to give away, and I always bring some of my dogs, offer photo shoots for the dogs, and people are always attracted to my booth since we make it colorful and very happy. We also have a couple of boats, so we offer a day on the boat with a ride around the harbor where you can bring your dog, have wine and food, and get pictures with your dog. In 2019, I’ll do another calendar, this time with models and dogs, each one being a unique scene. I am also excited to be working on my own event, which will be an auction featuring various items, such as art pieces from a photo shoot I had where the photographer and I plan to create 10 art pieces from the photos to auction off or sell. Also, some of the gowns in the paintings/photos will be in the auction, and I will have friends that own stores donate a piece of jewelry or a gown. The event will showcase fashion and jewelry to benefit Amore for Dogs, and we will host it at our house. I envision it being a private list type of event where I will select all the people who want to make a change, and hopefully they will want to come and support Amore for Dogs. What is your ultimate goal?
My ultimate goal is to open a dog haven on about 3-4 acres of land. I am always very hands on with our dogs, and I work closely with our dog trainer Paul from K9 city. I have learned so much about dog behaviors and how they think and just find it fascinating, and so eventually I want to have a place where dogs can be safe and feel taken care of and happy.
Q&A:Bruce
The Story of Sunshine Makers, Inc. Tell MOST readers how your company started, and what was the impetus for creating better cleaning solutions?
In the summer of 1972 my dad had decided he wanted to become a representative for an industrial based chemical company on the East Coast that was looking for representation on the West Coast. I was headed off to Occidental College for graduate work, and so he and I started Simple Products to create a simple solution for industrial cleaning. One day in the summer of ‘72 I was delivering a canister of cyanide in LA, which they used to make chrome plate wheels. They used a serious of vats to clean the wheels that came in from Brazil, filled with all these different acids, cyanide, and 220-degree water to clean the wheels so that they could then put the chrome plating on. While I was watching, this young Mexican kid fell into one of the vats and died right in front of me. It was such an overwhelming situation that I added Chemistry to my English major and spent the next two years studying periodic charts. Every weekend I would deliver products to hospitals, catering houses, and restaurants, and I used them as guinea pigs to try to find a safer alternative to removing very dense oils. We finally came up with this formula that did the job, and after we sent it off to the testing www.MOST mag.com ||
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