Wednesday, May 27, 1992 — North Shore News - 19

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ALTHOUGH YOU may not see
this kind of kid, Lower
Mainland children have been
invited to bring any kind of pet
to the SPCA-sponsored pet
show this weekend.

MAHON PARK is the site for
the Variety Club Dog-a-thon
on Saturday, May 30.

‘Families and their dogs will
be walking laps around a track
to raise money for B.C.’s
Special Children.

Participants will be soliciting
pledges for their entry. Regis-
tration forms are available at
the North Shore News and
local schools.

Your pets will automatically
qualify for judging in the many
categories including largest
dog, smallest dog, fluffiest dog
and most laps walked.

‘Many of the North Shore

businesses are supplying gifts,
products and prizes for the
event. Every child and pei will
receive a goody bag.

News columnist and North
Shore resident Joy Metcalfe is
the dog-a-thon honorary
chairman. She and others look
forward to the participation of
celebrity North Shore residents
and their pets.

Join in the Variety Club
Dog-a-thon on Saturday, May
30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Mahon Park (16th and Jones
in North Vancouver).

Spectators are welcome.

BC. SPCA humanitarian
award winners announced

NINE BRITISH Columbian animal lovers — including two North Shore
residents — have received the 1992 humanitarian award for their
dedication to caring for animals in their communities.

The awards are given by the
B.C. Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), as
part of their Kindness Month of
May.

The North Shore winners are
Joyce Griffiths of West Van-
couver and Joan Wilson of North
Vancouver.

Although the winners have
diverse backgrounds and represent
various regions of B.C., each has
in common the goa! of helping
animals that are hungry,
homeless, hurt or abandoned.

Griffiths has been active in the
West Vancouver SPCA for some
time, having been on the board of
directors since 1972. Her work in-
cluded the introduction of kitten
therapy to long-term-care patients
and helping with plans for a new
SPCA building that opened in
1983.

Wilson, a SPCA volunteer for
over 50 years, has been president

of the Ladies Auxiliary for the
Vancouver Regional SPCA, as
well as haven been volunteer
committee chairperson and a
member of the board of directors
and the non-animal research
foundation.

Every year the SPCA cares for
thousands of animals in thousands
of different ways.

The ability to provide food,
shelter, medical care, adoptive
homes and special programs is
possible only through the efforts
of volunteers like the 1992 award
winners, and with support and
donations from the public.

Other provincial winners were:
Tim Jacura, Kitimat; Dorothy
Hutchinson, Nanaimo; Peggy
Kernaghan, Shuswap; Dorothy
Garrett, Queen Charlotte Islands;
Patricia Sheppard, Parksville-
Qualicum; Pat Chubb, Quesnel;
and Maureen Slowski, Penticton.

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All types
invited

THE 40TH annual Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA)-sponsored Junior Pet
Show will provide an opportunity
for young people to showcase
their animal companions,
whatever they may be. ‘

All animals must be healthy.
dogs must be on leashes and other
animals must be kept in cages or
baskets.

For this day only, properly
restrained pets will be allowed to
ride with their owners on buses,
on the SeaBus and on Skytrain.

The competition is open to pet
owners between the ages of five
and 18 who own cats or dogs over
six months old, rabbits, chickens,
rodents, guinea pigs, pigeons or
caged birds.

Prizes will be awarded in a
variety of categories, and admis-
sion for both participants and
spectators is free.

This year’s show will begin at 9
a.m. on Saturday, May 30 in the

Kerrisdale Arena, 5670 East Boul-
evard, Vancouver.

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