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Spay-Neuter Assistance Program, Inc., Houston

- 33,661 -
The number ofdogs and cats
helped by your gifts between
Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, 2011.

SNAP has sterilized over
390,000
dogs and cats since being
founded in 1993.

Meet Collars for a Cause Ambassador Jordin Sparks!
Kickoff Event Rescheduled, Call for Collars Goes Out

SNAP is thrilled to announce that Grammy-nominated singer Jordin Sparks has signed on to be an official ambassador for Collars for a Cause! We also want to let everyone know that the kickoff event originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 5, 2011, has been rescheduled to Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Finally, the Call for Collars is LIVE, so all talented artists, designers, and celebrities are invited to sign up to produce a collar for the 2012 fundraising auction. Full story.

(Photo courtesy of LIFE+DOG Magazine.)
 

SNAP Needs Art Festival Volunteers
Bayou City Art Festival Is Biggest SNAP Volunteer Fundraiser

The Bayou City Art Festival is almost here, and SNAP needs your help to make our biggest volunteer fundraiser a success once again. It has become a tradition for SNAP volunteers to staff the festival’s beverage booths. You will work hard serving icy beverages to thirsty attendees. In return SNAP will receive all of the tips collected and a percentage of the beverage sales receipts. It adds up to tens of thousands of dollars at each festival, and SNAP uses those dollars to spay and neuter dogs and cats living in low-income households. Just a few hours of your time and energy pay off in countless innocent lives saved, so please contact our volunteer coordinator to volunteer today! Full story.
 

Charity Navigator Rates SNAP Four Stars
Top Rating Comes from Respected Nonprofit Evaluator

SNAP is honored to announce that Charity Navigator has awarded SNAP a four-star rating. Charity Navigator is a 501(c)(3) agency that "works to guide intelligent giving." The organization evaluates the financial health of over five thousand charities and makes the information available to the public free of charge. Its goal is "to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace, in which givers and the charities they support work in tandem to overcome our nation's most persistent challenges." The rating is based on Financial Health and Accountability & Transparency. Full story.
 

WookieBooks Sponsors Book Drive
Your Old Books Can Help SNAP Turn the Page on Animal Overpopulation!

Do you have old books sitting on the shelf that you need to get rid of? Most of us do, but we also know that selling them to used bookstores rarely profits us very much. What if you could turn those aging tomes into funds to support spay-neuter surgeries for animals living in low-income households? Thanks to Houston-based WookieBooks, you can!

All you have to do is drop off your used books in good condition at the SNAP Spay-Neuter and Animal Wellness Clinic in Houston or San Antonio from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Full story.
 

TODAY ONLY - Treats from Menchies Benefit SNAP
Houston Heights Frozen Yogurt Shop Donates 20 Percent of Each Purchase

Reducing the number of homeless animals is rarely as tasty as it is TODAY at Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt shop in the Houston Heights. Today, October 1, 2011, from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Menchies at 512 W. 19th Street will donate 20 percent of the cost of your yummy frozen yogurt confection to SNAP when you hand them a copy of this flyer! Is that cool or what? Full story.
 

Saturday in the Park...
"Montrose Area Fall Fête" Promises a Fun Day in Cherryhurst Park

Bryan Beene Realtor invites SNAP supporters to Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate’s "Montrose Area Fall Fête" in Houston’s dog-friendly Cherryhurst Park. The event will feature free food, bottled water, and a number of fun and interesting booths. SNAP will be there selling raffle tickets for gift baskets -- one for a dog and one for a cat and, of course, information about SNAP programs and services. Full story.
 

San Antonio Chihuahua Day Reloaded
Seventy-Eight Animals Sterilized on SNAP Clinic’s 3rd Annual Chihuahua Day

The SNAP San Antonio Spay-Neuter and Animal Wellness Clinic sterilized a total of 78 animals during its third annual Chihuahua Day. The spay-neuter event was held on Friday, September 16, 2011, to commemorate Mexican Independence Day. It was open to the general public (no qualifying required). This year the clinic fixed not only Chihuahuas but los gatos (cats) as well. A total of 47 Chihuahuas were sterilized: 26 females and 21 males. A total of 31 cats were also sterilized: 18 female and 13 male. Full story.
 

Hello Darlings,

Dog's don't know "boo" about Halloween, so we need our human families to take some extra precautions on this most spooky of holidays. Read this month's letter to find out about one of the many possible dangers. Full story.
 

New SNAP Grants
A Monthly Review of New SNAP Grants
 
SNAP recognizes the wonderful organizations that provide grants to fund SNAP special projects and daily operations. Full story.
 

Grand Birthday Fundraiser Raises a Grand
Kate Smargiasso Birthday Event Raises $1,000 for Spay-Neuter
 

Dear Readers,
 
Do you love your feline friend(s)? Of course you do, but how can you let us know? Madame Astrocat is here to tell you with her Top Ten Ways to Show Your Cat the Love!  Full story.
 

Quote of the Month
 

"Everything a cat is and does physically is to me beautiful, lovely, stimulating, soothing, attractive and an enchantment." ~ Paul Gallico, from "An Honourable Cat"