Hello Everyone. We have a program that we have connected to our walkathon that may be useful as a fundraising idea for other shelters: "The Greater Chicago Ferret Association's (GCFA) Keep Them Home Program provides temporary food assistance for those ferret families who may be out of work or have fallen on hard times due to a death, or medical issues. When "Ferrents" bring their ferrets to the shelter because they can't afford the food--let's do what we can to Keep Them Home." To launch this program, we are connecting the 2010 Footwork For Ferrets Walkathon on September 11th to the Keep Them Home Program. Our Walkathon is 5K and, for every K a walker walks, we have a sponsor who is donating 1/2 lb of food. Their logo is on the Walkathon pledge sheets as a sponsor and appears in our newsletter, on our website, and will be publicized in the media when announcing our Walkathon event. Kim Crivello Shelter Management Team Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful concerned citizens can change the world. In fact its the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit my Ferrent's Forum: http://ferrents.proboards.com/index.cgi Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ~Albert Schweitzer [Posted in FML 6765]