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Join VSG for a special Humane Thanksgiving!

This year, with economic hardships facing so many, we wanted to do something to help others in need to put more “giving” in Thanksgiving. We will be gathering somewhere new and collecting food donations for two special facilities that provide shelter for homeless families and displaced animals.

Join Us on Saturday, November 19 at Noah’s Ark for a picnic and tour!

This year’s Humane Thanksgiving celebration will combine good food with good deeds! (Good company goes without saying)

We will meet at the Noah’s Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center in Locust Grove (in Henry County, off I-75 South) at noon on Saturday, November 19, for a picnic (just bring your own veggie lunch) outside and then a tour of this wonderful 250-acre refuge, where more than 1,300 animals from 100 species (including tigers, bears, wolves, parrots, monkeys, and native wildlife – and farm animals!) are cared for after being injured, abused or abandoned. To learn more about the center (which also operates a separate care home for children), visit www.noahs-ark.org. All ages are welcome!

The center relies entirely on volunteers and donations to operate, and does not charge admission. Therefore, we would like to provide them with food for the animals, whose care costs the center $12,000 a MONTH – tough to do anytime, but in these times, even harder.

Here’s what they need that you can bring:

• Any type of fresh fruit

• Any type of fresh vegetables EXCEPT lettuce (which most animals can’t digest)

•  Whole (raw) nuts in the shell

•  Zupreem brand parrot food (“avian breeder diet”) and cockatiel-size food

•  Any brand of basic bird seed

•  Any brand of dry dog food (which other animals eat as well)

The Center is located at 712 LG-Griffin Road, Locust Grove, GA 30248, off I-75 exit 212. For directions, see http://www.noahs-ark.org/location. We will meet outside the Welcome Center.

In case of bad weather, check our Facebook page that morning; if we need to reschedule, it will likely be for November 26.

We look forward to see you there for this very special event!

Please also give to Hagar’s House

We are also make donations of canned fruits and vegetables to a shelter in Decatur called Hagar’s House, a project of the interfaith Decatur Cooperative Ministry. Hagar’s House is an emergency shelter for women with children, providing them with meals, counseling, laundry facilities, and referrals to other essential services. They are preparing 100 holiday baskets for families in need, and we’d like to make sure that those supplies include fruits and vegetables essential for good health.

If you would like to help, please drop off donations weekdays at DCM’s office at 115 Church Street in Decatur, near the intersection with E. Howard Ave.; see map at http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

You may call Sue Holec at 404-377-5365, ext. 7, if you want to schedule your donation for a certain time. To learn more about the program, see http://decaturcooperativeministry.org/html/programs.php

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