 ARC
DISASTER COMMITTEE ALERTS & INFORMATION
HURRICANE & FIRE SEASON ALERT
August 13, 2009
The ARC Disaster Committee has been placed on alert due to a tropical
depression in the Atlantic Ocean. Computer models are indicating an
East Coast alert with the storm possibly entering the Gulf Coast waters.
This storm is looking to impact the weekend of August 22, 2009.
Concurrently there are three major fires in California, with two in
rural populated areas. The most recent fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains
(30 miles South West of San Jose, CA) has mandatory evacuations under
way. Sometimes people are unable to get home to their animals in time
or animals will break out to escape the danger and turn up in shelters
days later in need of serious medical attention.
The ARC Disaster Committee is now updating volunteer lists. Volunteers
are needed in the areas of transportation, shelter checks, telephone
banks and foster homes. If you would like to volunteer please contact
ARC Disaster Committee coordinator Carolyn
Zembrodt.
Monetary donations are most welcome; money is used to health check
and transport Rottweilers that have been displaced by a natural disaster.
Teams of volunteers check shelters daily in the affected areas and pull
out Rottweilers before they have their lives ended due to overcrowding
during a disaster or even worse because they are Rottweilers and many
shelters will not hold them during a disaster until their owners can
locate them and take them home.
No amount is too small to give, an hour of transport or a few dollars,
either way your efforts will be rewarded with the knowledge that you
helped a Rottweiler in need.
Please send checks made payable to ARC to:
Lin Beenen, ARC Treasurer
975 Cumberland Ave. SE
Lowell, MI 49331-8685
All monetary donations are tax deductible and you will receive a receipt
from the ARC Disaster Committee for your donation.
Disaster can strike anywhere at any time, be prepared by having a plan
on how to move your family and dogs quickly should the need arise. Update
microchip information and emergency contact information with neighbors
and friends in case you are unable to get home to your animals.
For more information please contact ARC Disaster Committee Chair Lew
Olson 281-252-0585.
Thank you for your continued support,
Ann Glynn
ARC Disaster Committee Liaison
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