Friends Of Snuffy Pet Food Pantry for January 26th, 2009 was a success!!

Dear Friends,

Friends of Snuffy worked in conjunction with the Helping Hands of NY Human Food Pantry at the Phoenicia Firehouse on Monday, January 26th 2009 to provide pet owners in need with free food for their pets.

In accordance with our mission to help keep shelters empty, Friends of Snuffy is gratified to be able to help in this way, in order to help local families keep their beloved pets in their homes and out of shelters.

This event was so successful that we will continue these efforts in Shandaken and we will continue to ask companies and individuals to help with this effort by donating dog and cat food, or if preferred, gift certificates and money. And remember, since Friends of Snuffy, Inc is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 charity, your donations are tax-deductible.

Friends of Snuffy operates entirely on donations. If you can help out with time, materials or money, please feel free to make a donation.

If you would like to volunteer for this or any other Friends of Snuffy event, please contact us at friendsofsnuffy@gmail.com

We thank you all for your continued support!

Friends Of Snuffy announces Pet Food Pantry for January 26th, 2009!

Dear Friends,

Friends of Snuffy will be at the Phoenicia Firehouse on Monday, January 26th 2009 from 4 until 8 pm with Pet Food for those local pet owners in need of food for their pets.

In accordance with our mission to help keep shelters empty, Friends of Snuffy is organizing this Pet Food Pantry to help local families. Friends of Snuffy is working in conjunction with the Human Food Pantry to help those in need.

We continue to ask companies and individuals to help with this effort by donating dog and cat food, or if preferred, gift certificates and money. And remember, since Friends of Snuffy, Inc is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 charity, your donations are tax-deductible.

Please help out during this winter with whatever you can to help keep beloved pets in their homes with their loving families.

If you would like to volunteer for this effort of help contribute, please contact us at friendsofsnuffy@gmail.com

We'll see you there!

Uncle Rock Benefit to assist local charities

Local artist Uncle Rock
will be performing at the
STS Playhouse
in Phoenicia NY
MAP

We are grateful to Uncle Rock for helping us
kick off our Pet Food Pantry effort
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UNCLE ROCK'S

SEASON OF LIGHT
Benefit and Caroling

for Local Charities

Family of Woodstock

& Friends of Snuffy

this Sunday December 21st
Music from 3 PM to 5 PM*
at
STS Playhouse
10 Church Street
Phoenicia, NY
MAP

featuring Uncle Rock, JRBW, Lacie Performing Arts,
Joe Dragon, Nancy, Edith and Mark Lerner,
Kerry Henderson
and special guests

admission:
along with your singing voice, please bring
canned goods/non-perishable items
and/or a new unwrapped toy (for Family)
and/or pet food (for F.O.S.)

* Caroling around Phoenicia to follow!

Friends of Snuffy announces plans for a Pet Food Pantry!

Dear Friends,

As we all know, the economy is struggling and times are hard.
Families are finding it difficult to make ends meet and some families are facing the possibility of having to surrender their beloved pet because of financial strain.
Shelters all over the nation are becoming overwhelmed.

In accordance with our mission to help keep shelters empty, Friends of Snuff will be sponsoring a Pet Food pantry on January 17th to help local families.

We are asking companies and individuals to help with this effort by donating dog and cat food, or if preferred, gift certificates and money.

Since Friends of Snuffy, Inc is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 charity, your donations are tax-deductible.

Please help out during this winter with whatever you can to help keep beloved pets in their homes with their loving families.

The date is tentatively set for mid-January. Stay tuned for more details!

Stop by and meet “Baby” from the movie “Sex and the City”

Come on out for Uptown Kingston’s Christmas Party!

Have your picture taken with Gidget, the cute little New Yorkie that Samantha rescued in the movie.
Meet our little local celebrity and her mom and hear the stories of Gidget’s experiences as a movie star!

When: December 5th From 5pm to 7pm
Where: Pawprints & Whiskers, Inc.
292 Wall St Uptown Kingston, NY
(845) 339-5735

Please consider making a small donation to Friends of Snuffy, Gidget’s charity.

In addition to being a well-known actress, Gidget is a melanoma survivor, and a “spokesdog” for a national cancer awareness campaign.

She travels the country letting folks know that we still need help in the fight to end cancer!

Friends of Snuffy, Inc. is a New York State 501c3 charitable organization. This all volunteer group works to improve the lives of pets and stray animals through education programs, grants and direct funding.
Founded in 2006 by Mary Gormley in memory of her beloved dog "Snuffy", Friends of Snuffy started out as a grassroots organization that helps to keep shelters empty by providing an outreach program that helps to keep pets and their humans together by assisting with veterinary needs. Friends Of Snuffy also provides direct funding for veterinary care, funds adoption programs for dogs and cats and promotes community volunteer participation.
Have your picture taken with Gidget!

For more information about Gidget and what she has been doing go to Gidget’s
blog: http://gidgetgormley.com/
Or visit: www.friendsofsnuffy.com

Friends of Snuffy, Tails of Hope and others work with Gidget...

Friends of Snuffy is working with Gidget again as well as other sponsors to fight canine cancer and raise money for treatment




CANINE STAR FROM SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE AT SUPER PET EXPO

Suffern, NY, October 31, 2008 –Gidget, the scene-stealing New Yorkie who played Baby, Samantha’s dog in this summer’s Sex and the City movie, will appear at two upcoming Super Pet Expo’s. Super Pet Expo is a holiday shopping extravaganza and animal lover’s dream.

“Meet and Greet” Gidget on November 8 noon to 4 PM in Suffern, NY at Rockland Community College and November 15 noon to 4 PM at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center at Raritan Center, Edison, NJ.

Bring your camera. Take a picture with Gidget and receive Gidget’s custom Pawtograph for a small donation. Have fun, glam it up with Gidget, dress-up in fabulous sun glasses and boas (provided) so you can feel like a movie star for your photo opt! Gidget’s person, Mary, will be happy to delight you with behind the scene movie Tails and, if we are lucky, Gidget may do a few tricks for us including the special trick she did in the movie! Proceeds will benefit Tails of Hope Foundation which helps save the lives of pets diagnosed with treatable cancers.

As a melanoma cancer survivor, Gidget is featured in Tails of Hope Foundation’s new comparative medicine campaign, called “Gidget for Good™” and serves as Tails of Hope’s “Spokes Star” and “Dog of Hope”.

Comparative medicine uses knowledge gained from the treatment of cancer in companion animals and people to help advance medicine for the good of both species. “Tails of Hope is a collaborative, pioneering effort among general and specialty veterinarians, experts in human medicine, and the public, each of whose roles is critical to making progress in combating dreaded diseases in both pets and people,” says Tails of Hope’s founding veterinarian Dr. Michele Steffey. “We invite you to join us in our efforts, so that together we can bring hope to companion animals and people suffering from these life-threatening diseases and to the families who love them.”

Gidget’s Super Pet appearances are being sponsored by Citizens Bank, Doggyspace, Friends of Snuffy, Super pet Expo and Words and Pictures.

For more information and updates visit www.tailsofhopefoundation.org, Super Pet Expo www.superpetexpo.com/ or call 845-926-3478. See you at Super Pet Expo!

Thanks for a Great Day!

Shandaken Day has come and gone and we had a BLAST!

The day started out with some quick setup!
(Thanks to Mark, Candy, Joe & Tom)
After the Tent was setup, the rest was easy!

Once things got underway, we were sitting under that tent, in a beautiful field in Mount Tremper, and it was a lot of fun to talk to folks as they walked past and explained what we are all about!

We provided face-painting for the kids, which proved to be a VERY popular activity! We held a couple of contests and had winners for best costumed pet and for pet most resembling their owner!

Our 50-50 went well, and a special thanks to Gene for donating his talents to helping sell those tickets!

AND, canine star Gidget Gormley was on hand for pictures and "pawtographs"
Thank you Gidget and Mary! (Visit Gidget's website when you get a chance!)

As soon as we have them available, we'll post some pictures!

Thank you all who worked to get this event organized: Judy, Suzanne, Candy, Mark, Joe, Jess, Mary and her amazing family & friends, Denise, Marilyn, and Jen!