9/20, Noah's News

SEPTEMBER 2020

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ANIMAL UPDATE

Welcome to Ryder! Many adoptions ♥

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UPCOMING EVENTS

9/26 FoN at Mounds/Janesville: We’ll be at Mounds from 11 - 1. Stop by and say Hi!

2020 Meat Raffle at Legends: This event has been postponed until further notice.

Mounds Holiday Pet Food Drive: We are excited to once again partner with Mounds for the Holiday Pet Food Drive! More info will be coming soon!

2021 Arftic Art: It is with sadness that we announce the postponement of Arftic Art 2021 due to COVID-19. Unfortunately, due to the rising number of cases in Wisconsin, the restricted number of people allowed into the Pontiac Convention Center, and the logistics with these limitations, we have decided to postpone Arftic Art until 2022. Mark your calendars for 2/19/22!

As you can see, our normally busy fundraising season has been put on hold. If you have any ideas on how Friends of Noah can hold a safe, socially distanced fundraiser, please share! Feel free to email any ideas to Dawn Espinosa.

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FOSTER HERO

Do you want to make a difference in the life of an animal? Learn how you can be a foster at https://www.friendsofnoah-wi.org/fostering

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HAPPY TAILS

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COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

Shiela is happy to report that the CAFE program is PURRRING  right along.   We recently took in another large cat food donation.  A special THANK YOU to Jeff Hess for furnishing his time, transportation & muscles.....You & Deb are PAWSOME Volunteers & very much appreciated!

Also, we are excited to announce that PremierBank in Janesville has been added as a collection point for CAFE donations!

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

No report.

Noah’s Animal Fund

No report.

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IN OTHER NEWS

Jodi Millis has taken over Treasurer responsibilities for Friends of Noah. We’d like to give a big THANK YOU to Sandy Kraft for the time and dedication she has put into this role.

Do you have an idea for an upcoming Newsletter? Feel free to email your ideas to us by clicking below:

8/20, Noah's News

AUGUST 2020

IN MEMORIAM

Tim Banwell, long time Friends of Noah Board Member, passed away on August 12, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Tim was instrumental in getting the Rabies Clinic started and running smoothly. Tim will be remembered as a  kind, humble, thoughtful person who cared very much about animals. Our organization is better because of him. He will be missed.

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ANIMAL UPDATE

Tom & Jerry, kittens galore, and and so many more!

Click below for pics!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

8/22 FoN at Mounds/Janesville: We’ll be at Mounds from 11 - 1. Stop by and say Hi!

2020 Meat Raffle at Legends: This event has been postponed until further notice.

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FOSTER HERO

We are in need of fosters! Learn how you can help on our website at https://www.friendsofnoah-wi.org/fostering

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HAPPY TAILS

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BEHIND THE SCENES…

Friends of Noah has been very active behind the scenes rescuing, fostering, and adopting. We’ve also been busy providing food to pets in need through the CAFE program and providing veterinary care through Noah’s Animal Fund.

Under normal circumstances, we’d be gearing up for a busy fundraising season. However, with the health and safety of our volunteers a top priority, the COVID-19 pandemic has us looking into new ways to raise funds.

This is where YOU come in! We could use your help in ‘thinking outside the box’! Do you have an idea that could help raise funds for the animals in our community? If so, please email your ideas to Dawn Espinosa.

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COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

CAFE continues to make a big impact in the community. The food pantries we support are very grateful for its continued existence - especially in light of the ongoing pandemic. Want to help? Mounds, Petco, and Janesville Veterinary Clinics are all drop off points in Janesville.

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

No report.

Noah’s Animal Fund

Already this month, Noah’s Animal Fund has helped fund the veterinary care of 3 animals at a cost of over $4000. Desi was just one of the animals we’ve helped.

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IN OTHER NEWS

We miss seeing the smiling faces of our Volunteers! Unfortunately, while the Community Room at Festival Foods remains closed, this Newsletter, in conjunction with our social media sites, serves as the best way to keep in touch. Do you have an idea for an upcoming Newsletter? Feel free to email your ideas to us by clicking below:

7/20, Noah's News

JULY 2020

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ANIMAL UPDATE

As of 7/9, Hannah and Graycee have gone to purr-ever homes!

Welcome to Liam, Lea, and Buddy.

Hannah looks purr-fectly content relaxing in her new home ♥

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UPCOMING ‘EVENTS’

We’ll be at Mounds Pet Food Warehouse on Saturday, July 25th from 11-1!

2020 Rabies Clinic: It is with sadness that the Board has decided to cancel the 2020 Rabies Clinic.    Our partners, the Rock County Public Health Department, have had to allocate all resources to their work with Covid-19 and would not be able to provide their support to the extent they normally do.  We thank them for all the support they gave us in previous years and know our volunteers understand and support them.  We are scheduled for September 2021.

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FOSTER HERO

Buddy!

While Buddy was waiting to come to our Adoption Center, he was hit by a car and suffered a broken pelvis as well as road rash. While he heals, he will be in a small crate to limit his movement. As he heals, he is being treated with wet cat food (as the meds he is on for pain can cause constipation) and is getting treats and love!

We are grateful to our Foster Hero who is tending to Buddy during this time. It is possible he will suffer from arthritis due to his injuries as he ages. One Buddy has healed, he will be fully vaccinated and neutered and be available for adoption!

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HAPPY TAILS

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IN OTHER NEWS….

To say that 2020 has been challenging is a bit of an understatement. We hope that everyone is healthy and has stayed safe during this times. We are so grateful to our volunteers who been working behind the scenes to continue helping animals in the community.

This week, Friends of Noah is ‘re-opening’ in the Adoption Center at Mounds - Janesville! Due to inadequate space for social distancing, the Cat Room will not be open to the public at this time. We are still looking for back-up volunteers. If you can help, please message Lori Rockwell!

Shopping online? Support Friends of Noah when you shop online with Amazon Smile!

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COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

No report.

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

No report.

Noah’s Animal Fund

No report.

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6/20, Noah's News

We hope that everyone is staying healthy and safe during these unprecedented times. We’ve missed seeing everyone!

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ANIMAL UPDATE

Timmy & Monty have both found pawsome homes!

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UPCOMING ‘EVENTS’

PET PHOTO CONTEST: Protect Wisconsin Waterways has launched a Pet Photo Contest that gives you the opportunity to win a $50 gift card as well as help out your local humane societies! Contest ends June 30th!

• Take a photo of your pet outside

• Post it on Facebook with your pet’s name

• Tag #FriendsofNoah and #ProtectWiWaterways

ONLINE AUCTION : Carolyn Dargevics of Fantasy Sculptures and Models has graciously donated two items to benefit Friends of Noah. We will be auctioning these off on a special Friends of Noah event page! This auction will start on 6/16 at 7pm and end on 6/30 at 7pm. Please feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!

Sweetums

Hut Complex

THANK YOU to Fox Ridge Candles who donated 10% of May’s candle sales to Friends of Noah!

ARFTIC ART 2020: Our apologies! With COVID-19 hitting shortly after Arftic Art, we realize we may not have gotten the final numbers out. Without further adieu:

• 51 exhibitors/vendors attended

• 776 people attended

• 860 pounds of food were collected for CAFE

• Over $25000 were raised!

This could not have happened without the help of ALL of our volunteers! We received many rave reviews from our vendors and guests on how great our volunteers were to work with! THANK YOU!

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HAPPY TAILS

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COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

No report.

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

No report.

Noah’s Animal Fund

No report.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Jordan Bauer who graduated from Edgerton High School as a member of the National Honor Society. As a Junior Volunteer, Jordan loves animals and coordinated a food drive for FON CAFE. Best wishes for your next adventure, Jordan!

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NEXT MEETING

Our next meeting is tentatively schedule for July 15th at 6:30 to be held in the Community Room at Festival Foods. We will keep you updated as the date gets closer.

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5/20, Noah's News

Due to the COVID-19 situation, our adoptable animals are continuing to hunker down with their fosters. For the health and safety of our volunteers, we will not be holding any ‘meet and greets’ during this time. We thank you for understanding and hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!

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ANIMAL UPDATE

Lola has gone to her purr-ever home!

Mama Panda has 3 kittens!

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UPCOMING ‘EVENTS’

WINEO BINGO : Thank you to Timber Hill Winery for hosting virtual WINEO BINGO for Friends of Noah in April!

CANDLE FUNDRAISER: Fox Ridge Candles will be donating 10% of all online sales to Friends of Noah during the month of May! Share the word!

#givingtuesdaynow #GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of generosity and unity, a day to come together and give back in response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19, no matter who or where we are. We would like to take this time to thank ALL the volunteers who graciously give their time and energy all year long to make a difference in our community.

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FOSTER HEROES

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HAPPY TAILS

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COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

With additional safety precautions being implemented during physical distancing currently required, I am pleased to report that our CAFE program hasn't missed a beat in supplying pet food through our local food pantries.   Although extra time & precautions are required during collections as well as distributions during this difficult time, we continue to fulfill all requests in a timely manner. ~ Shiela

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

No report.

Noah’s Animal Fund

No report.

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NEXT MEETING

Our next meeting is tentatively schedule for July 15th at 6:30 to be held in the Community Room at Festival Foods. We will keep you updated as the date gets closer.

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3/20, Noah's News

This is a special edition of Noah’s News as our March Volunteer Meeting was cancelled.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, our adoptable animals are hunkering down with their fosters. For the health and safety of our volunteers, we will not be holding any ‘meet and greets’ during this time. We thank you for understanding.

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ANIMAL UPDATE

Dash, Diego, Prada, Grover and Gunner have gone to their purrr-ever homes!

We have taken in RJ.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

WINEO BINGO : Timber Hill Winery will be hosting WINEO BINGO to support Friends of Noah on 4/10 and 4/24. In light of the current situation, it looks like this event will be held as a FACEBOOK LIVE event! Please be sure to keep an eye on our Facebook page for more details as they become available!

Unfortunately, the annual Easter Egg Hunt held at the Lincoln-Tallman Hall house has been cancelled for 2020.

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WELCOME RJ

RJ came to FON as a surrender when his owner went into assisted living. He spent quite a bit of time alone, but has been doing well in his foster home. This is what RJ’s Foster Family had to say:

“RJ is a 9-year-old Shih Tzu/ Maltese mix that is looking for love. He enjoys walks, chewing on toys, playing with his favorite green ball, which he eagerly finds when asked, where's your green ball!  He has started to overcome loneliness and enjoys being close to his foster family. He eagerly climbs the stairs to sleep with his foster mom and dad as quiet as a mouse until they get up.  He is a dog that enjoys being around people.  He is picky with food, but we are working on that. Might do best in a quiet home, as an only dog."

RJ is not ready for adoption but will be in the near future. 

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HAPPY TAILS

Did you adopt from Friends of Noah? We’d love to hear your HAPPY TAIL! Please feel free to email your story by clicking the ‘Happy Tail’ button below! Please include a photo with your submission.

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COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

• Thank you to Dairyland Moving and Storage LLC for delivering a huge donation of cat food to the CAFE program! Special thanks to Isaiah for setting up this generous donation, as well as volunteers Jack Austin and & Ralph Leonard for helping at the warehouse!

• 860 pounds of cat and dog food were collected during Arftic Art!

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

SAFE is currently looking for presentation opportunities! If you know a school or organization that would be interested, please contact Amber Gray.

Noah’s Animal Fund

No report.

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ARFTIC ART RECAP

 “I want to personally thank all of the volunteers who helped make this event such a huge success, along with the sponsors, the exhibitors, the donors and the committee organizers.  What a great organization we have in the people who care about helping animals inn the community.  Its no surprise to me that the public is SO impressed with what Friends of Noah is doing in the community.  It is obvious that they support and respect all of you so much, and the outpouring of compliments and financial contributions, with attendance, shows that in a big way.” - Lois Corwin

• Attendance: 776

• Exhibitors: 50

• Pounds of food collected: 860

• Most Raffle and Silent Auction baskets were picked up day of event. All others were picked up within a week.

• Vendors grateful for the assistance provided by our volunteers during set up and tear down! Many have already committed to Arftic Art 2021.

• Financials overview is not available at this time as revenue and invoices are still coming in.

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2/20, Noah's News

ANIMAL UPDATE

Gabby, Gwen, Hersey and Elliot have found fur-ever homes!

We have taken in Frankie and Freddie (cats).

UPCOMING EVENTS

ARFTIC ART is only a few days away! Please be sure to spread the word about our biggest fundraiser of the year! FREE Admission with a donated bag of cat or dog food! FREE Goody Bags to the first 100 families! Children under 10 are free. Lunch available on site!

PLUS, the Janesville Police Department will be there for a MEDICATION ROUND UP!

THANK YOU to everyone who has taken time out of their busy schedules to help with the event! For all involved from the planning, donating, sharing the event, putting up posters, organizing the donations, working the event, and so much more - WE APPRECIATE YOU!

WINEO BINGO

SAVE THE DATES! Timber Hill Winery will be hosting WINEO BINGO to support Friends of Noah on 4/10 and 4/24. More information coming soon!

HAPPY TAILS

COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

We are so grateful for Marling Lumber / Homeworks continued support of Friends of Noah, Wisconsin and our C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort) program! Marling's great crew generously came to our rescue transporting the donations from Mounds Pet Food Warehouse's Humane Holidays Pet Food Drive. Thank you Marling Lumber / Homeworks and Mounds Pet Food Warehouse for helping our CAFE Program begin 2020 with such a Purrrfectly Pawsome supply! Please be sure to patronize both these businesses whenever possible, and thank them for their local community support!

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

SAFE is currently looking for presentation opportunities! If you know a school or organization that would be interested, please contact Amber Gray.

Noah’s Animal Fund

No report.

11/19, Noah's News

ANIMAL UPDATE

Aphid, Cricket, Stewart and Jordan have been adopted! There were no intakes during this time.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS /

UPCOMING EVENTS

>>A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to Legends Meat Raffle! Whether you donated a basket, came to the event, purchased a 50/50 and/or raffle basket tickets, participated in the meat raffle or helped out that day in some way, shape or form - THANK YOU! With your help, we had a great turnout and raised nearly $2,000!

>> Arftic Art Planning Committee will be meeting on November 20th at 5:30pm - Festival Foods

>>Mounds Adoption Center at Mounds - Janesville on 11/23 from 11am - 1pm

>>Share the Mounds Holiday Pet Food Drive! We are excited that Mounds Pet Food Warehouse - Janesville is partnering with Friends of Noah for the annual Holiday Pet Food Drive! We’ll be accepting donations for the CAFE program at Mounds from Thanksgiving weekend through Christmas Eve!

>>Victorian Holiday Open House will be open to the public on 12/13-12/14 and 12/20-12/23 from 5pm-8pm. This historic home at 103 N Chatham St features over 15 Christmas trees, Santa’s Workshop, doll housees, a Christmas village display and MORE. Admission is FREE with a cash donation to Friends of Noah.

>>Annual Holiday Volunteer Meeting on December 18th! We’ll have treats for those in attendance PLUS everyone who attends earns a ticket to our ‘Gift Card Giveaway’! Earn an extra ticket when you bring in your Arftic Art auction or raffle items!

>>Gift ideas! Need a gift idea for the person who has everything and wants nothing? A donation to Friends of Noah makes a wonderful and meaningful gift!

>>Volunteer opportunities! Consider helping out with one or many of the several volunteer opportunities available!

>>Have you saved the date? Arftic Art 2020 is February 22, 2020!

BE A FOSTER HERO

2019 S.A.F.E. SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

>>Next meeting 12/18 @ 6:00 pm

Noah’s Animal Fund

9/19, Noah's News

ANIMAL UPDATE

Between 8/20 and 9/5, Gypsy (cat) was adopted. There were no intakes during this time.

UPCOMING EVENTS

MOUNDS Adoption Event

September 28, 2019 11 - 1 Mounds Pet Food Warehouse / Janesville

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S.A.F.E. Meeting 

October 16, 2019 @ 6:00pm Festival Foods, Janesville

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Arftic Art Planning Committee

October 16, 2019 @ 6:00pm Festival foods, Janesville

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Volunteer Meeting

October 16, 2019 @ 6:30PM Festival Foods, Janesville

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

>>Raffle baskets for the upcoming Legends Meat Raffle on 10/19 can be brought to the October volunteer meeting, to Legends by 11:00 am on the day of event, or arrangements can be made with Jodi Millis.

>>Our 10th year of Arftic Art is around the corner and our planning committee would like YOU to be involved! For more information, please contact Lois Corwin or Dawn Espinosa! Our first meeting will be October 16th, prior to the Volunteer Meeting.

>>Exciting news for our C.A.F.E. program! Mounds Pet Food Warehouse - Janesville wants to work exclusively with Friends of Noah as a partner in their 2019 Annual Holiday Food Drive starting Black Friday! More information to follow soon on how you can help this make a successful pet food drive.

FOSTER HERO

COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

Noah’s Animal Fund

No committee updates at this time

7/19, Noah's News

ANIMAL UPDATE

As of July 9th, we have adopted 4 cats/kittens and taken in 8 cats/kittens and 1 dog!

Sammy and Twinkle went together to their purr-ever homes, as did Gabby and Sadie!

We have taken in felines Corbin, Simba, Kip, Gracie, Gunner, Gwen and Grover. Terry was returned to us. We have also taken in Sadie, a 10 year old English Setter.

For more information, click below!

UPCOMING EVENTS

S.A.F.E. Meeting

August 21, 2019 6:00 @ Festival Foods, Janesville

Volunteer Meeting

August 21, 2019 6:30 @ Festival Foods, Janesville

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

>>Mark your calendars for the Rock County Rabies Clinic on Saturday, September 21, at the Rock County Fairgrounds/Craig Center from Noon - 3:00 pm. We need many volunteers to make this a successful event. A sign up sheet will be circulated at the August Friends of Noah volunteer meeting. If you would like to volunteer but cannot be at the meeting, please contact Sandy Kraft, kraft383@yahoo.com. 608-751-6249. If you have a specific position you would like to volunteer for, please include that in your email.

>>Raffle baskets for the upcoming Legends Meat Raffle on 10/19 can be brought to the August or October volunteer meetings, to Legends the day of event, or arrangements can be made with Jodi Millis.

FOSTER HEROES

COMMITTEES

C.A.F.E. (Companion Animal Food Effort)

S.A.F.E. (Saving Animals through Focused Education)

Noah’s Animal Fund

No committee updates at this time