What dos a free ticket to next year's symposium, a Snoopy's Snugglers bedding set by Sandra Gammage and a hundred dollar Ferret Depot gift certificate all have in common? They're all rocking prizes in the SOS fall/winter raffle, which begins today!!! An example of your SOS donations at work Casey came to into the Fox Valley Ferret shelter when her "dad" became wheelchair bound and had to move to a handicapped-accessible apartment. About six months later, Casey had adrenal surgery. Unfortunately, she was bilateral, so she gets Ferretonin implants every 3-4 months. Just recently a "hot spot" on her still-bare tummy was diagnosed as lymphoma Without the ability to get bulk implants at the low S.O.S. price - and without S.O.S. donating some of the implants - we would not be able to care for so many adrenal ferrets," says Nanette Thurber. She added that in 2008, when Fox Valley Ferret got a large donation of Drs. Foster and Smith food, S.O.S. paid to ship more than 1600 lbs. of the food to other shelters around the country. "S.O.S. does great things for shelters!" You can help SOS keep doing great things for shelters and ferrets in need all over the U.S. just by purchasing raffle tickets!! Every bit helps - whether it's $1, $5 or more, it all adds up! There are 15 amazing prize packages just waiting to be won, so check out the blog at: <http://www.supportourshelters.blogspot.com/> Thank you to all of the people and organizations that donated prizes to make this raffle possible. We couldn't even begin to do this without your generosity and support. Support Our Shelters Fall/Winter Raffle runs from September 30 through December 1. Several of the prizes will be drawn mid-raffle, October 29, and then those prize slots will be re-filled with new and exciting, holiday themed prizes. The lucky winning tickets will be drawn by Bill Gruber. Winners will be notified by email or phone, and announced on December 3. Tickets cost just $1 each, or six for $5. You can allocate your tickets any way you want! Your ticket numbers will be provided to you shortly after your purchase. Use Google Checkout to purchase tickets. Or, you can send a check payable to Support Our Shelters to this address: c/o Lisa Oestereich 10010 Markham St. Silver Spring, MD 20901 AFTER YOU BUY YOUR TICKETS, SEND US AN EMAIL WITH YOUR CHOICE OF PRIZES!!! After you have sent the donation through Google Checkout, please email us at [log in to unmask] and tell us how many tickets you want to place on which prizes. Remember to NOTE THE NUMBER/S # OF THE PRIZE(S) you are entering for! This is the ONLY way we will know what tickets you want. Dooks to you for helping shelters and furkids in need....... Susann Thiel & Lisa Oestereich Support Our Shelters Friends of Ferret Shelters [Posted in FML 6837]