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Blessing of Animals is Sunday at Leland Park. |
Friends of Sleepy Hollow's 17th Annual Celebration of Animals takes place at Plainfield's Leland Avenue Park on Sunday (October 2), 1:30 PM. The event is organize by the group's Animal Initiative Committee.
Here is their press release --
The Friends of Sleepy Hollow (FOSH) Animal
Initiative Committee
is holding the seventeenth annual Celebration of Animals on
Sunday October 2,
2016 at 1:30 PM at Leland Avenue
Park, (next to Cook Elementary School,
739 Leland
Ave.)
Plainfield,
New Jersey. The
event is free of charge and open to everyone, with or without
pets, to
celebrate the importance of animals in the lives of human
beings.
“Anatole France’s quote
‘Until
one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains
unawakened,’ says it
best,” said MaryEllen Chanda, Animal Initiative Celebration
event chairwoman. Held
in
conjunction with the Feast of St. Francis, the patron saint of
animals, representatives
of local religious and spiritual traditions will offer
blessings for all
animals. “All
are welcome to
bring their
pets to receive a blessing,” said Mrs. Chanda.
Birds must be
caged, cats must
be in carriers, and dogs must be on a leash or in a carrier.
Pets that are
uncomfortable around other animals should be left at home. A
photo can be
brought to represent them for a blessing. Water will be
available for the
animals and light refreshments will be served after the
blessing. For more
information about the Celebration please call 908.256-3858 or
visit www.foshnj.com.
The Animal Initiative Committee (AIC) is an
all-volunteer organization
dedicated to increasing people’s awareness of their
responsibility for the
well-being of all animals. The Committee was formed in March
2000 after Plainfield’s
contracted
animal control kennel was closed due to over 600 counts of
animal cruelty. “Wildlife
and companion animals are being
needlessly killed due to inadequate facilities and lack of
education programs,”
said Mrs. Chanda.
The
AIC has always
focused on the problem of overpopulation of dogs and cats,
especially community
cats. It implemented a very successful trap, neuter, and
return (TNR) program
for the latter. “We continue to emphasize the importance of
the use of
available spay/neuter programs in controlling dog and cat
populations, but we
can only succeed with the active support of both the community
and City
Administration,” Mrs. Chanda stressed. “We welcome volunteers
to help with this
important effort”, she concluded. For more information about
the Animal Initiative
Committee, please call 908.256-3858.
The Friends of Sleepy Hollow (FOSH) is a
neighborhood
association created by and for all citizens and taxpayers of
Sleepy Hollow and
surrounding neighborhoods in the City of Plainfield, New
Jersey. FOSH was
founded to --
- foster
neighborhood awareness, camaraderie, participation and image
- create
and maintain secure neighborhoods
- promote
neighborhood issues and concerns to city officials
- organize
neighborhood activities for the benefit of the citizens of
our community and Plainfield.
There are no membership requirements, dues
or formal joining
process for The Friends of Sleepy Hollow. The group believes
that all the
neighbors in Sleepy Hollow are its "members". Having the
support,
participation and suggestions of our members is critical to
FOSH's
success. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to join any planned
activity
that we host. For more
information about
FOSH, please visit: www.foshnj.com
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