October 13th 2008
The air is getting cooler, the children have returned
to school and the reality has hit that the summer
has ended. However, the changing leaves also bring
an action packed fall season at PHS!
Late Summer Wrap-Up
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The past few weeks have been quite busy. In late
September we had a wonderful day at Strutt Your
Mutt. Hundreds of local dogs and their owners spent
a day in the park, joined by close to a dozen PHS
residents. Thank You to everyone who shared the
day. We attended the Patterson Community Day, a
Blessing of the Animals in Garrison and then it
was up to Stormville Flea Market last weekend.
In the spirit of keeping busy, the rest of the
month promises to be just as busy!
PHS to Host First Adoption Event
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On October 18, we will be trying something new!
For those people who want to adopt an animal, but
have a hard time walking into a shelter, we will
be hosting a huge, Multi-Rescue Adoption Event at
the Patterson Recreation Center, on 65 Front Street,
in Patterson. We will be there from noon to 4 p.m.
and area shelters, rescue groups, veterinarians,
and animal related vendors will be participating.
Dogs, cats, puppies and kittens will be available
for adoption. This is the first time this has been
attempted in Putnam County, and we are hoping to
plant the seeds of increased cooperation amongst
all of the animal welfare groups. Each individual
rescue will be following their own adoption procedures.
It will also be an opportunity to meet some of the
area veterinarians, and pet services people in our
area. Again, if you would like to help out, please
email shelter@puthhumane.org and we will put you
to work!
Flea Free Flea Market
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On October 25th, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, we will
have a huge tag sale event at the shelter. All sales
directly benefit the dogs and cats here at the shelter.
We hope to have something for everyone, so come
on down!
Murder Mystery Dinner
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More fun will be arriving with our Haunted Mansion
Murder Mystery Dinner, on November 15th! The flyer
and details are available on our website. You can
purchase tickets online or at the shelter office.
Act quick, the show always sells out early!
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The Good Stuff!
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Now, for the reason we do what we do: the adoptions!
Dogs who have gone to their new forever homes since
our last e-newsletter are: Chief, Durga, Baby Girl,
Bruno, Flower, Rascal, Paul, Norman, Uno, Pojo,
Zuki, Aubrey, Deranda, Skate, Jacques, Seaweed,
Suzie and Delilah
Cats and kittens who found their new forever homes
are: Abby, Nancy, Krackle, Abraham, Ronald, Baby,
Buttercup, Martini, Sheryl, Marilyn, Pomona, Hercules,
Nate, Buddy, Uno, Azalea, Kelly, George, Jefferson,
Jeter, Willow, Melky, Pellet, Teddy, Flora and Pansy.
Kittens who are in foster with their future adopters
are: Tiger, Lily, Jill, Holly, Hydrangea, Boots,
Batman, Bonnie, Brett, Dale, Jackson, Joe, Kenny,
LAurel, Lena, Maximus, Nate, Pena, Simba, Skippy,
Zorra and Sugarfoot.
Congratulations to all!
A not so "dry" run
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Finally, a "Hat's Off" and a big "Thank
You" to the staff and volunteers who helped
prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna. After spending
a long and later, very wet day 'battening down the
hatches', 11 dogs went home for the night and the
rest were moved indoors. It made for a much more
comfortable night for all. Thankfully, Hanna was
not as powerful as predicted and became a non-event.
We used it as a learning experience on preparing
for a weather emergency. Great job everyone!
Until next time, keep your pets protected all through
the fall tick season by using their flea and tick
protections. We will see you at the shelter!
Pawsitively yours,
The Board of Directors of PHS
Upcoming:
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Calendars will be on sale soon!
Cookie Walk in December!
August 25th 2008
As the summer is quickly fading and fall is almost
upon us, we have a lot of news to report!
Many Thanks
We had a quick and overwhelming response to our
refrigerator request. Thank you for all the offers.
Who knew there were so many refrigerators out there
just waiting for a good home? Thank you to Duncan
& Holly Craven for your donation!
Joe Bondi with Knight Realms held a raffle with
the proceeds going to PHS. The resulting donation
netted us $700! Thank you guys and gals!
Next, we want to give a big thank you to the Camp
Combe Service Corps, a group of middle school aged
young people who helped do some painting and created
a great play station for our cats in the community
cat room. Some of them also painted some very cool
paintings of cats & dogs that we will be hanging
up around the shelter. Wow! It is just amazing what
a little team work and some high energy kids can
accomplish! Thanks Camp Combe!!
Speaking of enterprising young people, a group
of young people in Carmel opened a lemonade stand
in their neighborhood and raised $50.00 which they
donated to the Putnam Humane Society. A special
thanks to Julie Tramontana (age 7) and Madison Cucinella
(age 8)for their great sales abilities!
It is so encouraging to see young people in our
community take an interest in the Putnam Humane
Society and to put their energy into making a difference.
There are so many more people we'd like to acknowledge!
Thanks go out to the local veterinarians who have
been working hard and making a huge difference on
a daily basis in the health of the animals, our
volunteers who do load after load of laundry, walk
miles and miles with dogs, clean out cages and litter
pans, show people our wonderful animals for adoption,
and a thousand other jobs that benefit the welfare
of the animals at PHS.
Members of our community have made generous donations
of money, supplies, bedding, and food. Still others
offer temporary or permanent homes to our dogs and
cats.
We could not operate without all of you, and you
are all essential to our success. So thank you all!
Committees
As you are aware, committee sign ups have been
underway and we will be contacting you shortly to
get started. Thanks for offering to serve on a committee
or two or three! If you haven't signed up yet, it's
not too late. Just pick up a form in the PHS office,
fill it out and hand it in to Colleen or Jill in
the office.
Recent Events
We had a busy month with adoption events, a Dog
Wash and a HosPETality Sunday. We are happy to report
we made $3577 at the Dog Wash! Incredible! We washed
a lot of dogs and had a blast doing it! Throughout
the day, people enjoyed coffee, tea and lots of
the goodies we had to offer for HosPETality Sunday.
Thank You Patty Sparano for making this happen.
Can't wait to do it again.
Upcoming Events
August 29th & 30th we will be at Stormville
Flea Market, we can use help setting up and manning
the table, please contact Alison if you can be there.
September brings us Strutt Your Mutt on the 20th
and we are going to try and sneak in one last dog
wash on the 27th. Looking ahead, we are going to
host a huge adoption event in early October at the
Patterson Rec Center and in mid October we will
have a "Flea Free" Flea Market at PHS.
Check our site next month for details.
And Most Importantly,
Adoption congratulations go out to the following
dogs in permanent homes: Noble, Rocky (finally!),
Malachi, Unie, Bartles, Russo, Buddy, Zola, Mindy,
and Claudia.
Congratulations go out to quite a few kittens and
cats as well: Gus, Stormy, Flippy, Cream, Daisy,
Lily, Chad, Brad, Dahlia, Tulip, Joe, David, Matilda,
Joba, Pancake, Teddy, Elvis and Gomez!
We hope you enjoy our update and the new email format!
Stay tuned for the next issue in early/mid September.
We think we have all of the various email lists
rolled into one. Turns out their were 4 lists in
4 different places. If this is the first newsletter
you have received, the past ones are listed on the
website. Sorry if you missed any.
Pawsitively yours,
The Board of Directors of PHS
August 14, 2008
Dear PHS Supporter,
We have had a busy few weeks since our last e-mail!
Congratulations to our newly adopted dogs and their
new families- Cynda, Roman, Buds, Ella Bella, Shorty,
Birdie, Carmel, Munchkin (now known as Charlie),
Marissa, Princess, Monaco, Sabrina, Adonis, Copper,
Raymond, Sully/Freddie, Lucy and Paul! Cody has
gone into foster care. Congratulations also go out
to our newly adopted cats and their new families-
Toni, Julian, Chip/Artie, Teddy and kittens- Molta,
A-Rod, Jeter, Poppy, Rose, Anna, Hickory, Nathan,
Nina, Pop, Lotus and Petunia! Matilda and Pansy
as well as Molly and her three kittens, Tiffany,
Frank and Zappa are in foster care. Sadly, Connie,
a special little kitten passed away. Several more
adoptions are pending.
We also have a busy time ahead! To begin with,
we are having three adoption events. Two of them
will be in New Paltz, on August 10 (already happened!)
and the 17th from 11-3, an invite from Paws of Distinction.
Thank you, Amanda Favoino! Be sure to check out
the Paws of Distinction link on our website. The
third event is also on August 17, from 11-3 in Wilton,
Connecticut at the South Wilton Animal Hospital.
Thank you, Dr. Fahy for this wonderful opportunity!
We can use help transporting and handling animals
for the two remaining events.
We are also having another Dog Wash on Sunday,
August 24. If you missed the last one and want to
get in on the fun this time, just let us know. If
you had a blast the last time and want more fun,
let us know you‘ll be coming to help!
Then to wrap up the month, on August 30th and 31st,
we will be having our tent and table at Stormville
Flea Market. We can also use help setting up and
operating the booth as well as packing up to come
home. If we have enough help, there will be time
for a little shopping too!
Looking ahead to September, please keep Saturday,
September 20 open for Strutt Your Mutt. We have
a great day planned for all our canine friends and
families. Also coming out soon will be the 2009
PHS Calendar! They will be out in time for holiday
gift giving, so you can support your shelter and
give a great and useful gift at the same time.
We have been blessed with some great donations
as of late. Taylor Goslin, a North Salem High School
Senior, has been busy raising money to purchase
picket fencing to put between cages and in other
areas to enhance the shelter looks and provide added
safety for our residents. On Monday, August 11,
she and a group of friends came down to the shelter
and put it up! Thank you Taylor, and thanks to all
of your hard working friends and family! It looks
great!
The Southeast Home Depot has come through once
again with even more donations! This time we received
rugs and carpet for runs and cages. Their generosity
is overwhelming. The Fishkill Home Depot has also
donated even more rugs this week! So many good people
have been stopping by the shelter and dropping off
donations. It is heartwarming to know that so many
people are concerned with the welfare of the animals
and willing to help in some way. A special thank
you goes out to all.
Speaking of donations, if you have a working refrigerator
that needs a new home, please let us know! You can
leave a message with Colleen or Sarah in the office
and they will pass it on to us. Thank you!
We had a wonderful turnout for our Meet and Greet
night. Thank you to all who were able to attend.
We provided an opportunity for folks to sign up
for committees and those committee descriptions
and sign up forms are now available in the office.
Please return any forms to Amy Morrison’s
mailbox in the office. We will have committees up
and running sometime shortly after the next board
meeting.
If you haven’t been in to notice our new
looks, the board members and a few volunteers came
in on a Friday night after hours so business wasn‘t
disrupted, in order to clean, paint and redesign
our office. We had a lead on “gently used”
office furniture from a discount furniture warehouse
in Newburgh! We were able to redesign the office
space to give more space and seating for visitors
and potential adopters, at a fraction of the cost
for new furniture.
If you missed an e-mail newsletter, you can keep
posted and current on our website at www.puthumane.org
All e-mail newsletters will be accessible there
as well.
We will see you at the shelter!
Pawsitively yours,
The Board of Directors of PHS
July 18th 2008:
Greetings!
It has been a busy July so far!
We have had a lot of dogs and cats welcomed into
wonderful new homes, foster homes and many more
pending adoptions. Congratulations to dogs- Andy,
Vegas, Crosby, Wink, Atticus, Tribute and Bo Peep
and Max (adopted together!) for finding wonderful
new families. Hats off to foster homes- both temporary
and permanent for Monday and Wags. There are many
more great dogs waiting for adoption. Congratulations
to Clio the cat, for finding her wonderful new home.
We have lots of kittens both at the shelter and
in foster care available for adoption and well as
some wonderful cats. Please come down and meet them!
On a very sad note, we said goodbye to two very
special cats Stone and Rene who just couldn’t
fight the fight any more. We miss them terribly.
There was a great response to foster home help
and that is so appreciated! If we don’t call
you right now, don’t worry…we aren’t
losing your name and as soon as we need another
placement, we’ll be calling!
We are pleased to announce our Dog Wash was a great
success on July 13th. In addition to making almost
$1300.00, we had lots of clean, spiffed up and micro
chipped dogs prancing home with their proud owners!
Thanks to all of you who helped out or attended.
If you missed it or dog washing isn‘t your
cup of tea- that’s ok, we’ll have plenty
of other opportunities for folks20to pitch in and
help out coming soon. One opportunity is right around
the corner….
On Saturday, September 20th, at the Veteran’s
Memorial Park, we’ll be having our annual
Strutt Your Mutt event! Beginning in August, registration
forms will be available through our website. We’ll
be providing more details of how you can help soon.
It is a very fun day for everyone. For those of
you who haven’t been, we have great vendors,
local kennel clubs, activities for your dogs, a
blessing of the Animals, a parade of shelter dogs,
and lots of fun games, prizes and culminating with
a nice hike through the woods. Even if you don’t
have a dog, please feel free to join us or volunteer
to help.
PHS will also be having some Adoption Day events
and we’ll keep you up to date on those as
they evolve.
Although someday we’ll be moving to a new
and wonderful shelter, we need to keep this one
functional and meeting the growing needs of the
county. We have some new fencing being installed,
and are working out the details on its positioning.
We have had some upgrades done to our plumbing and
electrical system to allow for two more washing
machines and another dryer. Kate McGunnigle, one
of our great volunteers, was instrumental in getting
the job done. She spoke to the powers that be at
Home Depot and got us a great discount on some great
equipment! She took the initiative from start to
finish. If you have noticed the new look arou nd
the place- you can also thank Kate for HOURS of
painting with $1500 of donated custom mixed paint
from Home Depot. It looks awesome Kate, thank you!!!
And a very special thanks to the Southeast Home
Depot! Kate has also had the support of some great
volunteers sweating right along side of her- Thank
you to the other painters as well!
Speaking of being appreciative, we’d also
like to remind folks that lots of companies offer
matching gift donations, so if you are making donations
please check to see if your company is one who will
match your donation. Another really easy way to
help is next time you need to search for anything
on the internet, or make and purchases, please be
sure to use the search engine or shopping sites
listed on the front page of our website www.puthumane.org
They are really easy to use and they all earn us
money. No donation is ever too small!
If you are traveling with your pet this summer,
please be sure to check hotel rooms for items under
radiators and beds before you let your pet loose
in the rooms. Don’t let your dogs drink out
of ornamental fountains, as they can have antifreeze
added in cooler climate areas. Put collars with
identification on your pets and remember to bring
copies of all relevant pet records as well as a
good quality picture of your pet. You just never
know when there will be an emergency.
Thanks for all your support and we’ll see
you at the shelter!
Pawsitively yours,
The Board of Directors of PHS
July 5, 2008
Greetings to the Membership of Putnam Humane Society,
Taking advantage of the spirit of Independence
Day, we’d like to say that July has started
with a bang and we have lots of opportunity for
folks to get involved! We can use volunteers to
do some general cleaning, mowing, weed whacking,
laundry, socializing cats and walking dogs. We need
foster homes for cats and dogs, permanent homes
for dogs and cats, thrift store volunteers, people
to meet and greet the public and to gather and put
away donations. We can use drivers to take animals
to vet appointments. If you have any special or
unique talents that can benefit the dogs and cats
at the shelter, please, don’t hesitate to
mention them. All reasonable offers will be entertained
and appreciated!
We can use donations of bedding (clean blankets,
dog beds, cat beds and towels), office supplies
(copy paper, stamps), laundry and dish detergent,
stainless steel pet bowls, six foot leashes, dog
and cat toys and treats and, as always, monetary
donations help tremendously!
Our new summer hours are Monday through Friday,
from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., and Saturday and Sundays,
from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Coming up next weekend, we have our Annual Dog
Was h! It will be on Sunday, July 13th, from 11-3:30.
We can use volunteer dog washers for that event
as well as participants. Please tell all your friends!
Our new Board is very enthusiastic and is up and
running. John Anastasio has been elected president,
followed by Nadine Ashby as Vice President, Lisa
Capizzi as Treasurer and Amy Morrison as Secretary.
Our Directors are Courtney Aponte, Bonnie Benedict,
Alison Genez, Jill Gianfransico, and Bill McMahon.
Our immediate goals include increased communication,
improving the image of PHS, creating/standardizing
policies and increasing our adoption rates and increasing
our volunteer, member and foster home bases.
If you are at the Stormville Flea Market this weekend,
please be sure to stop by our booth and say hello
or help out for a while. We can always use more
hands!
Pawsitively yours,
The Board of Directors of PHS
