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2009.07.17

Sip a little vino, help a few pets

As as I have written many times before, two of my passions in life are good wine and happy pets. I consider myself blessed beyond measure to have plenty of both in my life.

The Wine Gourmet, a local purveyor of fine spirits populated with pet lovers, has chosen the Roanoke Valley SPCA as its charity of the quarter. This is a wine-win situation.

From now until September, $1 of the price of each bottle of Rabid Red, a blend of Cabernet sauvignon and petite syrah, and Rock Rabbit, a sauvignon blanc, will be donated to the RVSPCA to help homeless pets.

The red wine is described as full-bodied and a good pair for steaks, while the white is recommended for cool sipping on a hot summer day. The shop will be sampling both of the California wines tomorrow from noon until 5 p.m.

Posted at 10:23 by Nona Nelson | Category: Random tails | 1 Comment

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  1. Good wine and happy pets! No wonder I love you Nona! :)

    Comment by DivaDog — July 17, 2009 @ 12:46 pm

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The Happy Wag blog is a resource for pet parents in the Roanoke Valley, a local community forum of news and information about pets. Newsroom manager Nona Nelson's family includes four pets: retired racing greyhounds Dexter and Coral and former stray cats Thai and India. Read more about Nona and this blog

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Foster homes for the holidays

The Roanoke Valley SPCA is participating in the national “Foster A Lonely Pet For the Holidays” pet fostering program.

Over 13,000 pet rescue organizations nationwide are trying to empty the kennels for Christmas, encouraging families to open their home for the holidays to an adoptable pet waiting for a forever home.

Fostered pets can be picked up between December 18-23, and can be returned to the RVSPCA between December 30-January 2.

The RVSPCA will provide all needed supplies and support to the temporary families. You can view all of the pets online at www.rvspca.org, or visit the shelter to meet them.  The goal is to have each of these pets into a home by noon on December 23.

Ann Marie Sweeney, foster coordinator for the RVSPCA, will answer questions about the program for people interested in making this Christmas a happy holiday for a pet in need.  Contact Sweeney at 344-4840, ext. 208 or e-mail asweeney@rvspca.org.