Back by popular demand!! Come hang out with local celebrities at the Garage Bar in Historic Ohio City Wednesday, September 1st from 4-9pm for HumpDay Happy Hour II. Watch the celebs serve up drinks, specialty shots, and brews. Come out to support animal rescue and have fun while doing it!
100% of the celebrity bartender tips, 100% of the proceeds from special 'hump day' Bacardi shots and Bacardi mixed drinks, 100% of the special Bud Light 16 oz. draft pints and a portion of all drink sales will support ARF and Secondhand Mutts!
-Bring your pooches! Friendly dogs on leash are welcome! -Light appetizers will be served! -Silent Auctions for 3 super specatular packages and 50/50 raffle! -Pick up a super cool HumpDay Celebrity Bartending Tshirt too! -Plenty of parking is available in the huge lot behind the bar.
Unleashing their bartending wizardry to help the rescues .... Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman, Q104 Wilde and Fee radio funnyman Glenn Anderson, Ric "Rocco" Bennett and Sally Spitz from the All New V107.3, Gateway Animal Clinic veterinarians extraordinaire Dr. Bob Litkovitz and Dr. Liz Sobol , Burning River Roller Girl Ursula Allison, Cleveland television personalities Eileen McShea from WEWS and Monica Robbins from WKYC, Cleveland Plain Dealer sports writer Bud Shaw, Fox 8’s Kenny Crumpton Cleveland Firefighter Joe Sheffey and Cleveland K-9 Officer Pat Anderjack and Daisy!
You can afford to be generous since there’s NO cover charge! Bring your friends and enjoy watching the bartending wizardy!
What: Hump Day Celebrity Bartending Happy Hour II - to benefit Berea ARF and Secondhand Mutts! When: 4-9pm, Wednesday, September 1st Where: Garage Bar / 1859 W 25th Street, Cleveland OH 44113, 216-696-7772 MAP IT
ANIMAL FRIENDLY Special Event Requirements & Etiquette
Thank you for attending this Animal Friendly Event to benefit Berea ARF and Secondhand Mutts.
To ensure the safety of all - please follow the guidelines outlined below.
Our volunteer staff is here to assist you should you have questions or there be a problem. It is your responsibility to keep your pets’ behavior inline and we reserve the right to ask your pet to leave.
Everyone who enters the event must sign the Sign-In Sheet.
Upon arrival - Identify the Volunteers working the event as you may need their assistance.
Owners are responsible for their own pets throughout the event. Please be responsible and make sure your pets’ behavior is appropriate.
All animals must be spayed or neutered and be up-to-date with vaccinations.
We recommend the use of a flea/tick preventative during flea season. We are not responsible if your pet contracts fleas.
Please do not bring your pet if it is not in good overall health or if it has been ill with a communicable condition in the last 30 days.
We ask that ALL animals be friendly, well behaved, and non-aggressive.
Please pick up after your dog or notify a Volunteer if necessary.
Do not feed other pets without owner permission.
Thank you and have fun!
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Brews for Rescues Yappy Hour
When: Tue, Sep 7th, 2010 Time: 4:00PM--9:00PM
Digest: Tap House Drafts for ARF
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Drink a Beer. Help an Animal. Doesn’t get any Better! Come on out to the Tap House in Historic Tremont (with or without your pooch!) enjoy the patio and some frosty brews! The Taphouse will donate $1 of each purchased select beer of the night! Please makes sure to ask your server about the "Rescue Beer" so that your enjoyment goes towards helping the animals of ARF!
Tremont Tap House 2572 Scranton Road Cleveland, OH 44113 MAP IT
Download the Flyer ... The Tremont Tap House is a Beer Bar & Eatery featuring Modern American Food using Fresh, High Quality, Local Ingredients and Premium Craft Beer. Located in Tremont at the corner of Starkweather & Scranton. Easily accessible from 71, 77, 90, 176 & 490. For more info Call 216-298-4451 or 216-338-7906 or visit them On-Line
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Charity Cornhole Tourney
When: Sat, Sep 11th, 2010 Time: 3:00PM--6:00PM
Digest: Test Your Skills for ARF's animals
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The Strongsville Browns Backers presents The Third Annual Charity Cornhole Tournament - to Benefit the Berea Animal Rescue!!
Saturday, September 11th 2pm: Check-In Starts 3pm: Tourney starts
First to 21, Single Elimination Prizes Available!
Johnny Malloys- Strongsville 15323 Pearl Road Visit Johnny Malloys on-line for directions.
REGISTRATION INFO: $20 entry fee per team One Team per entry Mail in your registration (Download Event Flyer Registration Form) OR Register Day-Of (between 2-3pm)
Stop by the ARF Booth, at the corner East Bridge and Seminary entrance to Arts Fest!
The 20th annual festival will be held Sunday, September 12th on the banks of beautiful Coe Lake, situated in the heart of Berea.
All Berea Arts Fest sponsored activities are free, open to the public, and easily accessable. Over 300 community people participate as volunteers. The event has consistently drawn over 10,000 people at each event since 2002.
Berea Arts Fest, a one-day, invitational, multi-arts festival held in historic Berea, Ohio, is a non-profit, volunteer, 501(c)3 organization. The Mission Statement of the Berea Arts Fest, Inc. is to “encourage involvement” in the arts by sponsoring and promoting activities and opportunities which foster creativity and enhance appreciation of the arts.
Digest: Celebrate Style Mutt's Anniversary with ARF!
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Join ARF and celebrate Style Mutt - Dog Boutique, Daycare & Grooming's Three Year Anniversary!
Contests for doggie pride and prizes! Contests include: *Who can sit the longest *Who can do the most tricks *Best smile *Best kisser *Mutt with the most style!
Food and drink provided! Bring a lawn chair and have some fun!
Style Mutt 19512 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH 44116 Questions? Call Pam at Style Mutt - 440-409-0454 Check out Style Mutt ON-LINE
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Yoga: Downward Facing Dog
When: Sun, Sep 12th, 2010 Time: 1:00PM--2:00PM
Digest: for the Dogs……and the Cats
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Downward Facing Dog for the Dogs……and the Cats!
Sunday, September 12th, 2010: 1-2pm Yoga 101 101 Front Street Berea, Ohio 44017 MAP IT
Please join us in a celebration of movement, breath and love of animals.
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Community Class
All proceeds to benefit Berea Animal Rescue Fund
Pre registration is not required.
Cash donations gratefully accepted day of class.
Questions? Please E-mail or visit 101 Yoga's website
Namaste
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Dine at Applebee's for ARF!
When: Wed, Sep 15th, 2010 Time: 11:00AM--9:00PM
Digest: Great meal for a Great cause
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Come out to the Applebee's at Great Northern on Wed. Sept. 15th from 11am-9pm for dine in or carry out with a copy of the ARF Dining to Donate flyer (Download HERE) and 15% of your tab will go to help the animals of ARF!
Please don't forget to print and present the flyer to your Server or To Go Specailist!
What: ARF Day at Applebee's Great Northern When: Wednesday, Sept 15th Where: Applebee's Great Northern 5010 Great Northern Plaza, North North Olmsted, OH 44070
Thanks and enjoy!!
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Meet us at Moochies!
When: Sun, Sep 19th, 2010 Time: 1:00PM--3:00PM
Digest: Come mingle and shop
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Join ARF and our amazing adoptables for an afternoon at Moochies! Moochie and Company carries a wide assortment of unique pet related merchandise that your furry friends will LOVE! Who knows, with any luck you might even make a new furry friend to bring home soon!
Moochie & Company, Southpark Mall 276 Southpark Center Strongsville, OH 44136 (Lower level at new main entrance)
ARF is at Moochie's EVERY Third Sunday of the Month from 1-3 PM
Do you have a background in marketing, Public Relations, Promotions, IT, or graphics? Are you business savvy, creative, or outgoing?
or just plain love animals and interested in making a difference by effectively spreading the word about ARF and homeless animals??
If you said yes to any of these … You’re a PERFECT match for helping the shelter SHINE!!
Please join us ~ everyone’s welcomed!!
Monday, September 20th at 6:30pm
Mtg Room @ Panera 19705 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River 44116 (440) 331-0555
We’ll be talking about concepts and where we are with our goals for the year and beyond. Such as streamlining our current contact database record keeping, multi-media marketing, networking, humane ed/community outreach, developing comprehensive branded marketing package and special campaigns, to name a few.
If you cannot joins us, but are interested, would like to learn more, or have ideas, etc – please feel ABSOLUTELY free to contact me. Drom me an E-Mail. We look forward to hearing from you!
Juleen Russell
Berea ARF
Marketing / Public Relations Committee Chair
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Volunteer Orientation
When: Thu, Sep 23rd, 2010 Time: 6:30PM--7:30PM
Digest: Learn All About ARF!
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Come join Us for Our General Volunteer Orientation and Learn All About ARF!
Upcoming Orientations: September 23 (Thur) October 21 (Thur) November 17 (Wed) December 16 (Thur) January 13 (Fri)
6:30-7:30PM
Large Conference Room Berea Library 7 Berea Commons (Next to City Hall) Berea, OH 44017
Download/Print your registration/personal fundraising form HERE Please scroll down for more information on Individual Funrasing, including Q&A.
Would you like to look into business sponsorship opportunities, join the event vendor line up, or have general questions? Please E-Mail Jaime!
Get READY FOR ARF's 3rd Annual Monster Mutt Dash and Howl-O-Ween After Party, which brings two popular events together into one fun-filled day for pets and their people at Coe Lake Pavilion/Gazebo in Berea, behind City Hall.
The Monster Mutt Dash is a 5k race, coordinated by Hermes Cleveland, along with a shorter one-mile Fun Walk for people and their pooches who prefer a more casual pace.
The race will be followed by ARF’s annual Howl-O-Ween Party at 11am, a family-friendly Halloween party for both people and pets. The event is highlighted by a hilarious costume contest, along with various canine competitions including Musical Hoops, bobbing for weenies and a dress-your-dog t-shirt contest. Also featuring popular attractions like pictures with your pet, Mutt Medium pet fortune teller, games for kids, temporary tattoos, food, Pumpkin Bake-Off Contest, raffles and the opportunity to shop including unique pet-related products.
Joining us is Emcee Nancy Alden, host of the mid-day show on WDOK (102.1), and a local animal welfare activist.
Race participants can register online, by mail or in-person on the day of the race, beginning at 8:45 a.m.; the race begins promptly at 10:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION: Registrations are per person. Fees are the same for 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk.
• $20 / Pre-registering by Sept. 30, 2010 guarantees you an official Monster Mutt Dash t-shirt.
• $25 /Event Day Registration: Come to the Registration table between 8:45-9:45 am the day of the race. (race t-shirt not guaranteed)
5K RACE DIVISIONS Both Male and Female • 15 and under • 16-20 • 21-25 • 26-30 • 31-35 • 36-40 • 41-45 • 46-50 • 51-55 • 56-60 • 61 & Over • Wheelchair • Mutt with partner. The 1-Mile Fun Run is non-competitive.
Race participants receive an official long-sleeved Monster Mutt Dash t-shirt, a goody bag and post-race refreshments. The top 3 runners in 12 categories will be recognized. Incentive prizes are also available for runners who raise funds for ARF through sponsorships/pledges.
Please click HERE to check out our Event Gallery for a glimpse into the past two year of fun!
FUNDRAISING INFORMATION: Please show us your support! Your entry fee and fundraising efforts help Berea ARF continue to provide our services to the many homeless animals of the area. Your support really makes a difference!!!
Fundraising individuals receive the following awesome incentive gifts for their efforts: - Collect $75 and receive a Dog Leash & Poop Bag Dispenser! You helped feed 5 dogs & cats for a month! - Collect $150 and receive an Insulated Backpack Cooler & Reusable Grocery Tote, Dog Leash & Poop Bag Dispenser! You helped spay & neuter 3 animals! - Collect $ 300 and receive a Folding Camp Chair, Insulated Backpack Cooler, Reusable Grocery Tote, Dog Leash & Poop Bag Dispenser! You helped spay & neuter, micro-chip, and feed 4 animals!
HOW DO I GET STARTED? 1. Complete & submit registration form here or online at hermescleveland.com/roadracing/ 2. Get sponsors. It’s easy! Your family and friends will want to sponsor you with a single, generous, tax-deductible gift. 3. You can collect sponsors / funds in person with the printed forms and/or by credit card on line.
Q & A: HOW DO I ASK SOMEONE TO SPONSOR ME? Fill in your own pledge first and others will follow. Most people will want to support you. Just ask family, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, neighbors, teachers, students, customers, vendors... please use your address book! You may make more copies of the form for additional sponsors. DO I HAVE TO GET SPONSORS? No you do not, yet by doing so you will help many more homeless animals. I CAN'T BE THERE THAT DAY, CAN I STILL RAISE FUNDS? Yes! You can raise funds online or send your pledge form and funds in the mail. HOW CAN I MULTIPLY MY PLEDGES? Many corporations will match charitable contributions. Check with your employer! You may be able to double your pledges or more by taking advantage of this option.
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2011 Entertainment Books
Digest: Deals Galore!
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The 2011 Entertainment Books are here and are loaded with great coupons for restaurants, area retail establishments and lots of entertainment opportunities! Books are just $30.00 and packed with thousands of dollars worth of savings!!
By purchasing a book your through us a portion of the money will go to Berea Animal Rescue. You would be helping many animals in need!
Christmas is right around the corner and these make great stocking stuffers!! The Entertainment Books are filled with hundreds of 50% off and 2-for-1 discounts for things you do everyday.
You can save money on things around your neighborhood such as: Dining, Shopping, Movie Tickets, Groceries, Services, Travel, Attractions, Car Care and Home Furnishings
Don't live in Cleveland? Live out of state? That is okay too! You can order on-line and search the many cities across the country and the money will still go to Berea Animal Rescue!
You can order books two ways and help ARF raise funds:
Securely On-Line by clicking HERE. Enter the Group Number 760836 or search for Berea Animal Rescue. Shipping & Handling Charges apply. Scroll down for details.
Order through ARF by contacting Megan at 440-532-7318 or email. Bonus! If you order through ARF we will deliver to your resident/business in Berea, Strongsville, Olmsted Falls, Olmsted Township & Middleburg Heights!!
Please note that the cut off date for orders is December 11, with all funds due by December 15.
Thanks for your support!
What is the shipping charge? Shipping charges are as follows: • Standard, 10-14 Business Days ($5.00/item) • *Express, 5-7 Business Days ($7.49/item) • *Rush, 3-5 Business Days ($10.00/item) • **Overnight, 1-2 Business Days ($15.00/item) • International, 12-17 Business Days ($17.50) *Express and Rush Shipping (USA Only) **Overnight Shipping (USA Only) -- In order for items to arrive by the next business day, overnight orders must be placed by 12 noon EST. Periodically throughout the year, the entertainment book site will run specials on shipping that offer free standard shipping or free shipping on two or more books. Note: Shipping charges are applied for each item ordered. For example, if you order three of the Los Angeles editions (using the standard shipping rate) at $30 each for a total of $90, your total shipping charges would come to $15.00 ($5.00 x 3). Your total purchase price would be $105.00.
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ARF $100K Petfinder Shelter Challenge
Digest: Vote for ARF & Help Feed Animals Too!
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Help ARF win The Animal Rescue Site $100,000 Shelter Challenge — together with Petfinder.com!!
Participating is simple. You can cast one vote DAILY for ARF!
Please click the picture below to vote for Berea Animal Rescue every day!
The more votes we receive, the better our chances our of receiving one of the grants below to help our many cats and dogs!
Grand Prize: One $10,000 grant!
Honorable Mention: Three $3,000 grants!
State Winners*: Fifty-one $1,000 state grants (50 U.S. states and Washington D.C.)
Canadian Winners*: Two $1,000 grants will be awarded
International Winner*: Two $1,000 grants will be awarded.
Weekly Winners** We're doubling your chances for a weekly prize! Twenty-Six $1,000 grants will be awarded, two for each week of the Shelter+ Challenge.
Voting begins on January 18th, 2010, and ends at midnight (PST) on April 18th, 2010..The more friends you can rally to vote for ARF, the better our chances of winning!!!
Thanks from your furry friends at ARF!!
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Click HERE to give free food to rescues throughout the country. It's as simple as one click!
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About the Animal Rescue Site:
The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need — providing food for some of the 27 million unwanted animals given to shelters in the U.S. every year. Over 10 million animals are put to death every year in the U.S. alone because they are abandoned and unwanted.
Each click on the purple "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Animal Rescue Site provides food and care for a rescued animal living in a shelter or sanctuary. Funding for food and care is paid by site sponsors and distributed to animals in need at The Fund for Animals' renowned animal sanctuaries, pet shelters supported by the Petfinder Foundation, North Shore Animal League, and other worthy animal care facilities supported by the GreaterGood.org foundation.
100% of sponsor advertising fees goes to our charitable partners.
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Buy your next Car & Help ARF
Digest: Berea Auto Mall to donate to ARF on your purchase
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Purchase your pre-owned vehicle from Berea Auto Mall, and ARF receives a $150.00 donation from that sale!!
Car buyers must print out and bring this donation form(click here) with them at the time of purchase for ARF to receive donation.
Berea Auto Mall offers a three month warranty on their cars, and they keep an excellent inventory.
Berea Auto Mall: 776 N Rocky River Dr Berea, OH 44017 440-234-3500
ARF thanks the Berea Auto Mall and YOU for helping our many animals!!
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Cars For ARF
Digest: Donate your car to ARF
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Have an old car you don't know what to do with? Donate it to the Berea Animal Rescue, and all proceeds (less towing fees) will benefit the shelter! It doesn't matter what condition the car is in or whether it is operating or not—volunteer Dean Ollar will find a home for it!
If you have an old car you would like to donate, please contact Dean at 216-408-7777 or via email at dean@bestrex.com. If the vehicle does not need to be towed, it may be dropped off at Westide Auto Brokers, Inc., 20439 First Ave., Middleburg Hts. You must let Dean know the vehicle's proceeds are to be donated to the Berea Animal Rescue. Thanks, and we hope to see your 'ol junker soon!
If you are thinking about donating a car, please visit the following website: http://www.arfcars.com to connect to the website, then look for a link on the left-hand side of the home page titled "Donate Your Car".
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Cell Phone / Ink Cartridge Fundraiser
Digest: Calling All Dead Cellphones!
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Another great way to make a donation to the Berea Animal Rescue Fund is to give us your old cell phones, empty ink cartridges, and aluminum cans--and we'll turn them into cash to help the animals at the shelter! Just drop off your old, unwanted cell phones and empty ink cartridges any time at the shelter or Berea Post Office (no Epson inkjet cartridges please, as they have no print head). Aluminum cans may be dropped off at the shelter anytime -- there are collection bins behind the red barn.
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Custom Cement Pawprints
Digest: Honor your pet with a special tribute!
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Your pet is special—why not add a special touch to your favorite flowerbed, walkway or patio with a molded heart or paw print inscribed with your pet’s name? Or how about a short poem or beloved phrase using our “poetry stones”?
We now have wonderful “monogrammed” hearts, paw prints, and “poetry stones” to honor your pet whether your best friend is still with you or you wish to cherish a memory. Best of all, 100% of all proceeds go into special funds for animals with special medical needs or who need behavioral therapy.
The hearts measure 12” across - cost is $20.(see photo above)
The paw prints measure 9” across - cost is $8 with no inscription, $15 inscribed.(see photo above)
Each “poetry stone” can be inscribed with one word of any length for $4. Poetry stones containing only one or two letters, such as the words “am,” “I,” “or” and so on are free.
All orders must be pre-paid and please allow at least three weeks for orders to be completed. All orders must be picked up at the shelter. You will be notified when your order is ready.
Please click HERE to download and fill out your order forms.
Digest: Looking for a neat way to make a donation? Then consider sponsoring a cage for our rescued animals!
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Now you can sponsor a cage for our rescued dogs and cats for a three-month period for only $50! This is a great way to feel a more personal connection to the animals themselves, rather than making a conventional donation. All funds will go into our operating budget which pays for the cost of food, supplies, housing and health care. We will make up a nice sign with your name and sponsorship period and hang it on one of the cages you will be sponsoring. There may be one animal residing in that cage for the entire sponsorship quarter or several. This is due to adoptions or a need to switch animals from one cage to another. If you are interested in a longer sponsorship period, consider sponsoring one of our long-term special needs cats or just sign up for more than one quarter. Sponsorships also make great alternative gifts for the person who has everything! Please see our downloadable registration form for more details.
Please note: Many of our cats live in the "free-roaming" room and so do not have cages. In that case, the sponsor's name will be posted on a special sponsorship board in the shelter.
Please click here to download the adopt-a-cage form.
In celebration of the new Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamps, the Postal Service™, together with Ellen DeGeneres and Halo: Purely for Pets, is giving shelter pets around the country a First-Class Meal. During the launch of the stamps, Halo will be donating a million meals to animal shelters around the country.
Aluminum Cans • ARF collects aluminum cans in an ongoing recycling program.
We have two collection bin locations:
Berea ARF Shelter (Behind the Red Shed / Next to the Cat Building) 390 Barrett Road (Within the City of Berea's Maintence Lot) Berea, Ohio 44017 440.234.2034
We're not only looking for aluminum can donations - but also volunteers to help transport them from the ARF Shelter to our local recycling center. Your efforts help raise thousands of dollars for the shelter annually!
