CARE Adoption Days

PETsMART San Juan Capistrano
  Cats - Every Saturday (see them there everyday)
  Dogs - Every Saturday when available -   
  Noon to 4 PM
Come help spread the word about CARE's plans while helping find homes for the animals. It's a great way to meet other nice people and help find homes for the animals.

Visit the Fiesta Association Web Site

Sign up now to volunteer to help CARE at the Fiesta Association's fun events. Feb 27   Kid's Pet Parade  March 19th - Swallow's Day Parade   Mercado Booth    Walk your dog in the Parade with CARE.

Dean Bryant, the World Famous Auto Customizer Plans to Attend CARe SHOW 2005
Read Hot Rod Shows Com Article and see some of his custom cars

The CARe SHOW committee is thrilled to announce that one of the biggest names in car customizations has asked to help the dogs and cats of San Juan Capistrano. Dean Bryant, noted for a long career of vehicles customized for movies and a leading trend setter in smooth custom cars will be bringing selected vehicles from his "Elegant Customs Collection". Dean's cars are frequently prominently featured at the Peterson Automotive Museum and major international auto events. You have seen his cars in decades of movies, like "Hotrod from Hell", "Gone in 60 Seconds", "Casino" and in many major music videos.

Dean lends his cars to help fundraising events for causes he believes in like  the Special Olympics and Child Diabetes. CARE is appreciative that Dean Bryant chose to include homeless dogs and cats in those he helps. 

Internationally-recognized custom car designer Dean Bryant creates some of the hottest custom cars in the world, including the "Rocket Car," the back-to-back winner of the "World's Best Custom" award, and the 1950 flame-throwing Merc featured in films such as "Gone in 60 Seconds." Dean joins CARE in personally inviting local and regional car-owners to take part and show their custom cars along side some of Dean's custom classics. We definitely have a place for you to show us your ride. 

Spectators won't be disappointed. The CARe SHOW presents a broad range of works in progress, daily drivers, week end toys, muscle cars, full out customs and antiques.   

Board Member Updates

Presidents Message: Phillip R. Schwartze Plans for our next major fundraising event continue.  The second annual CAR SHOW will be held on Saturday, February 5th at the San Juan Capistrano Community Center.  We have already received entry forms so this year’s event will be even bigger and better than last year.  We expect almost 300 custom cars and trucks in addition to the fantastic displays. Radio Station KLAC will be there and super food will be served by our major sponsor Ruby’s Restaurants. Live entertainment will be provided by the George Fryer Combo.  Everyone should plan on attending so you can see all of the beautiful cars and special displays.  Spectator admission will be $5 and kids under 12 are free. We want to thank one of our ongoing CARE Sponsors, William Lyon Homes, for generously donating a Hydro-seeding of our Camino Capistrano construction site. The seeding protects the recently graded site against the elements. The plant seeding occurred just before our first fall rainstorm and worked wonderfully. Lyon Homes also provided construction of a chain link fence to eliminate any illegal dumping before we begin construction. All of the CARE volunteers have done fantastic jobs with all of the adoptions in the last few months.  We would not be successful if it were not for the volunteers who work at the Cattery at Petsmart and the many fine people who assist in our construction fundraising efforts. Thank you one and all for allowing me to be President of this great organization and I am excited about our future. Lesley Manent: Technology Committee  See Casper's Corner below to learn about some of the changes to the CARE web site. A Request from Jean Janicki: Publicity Adoption and happy ending stories are always needed for our publications.  Please email digital pictures and your stories to info@capoanimalrescue.com.   Joe Cortese, DVM ~ Animal Welfare Chairman       Vets on a Mission - Thanks to all fosters who helped take care of kittens during 2004.  It was a tough year for upper respiratory infections, and your willingness to provide parts of your homes as isolation wards helped contain any potential outbreaks. Kittens are coming. It seems like we are just now adopting the last of our 2004 kitties, yet both CARE and Animal Control will soon begin to receive unwanted moms and kittens.  Join CARE in encouraging early spay and neuter of pets to help reduce the pet overpopulation problems and for their pet's health. March is Pet Dental Health month. Improvements in dog and cat dental health continue to contribute to the extended average life spans of pets. Check with your pet's Vet to see if it is time for scheduled teeth cleaning. Healthy gums reduce the chances for infections. ADOPTIONS: Marsha Schwartze CARE Passes their 500th Pet Placement That is an amazing milestone, considering that we do not have our facility built yet, and depend entirely on our foster families and adoption events at the San Juan Capistrano PETsMART Store. Our adoptable puppy, Mindi is now looking for a forever home. During the last month, CARE has rescued and placed 12 homeless cats and Lucy the dog. Thanks to all of the CARE volunteers who make this happen.  Without them we couldn't do it. Tasha's Story   Getting Back Home - Destiny Steps In In December CARE rescued a Husky from the shelter. The dog Foster Committee had just learned that one of CARE's first adopted dogs, Sasha had recently passed away. Sasha was loved by those who visited her at adoption events and the foster committee while in their care. In Sasha's honor, they decided to name the Husky Tasha. After being in our program a few weeks, Tasha's owner found CARE. While out of state, Tasha was being taken care of by others and she ended  up in the OC Shelter. On one of her legs, Tasha had a minor health problem that was being treated, so she was not yet ready for adoption. During an exercise and training outing where CARE Dog Wranglers worked with Tasha at a local park, a neighbor recognized her. Her owner had still been looking for her. He was thankful that she was safe with CARE and we had rescued her from the shelter to get her ready to find a new home. He was very happy that she was able to come back home with him.  When CARE asked what her real name was, he replied "Tasha". Destiny stepped in to take Tasha back home.

If you have an interest in volunteering it is likely that CARE has more than one spot for you: Plenty of Volunteer Opportunities:     Please Volunteer to Help at the Adoption Day Events There are animals that still need your help. Several volunteers are needed every week of the year.  Which weeks can you help at an adoption event?  Contact CARE Volunteers Fiesta Association Swallows Day Parade March 19th The Parade begins at 11am Parade Participants will have to be there early. Event Contact Person- Diane Dokos ddokos@sbcglobal.net  *Please sign up for this early!  We want a lot of participation.  You can sign up as a walker with a dog or as a walker without a dog.  Requirements:  1. A member of CARE (If you walk your dog)  2.  Well-behaved dogs please  3.  All dogs must be leashed  4.  Proof of current license We need people who sew!!! We need to make more CARE capes for the dogs to wear in the parade. .If you sew or know of someone who does please call Diane at 248-7594. Fiesta Association Mercado CARE Booth March 19th  9am – 4pm Event Contact Person – Muriel Godfrey Neurotic62@aol.com.  We need volunteers to work the CARE booth    Can You Help CARE's dogs? CARE's dogs primary exposure is at Weekend Adoption Events or PR events like the CARe SHOW 2005. However, without volunteers to help transport the dogs and show the dogs, they end up not being shown to the public. If you are experienced with dogs, we need your help. You can be very instrumental in helping good dogs like Shep, find their new home.   Contact CARE Volunteers

Download, print and bring the fundraising flyer on the 4th Monday of every month from 5 PM to 9 PM and Ruby's will donate 20% back to CARE, Be sure to read the flyer for more information. Ruby's Diner Menu Franciscan Plaza 31781 Camino Capistrano San Juan Capistrano  Proud Title Sponsor of the 2005 CARe SHOW

CARe SHOW 2005 Annual Hot Rod, Antique, Classic and Custom Care Show Benefiting the homeless cats and dogs of San Juan Capistrano.  February 5th, 2005 San Juan Capistrano Community Center Visit the CARE SHOW 2005 web site for more information, registration forms, and the photo gallery from 2004. http://www.capoanimalrescue.com/CARe_SHOW/CARe_SHOW_Info.htm This is a major fundraising event for CARE and we would like "everyone to Volunteer" to make this a fun event. Bring a smile and let us know you are available. Email CARE  Volunteers
		Visit the CARe SHOW web site to see more images of the 2004 event.
Ruby's Diners	Whispering Hills Estates
William Lyon Homes	Rancho Mission Viejo	City of San Juan Capistrano
Family Classic Cars	Fabulous 690 KLAC	OC Recycle Oil
Auto Trader Magazines	TheToll Roads	JAKE Enterprizes
Please join us in thanking the CARe SHOW Sponsors above. Better yet, try their link and leave an email thank you.

Happy Tails Winston and Peanut   Dear CARE:   I just wanted to drop you a note to reassure you that the two kittens you placed with us are doing beautifully in their new home.  They have adapted to each other and truly do love one another in just a short time.  It is so cute to see them cuddle up, sound asleep, and to watch the interaction of their play together.  They have already brought a lot of joy into our lives.  We wanted cats that liked to be loved, and these two certainly do.   While we are at work, they have the run of the house and so far have been very good boys.  At night they go to their bedroom to sleep, as my husband is just so allergic, it wouldn't work with them sleeping with us.   Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this wonderful organization.  The community is blest to have people like you involved.   Sincerely, Bob and Sammajane Way

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Written by a cat

Question: Casper, What changes can we expect for the web site this year?

Answer: Quite a few. A team is being put together to completely redesign the website.

The web site has been meeting a variety of goals and needs for the pets and for CARE. We want to freshen it up with a more current look and make it easier to maintain. The first goal is to present the dogs and cats to help them find homes. Additional goals include communicating with CARE Members, Volunteers, Supporters and the public at large in learning more about CARE. The web site also helps promote fundraising efforts and  houses a file cabinet that facilitates volunteers while doing the work of CARE. More than 1,000 unique visitors visited the CARE web site each of the last three months of 2004. In December, we set a record of 1480 unique website visitors. For January 2005, your CARE web site is on track for well over 2,000 visitors seeking new members of their families, info on volunteering and on our fundraising events. This is roughly an increase of  four times the number of visitors over the last year. 

Casper, what are the first changes?
Answer: Hopefully, the "CARE Times" will go to a quarterly publication. Our hopes are to stagger the dates with the "CARE Quarterly" printed Newsletter to keep you current. Should an important change take place, we will put that on the home page (or a link to the info) and then have a special edition of the CARE Times. 

Casper, The home page changed. It is easier to read!
Answer: Yep, the home page background is supposed to be Shep, one of our recently adopted dog's fur. The busy background was causing a bit of difficulty reading the print. We put solid backgrounds behind the words to make them easier to see. In general the colors of the CARE web site are colors that are found on the cats and dogs that we help.  

Casper, The navigation on some pages is different.
Answer: Some of you reported that the older (golden retriever colored) buttons loaded too slowly on your computers. Netscape users in particular were having very long load times. We have started rolling out a faster loading navigation set (chocolate lab colors) on many of the pages. 

We split the "Available Animals" page into "Adopt a Dog" and "Adopt a Cat" pages. Since we cannot help as many dogs as we would like until we raise more money for the Adoption Center, you may see dogs from a featured shelter or Rescue group who has helped CARE. 

We added a button to the CARE "File Cabinet" to assist those of you who help with fostering, fundraising and adoptions.

Casper, What is on the Donate & Shopping
Answer: CARE will be using the "Network for Good Donate Now button.  This links to their secure web site to allow online donations to CARE. You might also see this button on some of the other pages.  Memberships and Kennel Sponsorships should still be handled via mail.

The "Donate and Shop" page also includes special offers from selected merchants.  
Check out that offer and see the Donate & Shop page.

Answer: I would like to remind the dogs and cats reading this that many more Kennel Sponsors are needed to move the Adoption Center closer to being completed. Please remind your families that Kennel Sponsorship makes a nice holiday gift for your family to recognize the pets who have been in their lives. Kennel Sponsorship is a wonderful gift for all of the dogs or cats that will benefit in the years to come from the gift of Kennel Sponsorship. Click to learn more about Kennel Sponsorship.

Call 949-240-1735 to sponsor a dog or cat kennel in your or your pet's name at the new adoption center for a gift that gives through the years..

Please stop by the San Juan Capistrano Luv-A-Pet center to visit the cats. Your visits help encourage them to come to the front of the cage, where they need to be when that right someone comes in for a visit. 

You can help by referring friends, coworkers and others to the cattery when they are considering adding an animal to their life. 

A special thanks to all who volunteered to work at a CARE adoption day, fostered a dog or cat or helped at the cattery this quarter. Casper the Cat.

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