November is Pie Season

Volunteers Needed:

Fall is back and so are the Angels Heavenly pies for Thanksgiving but in order for our ‘Angels’ to deliver those pies we need volunteer pie-people to assist in their creation. Volunteers can be of all ages over 16 but please be mindful of the job descriptions below. Not all jobs are suitable for all volunteers.

 Here are the needs we have:

OCTOBER 23: SUNDAY: 
Shelling: 
We need about 7 volunteers.  We will be mixing dough and pressing shells/crusts. We will need at least one person to be able bodied enough to run the pie press which involves some physical strength and another able bodied person to help move dough and bags of flour. This is the most strenuous of our pie making days and will require individuals with both strength and stamina to assist.

NOVEMBER 9-11: WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY 
Setup: 5 PM - ~8:30PM
Volunteers will need to crawl around on the floor a bit because we have to tape down the edges of our floor tarp.  We also have to lay paper on the kitchen floor, some crawling required, and setup tables and equipment for pie making on Saturday. Apples will be delivered on Friday and a bushel of apples weighs 48 pounds not to mention the boxes of ingredients that are upstairs will have to be carried back down.

NOVEMBER 12: SATURDAY: PIE MAKING DAY 
Mid-day clean-up: 11:30 AM – 1 PM 
The goal is to clean up as much as we reasonably can between the two shifts.  This clean up is a health department requirement. 2 or 3 volunteers needed.
End-of-day clean-up: 4:30 PM – Until finished.
2 or 3 volunteers need to clean up.

NOVEMBER 23: WEDNESDAY: 
Three shifts 6 AM – 10 AM, 10 AM – 2 PM, 2 PM – 6 PM 
One or two adults are needed at both locations for every shift Boardman at Clear Channel and the Austintown selling point, which is at the Farmers National Bank on SR 46 near Mahoning Avenue. Adult volunteers will most likely be working with student volunteers from the local high schools.

If you would like to help with any of these volunteer opportunities please contact, David Bisigani at 330-720-1153.

October Founder's Letter

Dear Animal Friends,

            The Fall is here:  falling rain, falling temperatures and, soon, falling snow.  We’ve all been basking in the summer and now the realization that it will NOT be nice outside anymore has struck. 

            For many people this is a signal to “dump” the cats and dogs they have been feeding outside all summer.  Yes, there is a direct correlation between the temperature dropping and the number of animals dropped off at our abandonment area.  All night long they dump.  Why at night?  Shame – and they should be ashamed.  They let their “problem” get out of control.  FIX THE FIRST ONE!  Oh, you didn’t do the right thing – now you do the shameful thing:  dump.

            What can we do?  Well, we save as many as we can of course.  Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 120 cats and kittens were left at our shelter.  That is almost as many as the 135 cats we adopted out in  August.  (Thanks to Kelly and her staff of loving volunteers!).  How do we save them?  Well, that is where YOU COME IN !  We need foster parents.

            For cats, the year is a cycle.  Birth occurs spring to fall.  Adoptions occur fall to spring.  Fosters are needed to hold our “inventory” of cats so that there are kittens available for adoption at Christmas and older cats for the serious house homes in January through April, when the most adult cats are adopted.

            Then there are the poor dogs.  All the county pounds get, well, POUNDED!  We want to save more of these dogs and puppies too!  Dogs that get out and go through the Angels adoption program get more health care and a screened adoption.  They also get lifelong right of return to the shelter if things don’t “work out.”

            So please – consider becoming a foster family.  Animals are dying for your help.  For cats, call Kelly at 330.506.0326.  For dogs, call Bernadette at 330.651.8462, Ext 118.  

In love for all animals – especially the unloved,

Diane