From: Ferret Mailing List <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Ferret List Issue 294 O.K. everyone. We all want to help Chere out, but if we are going to be at all usefull, we need to coordinate our efforts. I have a fund raiser/goods collection going on here in many local pet stores and vets. But, it is for the humane society down there as well as Chere and Angela. (I doubt we would have much response otherwise) I emptied 4 of the money cans yesterday, and from late Sunday until Tuesday afternoon there was almost $37 in just 4 cans. So people are donating, you just need to make some fliers to wrap around cans and get them out there. Then it's just a matter of picking them up every few days. We are also collecting pet goods, I have my first pickup this afternoon, and I also have one tomorrow which will include a cage. One of the area pet stores has put an ad on the radio, requesting goods be collected, I'm unclear as to whether I will be shipping them out or they will. (If they do all will probably go to the humane society, instead of a [relatively] small specialized shelter) If you are a member of a club, give them a call and tell them to coordinate a pet relief drive. If you aren't involved with a club, let me know, I'll see if the AFA will allow you to use their name on the fliers. Or, you could ask your church, employer, vet, or even a local pet store if you could use their name if you do all the work. I'll type in the wording I used on my fliers later, for any who are interested. Back to coordinating our efforts, we need someone to act as a liason to Angela and Chere, to find out what they need right now. It won't do much good if all of us send down food at the same time, so they have 200 lbs of food and no litter or shampoo. Any volunteers??? For now, how about sending a message to the mailing list whenever you ship something down. Since there are so many clubs are represented on GEnie, if someone could keep track of donations over there as well, and send them back here (and send ours there), then we should have a pretty good operation going. Also, if anyone knows of places where we can order this stuff wholesale, let us know. Especially heavy objects like litter and food, it would be much cheaper to just order them and have them shipped in. - Nancy Nancy Hartman CIS graduate student [log in to unmask] U. of Delaware President and founder, Delaware Valley Ferret Club Owner of Percy & Bree [Posted in FML issue 0295]