Do You Wanna Do Good?
September 3, 2008
Find out how at San Francisco’s Do Good.
Do Good helps you support issues that mean something to you: homelessness, animal rights, the environment, and more.
Go to www.sfgate.com/dogood
Lend a Paw a Hand
April 28, 2008
New Leash on Life’s Lend a Paw program rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to be companion & social/therapy dogs.
Find out how you can help “hard to place” pups at New Leash on Life (www.nlol.org).
Ice Floe Massacre
March 30, 2008
“Today I saw defenseless baby seals slaughtered without mercy on Canada’s ice floes. It is with a very heavy heart that I write this, following eight unbearable hours of bearing witness to the slaughter.”
–Rebecca Aldworth, HSUS Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues
“Don’t Buy While Seals Die–Boycott Canadian Seafood” (such as snow crabs, cod, scallops and shrimp). Learn why this boycott makes seal-saving sense at humanesociety.org.
From Aerosmith to PETA
September 20, 2007
Long before her nude veggie ad (which can be seen at www.peta.org): “I’m very uncomfortable with my body, and I’m not interested in people seeing it on screen.” –Alicia Silverstone
After her nude veggie ad: “If you ever have a chance to meet a cow, pig, turkey, or goat, you will see that they are just as cute and funny as your dogs and cats and that they, too, want to live and feel love…I’ve been vegan for 10 years, and it’s the single-most important and helpful decision I have ever made.”
–Alicia Silverstone, clearly unafraid to change her mind for her favorite cause
Learn about People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) at www.peta.org.
Raise a Guide Dog or Watch One Graduate
June 29, 2007
Volunteer puppy raisers learn how to teach guide-dogs-in-training good manners & socialize them. No previous experience is necessary. Volunteers receive 8-week-old pups and train them for 12-18 months.
Find out how to become a puppy raiser or attend a Guide Dogs for the Blind graduation ceremony at www.guidedogs.com.
Help a Dog’s Hero with Hand Cream
June 8, 2007
EO Products is giving 50% of the sales from its “Michael’s Aloe & Lavender Cream” to Michael Keenan, a San Francisco artist who suffered burns over 80% of his body after saving Bobby, a Jack Russell terrier, from a burning apartment building. eoproducts.com
Hammer Time
May 20, 2007
“Animals are being threatened with extinction and the young generation is is being imprisoned for criminal activities. We are looking for supporters so that small business enterprises and conservation education programs can be introduced to the community. There is a chance to rehabilitate the national park’s biodiversity and its people.”
Hammer Simwinga, winner of the 2007 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa
Click link to read about Hammer’s work in Zambia: http://philanthroflash.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/0705_recognition_v2-11.pdf
