RVSPCA in the Community

RVSPCA in the news

Make plans now to join us for a howl'in good time at the 2008 Walk for the Animals. This major fundraiser for the Roanoke Valley SPCA takes place the fourth Sunday in Octobert in downtown Roanoke's Elmwood Park.

We're calling on all animal lovers - with or without pets - to join us on October 26th to help reaise desperately needed funds to care for the animals housed at the RVSPCA.  We hope you will plan to come out and show your support by participating in this year's 16th annual Walk for the Animals.  Many new things are planned for this year's event.

• Additional sponsorship opportunities exist allowing you to promote your business to hundreds of animal lovers in one afternoon.
• Register as an individual or a team.  This will allow you to create your own personal fundraising page that can be emailed to all family, friends, co-workers to solicit donations to help you achieve your goal.  It can also be linked to any Facebook or YouTube page. 
• The K-92 5K Fetch Contest, co-sponsored by Hunting Hills Country Club, is a new event this year.  
• Microchip Clinic sponsored by Furry Friends Mobil Veterinary Clinic and HomeAgain.  Purchase a microchip coupon in advance and save $10 off the regular price.
• Canine DNA Testing to answer the question, "who's your daddy?"  Sign up early and save $10 off cost of procedure. 

 

RVSPCA Teaching Kids to Care.  Educators and community leaders recognize the character building benefits of our humane education programs and have consistently contacted us to present programs at their schools, community centers, or here at the RVSPCA.  To help deliver our message, we are expanding our outreach program to include KIND News. KIND News has been published since 1983 and is currently used as a curriculum supplement in 35,000 elementary school classrooms nationwide. This classroom newspaper created by the Humane Society of the U.S. teaches children about kindness and respect for people, animals and the environment.  To date, 141 classrooms (repesenting 3,001 students) from the area have signed up to participate. 

Sponsorships are being solicited to support the program.  By joining the RVSPCA's "Adopt-a-Classroom" program, each $30 tax-deductible contribution provides one classroom with 28 copies of KIND News each month, September-May.  Each issue is tailored to K-2, 2-3 or 5-6 grade classrooms with a teacher's guide for each issue.  It also includes a teacher resource book of reproducible worksheets, a calendar of fun facts on helping animals and I.D. cards for the students.  Contact cschwanhausser@rvspca.org for more information.

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