Sign upbefore August 1

to catch thelowest price andbe guaranteed

a shirt!

Adopt-athonPetSmart Saginaw

Saturdays12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m.

Check website in case of cancellations.

Bark in the ParkDow Diamond

August 6Bring your four-legged friend to the

ballpark with you! Dogs are welcome on concourse and lawn all night!

First 100 dogs get a free doggy bag!

Neuter PaloozaAugust 15

Dirty Dog Trail RunSaturday, August 25AWARD SPONSORS:

Board Meeting & ElectionsNovember 15

Spay DaysRiver Rock Animal Hospital

Contact SOS for details.

Check website for schedule updates.

SoS EvENTS

P.o. Box 1135, Midland, MI 48641989-492-0042info@sosar.org

www.sosanimalrescue.org

SOS Animal Rescue Newsletter • Volume 18, Issue 3 • July 15, 2018

10K Run ● 5K Run ● 5K Walk ● 1 Mile Walk

Dirty DogTrail Run

10th Annual

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ThANk you!

Platinum Sponsors Morley Portraiture

M-20 Animal HospitalNorthern Animal Clinic

Park Place HomesPetsmart

Precious CatRiver Rock Animal Hospital

Superior Title and SettlementSurrey Veterinary Clinic

Target

Gold Sponsors Larkin Food Center

Patricia & David Kepler FoundationShirlene’s Cuisine

Soldan’s Pet SuppliesVetmed of Midland

Silver Sponsors Animal Medical Center

Bob EvansBushey’s Automotive

Garber ChevroletGimmick’s Valley Lanes

Glover’s Rexall PharmacyThe Gourmet Cupcake Shoppe

Horizon Bank Ieuter Insurance Group / Auto Owners

Insurance Legacy Wealth Management –

Benjamin F. Edwards

For Sylvester “Tank”To the many who donated to the care

of Sylvester who we lovingly called Tank. His illness was too severe and he crossed the rainbow bridge after three

months in our care.

Trisha BakerPatricia Baker

Marina CeramePeter and Raluca Chludil

Paige ClareMichele Colbert

Katie DanksLindsay Engle

Elise EssenmacherRuth Flowers

Gabriele Goldorf GolombeskiCarolyn Gottschalk Beiser

Heather KettelhohnCass LegnerMerlin Linux

Christina LudlumKathryn Lynch-Morin

Katie MarieTraci McDonaldHelene MillerKara NiklasJoy Pavlik

Don PieringTera Pilak

Candise PomrankySusan Robinson

Jeff and Tammy RossDiana Schnople

Julie VaughnJustin Weisenbach

Silver Sponsors cont. McArdle Buick

MeijerPet Pals

Safelite AutoglassSpherion

Tractor Supply CompanyWildfire Credit Union

Bronze Sponsors Bone and Bailey Insurance

Chemical BankChicky and Chippi

Eastman Animal HospitalEastman Party Store

Grape Beginnings Winery, LLCHugs for Homeless Animals

KrogerLowe’s

Melissa Lile PhotographyMember’s First Credit Union

Midland Animal ClinicMidland Physical Therapy

Midland Soccer ClubMuddy Pups

Poochie’s Pit StopQuilts for Cages

RunnersSanford Animal Clinic

Shay WaterVIP Pet Care

Zach’s Dog Groomery

Thank you to everyone who donated and came to our rummage sale. Keep us in mind if you are getting rid of stuff. Call us at 989-492-0042 for pick up any time.

Donors:Barbara Anderson

Phyllis BeehrRalph Brozzo

Lori BurdoMichelle Cluff

Isabella JansenKevin and Jenny Kendrick

Heather KettelhohnJennifer Klingler

Jerzy and Magdalena KlosinJulie McCollister

Diane NoldKarla Oldenburg

E. Calvin and Marilyn SchneiderBetty ShangleJeffrey Smith

Sandra SuttonJoann TaylorNichole TothSally Young

We received $5,640 in donations, $2,319 in matching grants, and $400

in prizes for a total of $8,059.Funds raised to date = $29,536!

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For DonationsMemorials by Rena Marx

Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Napolitano’s dadBeatrice Banks’ sister

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Pontius’ dadMr. and Mrs. Jack Ferchau’s momMr. and Mrs. Carl Castnier’s dad

Gouveia Family’s mom

Susan BerghoffPaul and Lily Cheng

Nancy EmmertGabriele Golombeski

Kevin HelsleyDr. Anne Kelly-Rowley

Elizabeth MarshallVictoria Roupe

Madeline SasseJudy Scheuffele

For hosting Donation Canisters

Auto TechniciansBicycle HQ

Cohoon’s ElevatorCountryside Animal Health Center

Eastman Animal HospitalThe Gourmet Cupcake Shoppe

Larkin Food StoreMax’s Pizza

M-20 Animal HospitalNorthern Animal Clinic

Opperman’s Cork ‘N AlePoseyville Party Store

Sanford HardwareShirlene’s Cuisine

Soldan’s Pet SuppliesSurrey Veterinary ClinicWall & Webb Jewelers

To Miranda Swank for hosting a fund-raiserfor SoS Animal Rescue for her birthday.

Donations were received from:Emily KraszewskiConnie Johnson

Danielle LeeKaitlynn Torrez

Gary BallardLisa Dartey-Atkinson

Miranda SwankJeanne Dartey Swank

ThANk you!

To Meganfor her birthday donation to help the animals

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2010-2017 2018 TotalFamilies Helped 795 36 831Dogs 879 45 924Cats 1577 38 1615Other animals 22 0 22Pounds Dog Food Delivered 28,695 1173 29,868Pounds Cat Food Delivered 17,097 351 17,448Flea Products – Families Helped 78 0 78

Pet Food Assistance Program

ThANk you!

To Siebert Elementary School Fifth-Graders

Shelley Park, major race sponsor and vice president of SOS Animal Rescue, hands a check to Janine Ouderkirk, executive director of Shelterhouse. The funds were raised during the Dirty Dog Trail Run to ensure victims of domestic violence can provide a safe haven for their pets. Sign up for this year’s race on August 25 at www.itsyourrace.com. From left are Robin Greiner of Shelterhouse, Ouderkirk, Park, and Joann Taylor, president of SOS Animal Rescue.

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Autumn – diarrhea, fleasBuddy – broken legCharlie – FIVEdgar – severe diarrhea and dehydrationJasmine – upper respiratoryMerlin – upper respiratorySamson – FIVAngel1 – heart issue

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Spay/Neuter Statistics

Thanks to your donations and support, we are able to provide more help each year. If each spay/neuter surgery prevents two litters of unwanted puppies or kittens from being born the program has saved over 27,000 from a life of hunger, cruelty and disease.

Spay/Neuter thru 2017 2018 TotalFemale Cats 1411 51 1462Male Cats 1128 55 1183Female Dogs 574 10 584Male Dogs 423 19 442Total 3536 135 3671

Keep shopping on Amazon Smile www.smile.amazon.com and name SOS Animal Rescue as your charity.

Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases. So far for 2018, we have received $103!

If you see a sign like this in Midland County, we want to know about it. Facebook, Craigslist, yard sign, it doesn’t matter. We can help get the cat fixed. Stop this madness of eight million kittens born with no where to go. We receive endless calls to take kittens, rehome them, or help them because they are sick. We would rather receive the call that says help fix the cat. Send us the link, telephone number, or address and we will follow up.

kroger Community Rewards:

91497

Great news this year: NO need to re-enroll,but if you haven’t already signed up, please do so to

help the animals. Our number is 91497.So far this year, Kroger has donated $54!

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Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)

Fix the cats, the litters stop, the need for rescue is greatly reduced. We would rather spay one cat than deal with the kittens. (Left: Car load of cats to get fixed. Right: two mom cats that we have tried to catch for over a year. We finally got them.)

Another TNR success: Princess has been fixed and rehomed and whose owner said she just had her ninth litter of kittens.

kitten Season

The summer is the toughest time of year for a rescue because it is kitten season. Unfixed mom cats start having litters of kittens in early March and it goes nonstop until November. This mom cat had seven kittens under a trailer. One died early on. She is too little to meet the demands of feeding the remaining six. She becomes rail thin, the kittens are always hungry, health declines. Unless someone intervenes, the story does not end well.

Luckily this mom cat has a better story. The owner of the trailer brought her inside. One of our fosters took them all when the kittens were about 12 days old. Another foster took two of the smallest kittens and bottle-fed them so mom cat only have four left to feed. Everyone is doing well. Mom cat is still very thin but the kittens are all gaining weight and appear healthy. So this one litter relied on three people, three different homes, and a ton of care to make it. What drives us crazy is all this time, effort, and money could be avoided by spaying mom before she goes into heat. Tell the world if they really love animals they would get them fixed. It is really that simple.

Mom cat and six kittens will be ready for adoption around September 1. Let us know if you are interested in giving one of them a new home.

ThANkS To ouR PlATINuM, GolD, & SIlvER SPoNSoRS!

P.O. Box 1135, Midland, MI 48641-1135989-492-0042info@sosar.orgwww.sosanimalrescue.orgwww.facebook.com/sosanimalrescue

OfficersJoann Taylor, President

Shelley Park, Vice PresidentKarla Oldenburg, Treasurer

Mission StatementSoS animal Rescue is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to

reduce the number of unwanted pets in the Midland area through placement, public education, spay/neuter assistance programs, and support for the

efforts of local animal welfare groups.

DirectorsIsabella JansenCasey Wenzel

Newsletter EditorSheryl Billmeier Hnizda

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