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LAURIE AUSTIN, Head to Tail Canine Massage

BARBARA COLES

JESSICA SEROPIAN with gifts for the POOCH dogs.

DIANNE COX of Forest Glen Kennels in Beaverton. After many years of operations, Forest Glen Kennels is closing, and Diane has generously donated high quality beds for our POOCH dogs as well as bowls, shampoos, and cleaning products.

HAPPY TAILS PET CENTER, 6111 SE 82nd Avenue in Portland, once again donated food, toys and grooming supplies to Project POOCH collected from their customers during the holiday season.

PETCO for collecting cash at the Lake Oswego store for Project POOCH.

SARAH DOERING of Willlamette Week for advertising our POOCH dogs at no cost to us and also to the businesses who have sponsored the WW ads for Project POOCH including Lloyd Center Dental Care , Green Dog Pet Supply, Foundation Garments, Inc., etc. The WW Sponsor a Pet Program invites advertisers to underwrite ads for animals in a number of non-profit adoption programs. The ads for POOCH dogs Jazzy, Gabby, Moka, Destiny, and Sam have generated an increase in public interest.

LAURIE AUSTIN, Head to Tail Canine Massage & Reiki, for teaching animal massage techniques to the youth and demonstrating how to use massage to relieve kennel stress in the dogs. She is a Certified Small Animal Massage Practitioner through the Northwest School of Animal Massage, and has six years experience in allopathic and naturopathic veterinary medicine.

JESSICA SEROPIAN of Lake Oswego, who celebrated her ninth birthday with a party for the dogs. Instead of gathering gifts for herself, Jessica collected leashes, dog beds, dishes, tennis balls, chew toys, milk bones, tug toys, dog food, bones, etc., which she and her mother delivered to the POOCH Community Outreach Office.

COASTAL FARM & RANCH store in Woodburn for choosing Project POOCH to participate in its Matching Donation promotion. We are grateful for the $300 gift card Coastal Farm & Ranch sent, and will use it to shop for dog food and kennel supplies.

BARBARA COLES, President of the Board of Directors, for making a presentation about the Project POOCH program at the League of Women Voters of Clackamas County Lunch and Learn Meeting in West Linn in February. She brought back two checks from donors.

PORTLAND ARTIST JASON KARL for designing a brand new logo for the next POOCH IN THE PUB scheduled for November 2008. Thanks to the businesses and individuals (previously listed in the Winter Issue) who made the first PIP a $10,000 success.

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