Category Archives: Animals

MAESSR – To the Rescue!

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Jane Collins

MAESSR rescues five or six English Springer Spaniels each week. Sandye Blalock’s ten-year-old Toyota Forerunner doubles as a dog limo. Tricked out with treats, toys, waste bags and a blanket, collar and leash, it was the perfect car to help … Continue reading →

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Get Out and Give Back: Down on the Farm with the Accokeek Foundation

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Jane Collins

Dr. Lisa Hayes, incoming President/CEO of the Accokeek Foundation; Alan McCurry, incoming Board chair, Gail McCurry, Wilton C. Corkern, President, Accokeek Foundation (retiring Sept 30) Polly Festa, the livestock manager of the Accokeek Foundation, treats the heritage cows, horses, pigs … Continue reading →

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Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Jane Collins

  Animal adoption used to be a handmade sign reading “Free to Good Home” next to a box overflowing with puppies and a desperate looking dad offering to off-load a pup to anyone who walked by. Today adoption is safer … Continue reading →

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People Animals Love

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Jane Collins

  My granddaughter Annabelle reads fearlessly to her baby dolls and stuffed animals. Surrounded by her silent and adoring audience, her storybooks propped up in her hands (sometimes upside down) she reads to them with confidence and ease. Click here … Continue reading →

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Discovery Riders – Horse Play

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Jane Collins

Love horses?  Therapeutic equestrian programs are all over the country and always need help.  These kids learn teamwork and cooperation by leading a horse through an obstacle course. Animals are so much more non-threatening that people.  I guess that’s why … Continue reading →

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Patience, Please

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Jane Collins

      I’m sitting on the floor of my master bathroom right now, barricaded inside with two terrified cats. Outside and throughout the rest of the house, five men are replacing the windows. It’s going to be a very long day. … Continue reading →

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Horsing Around

Posted on May 16, 2006 by kannon58

May 5 – the perfect Saturday for horses and mint juleps and the Kentucky Derby. It was also the perfect day for another horse event –helping horseback riders who had autism, retardation and spinal bifida. The project was organized by … Continue reading →

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Get Out and Give Back – The Shopping List

Posted on December 18, 2005 by kannon58

Several Christmases ago, my sister-in-law Cymbria handed me a jewelry box-sized gift. Now, Cym is one of the most stylin’ women I know, with way-cool color streaks in her glorious red hair and a fondness of leopard print-y accessories. I … Continue reading →

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