Pet Owners In Lincoln- Update!
Charlene Kjelland from Lincoln Animal Ambassadors has sent out some important updates we wanted to share!
From Scott, IG Rescue, and Molly Hoffman: The first-ever Ad Council campaign to focus on pets launches Thursday, Sept 24th and promotes pet ADOPTION from shelters and rescue groups - featuring YOUR adoptable pets. The Shelter Pet Project is a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign including ads on television, radio, in print, outdoors and on the Web. The ads direct audiences to visit a new Website, http://www.theshelterpetproject.org/, to find out more information about how to adopt a pet from a shelter. The Website includes a Pet Personals section, where visitors are asked questions about themselves and are then matched with potential pets from a local shelter or rescue group using the Petfinder.com database. The Shelter Pet Project is a joint venture between The Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s Fun, and The Ad Council.
We will have a table at the VegFest on Saturday, October 3, from 2 - 6 p.m. in Havelock Park. Havelock Park is at 63rd and Ballard, two blocks south of Havelock Avenue on 63rd or 64th Street. Please come and join us!! If you would like more information about the VegFest, their website is http://www.communitycrops.org/vegfest
At our meeting on October 8, Scott, IG Rescue, will talk about the way that the state laws in Nebraska are being interpreted for Animal Shelters now, compared to the way they were last year. This is a change that has caused many organizations to get state licensed, but is being applied tougher on animal rescues than breeders.
Everyone is invited to the St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church (where we are having our meeting on October 
for their Animal Blessing on October 11, at 4:00 PM. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church is located at 2325 S. 24th Street. They are planning a simple service and are not going to have booths for rescue groups, etc. They are suggesting that attendees bring a donation of dog or cat food, toys, cat litter, etc., when attending the blessing. A portion of these donations will be given to us, for our Pet Food Bank.