. These ng's are read all over the world and I would hope that if
one cannot help out with this request, that they would look to their local
shelters to give some help.
Petey and Paloma's Mom

In article ,
S.Smith wrote:
I do understand the wide spread needs. The area is very rural (like many
others) and I was hoping that readers in TX would respond.

It's pretty hinky, I think. There are ongoing problems and
then there are occasional catastrophes (Katrina, for
example, or the recent destruction of Eagle, AK), and I
think for ongoing problems is't probably best to keep it
local. I think shelters everywhere are struggling right now
and if everybody did international solicitations, well, I
don't know.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
...
In article ,
S.Smith wrote:
I do understand the wide spread needs. The area is very rural (like many
others) and I was hoping that readers in TX would respond.

It's pretty hinky, I think. There are ongoing problems and
then there are occasional catastrophes (Katrina, for
example, or the recent destruction of Eagle, AK), and I
think for ongoing problems is't probably best to keep it
local. I think shelters everywhere are struggling right now
and if everybody did international solicitations, well, I
don't know.

I don't think *need* knows boundaries. I have no objections to soliciting
for genuine need in any(legitimate) fashion. The individual is quite capable
of toggling past anything that they don't want to become involved with.

In article ,
gilb wrote:
I don't think *need* knows boundaries. I have no objections to soliciting
for genuine need in any(legitimate) fashion. The individual is quite capable
of toggling past anything that they don't want to become involved with.

Right. Let's see: 6000 animal shelters in the US, virtually
all of which are in need, ~900 in Canada, not sure how many
in Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia,
or Africa - sure, it would be *so* useful for them all to
post requests for help to a *health* newsgroup. After all,
topicality is so 20th century. And certainly, I intend to
donate to each and every one of them. I expect that those
of you who can't afford that but who'd like to support local
shelters in need have no idea how to track them down and so
would appreciate sorting through thousands of requests for
donations to find the one you'd like to support. What a
fantastic use of resources. And it's not like anybody uses
the group for any other reason, right?

Great thinking there, tiger.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
...
In article ,
gilb wrote:
I don't think *need* knows boundaries. I have no objections to soliciting
for genuine need in any(legitimate) fashion. The individual is quite
capable
of toggling past anything that they don't want to become involved with.

Right. Let's see: 6000 animal shelters in the US, virtually
all of which are in need, ~900 in Canada, not sure how many
in Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia,
or Africa - sure, it would be *so* useful for them all to
post requests for help to a *health* newsgroup. After all,
topicality is so 20th century. And certainly, I intend to
donate to each and every one of them. I expect that those
of you who can't afford that but who'd like to support local
shelters in need have no idea how to track them down and so
would appreciate sorting through thousands of requests for
donations to find the one you'd like to support. What a
fantastic use of resources. And it's not like anybody uses
the group for any other reason, right?

Great thinking there, tiger.

So it's inconvenient and logistically implausible to donate to all of them
so they shouldn't try all options? I still stand by the option that one can
pass over anything that doesn't suit you.....as I should have done with this
thread.

In article ,
gilb wrote:
So it's inconvenient and logistically implausible to donate to all of them
so they shouldn't try all options? I still stand by the option that one can
pass over anything that doesn't suit you.....as I should have done with this
thread.

Well there you go, and it was just the one. Out of
curiosity, and given your apparently poor impulse control,
would *you* skip over thousands of requests for donations?
Or would you think "This newsgroup doesn't have anything but
people begging for money - I'll unsubscribe?"

Hey! Why don't you post requests for donations to your
local animal shelter to comp.unix.wizards? Newsgroup topics
are just a *suggestion*.

[I blame binary Unix licenses for Usenet turning into a
********, exacerbated by free Unixes. SRSLY]
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community