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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

As promised, Strikes for Strays 2010 delivered a great afternoon of bowling, fun, food and prizes. In return, Furry Friends Network was the recipient of $10,193.70 to continue helping animals in need.

Strikes for Stray's success is attributable to the common love of animals held by our generous participants, sponsors and volunteers!

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARTICIPANTS, VOLUNTEERS, and OUR SPONSORS.

Please remember to patronize the businesses and establishments who care enough to help the furry kids! 

The proceeds from the November Silent Auction at The Rolling Bead in Carlisle exceeded $1,000! Many thanks to Pat and Harley for their hard work raising money to help Furry Friends Network! Visit Pat and Harley at The Rolling Bead, 200 S. Spring Garden Street, Carlisle. 

Pat Reynolds and Harley 

Two wonderful youngsters wanted to help animals in need...

Kason Ward, age 6, dedicated his October birthday party to Furry Friends Network. Kason's 14 friends brought cat and dog food, toys and treats in lieu of birthday gifts. Kason attends kindergarten in the Carlisle area, and we're hoping this is just the start of a life time of loving and taking care of the fur kids! Kason met many of our adoptable pets at a recent Carlisle PetSmart Adoption Day.

Kason Ward and friends (Click photos to enlarge.)

A portion of Keegan McCoy's allowance is always set aside for charity, and Furry Friends Network was fortunate to receive his recent charity donation. Keegan joined up with PetSmart Charities and presented his allowance donation to Furry Friends Network at the recent PetSmart Charities National Holiday Adoption Weekend. Thank you, Keegan!

Keegan McCoy and friends (Click photos to enlarge.)

Mutt Mixer 2009 Update

On October 10, 2009, we raised $4,000 and enjoyed the company of more than 200 people and 100 dogs at our 5th Annual Mutt Mixer and Flea Market with Low Cost Vaccine and Microchip Clinic. A special thank you goes out to all our supporters, vendors, and participants. See you next year! Click for winners and more information.

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE RACE FOR THEIR LIVES 2009 A HUGE SUCCESS! On Saturday morning, September 19th, 172 runners and walkers with their canine companions raced the trails of Pinchot State Park and raised more than $19,000 to change the lives of homeless and unwanted animals! Many thanks to our sponsors! Remember to patronize these businesses and establishments who care enough to help the furry kids! A special thank you to DJ Joe, all the volunteers and each and every participant who made Race for Their Lives 2009 such a tremendous success! See more photos from Race for Their Lives 2009 Final Race for Their Lives 2009 results are in -- $20,613.03 -- What an amazing job! Thanks to everyone involved!  Local Girl Scout Supports Homeless Animals When Kayla thought about her Girl Scout Community Service project, her decision to help the four legged fur kids was easy! Kayla Taylor from local Girl Scout Troup 1952 loves animals. So she focused her Community Service project on animals and gathered a huge box of goodies for the homeless dogs and cats in our area too. Furry Friends Network was fortunate to be the recipient of her hard work. Thank you Kayla for the all the dog food, cat food, toys and treats. They will be put to good use and sent to the animals in our foster care program. BOILING SPRINGS -- While braving cloudy skies and a little light rain, Furry Friends Network's first ever Easter Egg Hunt for Kids (young and old) and for Dogs, brought lots of smiles and a fun day for two- and four-legged participants, $342 for the FFN Hope Fund and lots of FFN Wish List donations. Many thanks to our favorite sponsor Rite Aid, loyal FFN friends, supporters and adopters, and of course our volunteers that made it all happen! A special thanks to our Easter Bunny too! We'll see you all again next year! See photos LANCASTER -- Thanks to everyone who made our Lancaster Easter Egg Hunt a big success! You helped raise over $600.00 for Furry Friends Network and the animals in our care. What a blast -- about 80 dogs and 100 children! We're looking forward to seeing everyone again in 2010 as well as at the October 2009 5th Annual Mutt Mixer. Thank you for your support! (15% of the egg hunt photo purchases goes to FFN) See photos

Furry Friends Network supporters and volunteers gathered at the Trindle Bowl on Sunday, February 22 for our annual Strikes for Strays bowlathon. All enjoyed an afternoon of good food and good fun and raised approximately $10,000 for the fur kids under our care. We feel very fortunate to have so many animal-loving supporters to allow us to continue our life saving mission. We could not continue without your help! Many thanks to all our participants who joined the fun and raised the cash for our 4-legged charges; and to our marvelous volunteers who contributed prizes, baked goods, baskets and their time and made a great day for all. An additional special thank you to our Phi Beta Lambda HACC volunteers who made set up and clean up a snap! Of course, many thanks to our sponsors! We are very happy to report that our Strikes for Strays 2009 poster boys, Bart and Kip, found a wonderful home in January. These brothers were adopted through FFN by a wonderful family in 2004, but lost their happy home, were returned to the foster care program and then remained under our care for over a year before recently finding their new "fur-ever" adoptive home! See how well Bart and Kip are doing with their new fur-ever family!

BASKET RAFFLE WINNER FFN’s Longaberger basket raffle was held on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at the Lancaster PetSmart. Tickets were sold to help raise money for Mitchie’s Boarding School expenses! Thanks to all who have supported Mitchie through their donations of items for the raffle prize and those who purchased tickets. With your help, we raised enough money to pay for two months of boarding school for Mitchie!! Our lucky winner is Janet C. of Hummelstown! Our need for funds to help Mitchie is ongoing, so if you missed our raffle, please feel free to visit our donation page, and make a donation of your own. We appreciate any amount, and it all goes directly to benefit Mitchie!! Mitchie and all of FFN’s volunteers will be extremely thankful! Click here to read more about why Mitchie needs your help.

Hounds Tooth Marketplace and Furry Friends Network join together for online YEAR ROUND fundraising! Click here for more info

Cash for Critters

Recycle your Ink Jet or Laser Printer cartridges to earn Cash for Critters!  Cartridges may be given to a FFN Volunteer at PetSmart in Mechanicsburg, PA on PetSmart Adoption Days listed above. Or to make alternate arrangements, please contact Shawna at (717) 440-1561.

For more info, visit www.cashforcritters.com/cashforcritters.htm