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YOUR PETS
Pet rescue ensures ‘no paws’ are left behind
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ome people spend their lives wondering when “someone” is going to do something to help the homeless pets of Kern County. Then there are people like Teresa Walker, who established No Paws Left Behind Rescue and Transport, a nonprofit organization that pulls pets out of local shelters and transports them to northern California to waiting rescues. Asked why she has chosen this action to help save pets, Walker said, “I volunteered at the SPCA and worked with two local rescues working to save Kern County shelter dogs. I wasn’t happy with the number of animals I was able to foster, spay/neuter, provide medical care and find loving homes for. The need is so great, and I felt I was not making a difference. I decided transporting Kern animals to established rescues would allow me to save a larger number of them.” Thus, No Paws Left Behind was formed. The organization transports pets from Kern County Animal Control as well as shelters in Shafter, Wasco and Delano to established rescues in northern California such as Big Dog Rescue, Wing and a Prayer Rescue, Second Chance Cocker Rescue, Noah’s B’Ark Rescue and the Milo Foundation, just to name a few. No Paws also provides regular transportation for Woods
humane Society in San Luis Obispo. To date, over 200 cats and dogs have been pulled from local shelters and driven up north where they may live in a safe and loving environment while awaiting their forever home. All rescued pets are spayed or neutered before being adopted and receive medical care if necessary. Every rescue transport is coordinated between the shelters Pet columnist holding the pets, the rescues accepting the pets and the people with No Paws who are doing the driving. Before each transport, the van used by No Paws has to be cleaned and sanitized, as well as all of the kennels used to hold the animals during the drive. This in itself is an all day process. On transport day, the entire trip from Kern County to the Bay Area and back, typically with several stops along the way, takes
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approximately 15 hours. Each trip carries around 35-40 animals, though No Paws has transported as many as 54 in one outing. No Paws utilizes a 12-passenger cargo van that has had the seats removed to make room for the kennels needed to secure the animals for their journey. When asked about the hardest aspect of coordinating the rescue transports, Walker answered, “Making sure everyone is where they need to be, when they need to be there, so things run smoothly.” All of the work No Paws does to secure new homes for shelter pets is done at no charge to the shelters or rescue groups. The organization relies on donations to its 501(c)3 organization to cover the cost of gas, which typically runs $190 for each round trip. Interested in lending No Paws Left Behind Rescue and Transport a hand? Head to their website at: www.nopawsleftbehindrescue.org and make a donation towards their next journey. For the cost of a cup of coffee, you can get homeless pets one gallon of gas closer to a forever home. Not getting enough of Paw Print City Times here? Head over to my website at: www.pawprintcitytimes.com or join me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pawprintcitytimes.
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Volunteers Joan Dunham and Cindy Neal standing near the van doors, securing pets for their transport to Northern California.
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Volunteer find helping good for the heart and soul
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Teams walk to raise money to provide patient services and help to people who suffer from Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS.
‘Get in step’ to fight ALS BY LORNA AND MICHAEL MCWILLIAMS Community contributor
he Eighth annual "Walk to Defeat ALS" will be held Saturday, October 1, at the Park at River Walk in Bakersfield. The Walk will help raise money for local patient services and increase awareness of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, in Kern County. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with ALS, then this walk will allow you to get more information and meet others with this progressive disease. Over the past seven years, the Bakersfield community has contributed over $630,000 making the Bakersfield Walk one of the most successful events for the Golden West Chapter of the ALS Association. This success is the result of countless people in our community working hard to improve the lives of those afflicted with ALS. The biggest thrill is seeing all those people, friends and strangers alike, parading around the park in support of our cause. Once again, we call upon the can-do spirit of our community to help those in need. The ALS Association has been there to help Kern County ALS patients and their families through their most difficult times — from finding doctors to obtaining medical equipment, or providing a sympathetic
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ear. The Walk has helped the ALS Association provide the following services for Kern County: Locate and provide services for nearly 50 percent of ALS patients in Kern County; Hire a Kern County case manager; Monthly support group meetings; Open a center for ALS Care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Sponsor an annual "Ask the Experts" seminars; and, Created local equipment loan pool. Walk registration begins at 8 a.m. and is followed by a 3-mile walk around the park. Sponsorship opportunities are available, and we are forming teams of walkers now. If this disease has affected your family or you know of someone who has ALS, please consider walking in their honor or memory. Visit www.walkgla.alsa.org (Kern County Walk) for information on donating, volunteering, or forming a walking team. You may also contact Stacy Inman or Michael Gagner at 664-1226 or 636-4841. Get in step to fight ALS!
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YOUR ENTERTAINMENT BY PHILLIP SCOTT
Local student helps minister in Guatemalan villages
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Michael Kaeshammer opens new concert season
YOUR SCHOOL COURTESY OF POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY shley Holmes of Bakersfield recently returned from Guatemala, where a group of Point Loma Nazarene University students was invited to put on vacation Bible schools in several villages, paint, help with construction projects, and partner with churches, pastors, and leaders who are ministering to the physical and spiritual needs of their communities. Holmes and the team assisted in organizing a large youth leadership conference in the city of Cobán. Hundreds of youth, leaders, and pastors came to the conference to be equipped to serve their churches and communities. From there, the team traveled to a more remote village outside Cobán to help pour concrete for a basketball court at a local seminary. They
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also taught many of the children in the village about dental hygiene, giving out toothbrushes and toothpaste. That night, the team screened the Jesus film to a packed church. In the small village of Chichicastenango, the group mixed and poured concrete for a new room at a local church as well as installed plumbing for a muchneeded bathroom. The team also made time for recreation, playing heated matches of soccer, or chamusca, with at nearly every village they visited. Other LoveWorks teams from PLNU served in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, El Salvador, Jamaica, Rwanda, and Ukraine.
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ritically acclaimed Canadian pianist/vocalist Michael Kaeshammer and his sextet featuring bassist Marc Rogers and drummer Larnell Lewis will open the new Bakersfield Community Concert Association Season at the Rabobank Theater showcasing material from his new self-titled album Monday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. Dubbed a “young star” by the Boston Phoenix and “Canada’s boogie woogie king” by Metro Canada, Kaeshammer’s superior instrumental skills and highly animated performing style have been thrilling audiences since his debut as a teen prodigy in the late ’90s. Kaeshammer began his career as a solo pianist in his native Germany, but has since expanded his artistry to showcase his warm, commanding vocals and, more recently, original compositions. To learn more about Kaeshammer go to: www.bak-
ersfieldvoice.com/content/michael-kaeshammer-opens-new-bcca-season-sept26. The Bakersfield Community Concert Association is getting set for its new series of concerts for the 2011-2012 season. Eight new concerts are now lined up for Kaeshammer this new season and tickets are now available. Concerts start at 7:30 p.m. each scheduled night at the Rabobank Theater at 1001 Truxtun Ave. Matinees start at 3 p.m. on Sundays. Doors open one hour before concert time. Season tickets for BCCA are $60 for adults, $30 for full-time college students, and $20 for students through high school. Visit www.bakersfieldcca.org for more information on purchasing tickets or call 589-2478. Like BCCA on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/bfldcca.
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