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5287 Covington Highway Decatur, GA 30035Phone: 770-593-1155Fax: 770-593-9910www.pawsatlanta.org

Adoption Center Hours:12pm - 6pm Sunday - Friday10am - 6pm Saturday

Founded in 1966, PAWS Atlanta (formerly DeKalb Humane Society) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation governed by a Board of Directors comprised of volunteers from the local community who are dedicated to animal welfare.

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2Don’t be a Halloweenie to your Pets;

Atlanta Pride Festival; Taking a Stand Against Animal Cruelty

The mission of PAWS Atlanta, Inc. is to provide shelter, food and medical care for abandoned pets and ensure they are placed in safe, loving homes. The mission encompasses three goals:

• Toadvancetheno-killphilosophy

• Reducepetoverpopulationthroughspaying or neutering

• Toeducatethecommunityregardingthe responsible and humane care of pets

The Posh PAWty for PAWS Atlanta will be the year’s most entertaining and interesting event for people who love their pets. For starters it’s emceed by Victoria Stilwell, she’s the host of It’s Me or the Dog on Animal Planet.

That show is as much about training the owners, as it is about teaching the dogs how they should act in order to become a part of the family. It’s positive training, that is what Victoria has taught for years, and it’s how we train the dogs at PAWS Atlanta.

Victoria will be sharing stories from her hit show. Did you see the classic episode with the Aussi mix who was transfixed on the cupcakes? Victoria has stories like that, some training tips

and there will be a Q & A session too. This evening is for anybody and everybody-dog novices, humane society supporters, reality show aficionados, master trainers, cat lovers or PAWS Atlanta people.

This is a local event that will benefit local pets. All of your food and drinks are included with entry and being catered by Affairs to Remember. After Victoria entertains and educates us with her stories about the pet situations she has seen, there will also be a silent auction.

Every year PAWS Atlanta helps find homes for over 1,000 homeless pets. Our monthly discount vaccination clinic saves thousands of people hun-dreds of dollars on their pet health needs. Events like The Posh PAWty allow us to continue helping pets at this pace. It’ll be a fun evening out for you that will support the largest no kill humane society in the area, PAWS Atlanta. Have you purchased your ticket yet? You can purchase your ticket online at www.pawsatlanta.org or by calling 770-593-1155, x 15.

A PAWSitively PAWSh PAWty featuring Victoria Stilwell

Do you have a Success Story that you’d like to share? Please email volunteers@pawsatlanta.org and let us know the good news!!

Tales For the Pet Lover’s HeartTales For the Pet Lovers Heart is a nationally syndicated show that highlights the good works that people are doing for pets. We’re proud to announce that PAWS Atlanta board member and the owner of Atlanta Veterinary Eye Clinic, Dr. Gail Powell-Johnson

will be featured in the broadcast this year. The hour long show will be broadcast in various cities this fall. In addition to her volunteer work with PAWS Atlanta, Dr. Gail Powell-Johnson also helps out at Zoo Atlanta. The camera crew got some amazing footage of her checking up on lots of loving creatures big and small. Be sure to look out for Tales For the Pet Lovers Heart playing on television this fall!

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The current operational needs for PAWS Atlanta are:• Newspapers• Leashes and collars• Cat litter• Science Diet dog and cat food• New cat and dog toys• Paper towels• Cotton towels• Supply storage building• Architectural services (new building/ land use drawing)• $12,000 Anesthesia and dental equipment• $160,000 Landscape & paving, courtyard and parking• $350,000 Cat cottage & dog shelter renovation• $500,000 Needed yearly to fund current programs (our top priority)

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Don’t be a Halloweenie to your pets

TakingaStandagainstAnimalCrueltyby Laura L. Mckelvey

Halloween is fun and a chance for us people to dress up. For dogs and cats it can be scary with all those masks and spooky noises. What’s more it can be deadly if your pet gets into the candy or treats that you may get while trick or treating. Be sure to keep that candy in a place where your best friend can’t eat it.

Lastly be very careful of any candles! Your pet’s long tails or hair can easily catch fire, keep those candles up high and not on the floor. It’s even a good idea to keep your best friends inside, in a calm, quiet room that they’re familiar with. Turn the television on so they have some common background noise too. Be safe and don’t forget your furry friends this fall!

A 3-4 month old Australian shepherd mix named Mailin was lucky when a PAWS Atlanta em-ployee walked towards Covington

Highway to collect trash left by motorists. He found Mailin crumpled on a small white blanket with nothing to eat, drink, or contain him. Presuming that Mailin was dead, he flagged down a vet tech to help recover the body, however, Mailin was alive. He didn’t anything to keep him from wandering because he had been starved to the extent that he could not stand or bark. Mailin could have easily gone unnoticed on that hot July day, but instead was brought straight to the clinic for IV fluids and testing. The PAWS Atlanta vet techs and staff gave him around the clock attention for days. Finally, he could meander around the room, hold up his head, and even let out a few barks.

Animals come from all over the place to be sheltered and cared for by the PAWS Atlanta staff. Some of them are transferred from local animal control facili-ties that are always full and under constant pressure to take in more animals. Others are found as strays or surrendered by owners who have lost everything and can no longer care for their pet. It is always heart-breaking to hear the lonely howls of the homeless dogs in their cages, but the pets that suffer from acts of animal cruelty are always the most difficult to wrap your mind around. These pets show courage and forgiveness when it seemed impossible to have either. They have a lot to teach us about moving forward and enjoying life.

It is because of our volunteers and donors that PAWS Atlanta is able to reach out to these pets. The shelter is sustained by your generosity, but the number of ani-mals that need our help seems to be growing. Please consider making a donation to PAWS Atlanta today, or come out to the shelter to meet some of these great pets looking for a family that will love them forever. By doing either of these things you are taking an ac-tive role in saving lives in your community.

2009 Combined Federal Campaign If you work for the federal, state, or local governments please keep an eye open for your local CFC representative. PAWS Atlanta depends on donations from the CFC each year. Our CFC number is 50368 and government work-ers are a huge percentage of our annual funding. Every dollar that you donate makes a difference. It doesn’t take much, a 50¢ donation every pay period will add up.The CFC period ends in early November. PAWS Atlanta will be at some rallies this fall, please look for us!

Atlanta Pride FestivalAtlanta PRIDE Festival • Piedmont Park • Oct. 31-Nov. 1Atlanta PRIDE is back at Piedmont Park! Look for the PAWS Atlanta booth in the park during PRIDE! We’ll have some give- aways, information on pets and more.

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Guardian anGel: Ms. Virginia JohnstonPlatinum Paw: Ms. Margaret RaynorGold Paw: Martha & Michael BaumgartnerSilver Paw: Dr. Ann J Anderson; Roy and Lisa Johan-sen; Mr. Andrew Johnson; Ms. Elizabeth Klein; Ms. Laura McNeill; Ms. Emily StevensBronze Paw: Mr. Daniel Basso; Ms. Leah Edwards; Mrs. Kayla Engle-Lewis; Ms. Elizabeth Ferry; Ms. Shirley McGinnis, Ms. Dee ParkerBeSt Friend: Ms. Carol Aiken; Ms. Jacqueline Arved; Ms. Sherlita Bickham; Ms. Betty Byrd; Mr. Bob Carter; Ms. Rameda Green; Ms. Jo Ann Harris; Ms. Pam Higginbotham; Ms. Sarah Houghton; Ms. Amy James; Mr. Dave Johns; Ms. Toni Jones; Ms. Allison Luton; Ms. Jenny Lyman; Ms. Gwenette Patterson; Ms. Lisa Satterfield; Ms. Laura Sharp; Ms. Janice Shure; Mr. Devon Stawkowski; Ms. Judy Ste-phens; Ms. Jacqueline Waller; Ms. Janet Woodruff

GiFtS in Honor oF: Carol Aiken for Tucker; Carey Allison for Deborah White; Judy Asher for all loving animals in the world; Linda Bell for Ernest Ash; Sherlita Bickham for Remi; John Bray for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; John Brown for Elvis Brown; Kimberly Brown for Estela Haag and Lars Sjostrom on the occasion of their wedding; BL and SI Byers for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; Bob Carter for Hank & Ninja; Angelika Claussen for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; Charles Cliff for Maggie Smith; Krista Crider for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; Sarah Cutter for Cami; Jen-nifer Delmerico for Maggie Smith; Lauren Dieterich for Sadie; Katina DiGiorgio for Pat Thomas; Carolyn Dufries for Cathy Autry on her birthday; Kayla Engle-Lewis for Ariana Lewis on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah; Ebru Ercan for Anita Kumar; Lyssa Fagan for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; Melissa Federico for Sneak & Lila; Deborah Feir for Ann and Sadie; Jacqueline Fish for Jill Stepnicka and in memory of Koby; Glo-ria Glasser for Cheyenne McGirt; David Greer for Mr. T.; Sara Hardy for Lisa Wathey; Laina Hertz for Kenn Wagner; Rebecca Hire for Laura Zipperer on her birthday; Sarah Houghton for Hudson and Lillie Houghton; Jeff Hunsinger for Isabella John; Anne Iglar for Jack Yoder; Chris Jenko for Anita Kumar; Joanne Jordan for 24 stray cats; Sandra Kemp for Maggie Smith; Amy Keppert for Heather Hale & Patty Jervey; Nicole Krafchick for Heather Hale & Patty Jervey; Martha Lee for Susan Lee; Rick Leonard for Sadie; Jenny Lyman for Montego; Felecia Mc-Commons for Xena McCommons; Jan McDougle for Margie Pridham; Laura McNeill for Odette and Tom Dooley; Maurie Mintz for Caroline Porkert on her 7th birthday; Rohit Mittal for Deborah Magough; Carroll L. Morgan for Louise; Paige Perkins for Maxie & Pascal; Halle and John Petrini for Morgan and Sean Petrini; Diana Potter for Tracey and Muffin Bear; Jennita Reefhuis for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; Phyllis Reeves for my daughter Jill on her birthday; Lynne Repasky for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; Patricia Rouster for Bill & Dot Drury; Marshall Saul for Jenny Magid; Lei Shan for Maia and Dylan on their birthdays; Devon Stawkowski for Bear Stawkowski; Sarah & Ronald Stay for Cheyenne McGirt; Beth Steele for Anita Kumar; Emily Stevens for Iris; Claudia and Carl Stucke for Cheryl Brimer; Bernadette Thorpe for Maggie Smith; Louise Tillman for Jeannette Nicholson’s loved ones; Suzanne Verity for Connie Tritt; Jill Vlasek for Gina, Nimbus and Jo Jo; Jennifer Waljee for Sarah Keene; Haimanot Wasse for Sophie Davis; Thomas Will for Caesar; Charlotte Wilson for Tigger; Kimberly Woods for Bill & Dot Drury

GiFtS in memory oF: Catherine Adkins for Tony Johnson; Beverly Aleman for Larry Lanford; Vivian Alford for Diva; Nancy Anthony for Lolita Grace Thilges; Scott Ardolino for Jodie Emmer; Scott Ardolino for Janette Cuccaro; Judy Asher for Sterling; Judy Asher for Casey Fitterman; Elizabeth Bakos for Posh Spice; Drue Barrett for Rhein; Martha & Michael Baumgartner for Sable Ardolino; Kathryn Jeferris Beebe for Amy; Carol And Richard Beisher-Weems for Roland Bernot; Julie Bell for Nikki; Julie Benz-Pottie for Caleb Bermingham; Doris Berry for Helen Dedo Berry; Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bielawski for Helen Dedo Berry; Betsy Blackard and Karen Hitchcock for Sissy; Donald Blum for Princess-Katt; J & E Bontekoe Trust for Claude E. Burns; Jeff Bowie & Melinda Moseley for Dottie; Dianne Bradley for Skye; Judy Bridges for Luckie; Dana & Paula Buker for Molly; Kimberly Burgess for Charlotte Anne Sammons; Betty Burns for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Scott Butler for Carolyn Cramer Korn; Jill Bynum for Larry Lanford; Beth Calvin for Robert Dustin Shultz; Peter Campos for Coco Sutton; Christine Caveness for Larry Lanford; Diana Chase for Tony Johnson; Brian & Nancy Ciliax for Petey; Joyce and John Clark for Larry Lanford; Martha Clinkscales for Mousekin; Roger Cordes for Pete; Hetty Cox for Larry Lanford; Patty Crothers for Hunter; Patrick Cuccaro for Sable Ardolino; Kathleen Curry for Simon; Denise De La Rue for Anne and Ed Travis; Louis Dedo for Helen Dedo Berry; Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dedo for Helen Dedo Berry; Leslie DeFrancisco for Larry Lanford; Terry DelBosque for Neumann; Lauren Dieterich for Tony Johnson; Linda Doiron for Brie Wyatt; Greg Donovan for Bert the Beagle; Kathleen Duff for Larry Lanford; Carolyn Dufries for Charlotte Anne Sammons; Antoinette Dwyer for Bushka; Leah Edwards for Onyx; Margaret Eich for Sophie Brehmer; Kathleen Eidson for Helen Dedo Berry; Adrian Elcock for Anne and Ed Travis; Roxane Ellis for Sherman; Mr. & Mrs. Paul Enders for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Julie Erwin for Stockdale Erwin; Robert Estes for Larry Lanford; Rachel Everett for Melba; Taylor Felker for Sylvia; Elizabeth Ferguson for Larry Lanford; Jacqueline Fish for in memory of Koby; Kathy Furr for Rudy; Chris and Megan Galle for Larry Lanford; Susan Garrett for Tom; Susan M. Garrett for Otis; Georgia Department Of Community Health for Helen Dedo Berry; M. L. Gibson for Tony Johnson; Margaret Gilmore for Bear and Bailey; Tommy and Laura Glenn for Snuggles; Glendora Godbold for Larry Lanford; Marian Gordin for High Jinx; Lynne Greenfield for Maxwell Alfred Greenfield; John & Edwina Groover for Martha Bryant; Pamela Hankinson for Chevy; Jake and Clancy Haslam for Helen Dedo Berry; Sandra Hatch for Helen Dedo Berry; Denise Hatter for Betty Jane Grant; Nancy Haverland for Betty Jane Grant; Connie Heath for Pea Rountree; Mr. & Mrs. Don Hendrix for Luke Hendrix; Nina & Steve Higgins for Anne and Ed Travis; Becky Hire & Betsy Aust for Bailey; Laura Horton for Scott Reeves; Mr. & Mrs. Derek Hutchinson for Larry Lanford; Ingrid Irby for Gigi; Marie Isop for Larry Lanford; Frank Jackson for Larry Lanford; Andrew Johnson for Buster; Carla Johnson for Elmo Britan; Cheryl & Buz Johnson for Janette Cuccaro; Betty Jones for Helen Dedo Berry; Elizabeth & Bill Jordan for Mama Kitty; Lynn Kear for Buddy; Lynn Kear for Blanche; Frances Kemp for Daisy; Carolyn Kidd for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Kimberly Kitchens for Zak and Corey; Kathryn Kite for Larry Lanford; Heather Kodman for Simba Silver; Deborah Koontz for Miss Kitty; Donna Krodman for Digger Parker; Steven Kruger for Walter Kruger, Jr.; Steven Kruger for Kaiser; Mr. & Mrs. Michael Land & Evelyn Spencer for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Last Monday Of The Month Book Club for Betty Jane Grant; Virginia Lavinder for Happy Herman; Diane Ledder for Betty Jane Grant; Phyllis Lee for Lightning; Cheryl Linden for Eli Schroeder; Beth Linker for Tony Johnson; Lisa Loften for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Constance Lombardo for Aberdeen Dendiak Todd; Carr and Becky Lucas for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Jenny Lyman for Meow; Myree Maas for Ida Wells Stuff; Valerie and Mark Macdonald for Larry Lanford; The Mack Family for Helen

Dedo Berry; Melissa Macleod for Mickee Weber; ManyPaws Pet Sitting, Inc. for Bobby Abrams; ManyPaws Pet Sitting, Inc. for Winston Fibben & Sophie Avila; Doug Martin for Robert C. Carter; Sheila McIntosh for Wheatley; Sue Mead for Macko; The Merchant Family for Helen Dedo Berry; Marilyn Milam for Charlotte Anne Sammons; Jo Miles for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Bonnie Mitchell for Larry Lanford; Melissa Mitchell for Edna Braud and Varo Adams & Pepper; Mary Moore for Gus; Brenda and Bill Moore for Annie; Morris & Raper Realtors for Jennifer Parks; Louisa and Marcus Mouchet for Jack Beaver; Sherry Musselwhite for Bailey Musselwhite; Nancy and Tom Neary & Elsie Clark for Betty Jane Grant; Matthew Nitchie for Mary Morland; Jim O’Brien for Jake; Dee Parker for Lizzie; Crafton Pease and The Langley Family for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Ronny and Janie Penland for Larry Lanford; Patricia Pittman for Dudley; Susan Porter for Maggie; Sue Potter for MoJo; Mary Ann Powell for Sam; Peggy Powell for Hailey Flanagan; Peggy Powell for Lewis Humphreys; William Prather for Larry Lanford; Mary Reising for Betty Jane Grant; Stacy Reynolds and Randy Beebe for Anne and Ed Travis; Glenda Richards for Cocoa; Don and Elaine Richardson for Carolyn Cramer Korn; James Roberts, III for Larry Lanford; Aarahwanna Roe for Lucy; June Row for Happy Herman; Judith Russell for Honey; Christie Saffold for Ryan Christopher Parker; Julie Sands for Lucy Sands; Lisa Satterfield for Peanut; Pat and John Schesta for Betty Jane Grant; Erin Schopf for Freckles; Suzanne Seglar for Emma & Kiri; The Joe Sewell Family for Larry Lanford; Mary Shannon for Larry Lanford; Deborah Shendleman for Lucky; Janice Shure for Nora; Dr. Andy Smith for Abigail Harper, Alley Pappas, Angie Bridges, Annie Malone, Aslan Spindler, Athens Wellon, Bailey Musselwhite, Baxter McLaughlin, Beau Henry, Buck and Bubba Thomas, Buddy Jackson, Burt Neal, Buster Robertson, Buster Sherrill, Chessie Jovanelly, Clancy Scalley, Copper Dukes, Crumpet Taff, Daisy Rodriguez, Derby Richman, Dixie Moreau, Dude Broms, Duke Canby, Finster & Sophie Boa, Friskey Ginn, Ganymede Stine, Gray Wilson-Campbell, Guiness Rains, Humphrey Donnelly, Huntley Sessions, Ivy Crenshaw, Jack Desai, Jasmine Gerblick, Joan Neufeld, Kilby Powell, Lexus Olim, Lily “Sweetie Pie” Wallace, Lucy Mansfield, Lucy Woodward, Luke Godwin, Maggie Barrs, Marmee Peil, Midnight Young, Mongomery Norris, Moonpie Pennington, Moose Starr, Mori Rudolph, Murphy Kloberdanz, Nipper Gordon, Opie Pelosi, Oscar Robton, Parker Miller, Phoebe Harsh, Princess Snowden, Rainee Reed, Rex Linzmeyer, Riley Hill, Sam Moss, Schyler King, Simon East, Solomon Wikle, Sydney Carroll, Tally Ho Chandler, Teddy Boyd, Thor Heidelbach, Ticket Kilgore, Tie Rothstein, Toby Debruyker, Tutti Heard, Whopper and Princess Arnold, Wilkie Hill, Windsor Driggs-Curtis; Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Smith III for Larry Lanford; Christian Sobon for Precious Smith; Donald Shouldice for Larry Lanford; Mr. & Mrs. John Spencer, Jr. for Sarah Woolf; William Splawn for Larry Lanford; Randall Steffler and Maurice Helms for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Mindy Stombler for Christmas Cavalli; Lori Sullivan for Hattie Belle; Lori Sullivan for Cody; Kay and Bert Tabor for Anne and Ed Travis; Carol Thibadeau for Angel; Harald Thorsrud for Chi Chi; Louise Tillman for Kahlua and Big & in honor of Jeannette Nicholson’s loved ones; Susan Turner for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Lynda Twilley for Mrs. Bron W. Fayssoux; Fleming Upshaw for Sam Lowry; Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Valenta for Gracie Mae and Piddy Pat; Michael Weeks for Tony Johnson; Elizabeth Wellborn for Adam Pearce; Sandra Wheeler for Judy Harbuck; Karen White for Mrs. Harriet Crisler Mayer; Bonny Berry Wilder for Helen Dedo Berry; Sharon & Amin Wilk for Francis T. Wilk; John & Mary Williams for Ginger; Ronald Lazarus and John Wise for Jodie Emmer; Jean Witcher for Helen Dedo Berry; Roberta & Rick Withrow for Pepper; Roberta & Rick Withrow for Roxie Nall and Pepper Harris; Roberta & Rick Withrow for Simone; Wendy Wolf for Skei and Otto; Alexa Wolford for Mr. Vodka; Mr. & Mrs. William Woolf for Sarah Woolf; Ann Yeargin for Dixie Belle; Tim & Judy Zelina for Ginger

HELP US With your support we can continue to provide for the homeless and neglected dogs and cats of the Atlanta area. Please consider making a donation today. Use the donation form on page 4 or donate online at www.pawsatlanta.org

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A T L A N T AA No-Ki l l Adopt ion Center

5287 Covington HighwayDecatur, GA 30035Phone: 770-593-1155Fax: 770-593-9910www.pawsatlanta.org

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WATCH Good Day Atlanta on Fox 5 (WAGA-TV) Thursdays between 8:30 and 9am to see the PAWS Atlanta Pet of the Week!

If you have Comcast, Pets on Demand, be sure to check out the PAWS Atlanta pets available for adoption!

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