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Please visit our Online Store for some wonderful products which now have a our logo on them. You will find T-shirts, home & office items, pet items, hats, etc. The website is www.cafepress.com/cvaag. Thank you for helping us spread the word about CVAAG.  Hello want a great fulfilling chance to help animals and create an income for yourself? Here is more; What a fun and rewarding project we are launching this morning. Yesterday we had only four adoption venues going. Our one new adoption venue was quite successful for one gentleman who earned a little extra cash for his family by helping us with our homeless pets. Not only did he earn a little for himself he earned money for homeless animals that have none. He earned enough for us to get another off death row! Today we will be at our other new venues with even more people working to give animals life, in the cities of Durham, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Danville, and Winston-Salem. All together, there were be about 8 folks working today. We need more! I have always run a blue collar working man’s no kill shelter and love doing it here in NC. This template I have took the Kill rate in one town from 98% to 12% for all animals collected and ended the pet over population there, saving the city thousands annually. Today through our non-profit, we are uplifting pets with life and people with jobs. One pet and one Job at a time. Sincerely,
CVAAG, Inc. A 501(c)(3) tax exempt org. Great News! If you live in Northern Greensboro, Almost Home Kennels at Hwy 150 and N. Church Street has copies of our “Recipes For Rescues” cookbook for sale! Stop by and pick up a copy (or two), and don’t keep them a secret! All proceeds go to help CVAAG save animals in need. Special thanks to Melanie and her awesome staff at Almost Home Kennels for being a proud supporter of CVAAG. We are happy to announce that CVAAG will have a booth at the 9th Annual “Taste Carolina Wine Festival” held on September 17, 2011 at the Piedmont Triad Farmer’s Market off US 40 and Sandy Ridge Road. The festival runs from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM and will feature live music. We will have our “Recipes For Rescues” cookbook, as well as Animal Rescue Bracelets and the 2012 Attractions book for sale to help raise funds for CVAAG. Be sure to listen to the lyrics…and THANK YOU for your support! Wow! What an AMAZING evening at Cafe Pasta for the launch of our NEW cookbook, “Recipes For Rescues.” We had a wonderful turnout and sold LOTS of our new books! We had folks come all the way out from Mocksville and Winston-Salem to join us, how awesome is that?
If you didn’t catch Sylvia Mayon on Fox 8 News’ “Inspired Living” piece, here it is: What: “Recipes For Rescues” Cookbook Launch Party & Fundraiser We are VERY excited to release for purchase our new “Recipes For Rescue” cookbook, featuring over 250 recipes submitted by owners of rescued animals. The cookbooks sell for $20.00 each, and all proceeds will be donated to CVAAG Animal Rescue a 501(c)(3) non-profit group. There will also be bracelets (prices vary) and 2012 Attractions books ($25.00) for sale. Cash or check only please! The cookbook and our Director of Fundraising, Sylvia Mayon, will be featured on an “Inspired Living” segment on Fox 8 News, Monday, August 29 @ 5:12 PM. For more information, contact Sylvia at: cvaagfundraising@yahoo.com Come join us for a GREAT evening, and bring a friend or two! Our society’s obsession with calorie counting has lead to many sugar substitutes. Unfortunately for our canine companions not all of these are safe. The most recent danger has surfaced in the most seemingly innocent of places, sugar-free gum. There lurks the sugar alcohol sweetener, xylitol. It is found in the fibers of several fruits and vegetables including berries, oats and mushrooms. Xylitol can also be extracted from corn fiber, rasberries, corn, plums and birch. It has gained in popularity as a “tooth-friendly,” non-fermentable sugar alcohol. The ingestion of xylitol in all pets can lead to diarrhea and excess intestinal gas. In dogs, however, even small exposures can cause an increase in insulin release from the pancreas that leads to a severe drop in blood sugar. This drop is typically seen within 15-30 minutes following ingestion, but can be delayed for hours. Clinical symptoms can range from weakness and lethargy to loss of coordination and seizures. Within 9-72 hours liver failure may also be observed. Signs of liver disease can include vomiting, depression, presence of focal bruises, belly pain and seizures. The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center in Urbana, Illinois has seen a steady increase in the number of cases involving xylitol-containing products. Last year they managed approximately 2,690 cases of accidental xylitol ingestion. This is almost a 40 percent increase in the number of cases involving xylitol-containing products from three years ago, and 30 times as many cases from 2004, when they managed less than 100 incidents of xylitol ingestion. It is uncertain the exact amount of xylitol that is necessary to cause clinical symptoms but it has been demonstrated that as little as 2-3 pieces of gum in a small dog could be fatal. It was initially thought that only products that listed xylitol as the first ingredient were significant. Now they are finding problems developing from ingestions of products with lesser amounts of this sweetener. If your pet has been known to ingest a xylitol-containing product, please seek veterinary assistance immediately. It is likely that they will obtain baseline labwork as well as induce vomiting. If used early on, activated charcoal may bind remaining unabsorbed xylitol. Close monitoring of blood glucose for up to 24 hours is typically required. In some cases intravenous fluid therapy with dextrose in the fluids is necessary. Unless clinical signs associated with liver failure are observed, prognosis with appropriate therapy is generally good with no long-term side effects. Wendi Wells, DVM Season’s Greetings from CVAAG! With the “Season of Giving” upon us, we want to let you know of a new program we have to raise funds for our organization. If you LOVE to eat and have FUN, then we have the thing for you! We are selling the 2011 Piedmont Triad Attractions Dining Guide. This book is only $25.00, and you can SAVE HUNDREDS of dollars on restaurant and attractions. CVAAG will receive $10.00 for every book we sell, and they make wonderful stocking stuffers! In these tough times, saving money is important, and for only $25.00, you can save on fast food, fine dining, as well as services and attractions! Just keep this valuable book handy in your car, and where about town, find a great money-saving coupon and enjoy! You can purchase these online, just enter the EZPay code of 5297224 (this identifies CVAAG as the beneficiary) and we’ll receive an email notifying us of your purchase, then we’ll get in touch with you for delivery or pick-up. So why not help CVAAG, and SAVE lots of money in the process?
Dear Friends, one of the most important needs CVAAG has is a steady stream of income we can rely on to help us claim animals off Death Row, spay/neuter them, get them properly vaccinated, and of course, feed them while they wait for their Forever Family to adopt them and give them a loving home. While we always appreciate substantial donations, we felt that creating a campaign in which we seek a steady $5.00 donation per month from every one of our Facebook Fans and supporters (almost 700 at the time of this post), we could involve ALL our Fans and make them part of our cause. Think about $5.00 for a moment, it really isn’t a lot of money to invest, only $1.25/week, which is like giving up one small coffee at Starbucks per week, all in the name of saving deserving pets and giving them a second chance at life, and love. If all 700 of our Fans gave $5.00 per month (only $60.00/year), that would generate $3,500/month in income for CVAAG, and we could save a LOT of pets from Death Row! So we ask for your $5.00 commitment by setting up a simple autopay transaction to happen every month. Believe us, you won’t miss the $5.00. Just set your autopay to: CVAAG Of course, if you LOVE pets as much as we do, please don’t keep us a secret, and tell your friends to “Like” us on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/CVAAG We thank you, and of course, the animals this money will save thank you! |
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