PRESS RELEASE
For
Information Contact:
Melanie
Norton, Director of Public Relations
Office
(760) 839-7976/ Cell (760) 505-9893
POWAY RESIDENT HONORED
AS HUMANE SOCIETY’S
VOLUNTEER CHAMPION OF
ANIMALS
ESCONDIDO,
CA—August 15, 2002-- The Escondido Humane Society will honor Barbara November,
of Poway, as a “Champion of Animals” at the society’s annual Dinner of
Champions August 24 at Escondido City Hall.
Each year the society honors “Champions of Animals” within the community
and the organization.
“Volunteers like
Barbara are one in a million”, says Ina Shookhoff
Director of Education for EHS. “Her love
for the animals is contagious and she does an amazing job of relaying that
passion and knowledge in her presentations.”
Every a
month Barbara takes a humane society education animal to Casa de las Campanas, a retirement
community in Rancho Bernardo. She says,
“It makes me feel good when I see people brighten up when I come in to visit. “
In
June, she taught pet nutrition at the La Jolla YMCA where the humane society
presented a week long education camp.
The children, age 6 through 12, decorated gourmet doggie treats that
Barbara brought from her home-based business, the K-9 Cookie Club.
A long time animal
lover, Barbara heard about the society’s volunteer program through a
friend. “I tagged along with her to a
volunteer meeting one day. She was
having her dog certified as a pet therapy dog.
Soon after, I decided that I wanted to get involved too. “
To attend the
dinner fundraiser where Barbara will be honored, contact the Escondido Humane
Society at (760) 740-0286. For more
information, log onto the society’s web site at www.escondidohumanesociety.org.
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