Currently happening with the Michigan Animal Adoption Network and the Animal Care Network:

MAAN — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:33:29 +0000

Another successful vaccine clinic is now on the books!

Even though it was a cold and windy day over 830 animals were vaccinated in four hours.

A big thank you goes out to all the volunteers that help make this event possible. There are too many to list individually, but every single one of you are appreciated.

Thank you to Dr. Tim and Dr. Jim for volunteering their time to vaccinate the animals.

Many, many hours go into preparing for this event. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped out before the big event by doing many of the jobs that needed to be done.

Thank you to Dave Coleman for allowing us to hold the vaccine clinic at the Centerstage.

Thank you to Pam Porteous, our Animal Care Network manager in Pontiac, who puts the vaccine clinic together and makes sure it runs smoothly.

Thank you to everyone who showed up to have their animals vaccinated. A healthy pet is a happy pet! We love good pet owners.

For more great pictures, click here: Vaccine Clinic in Pontiac, Michigan – April 20, 2013

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Get your Michigan Animal Adoption Network 2013 calendar now!

Hot cars and rescue dogs, what an amazing combo.

Michigan Animal Adoption Network / Animal Care Network teamed up with Dog Aide to create a calendar showcasing our wonderful rescue dogs.

Special thanks to Corporate Auto for sponsoring the calendar and to Steve Choryan for his amazing photography skills.

Calendars are $20.00 each and 100% of the money raised will be used for helping the animals in Pontiac and Inkster.

If you would like to purchase a calendar you can do one of the following:

Send in a check or money order for $20.00 (made out to Michigan Animal Adoption Network) including a note with your name, complete address, telephone number, email address and quantity of calendars you would like to purchase. Please specify that this is for the purchase of the calendar.

Mailing address:

Michigan Animal Adoption Network
Calendar purchase
P.O. Box 566
Roseville, MI 48066

Go to our regular website at www.michigananimaladoptionnetwork.org and use Paypal to purchase the calendar. Make sure we have your complete address, telephone number, email address and quantity of calendars being purchased. Please specify that you are purchasing a calendar in the comments.

Please allow a couple weeks for the calendar to be mailed to you.

Thank you for your support! We are hoping this is the beginning of an annual tradition!

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We are truly grateful for all the people who volunteer their services to the Michigan Animal Adoption Network and to the Animal Care Network. Without them, we would not be able to accomplish the things that we do.

We would like to thank Jamie Kinnison for the wonderful, professional video that she created for the Michigan Animal Adoption Network and the Animal Care Network. She donated her supplies, time and knowledge to make this video a reality and we are grateful that she did.

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The Oakland Press (theoaklandpress.com), Serving Oakland County

News > Local News

Boy Scout builds new digs for Pontiac dogs

Saturday, December 22, 2012 9:56 PM EST

By DUSTIN BLITCHOK
Of The Oakland Press

PONTIAC — When Jacq, a 5-year-old pit bull terrier, received a new, insulated doghouse with his name on it, he jumped around in excitement before going right inside.

“They’re awesome,” said Jacq’s owner, Debra Wilson, of the Animal Care Network volunteers who delivered the doghouse on Saturday. “I thank god for them.”

Inside Wilson’s home near Baldwin School Park, Christmas stockings hang over the fireplace for Jacq and Kodee, her 3 pound teacup chihuahua.

The Animal Care Network has helped out with food and vaccinations for Wilson’s dogs, she said.

“If I take too long to call them, they call me and ask if I need anything,” Wilson said.

Jacq’s new doghouse was built by Jacob Thoma, 15, as a project for Boy Scout Troop 326, based at St. Patrick’s Parish in White Lake Township.

The West Bloomfield teen said he built the doghouses as his Eagle Scout project after finding out that Animal Care Network needed them.

“We had a great, great day,” said Pam Porteous, who has volunteered with Animal Care Network since its inception in 1994. “It went very well.”

The volunteers delivered a total of five doghouses in Pontiac on Saturday.

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We are very proud to be featured in The Best Friends Animal Society magazine. This article highlighted our Animal Care Network program.

To enlarge article, click on photos.

For a downloadable copy, click here.

or here: http://digital.ipcprintservices.com/publication/?i=93246

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This is a poem written from the heart by Animal Care Network Manager Pam and also through ACN volunteers eyes.

This is a very difficult, sad thing to witness. Unfortunately we are witness to it each day and it breaks our hearts!!! ACN does all that we can to rescue, educate, assist and make their lives better and more comfortable, if even for a moment. Even if our only option is to offer a humane and dignified euthanasia.

Click the photo to see the poem in its full size.