What a gorgeous new publication - "Doggie Afficionado". I am a featured product in their Home department. Have a look.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Meals on Wheels for Pets
Grosse Pointe agency delivers food for pets along with Meals on Wheels
August 26, 2007
BY KIM NORTH SHINE
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Charles Dattolo is used to living without a car, and therefore without being able to drive to get food and necessities whenever he wants.
But with supplies in the house low at times, the 86-year-old Harper Woods resident also was accustomed to sharing his meals with his closest companion, Daisy Mae, a terrier mix adopted in 2001 by Dattolo's late wife, Marie.
These days his dear dog is getting her own kind of food more often. It comes delivered to the house once a month with one of Dattolo's daily Meals On Wheels deliveries.
The Meals for Mutts and Meows program was started two months ago by Grosse Pointe-based Services for Older Citizens as a complement to its meal delivery for homebound seniors.
So far, about 20 cats and dogs are participating, said Debbie Pommerville, director of development for Services for Older Citizens (SOC), which provides a variety of social, educational and welfare programs for older people.
Dattolo, who counts on caregivers to help him run his errands, is grateful for his meals and Daisy Mae's.
"I'll still share the food from the table with her," Dattolo said last Monday during a delivery. "But this helps out a lot."
He still is brought to tears when he talks about his wife of 57 years, who died in April. Daisy Mae has helped get him through. "If it wasn't for her, I don't know where I'd be," he said as Pommerville fed Daisy Mae some treats.
"She's a lucky dog, isn't she," Meals On Wheels volunteer Joann Giffer said to Dattolo.
From Dattolo's home last Monday it was on to stop No. 2 for Pommerville and Giffer, an 81-year-old Fraser resident who is a substitute Meals On Wheels driver for SOC.
At Marion Battjes' Grosse Pointe Park flat, Holly the cat is eating.
When visitors arrive, she scurries for cover. Her owner, 86, can't take care of herself or her pet like she used to. When her daughter, Beth Dann, who lives nearby in Detroit, saw a flyer for Meals for Mutts and Meows, she said, "I signed up right away."
"It's a really nice idea," Dann said. A freshly delivered 5-pound bag of cat food was left in a chair. Her mother's hot meal and bagged lunch -- the typical delivery -- were left on the kitchen table.
About 100 meals for homebound seniors in the Pointes and Harper Woods are delivered each day, said Pommerville, the SOC employee who helps coordinate deliveries. The pet food is delivered one Monday a month.
Pommerville said the idea for extending the program to pets came up gradually as volunteers mentioned pets might be in need. After researching and finding that other states had started pet food delivery as part of Meals On Wheels, she applied for a $750 grant and received it from the Meals on Wheels Association of America in June. She started the program that month. She believes her program is the first, or among the first, in Michigan.
"Some of the drivers had a lot of concerns for the animals," said Pommerville, who herself has a soft spot for animals. Pommerville, of Clinton Township, is on the board of the Oakland Pet Fund, a nonprofit that is working to make the Oakland County animal shelter a no-kill facility by 2010, among other goals.
Pommerville said the first Meals for Mutts and Meows delivery made it clear how much it was needed.
"The first time I made little bags with treats and wrote a little card," she said.
"They were extremely grateful. They were overwhelmed," she said. "Nobody ever thought of their animals before."
KIM NORTH SHINE can be reached at 313-223-4557 or at kshine@freepress.com
August 26, 2007
BY KIM NORTH SHINE
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Charles Dattolo is used to living without a car, and therefore without being able to drive to get food and necessities whenever he wants.
But with supplies in the house low at times, the 86-year-old Harper Woods resident also was accustomed to sharing his meals with his closest companion, Daisy Mae, a terrier mix adopted in 2001 by Dattolo's late wife, Marie.
These days his dear dog is getting her own kind of food more often. It comes delivered to the house once a month with one of Dattolo's daily Meals On Wheels deliveries.
The Meals for Mutts and Meows program was started two months ago by Grosse Pointe-based Services for Older Citizens as a complement to its meal delivery for homebound seniors.
So far, about 20 cats and dogs are participating, said Debbie Pommerville, director of development for Services for Older Citizens (SOC), which provides a variety of social, educational and welfare programs for older people.
Dattolo, who counts on caregivers to help him run his errands, is grateful for his meals and Daisy Mae's.
"I'll still share the food from the table with her," Dattolo said last Monday during a delivery. "But this helps out a lot."
He still is brought to tears when he talks about his wife of 57 years, who died in April. Daisy Mae has helped get him through. "If it wasn't for her, I don't know where I'd be," he said as Pommerville fed Daisy Mae some treats.
"She's a lucky dog, isn't she," Meals On Wheels volunteer Joann Giffer said to Dattolo.
From Dattolo's home last Monday it was on to stop No. 2 for Pommerville and Giffer, an 81-year-old Fraser resident who is a substitute Meals On Wheels driver for SOC.
At Marion Battjes' Grosse Pointe Park flat, Holly the cat is eating.
When visitors arrive, she scurries for cover. Her owner, 86, can't take care of herself or her pet like she used to. When her daughter, Beth Dann, who lives nearby in Detroit, saw a flyer for Meals for Mutts and Meows, she said, "I signed up right away."
"It's a really nice idea," Dann said. A freshly delivered 5-pound bag of cat food was left in a chair. Her mother's hot meal and bagged lunch -- the typical delivery -- were left on the kitchen table.
About 100 meals for homebound seniors in the Pointes and Harper Woods are delivered each day, said Pommerville, the SOC employee who helps coordinate deliveries. The pet food is delivered one Monday a month.
Pommerville said the idea for extending the program to pets came up gradually as volunteers mentioned pets might be in need. After researching and finding that other states had started pet food delivery as part of Meals On Wheels, she applied for a $750 grant and received it from the Meals on Wheels Association of America in June. She started the program that month. She believes her program is the first, or among the first, in Michigan.
"Some of the drivers had a lot of concerns for the animals," said Pommerville, who herself has a soft spot for animals. Pommerville, of Clinton Township, is on the board of the Oakland Pet Fund, a nonprofit that is working to make the Oakland County animal shelter a no-kill facility by 2010, among other goals.
Pommerville said the first Meals for Mutts and Meows delivery made it clear how much it was needed.
"The first time I made little bags with treats and wrote a little card," she said.
"They were extremely grateful. They were overwhelmed," she said. "Nobody ever thought of their animals before."
KIM NORTH SHINE can be reached at 313-223-4557 or at kshine@freepress.com
Local Meals on Wheels program benefits pets, seniors
Thousands of homebound senior citizens across the nation benefit from the Meals on Wheels program each day. Meals on Wheels delivers hot, lunchtime meals to the elderly who might not otherwise eat. Many of the program recipients have only their pets for companionship.
So many seniors are struggling to feed their pets that the Meals on Wheels program initiated Season of Suppers, which delivers pet food to clients. More than 1 million pounds of pet food were collected this winter.
For more information about Meals on Wheels or Senior Resources visit www.seniorresourcesinc.org.
— Elizabeth A. Ruiz
So many seniors are struggling to feed their pets that the Meals on Wheels program initiated Season of Suppers, which delivers pet food to clients. More than 1 million pounds of pet food were collected this winter.
For more information about Meals on Wheels or Senior Resources visit www.seniorresourcesinc.org.
— Elizabeth A. Ruiz
Friday, September 21, 2007
Coletta Pet Mats
Coletta Pet Mats
Time to write a marketing plan. There are so many potential things to do to attract business. I am writing a master list of them all and then organizing them.
RE: My packaging tubes. I received the first shipment today. They are beautiful, the lids fit perfectly. there are 11 boxes at the post office. I need to find space to store all my packaging materials. Maybe Anne Bryant would rent me some of her office while she's away in Florida.
More to come. . . .
Coletta Fine Placemats for Pets. For Pet Care. For Home Beauty.
Time to write a marketing plan. There are so many potential things to do to attract business. I am writing a master list of them all and then organizing them.
RE: My packaging tubes. I received the first shipment today. They are beautiful, the lids fit perfectly. there are 11 boxes at the post office. I need to find space to store all my packaging materials. Maybe Anne Bryant would rent me some of her office while she's away in Florida.
More to come. . . .
Coletta Fine Placemats for Pets. For Pet Care. For Home Beauty.
Luxury Pet Product Feedback
Yesterday was a good day. I ran into Lou from down the hall who discussed different marketing strategies with me. Then there was Ellen and Anne who had a lot of feedback. Anne explained the rules around putting music onto a website. I have to ask permission from whomever owns the rights to the music publishing and to whoever was the musician on the session. I'm thinking of using Bix Beiderbeck music, so it will be interesting to find out who owns that music. Vince Giordano will certainly know the answer to that.
Ellen and I discussed my offering gift certificates on my website. What a great idea. She's going to buy one for a friend's upcoming birthday. I added a page on my website called: Gift Certificates.
That's all for now.
Ellen and I discussed my offering gift certificates on my website. What a great idea. She's going to buy one for a friend's upcoming birthday. I added a page on my website called: Gift Certificates.
That's all for now.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Google Pet Mats
I am so happy this morning. When you Google the word "Coletta", my pet mat business is the second item you see. Yeahhhhhhhhhh. Fine Dining Accessories for Pets.
What a great day.
Thanks, Universe!
What a great day.
Thanks, Universe!
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