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From: Spay & Neuter Kansas City – snkcnews[at] snkc.net
Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Subject: Low Cost Vaccination Clinic!

SAVE THE DATE!!!
November 8th, 2008

Please forward to your friends, family and co-workers!

Proceeds from vaccinations clinics help more animals in our community.

SNKC
PO Box 410303
KC, MO 64141

816-353-0940

www.snkc.net

Low Cost Pet Vaccination Clinic!

Spay and Neuter Kansas City is hosting a drive thru low cost rabies/microchip clinic on

Saturday, November 8th, 2008
6817 Stadium Drive
Kansas City, MO 64129
10am to 12pm.

Rabies vaccinations are only $10 and Microchip Identification Chips are only $15. KCMO Pet Licensing will also be available at this clinic. Licenses are $12 for altered pets.

Volunteer Help Needed!

If you can help with the upcoming vaccination clinic at our new clinic please email Jennifer Shive at jshive [at] sbcglobal.net

We need help with administration, traffic control, issuing tags and veterinary assistance.

Email Marketing by
Spay & Neuter Kansas City | 3710 Main Street | Kansas City | MO | 64111

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Sorry for the late notice – the ImagineKC kickoff meeting is tomorrow – but even if you can’t attend, check out the links below to find out how you can participate in making Kansas City a greener place in the long term.

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From: bridgingthegap.org
To: kcfreecycle-owner [at] yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: Bridging the Gap and ImagineKC: Tell Us How to Make the Region Healthier and Sustainable for our Future

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Bridging The Gap is partnering in a broad public input project on how we can make our region healthier and sustainable for our future.

And you’re invited to join in the conversation about where we can go from here. There will be additional public meetings in the Fall and Spring leading to a live KCPT Town Hall presentation on Earth Day, April 22, 2009.

Follow the links below to find out how you can help Imagine KC and join the conversation.

Creating a sustainable Kansas City region, one idea at a time

We have the forum – you have the answers

Let’s talk about sustainability: making our region and its resources work for us and for future generations. How do we get from where we are today to a sustainable future?

You’re invited to participate in the kickoff event Saturday, Oct. 11, for a community engagement project that will shape our region’s future.

* Help Imagine KC

* Join the Conversation

Join Us

Saturday, Oct. 11
9 AM – 12:30 PM

MID-AMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL
600 BROADWAY ST., STE 200
KANSAS CITY, MO

You lay the foundation. You determine what issues will be discussed. You lead and/or participate in the discussions. RVSP for this event, get directions or learn more.

Imagine KC is a partnership among One KC Voice, Mid-America Regional Council, Bridging The Gap, Regional Transit Alliance, University of Kansas, and KCPT (Kansas City Public Television). Learn more about the regional, seven-month-long community engagement project online.

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From: Jim French, Oxfam America
Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Subject: Join Me for a Very Special Event in Kansas City

I am writing today to invite you to a very special event, The Human Face of Climate Change: A Sisters on the Planet Event. On Friday, Oct. 3, Oxfam America welcomes to Kansas City, MO, two women who truly represent the human face of climate change. These women will inspire you, as they’ve inspired me, to join the fight against climate change.

Mrs. Woré Gana Seck from Dakar, Senegal, and Sharon Hanshaw, of Biloxi, MS, will be with us to discuss the impacts of global warming on their regions and outline the policies needed to build communitywide resilience to climate change, reduce gender inequality, and help overcome poverty.

The Human Face of Climate Change event details:

* Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
* Reception at 6 p.m. and the Program runs from 7-9 p.m.
* Truman Forum, Plaza Branch, Kansas City Public Library
* 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, MO

For more information go to www.kclibrary.org/event/2008/ or email me at jfrench [at] oxfamamerica.org.

I hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Jim French
Oxfam America

Bios:

Mrs. Woré Gana Seck is the director of Green Senegal and president of CONGAD, a consortium of 160 national and international nongovernmental organizations. Seck will speak on the increasing impact of climate change on the lives of families in rural West Africa. Her organizations focus on creating resilient and sustainable rural communities in Senegal.

Sharon Hanshaw, executive director of Coastal Women for Change, is the national ambassador for the Sisters on the Planet initiative. Hanshaw’s organization has been integral in the rebuilding process following Hurricane Katrina. Her current work centers on creating a broad infrastructure that will help communities in the Gulf Coast better prepare for and respond to climate disasters.

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FYI…

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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Subject: Next Wednesday Is Last Chance to Oppose New Kansas City Nuclear Weapons Plant

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Public Hearing: Oppose a New Nuclear Weapons Plant in Kansas City

Make Your Voice Heard — October 1

Last Chance for the Public to Oppose $40 Million in Tax Money for a New Nuclear Weapons Plant in Kansas City

Wednesday, October 1
1:30 P.M.

Planning & Zoning Committee Meeting
26th Floor, Council Chambers
City Hall, 414 E. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO 64106

If you believe that a subsidy for a nuclear weapons production plant is contrary to the stated purpose of using tax breaks to improve the quality of human life, tell the Mayor and City Council you want green jobs, not WMDs, for a sustainable Kansas City! City officials should be pushing for needed cleanup and economic development at the old plant instead of pushing for a new nuclear weapons production plant.

The agenda will be available at www.kcmo.org on Friday, Sept 26. Arrive at the hearing 10 minutes early to sign in on the cards provided by the city for the record. It’s not known exactly what time the proposal will be discussed that afternoon. The hearing will be broadcast on local tv on Channel 2.

If you can’t make the hearing, you can email comments to the Mayor and City Council members beforehand at www.nukewatch.org/KCNukePlant/index.html.

For more information, contact Ann Suellentrop at annsuellen@gmail.com, or check for more information at www.nukewatch.org.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation | PMB 121, | 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1 | Santa Barbara | CA | 93108

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The state primaries in both Kansas and Missouri will be held this Tuesday, August 5 – so don’t forget to vote, freecyclers!

You can find out more about the Kansas primaries here:

www.kssos.org/elections/elections.html

And the Missouri primaries here:

www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2008primary/

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Howdy y’all. I’m passing along this request from a KC Freecycle member who needs a pup or two to photograph for a fundraiser. She’s a member of the KC Clay Guild and is sculpting a piece for Greater KC Humane Society’s upcoming Art Unleashed auction on August 22. Details below.

If you can help, email Kelly at littlesilvertrout [at] yahoo.com.

Please and thank you.

6/22/08: Wanted: puppy to photograph for a charitable cause: Shawnee

I am a member of the KC Clay Guild (www.kcclayguild.org) and we are working on a group-project to donate to Art Unleashed (www.hsgkc.org/eventspage.html click on the “Art Unleashed” tab for more information. My donation last year is the yellow dog with big ears in the bottom right picture).

I need a smooth-coated puppy, such as a Weimaraner, Pointer, Doberman, Hound etc. to photograph so I have figure studies to work from. This will be a sculptural piece. Mixed breeds would be fine as well, just not any of the domed-headed toy breeds. I’m looking for a puppy in the six to twelve week age range that still looks “babyish”

I hope to find someone reasonably close to downtown Shawnee who would be willing to give me about thirty minutes of time in which to photograph their puppy. I would be willing to meet at your house or in a public park if you prefer.

Last year combined KC Clay Guild member donations to this event raised $1105.00 for the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City. This year we want to top that.

Thanks for considering my request,

Kelly Walsh
Publicity coordinator
KC Clay Guild

Updated 7/4/08 to add:

Someone did see my request and let me photograph her puggle puppies. The piece is nearing completion. I’ll send a photograph if you would like to see it. There is always an element of risk when firing ceramics, so I want to do a few more similar pieces as back-up and would like more photographs to work from.

As usually happens, I thought I had all of the shots I wanted, but once I got into it I wished I had more. It would be great if you could post my request on your blog!

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Meet author Jana Kohl and Baby June 25 in Kansas City.

Jana Kohl’s new book, A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere, will lift the curtain to show the evils of puppy mills. But the book, published by Fireside/Simon & Schuster, is also a celebration of one very small survivor — a three-legged poodle, and former puppy mill breeding dog, named Baby. In addition to important information about puppy mills and adoption, the book is filled with more than 60 heartwarming photos of Baby with some of her high-profile fans, including film and television stars, politicians from both sides of the aisle, sports figures, and cultural icons. And I was honored to write the introduction to the book.

Baby’s Rare Breed of Love Road Trip is visiting more than 20 cities across America to encourage rescue adoptions, raise awareness about puppy mills, and help promote the welfare of all animals. Jana and Baby are coming to your area soon. Please come to meet them at this book signing event.

June 25, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Rainy Day Books, Inc.
2706 W. 53rd Street
Fairway, KS 66205
913-384-3126

Thanks for supporting Jana, Baby, and the animals!

Sincerely,

Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

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And since Dr. Stephen Colbert, DFA is just as refreshing as the wet stuff (and also due in no small part to the crazy amount of yard work I have to do today), I’ll let him give you the lowdown on WWD. Here are all five segments of Thursday’s Colbert Report Special ReporT, “Watershift Down: Getting the Sea Monkey off America’s Aqua-Back.”

If you’d like to learn more about World Water Day (this year’s theme: Sanitation), check out www.worldwaterday.org and www.worldwaterday.net. Also, you can read more about the awesome Dean Kamen here. (If you only watch one clip, make it Stephen’s interview with Dean, which is the fourth one down below.)

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Today, Kansas City Freecycle is proud to be one of fifteen thousand (!) blogs participating in Blog Action Day, a blogswarm to bring attention to environmental issues.

You can participate in one of three ways:

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future.

Blog Action Day is about MASS participation. That means we need you! Here are 3 ways to participate:

* Post on your blog relating to the environment on Blog Action Day
* Donate your day’s earnings to an environmental charity
* Promote Blog Action Day around the web

‘Course, since we’re all about green and free here at KCF, I’d also like to suggest freecycling as your enviro action of the day! Or, spread the Freecycle word to your friends, family, co-workers, heck, even your friendly Price Chopper cashier. It’s free, it’s easy, and it’s totally green.

Want more ideas? Go! Browse! Now!

Feel free to leave your favorite green suggestion in the comments.

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