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Remembering Aileen Hurley
Aileen Hurley was a very special woman. She was an NYPD detective. She loved animals. She was smart, friendly, vibrant, fun, had a terrific husband and many wonderful friends. Aileen died in October of...
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Of grief and redemption
I’m supposed to be working on my monthly update right now but my heart it isn’t it. I can’t seem to concentrate on it and I was sitting here looking at the blank page and trying to figure out why. I...
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Camp Tyler
Camp Tyler Dedication Thank you to everyone that came to the Camp Tyler Dedication and made it such a success. It was a beautiful, and poignant day. We hope that you all enjoyed yourselves, were...
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Kameron Jacobsen Youth Award & Memorial Garden
This year at the Pets Alive Annual Fur Ball (our most important fundraiser of the year), we awarded the very first annual Kameron Jacobsen Youth Award. The award was in honor of 14 year old, Kam, who...
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Pets Alive Annual Starfish award: Recipient – John Sibley
Each year Pets Alive bestows our “Starfish Award”. The “starfish” award is so named because of an old parable: One day, an old man was walking along a beach that was littered with thousands of...
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Kameron Jacobsen award recipient – Andrew Solimeno
Kameron Jacobsen was a 14 year old boy with a very loving and gentle nature. He was kind, giving, and generous. He volunteered with his family at Pets Alive, and had a special bond with animals – his...
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In Honor of Butchie
(Written by Jen Taylor, Executive Director of Pets Alive Westchester) I don’t typically write many blogs or personal view points. I am fortunate enough to have some of the most amazing animal welfare...
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How Mikey found love
(Written by Pets Alive volunteer Monika Roosa) Earlier this Spring, I had heard about a Rottweiler that was brought in to Pets Alive by the police a few nights before. He had been brought in on a snare...
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Goodbye my friend….R.I.P. Patrick Whitacre
Today at Pets Alive, we lost our canine behaviorist. Today I lost one of my closest friends. Today the dogs of the world lost an amazing advocate. I’ve started and stopped this blog a dozen times...
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Spencer Roveto presented with the Kameron Jacobsen Award at the Pets Alive...
The Kameron Jacobsen Award: Spencer Roveto Kameron Jacobsen was a 14 year old boy with a very loving and gentle nature. He was kind, giving, and generous. He volunteered with his family at Pets Alive...
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Dottsie Perez awarded VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR award at the Pets Alive 2013 Fur...
Dottsie Perez is someone that you meet once and you don’t forget. We have all witnessed again and again a woman that doesn’t ever stop doing all she can to help find animals homes. Dottsie took on the...
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Dr. Paul Johnson awarded Starfish Award at the Pets Alive 2013 Fur Ball
The Starfish Award: Paul Johnson DVM Each year Pets Alive bestows our “Starfish Award”. The “starfish” award is so named because of an old parable: One day, an old man was walking along a beach that...
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