Thursday, March 27, 2008
Get Ready for your New Pet Calendars
It is already that time of year again and the Houston Astros are gearing up for their 2009 Pet Calendar. Here is the press release with more information.
HOUSTON ASTROS HELP “STRIKE-OUT”
PET OVERPOPULATION
Photoshoot for 2009 Astros Player & Pet Calendar will take place on April 21, 2008
HOUSTON, Texas, March 26, 2008 – Next month, a whole team of professional athletes will come together to promote kindness to animals, pet adoption and the importance of spay/neuter. For the third consecutive year, the Houston Astros will help “strike-out” pet overpopulation by producing a 14-month Astros Player & Pet Calendar! Petco and the Petco Foundation have joined the team and will sell calendars in all of their Houston and Austin area stores, and the Houston Humane Society (HHS) will be the beneficiary of the proceeds.
On Monday, April 21, 2008 Astros players and pets will be on hand at Minute Maid Park for a photoshoot with well-known Houston photographer Evin Thayer, who is donating his time for the project. Players will be posing with their own pets and with homeless animals from the Houston Humane Society. Media is welcome beginning at 1 pm CT and should use the media entrance on Texas Avenue .
Astros Pitcher Dave Borkowski started the project to raise critical funds and awareness for Houston ’s homeless animals. He says, “My wife, Jill, and I have three adopted pets so pet adoption and spay/neuter are very important to us. We hope the Astros Player and Pet Calendar will be a great fundraiser for the Houston Humane Society, we hope it will bring attention to the wonderful animals available for adoption and we hope it will be a great educational tool.”
The Houston Humane Society is a non-profit animal shelter dedicated to eliminating cruelty, abuse and the overpopulation of animals. HHS receives no federal, state, or local funds and relies solely on donations, special events and fundraisers like the Astros Player & Pet Calendar to care for the animals and fund programs. HHS provides a wide variety of animal welfare services to Houston area residents and pets including pet adoptions, humane education and Houston 's only $30 spay/neuter clinic for the general public.
The Houston Astros also remain committed to helping the community. The Astros in Action Foundation sponsors a number of community events during the course of the year. In 2007 alone, the Foundation held the following events: Astros Race for the Pennant, Astros Spring Training Week of Caring, Astros Wives Charity Softball Game, baseball clinics at Boys & Girls Clubs, Fielder’s Choice School Visits, Impact a Hero Day, Literacy Day at the Ballpark, Prostate Cancer Awareness Day, Stroke Awareness Day, the Astros Wives Gala benefiting the Houston Area Women’s Center and more.
The 2009 Astros Player & Pet Calendar will be available early this fall at all Houston and Austin area Petco stores, The Astros Team Store in Minute Maid Park , the ballpark souvenir stores in Corpus Christi and Round Rock and at www.houstonhumane.org.
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If you are interested in adopting one of the homeless animals featured in the 2009 Astros Player & Pet Calendar, please contact the Houston Humane Society at 713-433-6421, visit www.houstonhumane.org or stop in to the shelter – open seven days a week! – at 14700 Almeda Road .
HOUSTON ASTROS HELP “STRIKE-OUT”
PET OVERPOPULATION
Photoshoot for 2009 Astros Player & Pet Calendar will take place on April 21, 2008
HOUSTON, Texas, March 26, 2008 – Next month, a whole team of professional athletes will come together to promote kindness to animals, pet adoption and the importance of spay/neuter. For the third consecutive year, the Houston Astros will help “strike-out” pet overpopulation by producing a 14-month Astros Player & Pet Calendar! Petco and the Petco Foundation have joined the team and will sell calendars in all of their Houston and Austin area stores, and the Houston Humane Society (HHS) will be the beneficiary of the proceeds.
On Monday, April 21, 2008 Astros players and pets will be on hand at Minute Maid Park for a photoshoot with well-known Houston photographer Evin Thayer, who is donating his time for the project. Players will be posing with their own pets and with homeless animals from the Houston Humane Society. Media is welcome beginning at 1 pm CT and should use the media entrance on Texas Avenue .
Astros Pitcher Dave Borkowski started the project to raise critical funds and awareness for Houston ’s homeless animals. He says, “My wife, Jill, and I have three adopted pets so pet adoption and spay/neuter are very important to us. We hope the Astros Player and Pet Calendar will be a great fundraiser for the Houston Humane Society, we hope it will bring attention to the wonderful animals available for adoption and we hope it will be a great educational tool.”
The Houston Humane Society is a non-profit animal shelter dedicated to eliminating cruelty, abuse and the overpopulation of animals. HHS receives no federal, state, or local funds and relies solely on donations, special events and fundraisers like the Astros Player & Pet Calendar to care for the animals and fund programs. HHS provides a wide variety of animal welfare services to Houston area residents and pets including pet adoptions, humane education and Houston 's only $30 spay/neuter clinic for the general public.
The Houston Astros also remain committed to helping the community. The Astros in Action Foundation sponsors a number of community events during the course of the year. In 2007 alone, the Foundation held the following events: Astros Race for the Pennant, Astros Spring Training Week of Caring, Astros Wives Charity Softball Game, baseball clinics at Boys & Girls Clubs, Fielder’s Choice School Visits, Impact a Hero Day, Literacy Day at the Ballpark, Prostate Cancer Awareness Day, Stroke Awareness Day, the Astros Wives Gala benefiting the Houston Area Women’s Center and more.
The 2009 Astros Player & Pet Calendar will be available early this fall at all Houston and Austin area Petco stores, The Astros Team Store in Minute Maid Park , the ballpark souvenir stores in Corpus Christi and Round Rock and at www.houstonhumane.org.
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If you are interested in adopting one of the homeless animals featured in the 2009 Astros Player & Pet Calendar, please contact the Houston Humane Society at 713-433-6421, visit www.houstonhumane.org or stop in to the shelter – open seven days a week! – at 14700 Almeda Road .
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