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LAWS celebrates National Adoption Weekend Feb. 14 to 16 Lifestyle – This coming weekend – Feb. 14 to 16 – is National Adoption Weekend and Lanark Animal Welfare Society (LAWS) is pleased to be teaming up with our local Pet Valu stores once again for this amazing weekend. We are partnering up with Smiths Falls, Perth, Carleton Place and Kemptville Pet Valu locations. LAWS will be featuring a small sample of our animals available for adoption at this event and we encourage everyone to visit your local Pet Valu this weekend to learn more about the benefits of adopting a pet. Last year, Pet Valu stores helped to find homes for more than 4,500 pets during their National Adoption Weekends! Please contact your local Pet Valu for further details on this fantastic event.
4T1 or contact us at 613-283-9308, or email at shelter@lanarkanimals. ca. Visit our website at www.lanarshelter is open Monday to Sunday kanimals.ca. Please also check out from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Write to us at www.AdoptADog.TV featuring some P.O. Box 156, Smiths Falls, ON K7A of our canines up for adoption.
This Week’s Pets
knows it. She has been rewarded a bit too much with food over the years and requires a home that won’t let her “purrsuade” anyone with her good looks into getting more food or treats. Please visit the shelter to meet our beautiful Bella...there is no doubt that she will charm her way into your heart.
Barron There’s something regal in his stance and in the way he proudly holds his head. Perhaps his name says it all: Barron. He’s a good-natured dog, sweet and playful, who enjoys the companionship of people but not cats, and it quite selective with his canine companions as well. Because of his youthful exuberance and boundless energy, he needs an environment conducive to draining off some of This week’s featured pets that energy. Bella Lanark Animal Welfare Society Lots of cat to love – Bella is large (LAWS) is located on Glenview framed, older girl with an even larg- Road, just off Highway 43, about 2 er personality. She’s pretty and she kilometres west of Smiths Falls. The
LCBO stores raise funds for March of Dimes Canada throughout month of February News – Starting Feb. 2, the public can help support March of Dimes Canada by making a donation at any of the more than 635 LCBO stores throughout Ontario. Donation boxes for March of Dimes will be displayed at LCBO checkout counters until March 1. March of Dimes Canada enhances the independence and community participation of people with physical disabilities every day through a wide range of programs and services that support over 40,000 people annually across Ontario. Funds raised through the LCBO Donation Box Program will benefit Conductive Education (CE), an innovative program that blends elements of education and rehabilitation to help children and adults with physical disabilities gain greater mobility and improve self-confidence. The program has proven especially beneficial to children with cerebral palsy, ataxia and other motor-neuro disabilities,
as well as to stroke survivors, people with Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. In addition to the CE program, March of Dimes Canada serves the public by funding services and administering government-funded programs that provide essential support to people living with disabilities. “We appreciate the support we receive from LCBO, its employees and especially its customers. LCBO’s province-wide store network and supportive staff enable us to raise significant funds and increase public awareness of March of Dimes,” says Mary Lynne Stewart, director of fund development and communications for March of Dimes Canada. “LCBO is pleased to partner with March of Dimes Canada and support a variety of worthy causes throughout the year,” says LCBO president and chief executive officer Bob Peter. “The generous support from LCBO customers and staff help these charita-
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