Where is San Martin?


On 12/3/07 10:49 AM, "Dan Duncan" <cigardan1@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Our next San Jose shelter visit has been scheduled. We will be going to
> the San Martin Animal Shelter in San Martin on Saturday December 15th at
> 2:00pm. Kathy from F.O.S.M.A.S will be joining us. Please see her email
> below with details regarding what the shelter needs.
>
> Whether you have lost weight or not, this will be a great experience, so
> please come and join us. A 10 or 20 pound bag of food is not too
> expensive and as you can see, they can really use it.
>
> I will be scheduling a Petco run a few days before and will post to the
> board in case anyone wants to join me in preparing for Saturday.
>
> Hope to see you there, please let me know if you can attend, and I can
> coordinate transportation.
>
> Dan
>
> Email from Kathy at F.O.S.M.A.S
> Hi Dan, I met with Fletcher Dobbs, the Program Manager at the shelter
> yesterday. Saturday 12/15 is good. They are usually very busy when
> they first open at noon, so could we please schedule this for about 2 PM
> or so? They are absolutely desperate for dog food - kibble, any kind,
> as long as it is not the worst generic brand from a "big box" store or
> supermarket, please. So your donation will be to the San Martin Animal
> Shelter, not to FOSMAS. I'm not sure if your donations to the SMAS, a
> Santa Clara County agency, will be tax-deductible or not, but we can ask
> them for tax receipts for you when you are there. I asked him to rate
> the other things on the list, and he said "#1 dog food, #2 dog food, #3
> dog food..." If you could please ask your group to clean out their
> linen closets and donate old towels, they are really in need of those
> too. Washcloths are great for newborns and pre-weans; hand towels and
> dish towles are a perfect size for kittens, and bath towels are for the
> older/bigger dogs and cats. When they really get desperate, I go to
> the Dollar Store and buy baby blankets (3 for $1). They do SO much
> laundry there, you can just imagine. And every load is heavily
> bleached, so the used towels don't last very long. Hopefully you will
> be able to meet Fletcher Dobbs, maybe the shelter vet, and a vet tech on
> 12/15. We should also be able to spend some time in the adoptable cat
> room - but if they are really, really busy and too crowded there, we can
> just head over to my hosue (5 miles south in Gilroy) and hang out with
> my 6 foster kitties. We do not have a permanent location for all of
> our fosters, like Town Cats does - all of our fosters are in our homes;
> or at our one permanent adoption center at PetSmart Milpitas. Thanks
> again to you, your terrific Pounds for Pounds idea, and your group. I
> look forward to meeting you on Saturday 12/15. Regards,
> Kathy Hodgdon
> FOSMAS Friends of San Martin Animal Shelter
> 408-681-3788
> friendsofsanmartin@...
> http://www.fosmas.org <http://www.fosmas.org/> Please help us
> continue our life-saving work. Visit our website
> http://www.fosmas.org <http://www.fosmas.org/> to make a donation using
> PayPal. Or you may mail your donation to: FOSMAS, PO Box 71, Morgan
> Hill, CA 95038-0071
>
> --- In pounds4pounds@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Duncan" <cigardan1@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> We will be going out to visit Town Cats in Gilroy California on
>> Saturday November 17th around 10:00am.
>>
>> They have requested donation of wet food as they have a low cost
>> contact in place with Science diet for their dry food. I can forward
>> donation information to anyone who is interested.
>> Let me know.
>>
>> Dan
>>
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