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Pet First Aid

Sunday, September 21st, 1:00-5:00pm
PHS/SPCA Auditorium

This course is for anyone who works with, or cares for, dogs and cats.  It covers the immediate care for an injured or suddenly ill pet until veterinary care is available.  The focus is on basic first aid and CPR.  You can minimize trauma, safely transport pets, and even save their lives if you are properly prepared!

The instructor, Peter Pay of Need to Know Training, is certified by the American Safety & Health Institute.  Class size is limited and there is a $45 fee including materials.  Held in the PHS/SPCA Auditorium, 12 Airport Blvd., San Mateo.  Advance registration required; please call (650)340-7022 x308 for more info and to register.

Going Undercover for Animals

Thursday, October 16th, 7:00-8:30pm
PHS/SPCA Auditorium

Meet PHS/SPCA’s new Major Crimes Investigator, Ken McCloud, and learn about his landmark work as a former Special Agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office of Law Enforcement.  For over 30 years, Ken specialized in numerous complex undercover operations involving live and endangered wild species.  His skill and tenacity resulted in crackdowns on animal trafficking and imprisonment for dozens of organized crime poachers and smugglers.

• Hear how he successfully infiltrated the world’s biggest wildlife smuggling cartels despite life-threatening circumstances
• Discover the plight of rare reptiles, mammals and birds taken illegally from the wild for profit
• Have a look at confiscated wildlife products such as leopard skins, stuffed crocodilians, canned whale meat, walrus and elephant ivory

Ken will entertain you with gripping stories, give a PowerPoint presentation from the International Wildlife Forensics Conference, and answer questions from the audience.  Hidden cameras and false ID’s, weapons and drugs, loose cobras and alligators… this talk covers unforgettable territory!  Don’t miss the opportunity to get acquainted with a truly special investigator and his efforts to protect animals.

Held in the PHS/SPCA Auditorium, 12 Airport Blvd., San Mateo.  Suggested $5 donation at the door.  For more info, call (650)340-7022 x369.

Bloomingdale’s Shopping Benefit Day

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10am – 10pm
Bloomingdale’s, Stanford Shopping Center
Bloomingdale's, San Francisco

Bloomingdale’s has once again invited PHS/SPCA to participate in their Shopping Benefit Day on Thursday, October 23.  If you have as little as 20-30 minutes, day or evening, contact PHS/SPCA for your invitation.  When you contact us to receive your invitation (remember – ask for one only if you can visit Bloomingdale’s on Oct. 23), that invitation will have a card in it.  Present this card upon entering Bloomingdale’s. If you’re unable to make it down to Bloomingdale’s, please pass the card along to a family member or friend that will be able to drop it off.  For every card dropped off, PHS/SPCA will receive $5 and if we are the charity that drops off the most cards over 350, we get $5,000!

For additional information or to receive an invitation in the mail, please contact Dawn Kelsey Fanara at 650/340-7022 ext. 375 or dkelsey@PHS-SPCA.org.  Invitations will be mailed in October.

Bring Your Donations To PHS/SPCA Day!

Friday, October 24, from 9-11am
PHS/SPCA parking lot (at the Pick of the Litter truck)

Drop-off gently used clothing, furniture, household items, etc. All donations go to our resale shop, Pick of the Litter, located at 1127 Chula Vista Ave., Burlingame (650/344.1662); where proceeds from sales help us treat, then find homes for more animals.

Of course, you can drop off items at the store 7 days a week, during business hours (M-S  11am-6pm, Sunday noon-4pm)

A Home for the Holidays Gala Ball

Saturday, November 8, 2008, 6pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City

Please join the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA Auxiliary celebrate our annual “A Home for the Holidays” gala ball and auction on Saturday, November 8 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City.  There will be a live and silent auction, as well as dinner and dancing, music by Pride & Joy. Ticket price starts at $150 per person.  For additional information or to purchase tickets, please contact Dawn Kelsey Fanara at 650/340-7022, ext. 375 or dkelsey@PHS-SPCA.org.