[show_avatar email=sandy.vesledahl@wigleyandassociates.com] Let’s talk about cats, cats and more cats! Why?? Because Prairie’s Edge Humane Society is full of cats and we have many more arriving daily. As of today, there are 44 cats on the adoption floor with more awaiting their surgeries so they are ready for adoption. There are cats in every corner of the shelter who need homes! We are in desperate need of homes for these cats. We cannot emphasize this enough. So we are having a cat sale and we are calling it Kitty Mania !
Kitty Mania is this weekend, beginning Thursday, July 29th and running thru Saturday, July 31st, during regular business hours, all cats and kittens at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society (PEHS) will be available for adoption at greatly reduced Kitty Mania prices! These are all great cats, spayed or neutered, current on vaccinations, dewormed and healthy. They all come with our usual adoption perks; a 4 pound bag of Science Diet food, an offer of one month of free ShelterCare pet insurance, a free year’s membership to PEHS, and a free wellness exam at participating veterinary clinics. (Cannon Valley Veterinary Clinic is a participating clinic).
Kittens below the age of 4 months will be available for adoption this weekend at the great price of two for $200. Normal adoption fee is $145 each. You must take two in order to get the lower price. This is a savings of $90! Kitty Mania!
Cats over the age of 4 months are all reduced to the low price of $50 each. Normal adoption price ranges from $65 to $125. Kitty Mania!
If you have been thinking about adding a fabulous feline to your household, now is the time to do it! Don’t wait any longer! You will never find a better price on a better cat. Don’t miss Kitty Mania!
Prairie’s Edge Humane Society (PEHS) has a new segment on KYMN called “Animal Attractions.” Kathy Jasnoch and Sandy Vesledahl are live on Jeff Johnson’s Morning Show every 2 weeks at 6:50 am on Thursdays. Sandy emailed me this:
We discuss 4-5 animals that we would like to highlight that are available for adoption and then any upcoming events or projects or whatever happenings at PEHS.
7:10 am update: I’ve added an in-studio photo above. And the dog that they seemed most eager to find a home for: Chance!
I got this email from Sandy Vesledahl recently. She and Kathy Jasnoch have been using their Locally Grown membership to post regular updates about Prairie’s Edge Humane Society (PEHS) to our membership sideblog… and just as important, engaging with people in conversation attached to their own blog posts:
Hey Griff – Something you might be interested in…I was looking at a report yesterday at the Humane Society that shows where the hits on our website are originating from and something like 35% of them are coming from Locally Grown. (continued)
[show_avatar email=sandy.vesledahl@wigleyandassociates.com] The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay for Life, teams of people camp out at local parks or fairgrounds and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events.
Relay for Life of Rice County will be held on Friday August 6th at the Rice County Fairgrounds from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. My team, “The Builders,” are from Northfield and will be participating once again. Last year our team raised over $7000 which helped the Rice County event to raise over $114,000 in total donations for the American Cancer Society. Everyone Relays for various reasons. I Relay to honor and remember the dear friends and relatives who have battled this disease. Our team lists the names of those we Relay for on the back of our team shirt. We currently have 79 names associated with our team and will be adding more names this year. That’s an average of 6 persons per team member who have been affected by this horrible disease in one form or another.
This is my way of fighting back against a disease that has taken too much from too many people. Won’t you please help us in our fight by honoring those who you may know who have been affected by giving a donation to our Relay for Life Team?
You can also contact me to purchase a luminaria for $10 in honor of a loved one who has been touched by cancer, support those who are still fighting and remember those lost to the disease. Luminaria line the track and are lit after dark. These can also be purchased at Premier Bank or during the AM hours of Crazy Daze at our table on Bridge Square. Thank you for your support!
[show_avatar email=sandy.vesledahl@wigleyandassociates.com]Now Showing! Live Kittens playing! You can now watch our adoptable animals at Prairie’s Edge Humane Society (PEHS) live 24/7 on the new Critter Cam installed in conjunction with KYMN Radio. Thanks to the fine folks at KYMN radio we now have a live feed of our adoptable animals showing on our website and KYMN’s website, Tim and Jeff are AWESOME!
Currently the Critter Cam is featuring kittens available for adoption. Watch them play, sleep, eat, and everything else they do 24 hours a day 7 days a week! It’s better than anything you can see on TV! We will be switching the camera around at various times to feature the antics and lives of the various animals available for adoption at the shelter, so check back often to see who’s on camera. Once you watch kittens playing you’re hooked, get the popcorn! If you see any animal you would like to provide a forever home and get unconditional love in return, contact the shelter at 507-334-7117. See the live Critter Cam:
[show_avatar email=sandy.vesledahl@wigleyandassociates.com] Prairie’s Edge Humane Society has five very special house cats available for adoption. Ester, Ashley, Angel, Mystic and Trigger are five beautiful house cats that need a home. They are indoor-only adult cats, all spayed, current on vaccinations, and all front declawed.
These five cats all qualify for our “Fat Cat” Special. (They are not all fat by the way!) House cats such as these particularly dislike the shelter environment, no matter how much love we give them and try to make it as much like home as possible. They need to be in a home environment, with their “own human”, where they can flaunt their gorgeous personalities and provide unconditional love.
The beautiful white cat in this picture is Ester. Ester is a very plump and very friendly cat who loves to be brushed. Won’t you consider giving Ester or these other four beautiful women a loving home? These wonderful cats are all available for the low price of $50! This is a real bargain and the rewards you will receive in return are priceless! To meet these beautiful cats go to our PEHS website and click on “View our adoptable animals.”
[show_avatar email=sandy.vesledahl@wigleyandassociates.com] Every year during “kitten season”, adult cats in animal shelters are overlooked by potential adopters. Once the kittens have all been adopted we know adult cat adoptions will increase, but spending months on end in a shelter is not good for any animal!
To get these lovely kitties into a home environment while they await their chance at adoption, Prairie’s Edge Humane Society (PEHS) created the Feline Companion Program. From May to October each year, adoptable adult cats can live in a foster home with a senior citizen who may otherwise not be able to have a cat. The program is designed to give seniors who cannot undertake full time pet ownership the opportunity to temporarily enjoy the company of an adult cat.
The program also gives the adult cat a break from living in the shelter during a time when permanent adoption is unlikely. All participating cats are adults. They are adoptable, spayed or neutered, current on vaccinations, and healthy. Eligible foster participants must be at least 55 years of age and approved for foster placement according to the guidelines of PEHS.
PEHS will provide food and litter (the foster will need to provide bowls and a lItter box). Basic health care will also be provided by PEHS. The foster senior is required to provide lots of TLC! For more information on this program please contact the shelter at 507-334-7117. You can see all animals available for adoption thru the PEHS by checking our website.
Sandy Vesledahl and Kathy Jasnoch met me at my morning GBM office early one morning last week to tell me about the American Cancer Society Relay for Life pancake breakfast fundraiser they’re hosting on Sunday morning, March 14, at the Eagles Club. (The actual relay, 2010 Relay For Life of Rice County, will be held on August 6, 2010 at the Rice County Fairgrounds.)
They each have their own Relay for Life web page with their personal fundraising goals where they explain their personal reasons for why they Relay:
RCHS board member Kathy Jasnoch, pictured here with volunteer Sandy Vesledahl, commented here that over 400 people attended. Here are four more photos:
[show_avatar email=sandy.vesledahl@wigleyandassociates.com]Here at Premier Banks we are very excited to be a part of the membership of Locally Grown Northfield! We look forward to the opportunity this membership provides us to promote products and share some hopefully useful financial information with the community. We were also very excited to provide the Rice County Humane Society with a membership as well to promote their fundraising activities and programs.
Our employees are members of several non profit organizations; they are very active within the Northfield community and spend countless hours volunteering with local organizations. Some of the areas our employees are involved in are the Defeat of Jesse James Days committee, Rice County Humane Society, Northfield Historical Society, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, March of Dimes Walk for Babies, Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Leukemia/Lymphoma Society Costume for A Cure, Hearts and Hammers, Ringing Bells for Salvation Army, Basset Buddies Rescue, American Red Cross, Adopt-A-Family, Meals on Wheels, Christmas Sharing, as well as being active within area churches. Volunteering time and talents come natural to the Premier Bank team. We take pride in giving back to the community we are so privileged to serve.
If you are not familiar with the Premier Bank team, let me take this opportunity to introduce you to us! Premier Banks offers a variety of checking accounts, savings accounts and competitive CD rates, as well as Mortgages, Home Equity, and Installment Loans. Our priority at Premier Banks is to give you the personal attention you deserve. Our employees are friendly and eager to help you with all your banking needs.
We currently have 21 branch offices within several Minnesota communities to serve you. Drop by to check out what Premier Banks can do to help you with all of your financial needs or just to say hello!
Current CD Special – 2 year term, 2.45% APY, $1000 minimum (rate subject to change at any time). Member FDIC.
‘Twould be great to have Premier Bank as a member of LG. Then you could promo events like this as a community service of Premier. Of course, you can also promo bank-related products and services, too.
Sandy then had the brilliant idea of the bank not only buying a Locally Grown membership for themselves but a separate one for RCHS so that they could do their own sidebar membership blog posts.
Sandy Vesledahl and her mother Dorothy had already been at the rodeo grounds yesterday since 4:30 am when I arrived at 8:30 am to hand in my RSVP for the DJJD Sponsor Hog Roast. (Her 3:00 am comment here on LoGroNo reminded me.) The roast, which Sandy has chaired since 1992, is an annual wingding to thank all the sponsors for their support of the event. The big show is less than a month away. Sandy has been known to spend some time as operations manager at Premier Bank Minnesota’s Northfield location.
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[show_avatar email=sandy.vesledahl@wigleyandassociates.com] Let’s talk about cats, cats and more cats! Why?? Because Prairie’s Edge Humane Society is full of cats and we have many more arriving daily. As of today, there are 44 cats on the adoption floor with more awaiting their surgeries so they are ready for adoption. There are cats in every corner of the shelter who need homes! We are in desperate need of homes for these cats. We cannot emphasize this enough. So we are having a cat sale and we are calling it Kitty Mania !
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