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Too Cute Not to Share

rachelbulman — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:34:17 +0000

McGruff the Crime Dog visited our booth at the All Species Pet Fete in Zephyrhills this past weekend. Looks like he’s up for the challenge, too!

SPCA Invites You to Rally for Care

rachelbulman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:10:53 +0000

The SPCA hopes to be your Charity of Choice in Cannon Subaru’s Rally for Care – a week long Poker Run held September 11 through 18.

Supporters are invited to pick up playing cards at Natalie’s (3120 S. Florida Avenue, Lakeland), Beef O’ Brady’s (4810 S. Florida Avenue, Lakeland), Off the Wall Adventures (2055 Shepherd Road, Lakeland) and FITniche (1421 Town Center Drive, Lakeland). The fifth card can be picked up from Cannon Subaru (5210 S. Florida Avenue, Lakeland) at the Finale Rally Party on Saturday, September 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

When a completed Poker hand is turned in at Cannon Subaru the holder must test drive a car to complete their registration during the Finale Rally Party. Then, $25 will be donated to the charity of their choice and can be chosen from the following: SPCA, Inc., Alliance for Independence, Noah’s Ark and the Achievement Academy. The winning hand will win $500 in prizes and an additional $500 will be donated to the holder’s charity of choice. The winner must be present at the Finale Rally Party to claim their prize.

The Finale Rally Party will feature live music, pet adoptions, a wing cook off between Natalie’s and Beef O’ Brady’s and more.

For further information, visit cannonsubaru.com or call 863/646-5051.

Talking Dogs Support the SPCA

rachelbulman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:08:13 +0000

The SPCA is partnering with the Lakeland Center to welcome ventriloquist/comedian Todd Oliver.

Todd Oliver and his Dogs Gone Wild comedy tour will hit the Lakeland Center on January 9 at 3 p.m. Tickets for this hilarious night of comedy are $20 and $35 for limited pit seats.

Call the Lakeland Center box office at 863/834-8111 or use ticketmaster.com to purchase your tickets. Mention the SPCA or use the “SPCA” code in the Promotions and Special Offers box to have $4 of your ticket donated to help the animals!

Have you ever met a talking dog…a REAL talking dog? Get your tickets now and watch comedian and ventriloquist Todd Oliver take the stage to meet three of them – Irving, Lucy and Elvis. Todd’s recent television appearances include the Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Today Show.

SPCA Continues $100K Challenge

rachelbulman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:03:32 +0000

The SPCA is still 1 of 46 competing in the ASPCA $100K Challenge which ends on October 31.

The goal of the Challenge is to “Save More Lives” and the SPCA is hoping to adopt more than 1150 cats and dogs before the October 31 deadline.

Currently, the SPCA has adopted 351 cats and dogs since August 1 and is set to break last month’s record of 356 adoptions.

To find more homes, the SPCA has reduced adoption fees for all cats and any dog over 30 pounds. Cat adoption fees are only $15 and that fee is reduced to $5 for cats that are over 7 years old or adopters over 60 years old. Starting September 1, any dog over 30 pounds can be adopted for only $60.

The SPCA Adoption Center is located at 5850 Brannen Road South in Lakeland and is open Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff can be reached at info@lovemyspca.com or call 863/646-7722.

For more information about the SPCA or the ASPCA $100K Challenge, go online to lovemyspca.com.

SPCA Featured Pets

rachelbulman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:54:08 +0000

Name: Patches
Gender: Female
Age: 1 year
Species: Cat
Breed: Domestic Shorthair
Orphaned Since: July 29
Hi I’m Patches! I’m a lucky girl because a very nice family found me as a stray and even though they couldn’t afford to take care of me for long, they brought me into their home and shared their love (and their food!) with me. My temporary family said that I’m playful, that I love kids, and that I can be a loving lap-kitty! Won’t you come meet me today? My adoption fee is only $15 and even less at $5 if you’re over 60 years old.

Name: Crispex
Gender: Female
Age: 3 months
Species: Cat
Breed: Boxer Mix
Orphaned Since: July 6
Crispex is the last of a “cereal” named litter and we know she’ll find a home soon. She’s cute and very playful. She is a quick learner and already knows how to sit on command. Don’t let this gorgeous gal go another day without you. Adopt Cripex today!

Visit us at the SPCA
Adoption Center open Mon – Sat, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
5850 Brannen Rd S in Lakeland
Call 646-7722
www.lovemyspca.com
All pets are spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinations are up to date through our full-service medical center which is also open to the public.

Rally for Care: Good Causes, Ledger

rachelbulman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:23:05 +0000

Cannon Subaru, 5212 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland, will hold a rally Sept. 11-18 to benefit Alliance for Independence, Achievement Academy, Noah’s Ark of Central Florida and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The free event is open to anyone 18 or older, with a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance. The first 416 participants to complete the rally/poker run will qualify for a $25 donation to be made to their selected participating charity and will also be eligible to compete for best-poker-hand prize of a $500 donation to their selected charity and $500 in prizes from sponsors. Pick up copies of the rules from Cannon Subaru or sponsor locations: Beef O’Brady’s, 4810 S. Florida Ave; Fitniche, 7421 Town Center Drive; Natalie’s Sports Bar & Grill, 3120 S. Florida Ave.; Off The Wall Adventures, 2055 Shepherd Road, all in Lakeland. Call 646-5051.

Ledger’s Pick of the Litter!

rachelbulman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:14:38 +0000

Check out this week’s Pick of the Litter:

http://bit.ly/acNc1l

Steak Night Success!!

rachelbulman — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:41:31 +0000

Our city golf course hosted a Steak Night for the SPCA last week. Every month, the course hosts a Steak Night but this is the first time that it has turned into a “benefit” of sorts. Advanced RSVPs were taken and the course promised 15% of every dinner to be donated to the SPCA.
Things started out a bit slow for this event – as many times is the case. One week, the RSVP total was 20. A couple of weeks later the total had jumped to 40, and then we were upon the week of the event. On Tuesday of that week, our RSVPs had breached the 100 mark and by the day of the event we had to stop taking names. 200 people had turned in their RSVPs!

A member of Board of Directors and a member of the Advisory Board helped to make this event a great success and their enthusiasm didn’t waiver on the day of the dinner. They came by the SPCA and picked up information for the tables, pet pictures for each table, retail items to sell and our 100K Challenge sign to gather petition signatures. We had no idea how well this event would do!

167 ate dinner with the SPCA that night and over $900 was raised through the dinners, retail sales and money gathered at the event for donations. We are now hoping to do this event quarterly!

Facebook Fans Showing Support

rachelbulman — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:40:18 +0000

Facebook fan Jerry Jerome decided to shoot us some photos of him and our Challenge sign along with his three adopted cats – Fozzie, Oscar and Rufus!

Jerry

Fozzie

Oscar

Rufus

Showing Your Support

rachelbulman — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:24:39 +0000

We created a flyer and asked our fans and supporters to show their community support by taking a photo of themselves with the flyer or use their pets to show their support or both!

This is our first photo from Facebook fan, Joel: