CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO SEE News 4 Buffalo’s HAUSCHPUPS STORY FROM FEB. 5, 2020! THE BUFFALO BILLS’ STEVE & LINDSEY HAUSCHKA WEIGH IN ON THIS SEASON’S PROGRAM!
Click on the image below for more information on two part-time
job opportunities in the SPCA’s Animal Care Department!
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FULL STORY & INTERVIEW:
Click on the image below to see Lauren Hall’s story on the SPCA’s Paws for Love program and the Family Justice Center, airing this morning on WGRZ-TV:
Sabres Goalie Linus Ullmark Starts Fundraising Campaign for SPCA Serving Erie County
January 27, 2020
Shannon Polvino, Shannon@ThinkInsight.co
(BUFFALO, NY) – Buffalo Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark has partnered with the online fundraising platform, The Giving Project, to start a fundraising campaign for the SPCA Serving Erie County. Sabres fans and animal lovers alike can enter the sweepstakes at givingproject.com for their chance to win the ultimate Sabres fan experience in February 2020.
“I feel such great love and compassion for animals,” said Ullmark. “To get this opportunity to help the SPCA Serving Erie County feels like a great way for me to give back.”
Founder of The Giving Project, Joe Castle, says the public can enter this campaign by choosing a giving level, which gives donors entries into the campaign.
“The more you donate, the more chances you have to win,” Castle said. “Linus is a great guy, trying to help animals in our community by fundraising for a worthy organization such as the SPCA Serving Erie County. You can’t get more Buffalo than that.”
One winner will be chosen February 15, 2020. [The Ullmark’s Ultimate Sabres Fan Package] sweepstakes includes the following:
– 4 Tickets to Sabres vs. Jets game on February 23, 2020
– Linus Ullmark Buffalo Sabres Navy Home Jersey
– 4 passes to the Sabres Gold Carpet – area outside of the Sabres locker room where fans can watch the team come out for the next period
– Post-game meet & greet with Linus Ullmark
– 2 hotel rooms for either Saturday February 23, 2020, or Sunday February 24, 2020
“In working with Linus last year, we learned that his love and compassion for animals are incredibly strong,” Gina Lattuca, SPCA Serving Erie County Chief Communications Officer said. “Equally-strong is his desire to help those who are temporarily living a shelter life. Thanks to Linus’ efforts, we’ve been able to find more animals homes more quickly, and better their stays while they’re with us. That kind of assistance, and from such a beloved public figure as Linus, is invaluable to us and the animals.”
[Proceeds] from the campaign will benefit the SPCA Serving Erie County. Visit the campaign page here: http://givingproject.com/win-linus-ullmarks-ultimate-sabres-fan-package.
About The Giving Project
The Giving Project is a unique online fundraising platform founded by Joseph Castle in 2017 to help charities in local communities raise awareness through incentivized charitable giving.By collaborating with high-profile individuals and nonprofit organizations, The Giving Project creates local, regional and national fundraising campaigns with extraordinary prizes or experiences. Their modern approach to fundraising makes charitable giving easy and enjoyable. Learn more at givingproject.com.
SPCA SERVING ERIE COUNTY CUTS OFF-SITE PETSMART ADOPTION FEES IN HALF NOW THROUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 31!
January 28, 2020
By: SPCA Chief Communications Officer Gina Lattuca
The SPCA Serving Erie County is close to winning $15,000 from PetSmart Charities® if 18 more animals are adopted from one of its off-site PetSmart adoption locations through Friday, Jan. 31!
To help reach the adoption goal of 18 off-site animals adopted in four days, the SPCA Serving Erie County is taking half off the adoption fees of off-site kittens and cats five months and older, and all other small animals of any age (puppies and dogs are not included in the half-off special).
The PetSmart Charities® $15,000 donation will be made if the goal of 1,000 SPCA Serving Erie County animals adopted from a PetSmart site Feb. 1, 2019-Jan. 31, 2020 is reached. Today, the SPCA finds itself just 18 animals short of reaching that goal.
SPCA Serving Erie County animals included in the half-off adoption special are currently available in the following PetSmart locations: 1581 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst; 2101 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; 1734 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga; 123 Grey St., East Aurora; 3425 Amelia Dr., Orchard Park; and 5061 Transit Rd., Williamsville.
Currently, kittens and cats, guinea pigs, ferrets, and other types of animals are available at the SPCA PetSmart off-site locations. To see the animals available, please visit https://yourspca.org/off-site-adoptions-foster.
On January 27, these were some of the beautiful animals waiting for new families to find them at a PetSmart location. For more information, contact SPCA Serving Erie County Off-Site Adoptions: 716-875-7360, ext. 235.
From BuffaloNews.com: click on the image below to read Sandra Tan’s touching story about K-9 Apollo’s retirement and the K-9 Retirement Fund set up by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and the SPCA Serving Erie County:
PUPS AT THE PEN Trainee Sora Receives the Best Graduation Gift of All: A New Family!
January 21, 2020
By: SPCA Chief Communications Officer Gina Lattuca
Erie County Jail Management Superintendent Tom Diina adopts inmate-trained pup
More than 50 dogs have graduated from the locally-dubbed “Pups at the Pen” program sponsored by the SPCA Serving Erie County and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. But it took one dog’s eyes, resemblance to a pet recently lost, and charisma that jumped right out of the photo to catch the eye…and heart…of Tom Diina, Erie County jail management superintendent.
Pups at the Pen began in the summer of 2016 and allows dogs from the SPCA Serving Erie County to reside with female inmates at the Erie County Correctional Facility. The women are trained by a professional dog trainer to work with the dogs, providing a level of behavior lessons and attention that wouldn’t be possible in a shelter setting. The Erie County Sheriff’s Office credits the program as leading to better behavior by inmates at the facility and a reduced re-offense rate, while it helps shelter dogs learn important behavior lessons that contribute to faster adoptions.
In December, Sora, a one-year-old brown-eyed girl, was sent to the correctional facility as the SPCA’s latest Pups at the Pen candidate, and it didn’t take long for staff there to send Diina photos of their newest temporary resident. Noting a resemblance to a pet to whom the Diina family recently had to say sad goodbyes, Diina decided to meet Sora. The connection was immediate and led to the best grad gifts Sora could have hoped for six weeks later on graduation day: a new family and a new home!
Jan. 20, 2020 — Sora is the newest family member of the Diina family! Here, she and dad Tom prepare for the ride home from the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden!
With the help of the SPCA’s Matt Cicatello and trainer Melissa Staniszewski of Sit n Stay Pet Services in Orchard Park, Monday’s graduation ceremony and adoption turned into a heartwarming story shared locally and by media outlets throughout the nation on Monday!
After two days in her new home, Diina tells us Sora has already made their home her own and is keeping her new four-footed sister, Marci, very busy!
Check out some of the stories as told by Newsradio 930 WBEN, WIVB-TV, WKBW-TV, Spectrum News, and just a few of the other news outlets elsewhere in the country that carried the story:
– ABC7 in NYC
– KMOV4 in St. Louis
– CBS 46 in Atlanta
For more information on Pups at the Pen or SPCA adoptions, please contact the SPCA Serving Erie County at 716-875-7360.
