We did it! THANK YOU!

We won $1,000 from the Shelter Challenge! Thank you all SO much for voting for Project Jessie! Your support from day 1 was just outstanding, we really cannot thank you enough. Especially at this time of year, we are reminded that there are good people in this world, working together, for the animals.

From all of us at Animal Alliance and Project Jessie, our most heartfelt thanks.

Lia and the AAC / PJ crew

P.S. That's Munch, in the pic above. Munch is a big, affectionate and charming bunny boy!

He is sweet and affectionate, curious and inquisitive. This is THE bunny for the first time adopter, or for the experienced person looking for a great companion. Because he is a big boy, he needs an environment where he can have some space to stretch out. He is not a bunny for a small cage.

He loves to jump up on the bed, or sit beside you on the couch. He is a very cuddly boy!

Munch is neutered and house trained.

If you are looking for a charming and delightful new companion, please call or e-mail Shelly at 519-940-4712 / shelly@animalalliance.ca

Dundas Valley Deer in trouble - vote today!

For those who have voiced opposition to Hamilton's consideration of a deer cull at Iroquoia Heights - THANK YOU!

The link below is about the Dundas Valley Conservation Area where a deer hunt is now taking place. Please take a moment to read the article and vote on the poll about hunting on HCA lands.

http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/303858--deer-hunt-is-a-native-tradition-dating-back-thousands-of-years

Click on the following link for more information on Hamilton's Iroquoia Heights Deer Management Advisory Committee.

The next meeting is scheduled for January 19th, 2011, 7-10pm, in the HCA Auditorium, 838 Mineral Springs Road, Ancaster. The following meeting will be held Wednesday February 16th.

Members of the public are encouraged to review the Committee's Terms of Reference and meeting Minutes. All meetings are open to the public. If you would like to address the Committee, you must contact the Secretary, Shari Faulkenham, to do so.

We need to make sure that the City implements a non-lethal approach to the deer. Please send a letter to the Mayor and Members of Council urging them to implement a non-lethal prevention programme for the deer in Iroquoia Heights and throughout the City of Hamilton.

THANK YOU all again, for being a voice for the animals.

Lia and the AAC crew

THANK YOU!!!

Hurray! We did it!

We made the finals of the AVIVA community fund contest.

Thank you so much to everyone who voted - the support was awesome!

Now the finalist ideas go to the AVIVA group of judges, and winners will be announced January 25th... fingers crossed!

Today is also the last day to get your requests in for Project Jessie Christmas adoption packages. If you were planning on ordering one for that "hard to gift" person on your list, you can phone the office at 416-462-9541 or email Lia (lia@animalalliance.ca)

And while we don't recommend giving pets as gifts, if you are having a quiet holiday and were thinking of adopting a new friend for yourself, please remember that Project Jessie has many lovely animals looking for permanent homes right now. Perhaps you can find a perfect new friend to share the holidays with? Feel free to email me and I will be happy to chat with you about the creatures we have and whether there is a potential match.

Thanks everyone! And a safe and happy holiday to you and your families!

Shelly and crew

Voting ends December 15 - Please vote for Project Jessie!!

Dear animal friend,

As you probably know, Project Jessie has submitted one of the Ideas in the AVIVA Community Fund competition. If our idea is one that wins, we would get $25,000 to help Project Jessie.

Thanks to you all, we made it to the semi-finals!  So here we go!!!

The semi-final round started yesterday and continues to December 15th. People have emailed me to say that they forgot to vote some days - so I will be posting every day just for these final days of voting and emailing people who are on our e-activists list.

You do need to register once, and create your own password for their site.

To go straight to our idea every time you vote use:

http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf7965

Please help us out, and please pass along to your email list of friends and family.

If there is anyone that you know is voting but isn't on this list, let me know at shelly@animalalliance.ca and I would be happy to add them so that they get a daily reminder.

It would mean a great deal to the animals if we won!

Shelly

Shelly Hawley-Yan
Director, Project Jessie Coordinator

Animal Alliance of Canada
221 Broadview Avenue, Suite 101
Toronto, ON M4M 2G3

On the Web:http://www.projectjessie.ca/
http://www.animalalliance.ca/
email: shelly@animalalliance.ca

COUNTDOWN - DAY10 Please Help Project Jessie Win $25,000

Dear animal friend,

As you probably know, Project Jessie has submitted one of the Ideas in the AVIVA Community Fund competition.  If our idea is one that wins, we would get $25,000 to help Project Jessie.

Here we go!!!
The third (and last) semi final round starts TODAY - November 15th. People have emailed me to say that they forgot to vote some days - so I will be posting here every day just for the 10 days of voting and emailing people who are on our e-activists list.

If everyone who voted in the second round, voted every day in the third round - we should easily make it into the top 10 small ideas - and into the finals.

You do need to register once, and create your own password for their site.

To go straight to our idea every time you vote use:
http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf7965

Please help us out, and please pass along to your email list of friends and family.

If there is anyone that you know is voting but isn't on this list, let me know at shelly@animalalliance.ca and I would be happy to add them so that they get a daily reminder.

It would mean a great deal to the animals if we won!
Thank you, thank you!!!
Shelly

Shelly Hawley-Yan
Director, Project Jessie Coordinator
Animal Alliance of Canada
221 Broadview Avenue, Suite 101
Toronto, ON M4M 2G3

On the Web:
http://www.projectjessie.ca/
http://www.animalalliance.ca/
email: shelly@animalalliance.ca

"In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we will never hear. They are not brethern, they are not underlings, they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth." ***Henry Beston (1888-1968)

UPDATE - Help Project Jessie Win $25,000

Dear animal friend,

As you probably know, Project Jessie has submitted one of the Ideas in the AVIVA Community Fund competition.

The second round of voting has ended and the bad news is that we were not in the top 10 - which we needed to be to move into the finals.

The good news is - the third (and last) semi final round starts November 15th. People have emailed me to say that they forgot to vote some days - so I will be sending one email reminder every day just for the 10 days of voting.

If everyone who voted at least once in the second round, voted every day in the third round - we should easily make it into the top 10 small ideas - and into the finals.

If our idea is one that wins, we would get $25,000 to help Project Jessie.

You do need to register once, and create your own password for their site. Everyone who registers, is allowed to vote once a day. If you are registered before the 15th then you can jump right in to voting from the first day!

If you save this email, the link below will take you straight to our idea every time you click it to vote.

http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf7965

Please help us out, and please pass along to your email list of friends and family.

It would mean a great deal to the animals!
Thanks,

Shelly

Shelly Hawley-Yan
Director, Project Jessie Coordinator
Animal Alliance of Canada
221 Broadview Avenue, Suite 101
Toronto, ON M4M 2G3

On the Web:
http://www.projectjessie.ca/
http://www.animalalliance.ca/
email: shelly@animalalliance.ca

"In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we will never hear. They are not brethern, they are not underlings, they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth." ***Henry Beston (1888-1968)

Project Jessie Shelter Challenge

Shelter Challenge Update
Thank you for voting!

Thanks so much to everyone who has been voting!

Because of you Project Jessie has been cruising along in first place (for Canada) in this challenge and if we can maintain it - we will win $1000.

It has been brought to my attention, that you can vote multiple times a day, through other pages on the Greater Good website. I suspect this is intentional on the part of the contest holders because they want more people to visit the rest of their site.

(One of our near competitors is urging all of their members to vote often - that's how they are rapidly gaining on us!)

I did contact the site to find out more info, but have not heard back.
So, I have voted multiple times today .. I am asking you to also.

You do need to "setup" each page once - Search under "Project Jessie", city "Caledon" "ON"
just like you did the first time, but after that, it will take you back to "the shelter you last voted for".

If you keep this email, you can click on each of the links below every day, and go directly to another voting page.

Thank you SO MUCH for your help!!!

Shelly and crew =^..^=

These are all the places where you can go EVERY DAY to vote !!! Vote for a Shelter @ The Animal Rescue Site The Animal Rescue Site Vote for a Shelter Vote for a Shelter @ Rainforests The Rain forest Site Vote for a Shelter 2 To Give Vote for a rescue site The feed hunger site The Animal Rescue Site2 The Child Health Site Rainforest again The Literacy site The Breast Cancer Site Child health site The Hunger Site Vote for a Shelter site again