Critter Camp news 7-2-08

[Beth Randall]

Critter Camp News 6-30-08 Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary caring for over 200 critters, comprised of 30 different species! The only animal sanctuary of its kind in the U.S. and possibly the world!! www.crittercamp.biz

Critter Camp entered the Stateline FastPitch Competition 2008 http://www.rrvec.com/fastpitchcomp.asp & http://www.statelinebusiness.com/608/entr6.htm

and was selected as one of 12 finalists out of 63 entries! (Video of the finalists is supposed to be posted soon on their site) We pitched our proposed GREEN Sanctuary building to a group of over 100 area business people on Tuesday June 24. Read our pitch here: http://www.crittercamp.biz/FastPitch.html

Hopefully there was just the right investor in the audience!!! ********************************************

Critter Camp had a great time at the Freeport Pretzel Festival on Sat. June 28! http://www.fhn.org/Calendar.asp?ID=3723

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Welcome our newest Critters: Hedges the hedgehog & Ari, Raz, Buddy & Buster the ferrets Ari, Raz & Buster have adrenal disease, and Buddy had a stroke ** Thanks so much to SOS Support Our Shelters http://www.supportourshelters.org/

For their help with the ferret portion of our vet bill !!!!! **********************************************

Our newest fennec fox, Gizmo, is taming down really fast! We can hold him already & he has been exploring all over :)

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We are currently not able to accept the following pets because we are at capacity in their enclosures: Rabbits Guinea Pigs Ferrets Iguanas Once we have built our proposed sanctuary we will be able to take these types in again. We do still have room for all other exotic pets. We will have young and baby gerbils available for adoption soon too! Email or call for details! *****************************************

Planning to schedule a tour? Please note: We are all booked up on the weekends through September!! We do have some weekdays available in August yet, so call soon & plan ahead!! *******************************************************

Have you been planning to donate but just haven't gotten around to it? Well, do it now!!!! Go to PayPal or Network for Good & give what you can! No donation is too small, (or too large, for that matter! :) **********************************************************************

The deadline is fast approaching to nominate your favorite Animal Hero! The winner gets $10,000 donated to their animal charity, and a trip for 2!! And the nominator gets $1,000!!!! So fill out the form now!!!!! http://animal.discovery.com/sweepstakes/hero/2008/entryform.html

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Animal Help has extended Critter Camp as the One Dollar One Month One Shelter Campaign recipient to the end of June!!! So spread the word! We can still make this go "viral"!! For just one little dollar per person! Really!!! Send the site out to everyone you know! http://shelters.animalhelp.com/

Tomorrow is the last day!!!!!

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Save the dates: We will have a table with a few critters at German Valley Days Friday July 18 (5-8) & Sat. July 19 11-1 & 3-7 We will also have a table with some critters at the Stephenson County Convention and Visitors Bureau Information Center on Rte 20 on Friday Aug 8 from 2-6pm http://www.stephenson-county-il.org/index2.html

************************************************************************************************* See our latest videos!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/CritterCampMom

and cute pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crittercampmom/

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Have you sent in your monthly or annual sponsorship yet?? Please do so now! Critter Camp has vet and insurance bills to pay asap!!! Thanks!! ************************************************************

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