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Friday, February 27, 2009
It's A Boy! Congratulations Edina & Matt!
HAL volunteers Edina and Matt are the proud new parents of an adopted baby boy named Kane. Congratulations!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Urgent Appeal From Homeless Animal Lifeline
Urgent appeal on behalf of Homeless Animal Lifeline
Donations desperately needed
Homeless Animal Lifeline (HAL), a 501c3 nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, is currently assisting with the following situations.
1. Spay/neuter, medical care, and rehoming of homeless cats in a Manalapan, NJ housing complex.
2. Spay surgery and medical care of a homeless cat who was scheduled to be killed at a "no-kill shelter."
3. Medical bills for a cat with an enlarged kidney.
More information on each case can be provided upon request.
Due to the current economic crisis, donations have dwindled for many small non-profits, including HAL. Please help us continue our life-saving work by making a tax-deductible donation today. Even the smallest donation could help offset our veterinary expenses.
Donations can be made via PayPal or justgive at: www.halrescue.org
OR
via postal service:
Homeless Animal Lifeline
PO Box 237
Manalapan, NJ 07726
We do not want to ever turn down medical care for an animal due to lack of funds. Please help us.
Thank you,
Homeless Animal Lifeline
halrescue.org
Donations desperately needed
Homeless Animal Lifeline (HAL), a 501c3 nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, is currently assisting with the following situations.
1. Spay/neuter, medical care, and rehoming of homeless cats in a Manalapan, NJ housing complex.
2. Spay surgery and medical care of a homeless cat who was scheduled to be killed at a "no-kill shelter."
3. Medical bills for a cat with an enlarged kidney.
More information on each case can be provided upon request.
Due to the current economic crisis, donations have dwindled for many small non-profits, including HAL. Please help us continue our life-saving work by making a tax-deductible donation today. Even the smallest donation could help offset our veterinary expenses.
Donations can be made via PayPal or justgive at: www.halrescue.org
OR
via postal service:
Homeless Animal Lifeline
PO Box 237
Manalapan, NJ 07726
We do not want to ever turn down medical care for an animal due to lack of funds. Please help us.
Thank you,
Homeless Animal Lifeline
halrescue.org
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Congratulations, Sue! It's A Boy!
Congratulations to HAL volunteer Sue and her husband Ray on their brand new adopted baby boy Murphy!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
End Of Year Newsletter
Dear Friends,
Because of your ongoing support, 2008 has been a productive year for Homeless Animal Lifeline (HAL). We have made wonderful progress in each of our programs and have steadily grown by adding new, energetic volunteers. In addition, the beginning of the year saw a change in the HAL Board of Directors with former Vice-President Michelle assuming the office of President, and our long-standing volunteer Catherine taking over the Vice-President/Treasurer position. MaryAnn remains our Secretary.
HAL has not only spayed/neutered cats within its own Foster & Adoption program, but has worked extensively with the community and helped to spay/neuter animals belonging to lower-income families. HAL has become a dependable source of assistance -- both financial and emotional -- for pet parents who visit the Bridgewater PetSmart on Saturdays.
HAL has funded medical care for animals who otherwise would have gone untreated. Thanks to your generosity, Merlin, a cat who needed Perineal Urethrostomy Surgery was able to receive life-saving surgery and is now living happily ever after with his human mom Ingrid.
Our Feral Cat program has helped colonies and their caretakers throughout New Jersey by providing assistance with spay/neuter, medical care, food, and supplies for feral cats. HAL honored National Feral Cat Day in October by hosting an informational table at Bridgewater PetSmart.
HAL has welcomed new volunteers to our Foster Home program as well as our Adoption Day events. Sue Heineman and Edina Pelinkovic have provided temporary homes to cats who would otherwise have nowhere to go; Sue even bottle-fed orphaned kittens! Dawn and Kent Van Wagenen lend a helping hand at Bridgewater PetSmart and help our foster cats find the perfect homes. During her temporary stay in New Jersey, Nan Ryan fostered and volunteered at adoption days and eventually adopted her foster cat Megan! Melissa Mancuso, a former adopter of three HAL cats, assisted with fundraising and helped with our website.
Special thanks go to emergency foster volunteers who, at the beginning of the year, stepped in to help at a moment’s notice: Janine, Sue, Elaine, Norm, Ilene, Gerry, Edina and Matt, Lori and Scott.
Our much-needed Fundraising program has been expanded to include a Vehicle Donation Program. By calling 800-320-0476, you can donate your car, truck, trailer, recreational vehicle, boat, etc., for FREE -- no towing charges or Motor Vehicles paperwork! Plus, you qualify for your lawful IRS tax deduction. In May and October, Carol and Michael held their annual multi-household yard sale to benefit HAL; as always, it was a great success! Nikki Pasquino also held a yard sale that raised funds for HAL’s bottle babies.
We look forward to another successful year in 2009. With your continued support, HAL will keep its commitment to saving the lives of animals in New Jersey. We are always in need of new foster homes, experienced Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) volunteers, supplies such as wet/dry food and litter, and monetary donations to help keep our programs going.
HAL wishes you and your family a very Happy, Healthy Holiday and Peaceful New Year.
Because of your ongoing support, 2008 has been a productive year for Homeless Animal Lifeline (HAL). We have made wonderful progress in each of our programs and have steadily grown by adding new, energetic volunteers. In addition, the beginning of the year saw a change in the HAL Board of Directors with former Vice-President Michelle assuming the office of President, and our long-standing volunteer Catherine taking over the Vice-President/Treasurer position. MaryAnn remains our Secretary.
HAL has not only spayed/neutered cats within its own Foster & Adoption program, but has worked extensively with the community and helped to spay/neuter animals belonging to lower-income families. HAL has become a dependable source of assistance -- both financial and emotional -- for pet parents who visit the Bridgewater PetSmart on Saturdays.
HAL has funded medical care for animals who otherwise would have gone untreated. Thanks to your generosity, Merlin, a cat who needed Perineal Urethrostomy Surgery was able to receive life-saving surgery and is now living happily ever after with his human mom Ingrid.
Our Feral Cat program has helped colonies and their caretakers throughout New Jersey by providing assistance with spay/neuter, medical care, food, and supplies for feral cats. HAL honored National Feral Cat Day in October by hosting an informational table at Bridgewater PetSmart.
HAL has welcomed new volunteers to our Foster Home program as well as our Adoption Day events. Sue Heineman and Edina Pelinkovic have provided temporary homes to cats who would otherwise have nowhere to go; Sue even bottle-fed orphaned kittens! Dawn and Kent Van Wagenen lend a helping hand at Bridgewater PetSmart and help our foster cats find the perfect homes. During her temporary stay in New Jersey, Nan Ryan fostered and volunteered at adoption days and eventually adopted her foster cat Megan! Melissa Mancuso, a former adopter of three HAL cats, assisted with fundraising and helped with our website.
Special thanks go to emergency foster volunteers who, at the beginning of the year, stepped in to help at a moment’s notice: Janine, Sue, Elaine, Norm, Ilene, Gerry, Edina and Matt, Lori and Scott.
Our much-needed Fundraising program has been expanded to include a Vehicle Donation Program. By calling 800-320-0476, you can donate your car, truck, trailer, recreational vehicle, boat, etc., for FREE -- no towing charges or Motor Vehicles paperwork! Plus, you qualify for your lawful IRS tax deduction. In May and October, Carol and Michael held their annual multi-household yard sale to benefit HAL; as always, it was a great success! Nikki Pasquino also held a yard sale that raised funds for HAL’s bottle babies.
We look forward to another successful year in 2009. With your continued support, HAL will keep its commitment to saving the lives of animals in New Jersey. We are always in need of new foster homes, experienced Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) volunteers, supplies such as wet/dry food and litter, and monetary donations to help keep our programs going.
HAL wishes you and your family a very Happy, Healthy Holiday and Peaceful New Year.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Holiday Gifts That Give Back!
This holiday season, send a gift that means an automatic donation to Homeless Animal Lifeline!
When you shop at any of over 700 participating online stores through iGive, a portion of each purchase comes back to us in the form of a donation check.
It's free for you, free for us, and you pay the same (or less!) than you would by going directly to the store. And to all you smart shoppers: don't miss iGive's treasure-trove of coupons, sales, and free shipping.
See for yourself at: www.iGive.com/halnj.
When you shop at any of over 700 participating online stores through iGive, a portion of each purchase comes back to us in the form of a donation check.
It's free for you, free for us, and you pay the same (or less!) than you would by going directly to the store. And to all you smart shoppers: don't miss iGive's treasure-trove of coupons, sales, and free shipping.
See for yourself at: www.iGive.com/halnj.
Friday, October 24, 2008
In Memory Of Scarlett
Scarlett, hero cat in 1996, dies
BY DENISE FLAIM
October 24, 2008
Brooklyn, a borough that generates celebrities with the regularity of horn blares, lost another of its own last week.
Scarlett, the cat who became world famous for saving her 4-week-old kittens from a burning Brooklyn garage in 1996, died on Oct. 11.
A dozen years ago, touched by media reports of how the blister-faced mother cat anxiously touched each of her five rescued babies' noses before collapsing into unconsciousness, more than 7,000 would-be adopters contacted North Shore Animal League in Port Washington, where a firefighter had taken the young calico cat. Her determined effort to save her kittens from the flames - one died soon after from a virus - extracted a price: Scarlett's eyelids were deformed, her ear tips were burned off and the fur on her seared face never grew back.
As a result of the injuries that distorted her feline visage and revealed her skin, "she had a human face," remembers Karen Wellen of Brooklyn, who adopted Scarlett after writing an impassioned letter to the Animal League describing the recent death of her own cat, and her desire for her next one to have special needs, as she herself was recovering from severe injuries from an auto accident.
Now, in the wake of Scarlett's passing, "I can't stop crying," she says, adding that the cat was believed to be at least 13 years old. "It was such a shock."
Linda Treglia, a staff veterinarian at the Animal League who had been treating Scarlett for the past two years, said she had "multiple health problems," including a heart murmur, severe dental disease and lymphoma. "These are common diseases that geriatric cats get, but what killed her in the end was kidney failure."
Scarlett is remembered on the Animal League's Web site, nsal.org, on a page called The Scarlett Room. The organization also gives an animal-heroism award in her name.
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/news/ny-lscat245895484oct24,0,3158256.story
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