Christmas in October Save this date! October 8, 2011 Start Time: 10:00 am until... Updated: August 27, 2011 Hello out there in ferret land - you know I live in the beautiful Naples Valley in upstate New York - if you didn't know - I do - you should also know that in the fall we have beautiful fall colors to look at from our yard - so we decided we wanted to share the beautiful colors with all our shelter friends - sooooooo On October 8th 2011 we are hosting what we are calling "Christmas in October" right here at our shelter - in beautiful Naples valley New York - we are going to have it outside in the cool fall weather - if it is raining and cold do not fear we have a place specially set up so we can be inside, warm and dry! We hope you will join us for a fun packed day with new friends, furry loveable ferrets, and lots of good food - if you have not been to our shelter this would be a great way to get to know the shelter friends that help, meet mum and most importantly meet me - the senior reporter for the shelter - Possum Events of the Day It is a dish to pass meal - Miss Val said she would do the cooking since she did not get to see us on clinic day she will do it for us for Christmas in October - We are planning goodie bags for all folks that attend. Then we thought it would be great fun to invite snatches family http://www.ferretfarm.org/Camp_Contest.htm - you remember the little guy that got out - lost and found his way to our mum? Well his mom and dad have a http://hectorwinecompany.com/page2.php so mum asked Rose and Jason if they would host a wine tasting with us that day - they have agreed - Mum is secretly hoping they bring Snatch so she can love on him some while they are here. We have to give Miss Wendy credit for this idea - although she asked mum right after clinic so it took mum some time to agree - anyway Miss Wendy is going to set up her photo shoot for us again at this event so she will take photos of your fur kids and you if you wish - Pictures by Wendy - fall and Christmas. Get a perfect ferret holiday card. We have asked Miss Mary B to also host another auction - so you will have a chance to get some more really cool ferret stuff for your fur kids - Bring your fur kids to play in our famous play yard - Miss Wendy can get cool picture of them in there too. We want to have a ferrety gift exchange - one per family - but it is a bit of a game as well as an exchange it is called: Christmas Ferret Gift Exchange This is how it works: All participants bring their gift to "the pile." (We are going to have a box ready and waiting for your gift) Gifts are wrapped, but are not labeled to reflect a sender or recipient. What we want to do is make it a ferret item for ferrets - so bring something new you would wish to have for your fur kids - All participants draw a number to determine their picking order. The participant with #1 takes any wrapped gift. Each successive participant, in the order determined from the drawing, can either A) "steal" an already picked wrapped gift or B) be adventurous and go for a wrapped gift from the pile. If the participant chooses to steal, the person whose gift is stolen now repeats their turn and either A) steals another person's gift - they cannot immediately steal back the gift that was just stolen from them or B) pick a new gift from the pile. Participants will hang on to those wrapped gifts for the day, however listen for Possum whistles for another round of "stealing" to start again. Since items can be stolen, the item in your possession is not yours until the game is over. However, this is amended with a rule declaring a gift "safe" after it has been stolen three times. This helps limits the disadvantage of being among the first to choose gifts. All gifts will be unwrapped at the end of the day. Name That Word Game Mum has set aside a special gift if you can tell me and mum what this word means - [Moderator's note: word is in Japanese and can't be displayed on the FML. I guess e-mail Brenda for it. BIG]- Please put this in writing with your name on the paper there will be a place for you to put this paper as well - We have requested and had responses from these folks to help us make this day a fun event to attend: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/ http://ferretsarelove.com/ http://performancefoodsinc.net/zencart/ http://www.rodentpro.com/index.asp http://ferretsheartnsoul.com/index.html http://www.supportourshelters.org/ Becky Moffitt There are more on our list that have not yet responded. Newest Shelter Video [Posted in FML 7168]