Dear Ferret Lover, MaFF's shelter has been very busy this year and, yes, we are still full. Our latest Special Needs addition is Sierra, a two-year old ferret, who suffered a spinal injury about 4 weeks ago, leaving her lower body paralyzed. She is currently in the care of our shelter director, who is giving Sierra much love and attention as she adjusts to her restricted mobility. Would you like to celebrate Sierra's first Christmas with us along with the rest of the shelter ferrets? If your answer is "Yes", we are asking you to help us decorate Sierra's Special Christmas Tree with a personalized holiday ornament, honoring your ferret(s) or other companion pets. For a $10 donation, your personalized holiday ornament will be added to Sierra's Special Christmas Tree, with a tree lighting ceremony to be held at the Ferret Giving Tree Party on December 1st at Joanne and Alan's home in Attleboro (details listed on Events Page). Donations for holiday ornaments will be used to continue providing for the care of and medical expenses incurred by our shelter ferrets, as they wait for a new loving home. Many of our shelter ferrets have arrived at our shelter with a variety of sad stories. Sierra's being the most heartbreaking to date. Our shelter operators dedicate many hours to the care of each ferret, ensuring that they know they are in a safe and loving place until their new family arrives. Please go to [ http://tinyurl.com/2j4rdo ] [goes to maferrets.org site] for more information and to order an ornament to be displayed on our tree. If you would prefer to order by phone, call Phyllis Spy at 617-653-0094 or Diddy Wheeler at 781-224-1098. If you wish to have your holiday ornament mailed to you after Christmas, please let us know when you order. Any ornaments not mailed out to the donor will be used for next year's special Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The sooner your donation arrives, the sooner we can begin to decorate Sierra's tree in time for the lighting ceremony. And, we will be displaying the lighted tree everyday until Christmas, so you have until Christmas Eve to make your donation and to add your special ornament to Sierra's tree for Christmas Day. As Sierra's tree continues to have ornaments added, we will be posting pictures of it on the MaFF Forum for all to enjoy. All the Board Members and the Shelter Directors send you our deepest thanks for your support and wish you and your pets the happiest of holiday seasons. Phyllis Spy President [Posted in FML 5794]