The TN Week for the Animals team is actively organizing events and working with shelters and organizations daily across the entire state. We expect a minimum of 40+ events!
Your ideas and suggestions are welcome as we work together to build this exciting week designed to celebrate animals and join together on their behalf!
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September 2010
A Salute to Tennessee Task Force 1!
TN Task Force 1
4381 O.K. Robertson Road
Memphis, TN 38127
TN-TF1 is an Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Memphis, Tennessee.
TN-TF1 is sponsored by the Memphis Fire Services. Teams have met the standard of practice required by both FEMA and EMAT for the location of live victims trapped in collapsed structures. One of 28 state task force teams in USA. (Photo upper left: TN Task Force dog, Gus, and trainer, Ed Apple, from Tennessee Task Force One Search and Rescue, search for victims in the wreckage at the Pentagon.)
TN-TF1 is one of 28 federal USAR teams located across the country and is made up of not only Memphis firefighters but other firefighters, medical personnel, K-9's and specialists from the Memphis area. The Tennessee team has been called into service many times in its 10-year history, including the Pentagon on 9/11, the space shuttle disaster and numerous hurricanes. The team was deployed three times in 30 days for Hurricanes Katrina and Ophelia, and later was located in LA for Hurricane Rita.
The program has a state coordinator, regional coordinators and training officers/judges who pledge their support of the program and its objectives. For a complete package of information regarding preliminary requirements, search mission testing, re-certification, and rules and bylaws, contact: Patsy Hargis, State Coordinator, EMAT K-9 Special Services, P.O. Box 213, Bell Buckle, TN 37020-0213.
Please send cards or letters of support to Tennessee Task Force office listed above in Memphis, TN. God Bless our Tennessee Task Force and the courageous K-9's who have saved lives over the years. See pics at http://www.emat.org/new_page_2.htm
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Saturday, September 18th 8:00 am - 11:00 am
SARG Dog Wash at Oak Ridge Animal Shelter
Oak Ridge Animal Shelter
corner of Belgrade and Warehouse Roads
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Bring your dog for a bath and help SARG (Shelter Animals Rescue Group) help homeless animals! For more information, visit SARG or call 865-483-8146. Vist their website to see their wonderful work http://www.shelteranimalsrescue.org/
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Saturday, September 18th & Sunday September 19th
West Tennessee Animal Rescue
'Dixie Swim Club' Dinner Theatre
Bank of Camden Community Building
102 East Main Street
Camden, Tennessee 38320
All profits benefit the Regional Low Cost Spay/Neuter Program. This wonderful event is sponsored by West Tennessee Animal Rescue to end pet overpopulation in West Tennessee. Tickets: $40.00 per person includes dinner & a play!
For tickets, Contact: (731) 234-4152 or email wtar@bellsouth.net
OR PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE! Dixie Swim Team Theatre Tickets
About West Tennessee Animal Rescue
Visit website at http://www.westtnanimalrescue.org/
GENERAL INFORMATION
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 54;
Holladay, TN 38341
DOG PROGRAM
(731) 234-4152
CAT PROGRAM
(731) 695-4528
LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM
P.O. Box 1042; Huntingdon, TN 38344
(731) 336-2376
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Saturday, September 18th 9:00am-12:00 noon
YMCA Pet Day
YMCA at Schilling Farms
1185 Schilling Blvd., East
Collierville, TN 38017
In conjunction with Tennessee Week for the Animals, the YMCA at Schilling Farms will be holding its 4th Annual Pet Day benefitting the Collierville Animal Shelter on Saturday, September 18 from 9am-12noon.
Events include:
Blessing of the Pets (10am); Dog Walk (10:15am); Waggiest Tail Contest (10:45am); Frisbee Demonstration (11am); and Pet Show (11:15am) for best dressed, best trick, most patriotic, and look alike (pet and owner).
Other activities include face painting, crafts, information booths on pet care and health, pet grooming, pet services, pet photos, and more, along with the Shelter having pets for adoption. Free with a donation to the Shelter. Call 850-9622 for more information.
Contact: Tish Lewis, 901-850-9622, tlewis@ymcamemphis.org
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Saturday, September 18th 9:30 am til
Music City Mutt Strutt at Dog Day Festival
Benefitting Nashville Humane Association
Centennial Park
2598 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
Strutt your Mutt around Centennial Park to raise money for Nashville's homeless animals! Our overall goal this year is $50,000, and we cannot reach it without you and your pooch! Join us for this fun-filled day - all about dogs - on September 18th! Celebrate your pooch, and raise monies for homeless animals entrusted to the Nashville Humane Association every day.
Visit website to sign up and create your personal fundraising page.
Register online by September 1st for the $5-Off Early Bird Discount!
Adult Registration - $25
Youth Registration - $20 (6 to 17 years of age)
Registration fee does not count toward fundraising total. Top three (3), individual fundraisers will win great prizes! For more details, visit website. http://www.nashvillehumane.org/events/index.php
Nashville Humane: Over 2,500 healthy and temperamentally sound animals are placed each year into loving homes. earn more about all the important life saving work done by this wonderful org.
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Saturday 18th (and Sunday the 19th) 10:00 am- 6:00 pm
Mid-South Petfest
-An official Tennessee Week for the Animals event-
Snowden Grove
6285 Snowden Grove Lane
Southaven, MS ( 10 minutes from Memphis)
Mid-South Petfest is a combined Dog and Human Outing, Festival and Benefit concert in support of Mid-South area Humane Societies and Pet Rescue Groups
The Mid-South Petfest strives to create a fun and exciting event in hopes of generating much needed funds to support of Mid South Area Humane Societies and Pet Rescue Groups. This event is unlike any other local event in that not only do we offer an event to bring your pets we also have many vendors of all sorts and Humane Societies and Pet Rescue Groups at one venue to showcase available pets for adoption.
But wait that's not all. There will be Food, Drinks , Rides , Music and much more. Because this event is for the purposes of helping homeless, abandoned and neglected pets we also allow you to bring your dog. The first 500 attendees will receive a goody bag upon entering the park. http://midsouthpetfest.com/
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Saturday, September 18th 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Humane Society Inc.'s Flea Market
The Humane Society Inc.'s Flea Market
372 Warehouse Road,
near the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Located on Warehouse Road and in the same block of warehouses as Larry's Antiques, the Flea Market is open for business every Saturday! Shelves are stocked with new items, including donations from Smoky Mountain Antiques, lamps, toiletries, china, linens, collectibles, games and toys, and records and videos. The store has been remodeled and is much more spacious and inviting.
Please consider visiting on a Saturday morning! All proceeds benefit the Anderson County spay and neuter program, administered through the Humane Society, Inc., which serves Oak Ridge and Anderson county. For more information or to learn about making donations to the flea market, please call 865-381-1550.
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Saturday, September 18th 11:00 am- til
Humane Society of Cumberland County
25th Anniversary Celebration
Humane Society of Cumberland
594 Cook Rd,
Crossville, TN 38555
Open House & Adoption Event including Fostered pets! More details coming. Phone 931-484-9700. Shelter is now open on 7-Days a week, 11am to 5pm!
Have you considered joining our team? We need both volunteers and board members. We are always looking for new ideas and some extra hands for fundraising events or perhaps you could spare some time to help out at Paws, our retail store or the reception desk at our clinic. If you prefer a little more "hands on" with the animals, help is always welcome at the shelter where there are plenty of waggin' tails to greet you!!! Our pets love and crave all the attention you can give them! http://www.cumberlandhumanesociety.org/index.php
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Saturday , September 18th 1:00 pm. - 5:00 pm
Low Cost Pet Vaccination Clinic
PetWellCare Express
10549 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37922
For low cost pet vaccinations at PetWellCare Express,$10 Rabies (no office visit nor exam fee). E-Mail: care@petwellcare.com No appointment necessary.
PetWellCare Express was the idea of Dr. Sam Meisler as a way to make preventive care affordable and convenient for dog and cat owners in the Knoxville area.
"So many of the diseases that we see in practice are preventable at a minimum of expense. If we can make prevention affordable and convenient, less pets will succumb to devastating diseases like parvovirus and feline leukemia." - Sam Meisler DVM
(865) 686-6929
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Saturday, September 18th 2:30 -pm 4:30 pm
Smoky Mountain Great Dane Rescue Adoption Event
Agri Feed Pet Supply
5716 Middlebrook Pike
Knoxville, TN 37921
For more information about this adoption event, please visit Smoky Mountain Great Dane Rescue or call 877-64-SMGDR. See beautiful website!
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Sunday September 19th 12 noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 6 p.m
WILD OCEAN 3D IMAX!
Tennessee Aquarium
One Broad Street,
Chattanooga TN, 37402
phone: 800-262-0695
Wild Ocean will delve audiences into an epic underwater struggle for survival and reveal the economic and cultural impact the migration has on the coastal communities. Produced by the creators of STOMP and Academy Award nominated directors of Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey, Wild Ocean is an explosive, symphonic documentary film about man and nature. Imax at TN Aquarium phone: 800-262-0695
Wild Ocean is an explosive, symphonic giant screen film about man and nature that captures one of the world's greatest spectacles. Each year a massive feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans of South Africa as billions of fish migrate up the KwaZulu-Natal Wild Coast. Breaching whales, frenzied sharks, herding dolphins, and diving gannets compete in an epic underwater struggle for survival.
While the migration has provided a food source for both life in the sea and the people living along the African shores, global warming trends and over fishing have threatened the very existence of this great migration. The food chain in the ocean connects the tiniest organisms to the greatest whales. The predators of the ocean thrive upon enormous shoals of pelagic fish. These fish, in turn, depend upon the plankton that rises in the oceanic upwelling's, born of the decaying bodies of the fallen predators. This circle of life has developed and evolved over millions of years. http://www.wildoceanfilm.com/
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Sunday, September 19th Hours TBA
The Humane Society of Sumner County
Fashion Show "Rescue and Runways"
Maurice's
1010 Andrews Run
Hendersonville, TN 37075-1232
Humane Society of Sumner County is participating in a fashion show sponsored by Maurice's, a local clothing store, called Rescues and Runways, and are planning with several local schools to have a bakesale and art auction of artwork created by the local students. Sumner H.S.C. phone 615-822-0061
The Humane Society of Sumner County (HSSC) is a small, private, non-profit (501c3) service organization that promotes the humane treatment of abandoned, lost, and displaced animals. HSSC provides temporary shelter, necessary medical attention & mandatory vaccinations, and sterilization to aid in population control. Our adoption staff joins loving, qualified and responsible people with these animals and works diligently to re-unite incoming lost animals with their guardians. Read more about wonderful org HSSC at http://www.sumnerhumane.org/
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Sunday, September 19th 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tennessee Aquarium Fall Family Day at
TN River Gardens
Tennessee River Gardens
22573 Highway 41
Chattanooga, TN 37419
Tennessee River Gardens is a beautiful private nature preserve and botanical wonderland located on the Tennessee River deep inside the gorge. Join Aquarium lead horticulturist Christine Bock on a fun family scavenger hunt that will help you discover cool facts about nature. Visit http://www.tennis.org/Home.aspx
Families with ages 6 and older.Limited to 25.$6/Member; $12/Non-Member
telephone (423) 821-7341
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Sunday, September 19th 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm:
2nd Annual Knoxville Bark for Life
Tommy Schumpert Park-
Petsafe Dog Park
2065 R Range Dr
Knoxville, TN 37918
The 2nd Annual Bark for Life is a noncompetitive walk event for dogs and their people to raise funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society's fight against cancer. By supporting Bark For Life, you help save lives.
Put on your walking shoes, grab the leash and bring your canine furry friend and join the American Cancer Society for a fun-filled day starting with a walk and then continuing with demonstrations, contests and games for dogs and their companions.
Registration fee is $20 per dog & owner team and includes a bandana for the dog and t-shirt for the owner. An additional dog may be registered for an additional $5. Limit 2 dogs per person. For more information, please visit www.knoxvillebarkforlife.org
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Monday, September 20th thru week/thru year
The Humane Association of Wilson County
& Humane Society of Sumner County
Spay & Neuter Spay Station
The Humane Society of Sumner County
16 Volunteer Dr
PO Box 2412
Hendersonville, TN 37075
Do You need your pet fixed but can't afford it? The only cost is a donation of whatever you can afford. The Spay Station can help! For and appointment call (615) 444-1196.
To qualify for these spay/neuter services, one must demonstrate need by participating in any of the following programs:
Food Stamps, AFDC, Families First , Public Housing
Section 8 , SSI, SSD
VA Disability, Medicaid, Wic
The only cost is a donation of whatever you can afford.
This mobile spay and Neuter clinic is owned and operated by The Humane Association of Wilson County, a private, nonprofit organization that operates 100% on grants and donations. The Humane Society of Sumner County co-sponsors Spay Station clinics to support bringing this necessity to Sumner County citizens and their animals.
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Tuesday, September 21st 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Tennessee Week for Animals
Law & Cruelty Seminar Night
Sponsored by Memphis Bar Association
Memphis, Tennessee
Event details and speaker list forthcoming. PLease email info@animalworldusa.org if you would like to be involved. We promise you an event you will not want to miss!
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Tuesday, September 21st 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Pet Loss Support Group
Family Room
UT Veterinary Hospital
2407 River Drive,
Knoxville, TN 37996
A supportive environment where people can share their varied experience of grief and loss of a companion animal. A place to remember and honor the life of the companion who has died. An opportunity to learn additional ways of coping with the loss of an animal*.
If you are interested, please call 865-755-8839 or visit University of Tennessee Vet School. *We may use the term “animal” because we respect that each of us has a unique relationship with our animal. People can consider their animals as family members, children, friends, and companions.
We respect the uniqueness of each human-animal relationship and seek to support that unique relationship in whatever way is deemed helpful.
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Friday, September 24th Early morning, TBA
SARG Yard Sale
Yard Sale Location
419 Valley Drive,
Oliver Springs, TN 37840
Get some great deals and help SARG (Shelter Animals Rescue Group) help homeless animals! For more information, visit SARG or call 865-483-8146. Vist their website to see wonderful work http://www.shelteranimalsrescue.org/
Sale both Friday and Saturday, September 25th
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Friday, September 24th 12noon- 4:00 pm p/u vouchers
Hardin County Free Spay & Neuter Program
Hardin County Fire Department
465 Main Street
Savannah, TN, 38372
Hardin County Mayor and Commissioners have implemented a free spay/neuter program for ALL county residents, including Savannah city residents, effective June 4, 2010!
Vouchers for this new program are available every Friday from noon until 4:00 p.m. in the Fire Department Office of the Court House, located on the first floor.
For further information about your county government’s new program, call the mayor’s office at 270-925-9078.
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Friday, September 24th 7:00 pm til
Humane Society of Cumberland County
"Puppy-Palooza" benefit concert
Palace Theater
72 South Main Street
Crossville, TN 38555-4520
Concert featuring Peter Miller & Country Classics . General Admission . $10. Theater phone is (931) 484-6133. Visit peter Miller website at http://www.petermillermusic.us/
PLease visit our website to see our loving adoptables. Consider joining our team! Our
shelter is open 7 days a week at 594 Cook Road, Crossville, TN 38555
(931) 484-9700http://www.cumberlandhumanesociety.org/index.php
PLs note that our dogs and cats love to sleep on Kuranda beds, but we don't have enough for everyone. If you would like to donate a bed at a special wholesale price for a another dog or cat to sleep in comfort, please donate a Kuranda shelter bed by clicking here at this link. http://kuranda.com/donate
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Saturday September 25th 8:00 am- 1:00 pm
The Humane Society of Clarksville- Montgomery County
Dog Days at the Public Square
Public Square
Main Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
The Clarksville-Montgomery County Humane Society will be the guest vendor providing fun activities for dogs and their human friends. A Bobbing for Balls game, Italian Ice for dogs, and an information booth are a few of the things you will find. The group is also bringing pets that are available for adoption or in need of foster homes.
Aside from furry friends, the market will feature baked goods, jewelry, homemade crafts and more. So, bring your dog and enjoy everything Downtown has to offer.
Humane Society of Clarksville-Montgomery Co.
940 Tennessee Ave.
(blue building behind Riverside Dr. Arby's)
Clarksville, TN 37041
Phone: (931) 648-8042 humanesociety@clarksville.com
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Saturday (& Sunday) September 25th 9:30am-4pm
McKamey Animal Care & Adoption Center
Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship
AT&T Field
201 Power Alley
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Chattanooga is going to the dogs…disc-catching dogs that is! Man’s best friend will take to the skies to compete in the 2010 Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship at the Chattanooga Lookouts AT&T Field.
The Hyperflite World Championship is the premier event in canine sports and features top teams from around the world. Contestants and their canine teammates will earn points for tricks from simple throws to unbelievable acrobatics. This year’s championship will benefit the McKamey Animal Center. Admission to the World Championship is free for spectators although a one dollar per person donation to the McKamey Center is suggested.
Learn more abouthe McKamey Animal Care & Adoption Ctr at http://www.mckameyanimalcenter.org/
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Saturday, September 25th GATES OPEN 9:30 am-BIKES LEAVE at 11 am
6th Annual Grainger County Humane Society
Ride for Paws & Claws Motorcycle Ride & Rally
Colboch Harley-Davidson
1830 North Davy Crockett Parkway
Morristown, TN 37814
Grainger County Humane Society hosts OUR ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE RUN & RALLY in the Fall. With the help of Colboch Harley-Davidson of Morristown TN & WJDT FM 106.5 & WBGQ FM 100.7, The TreeHouse Band & and other local sponsors.
GRAINGER Humane Society will put on a day of fun, food, music, games and prizes. Paws & Claws Run takes you on a scenic tour of beautiful Grainger County and back to Colboch Harley-Davidson of Morristown TN for lots of great prizes, food & Live Band.
CASH PRIZES ON HIGHEST & LOWEST POKER HAND! Riders can purchase a Biker Meal special for $5.00. For more details call Rocky Farr at 865-567-0050 or visit our GCHS website www.graingercountyhumanesociety.org for further online info.
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Saturday, September 25th 11:00 am-4:00 pm
Woofstock Memphis 2010
-An Official Tennessee Week for the Animals Event-
Overton Park
1960 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
Rainbow Lake is the place to be! Memphis Animal Services as well as pet adoptions from shelters and rescue orgs, civic groups, fantastic music and fun for everybody. Delicious food with veggie options of course, beverages, silent auction with some fabulous cool stuff and great vendors with everything under the sun.
Yummy treats for the sweet animals too! Come out with your leashed dogs and let's re-enter the Age of Aquarius again. Many community leaders and media will be in attendance. Let's all come together for the animals and save precious lives!
Expect a day filled with a groovy kind of love. Pls email info@animalworldsua.org
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Sunday, September 26th 5 pm-6 pm Central time
A Prayer for the Animals
~An Official Tennessee Week for the Animals event~
Join all those of us who would like to observe a moment of prayer for the precious animals. We are requesting prayers from 5-6 pm Central time on Sunday, September 26, 2010. This is a multi-faith observance.
We can offer prayers, poems and memorials to our animal or all animals wherever we are and also light a candle by doing so if possible.
Wherever you are, if you can observe a moment for the animals who need us...that collective energy will surely grow and bring light to our cause to love, assist and help them from any and all suffering. For pems or addiotnal inspiration, please visit
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For ideas or to brainstorm on events, please call us at
877-454-0807. See our Contact Us page for complete info.
Click on the Swimming dolphins to hear "One Love."
Tennessee Week for the Animals is for Everyone!
6th Annual Tennessee Week for the Animals September 18-26, 2010
We will be adding events to the kick off of the exciting week!
