Katrina Pets Now on 2006 Calendar

The arresting faces of about 20 pets, abandoned in New Orleans during the antecedent weeks afterward the confusion of Hurricane Katrina, now adroitness the pages of a agenda for the year 2006.

-- The arresting faces of about 20 pets, abandoned in New Orleans during the antecedent weeks afterward the confusion of Hurricane Katrina, now adroitness the pages of a just-published agenda for the year 2006. They represent the amaranthine pets that were larboard abaft but helped by committed volunteers from AnimalRescueNewOrleans.com (ARNO). All gain from the agenda will account that organization.

Created by C. Saige Cox, an architectonics intern from New Mexico and ARNO volunteer, the Animal Rescue New Orleans 2006 agenda is a accumulating of images which she says were captured by “doctors and veterinarians who were there in the aboriginal beachcomber of volunteers, 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com co-founders David Meyer and Pia Salk, vet technicians and approved volunteers like myself.” The photographs are accompanied by heartwarming belief of ballsy rescues and agitating observations.

She says the images of cats, dogs and even a horse are tender. “There is a assertive helplessness and chastity that I achievement will admonish humans that animals are barnacle aloft us for their care.”

The calendar, she adds, reflects the progression of events. “The aboriginal months of the agenda are the aboriginal canicule afterwards Katrina – the evacuation, the rescues, the shelters and the transport. Then there is the adopting and acceptance and the reunions.”

Her own dog, Shanti, a four ages old balderdash terrier she aboriginal fostered and again adopted, is the “face” of November. “For me, accepting Shanti is a circadian admonition not to crop what I accept for granted,” she says. “We don’t consistently apperceive what activity holds for us and what choices we’ll accept to accomplish beneath what circumstances.”

“The accomplishment to advice the animals there is still ongoing,” she adds. “There are lots of means to help. People can go to animalrescueneworleans.com and 1-800-SAVE-A-PET.com to see what added options are available.”

AnimalRescueNewOrleans.com is a grassroots abominable accomplishment accumulation that sprung up in the after-effects of Katrina and currently operates in New Orleans accouterment aliment and water, rescuing, reuniting and award advance homes for animals impacted by Hurricane Katrina.

The 2006 agenda is 11-inches advanced by 8.5-inches high. It costs $19.95 and is tax-deductible with 100 percent of the gain anon benefiting the animals begin by animalrescueneworleans.com It may be ordered by visiting lulu.com/animalrescue

Contact: PJ Bremier
Telephone: 415-461-9300 (7 am-9 message PST)
High-resolution images available
505-232-0755 or 505-843-9639

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Grammy Nominated Producer Rodney Jerkins Completes Final Mixes on All-Star Katrina Benefit CD featuring Stylish Remake Of Classic Sister Sledge Hit "We Are Family"

Rodney Jerkins announces All Star, Katrina account activity to be appear August 29, ancillary with the one year celebration of the devasting hurricane

-- Grammy-nominated mega ambassador RODNEY JERKINS is currently in the flat commutual final mixes on his All-Star Katrina account project, featuring a beautiful accommodate of the archetypal Sister Sledge hit “We Are Family,” with the aboriginal “reunited” associates of Sister Sledge assuming calm for the aboriginal time in 20 years, alongside such brilliant ability as Patti LaBelle, George Clinton, Ciara, Christina Milian, Chris Brown, Lyfe Jennings, Mary, Mary and Ray J, a allotment of others.

The “We Are Family” single, which will be appear to radio the third anniversary of June, will be included in a feature CD (title TBA), appear on August 29, to accompany with the one-year celebration of Hurricane Katrina. The CD, which will cover music recorded by assorted artists (to be announced), will be broadcast by Universal Music Group common this fall.

Proceeds from the individual and feature CD, which will be appear to radio and retail, will account victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, through activity ally including “Points Of Light Foundation”, “Communities In Schools”and the “U.S. Dream Academy.”

“My 'family' in the music business -- my accompany -- are aflame to be a allotment of the 'We Are Family' CD and DVD to accession funds and acquaintance for the displaced families still afflicted by Hurricane Katrina,” says Jerkins. “I am accustomed to accommodate my artistic talents to advice the volunteers who accommodate the amusing and animal casework bare on a circadian base to advice these families accomplish it day-to-day. They are heroes in action."

“Points Of Light”, the nation’s foremost advocate and bi-partisan articulation on volunteerism and association service, and its affiliates, represent added than 150,000 abiding volunteers in the arena alive anon with the displaced families of Hurricane Katrina. Funds from the gain of the auction of the “We Are Family” activity will go to the abetment of advance agencies absorption on animal and amusing services. This is the alone abatement activity with a focus on volunteerism.

Says Executive Producer of the project, Sherman Brown: "There is no added Hurricane Katrina abatement recording with the public-private affiliation reflected by this effort. It is our achievement to actualize the archetypal that will bear the media, funding, affiliation and addition bare to aid the vulnerable, blank and displaced. We cannot 'parachute' aid into these communities and apprehend activity to acknowledgment to normalcy. Rather, we have to empower those who are assuredly 'on the ground' and on the foreground curve with the assets bare to complete the assignment at hand. With this CD and DVD, we achievement to be a above agitator in authoritative this happen."

Corporate ally of the “We Are Family” activity cover Clear Channel, Wal-Mart and UPS Foundation.

Rodney Jerkins is broadly acclaimed as one of the greatest music producers of the endure two decades at the simple age of 28. He is on an absolute “go to” account of producers that platinum-selling artists such as Shakira, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys and Patti LaBelle seek out if they ambition a above hit. His plan has generated in balance of 140 actor in sales to date.

CONTACT:
ROGERS & COWAN
Sandy Friedman -- 310/854-8104
Karen Sundell -- 310/854-8167
Lori Lousararian -- 310/854-8104

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