{"id":14080,"date":"2019-12-20T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=14080"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:52:59","slug":"bringing-cheer-to-shelter-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=14080","title":{"rendered":"Brightening Christmas for Shelter Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Noella Noelophile\u00a0\u00ae\"Community<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n

What does your<\/em> Christmas sound like?\u00a0 Ours contains quite a few woofs and meows.<\/p>\n

And we’re looking forward to that happening again, tomorrow, December 21st.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow at noon, in Long Beach, nonprofit Community Action Team<\/a> visits four animal shelters, for “Operation Santa Paws”<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 And you’re invited to be a part of this!<\/p>\n

Since 2001, community activist Justin Rudd has been organizing this annual event.\u00a0\u00a0 From the start of December, selected locations collect pet food, treats and various other items to donate to shelters.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, on the Saturday before Christmas, volunteers show up bringing toys and treats.\u00a0 Everyone gets a chance to visit with abandoned and abused dogs and cats in Long Beach Animal Care Services, Long Beach spcaLA, Seal Beach Animal Care Center, and Orange County Animal Care Services, in Tustin.<\/p>\n

There’s the opportunity to pet and play with selected animals in the shelters.\u00a0 Participants can feed one or two treats to the dogs, as well.<\/p>\n

However, temptation is waiting to stick out a paw and mieuw or whimper.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"white<\/a>We seem to fall in love about three times, every time we participate in “Operation Santa Paws”.\u00a0 Last year, a gorgeous Russian blue cat purred his way over to me and flopped on the floor, giving himself up completely to the pleasure of being petted and having his chin scratched.<\/p>\n

\"Cat<\/a><\/p>\n

(If we didn’t already have two feline family members who would literally have had “hissy fits” at the sight of another cat–!\u00a0 Thank goodness Seal Beach Animal Care Center, where he was living, is a no-kill shelter.\u00a0 I doubt we’ll see him this year; his sweet temper probably led to his getting a forever home and some devoted new pet humans for Christmas.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Would you like to add a lot of love to your Christmas celebration?\u00a0 Plan on joining Justin Rudd and the volunteers at noon tomorrow, as the twentieth edition of Long Beach’s “Operation Santa Paws” gets started, or at any of the locations and times listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And please consider bringing some treats or gifts for the pets waiting for their new homes?\u00a0 Here’s a link to the wish list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nonprofit 501 c3 Community Action Team hosts Long Beach’s twentieth “Operation Santa Paws” starting Saturday, December 21st at Long Beach Animal Care Services, 7700 East Spring Street, at the 605 Freeway.\u00a0 Subsequent stops are: Long Beach SPCALA, 7700 East Spring Street, 12:15 pm; Seal Beach Animal Care Services, 1700 Adolfo Lopez Drive (just off Seal Beach Boulevard), Seal Beach, 1:00 pm; and Orange County Animal Care Services, 1630 Victory Road (southeast of Red Hill Avenue), Tustin.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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