February Toy Drive News!

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We are so excited to tell you all about our February toy drive! It will be our first national toy drive, which means it will give everyone a chance to contribute, not only Austinites who are able to stop by the toy drive locations! It is also kind of scary, because we are counting on all of you to mail in new or gently used toys. This drive will benefit the animals of Haiti; specifically the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH). This coalition was formed by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). According to their website, their teams will be working in Haiti out of a mobile clinic donated by the Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society. WSPA and IFAW have pledged funds to fully outfit this mobile clinic. We have been looking for a way to help the displaced animals of Haiti, so we were excited to find out about this organization. For more information, please visit their website here. Our partner in this event are our friends at www.dogtipper.com, who are helping to promote this event. They have a great website full of tips for dog lovers, by dog lovers. Click here to see a posting they did about the toy drive. A million thanks to DogTipper for all their help!

To participate in the toy drive, please mail a new or gently used toy to:

Teeny's Friends, 11203 RR 2222 #1502, Austin, Tx 78730

At the end of the month, we will put together a care package and mail it in to the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti. We really hope everyone will contribute- these animals deserve a little fun now more than ever! If you don't want to mail a toy but want to help, another option is to buy a Teeny's Friends 1-fur-1 tug toy. When you buy one, we donate one. All donated toys generated from the purchase of our toy will also be donated to ARCH. You could help the animals of Haiti and get a new toy for your pooch at the same time! Links to purchase a 1-fur-1 tug toy are on the left-hand side of our home page.

And as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email us at katysknox@yahoo.com!