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could not ask for a better traveling companion. He has exceeded our expectations.” For Polanski and the volunteers at Lost Our Home, such feedback is music to their ears.
“I love when a pet gets adopted, and we hear from the adopter how wonderful the pet is, and how the pet has made a difference in their household and in their life,” says Polanski. “You just can’t help but be overjoyed, because this pet wouldn’t have had this wonderful home, and this person would not have had this wonderful pet – that’s what keeps everybody going.”
Lost Our Home is always in need of dedicated volunteers, foster homes and loving “forever homes.” To learn more, visit
www.azlabsandgiants.org,
www.lostourhome.org or call 602-230-HELP.
K. M. Lang is a writer living in Southern Chandler. To contact her, email
KMLang@SanTanSun.com. Neighbors know first
While the Lost Our Home Foundation started as a place where real estate professionals could report abandoned pets, the organization now gets more phone calls from concerned neighbors, says Executive Director Jodi Polanski. “Neighbors really do see the pets first,” she says. “They know the neighbor moved out and they still hear the dog barking, or see a cat in the window.” Chandler law prohibits “intentionally, knowingly or recklessly” subjecting an animal to “cruel neglect or abandonment.”
Residents who suspect a pet has been abandoned in or around an empty home are encouraged to call the Chandler Police Department, which contracts with Maricopa County Rabies and Animal Control to collect the pets, says Chandler PD’s Public Information Officer David Ramer.
To report an abandoned pet to the City of Chandler, call the Chandler Police Department’s non-emergency line at 480-782-4130.
To learn about Lost Our Home’s financial aid, food bank, foster, adoption and rescue programs; view a list of Arizona animal rescue organizations; or volunteer, visit
www.lostourhome.org or call 602-230-HELP. To learn about Friends for Life’s animal rescue services, visit
www.azfriends.org.
Community
Nov. 20 - Dec. 3, 2010 SanTan Sun Chronicles
James Carreño and Jim Schwalenberg, video production specialists with the Chandler Police Department, were honored by the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their production, “30 Compressions.” The public service announcement received the Emmy in the Community/Public Service category of the 2010 Rocky Mountain Emmy Award Competition. The PSA was produced by the Chandler Police Department for the Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Coalition. Info:
www.chandlerpd.com.
Chandler Education Foundation recently awarded $44,000 in teacher and school- wide grants. The WHOO HOO Patrol buses visited 36 schools in the district, awarding 106 grants. Funds were raised from the most successful dollar campaign held earlier this fall. Sixty percent of proceeds from the campaign helped to fund the grants. Info:
www.chandleredfoundation.org.
Carrie Kruszynski, sixth-grade science teacher at Sanborn Elementary School in Chandler, was honored with Fulton Homes’ “Teacher of the Week” award for her work in the classroom and beyond. Kruszynski was nominated by student Natalee Mann. Chris Bretzke, a fourth grade teacher at Gilbert’s Carol Rae Ranch Elementary, was also elected Fulton Homes’ “Teacher of the Week” for “her energetic and creative ways in the classroom.” Valley students can nominate favorite teachers for the chance to win a prize package that includes $300 in cash plus prizes and special recognition on local radio station KNIX. Info:
www.fultonhomes.com.
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