Friends of Shelter Animals (FOSA)
25 NW 23rd Place, Suite #6
Portland, OR 97210
Contacts:
Phyllis Johanson (503) 228-4237 Connie Thiel (503) 254-3112 Heidi Underwood (503) 977-6535
The following is reprinted from a current FOSA flyer
Because of Measure 47, the budget for Multnomah County Animal
Control has been cut by $430,000 with the result that the shelter
in Troutdale and their Adoption Outreach store in Clackamas Town
Center are both closed every Sunday and Monday. Hours during the
week have also been reduced - the phone service is only open for
28 hours each week! If you were to lose your dog on a Friday
night, you wouldn't be able to phone the shelter until the
following Tuesday! Not to mention all of the desperate animals
needing homes who now won't get them because working people who
may want to adopt won't be able to get to the shelter at a
convenient time. What a dreadful state of affairs!
A small group of people who are concerned about the dogs and cats
who have had the misfortune to end up at the shelter are trying
to improve the situation. There are a couple of things we want to
do as soon as possible. The first is to get a computerized Lost
& Found hotline started. This will help prevent many animals
from arriving at the shelter at all! The second is to begin
advertising for adoptions to help get the animals out of the
shelter and into wonderful homes!
Our first project is to raise some money so this can become a
reality. That's where you come in! We need beads, bangles,
bracelets, brooches, rings, earrings and necklaces for our
JEWELRY ONLY sale on Saturday, November 1 at the Neighborhood
Improvement & Civic Center at the corner of SE Holgate and
Foster (SE 64th). A wonderful ballroom space has been donated to
us so we're hoping to have tons off jewelry to sell!
We're looking for all types of jewelry. From $1 costume jewelry
to a cameo worth who knows what. If you haven't worn a piece
ofjewelry for the past 4 or 5 years, this is the perfect time to
donate it to a good cause.
Jewelry can be dropped off at any of the following locations:
Or you can phone one of us listed above and we'll be very
happy to pick up your donation.
Needless to say, we'll be thrilled if this fund raising effort
appeals to you, and we'll be even more thrilled if you will tell
your friends, acquaintances and colleagues about it. There are
thousands of dogs and cats whose very lives depend on all of us
doing what we can to help.