From Crown Point Mayor's Office of Special Events: Mayor Uran’s Office of Special Events is proud to announce that the Car Cruise, which takes place every Thursday night from 5 to 8:30 p.m., registration at 4:30 p.m., May thru September around the historic downtown square, will feature the Crown Point K-9 Fund T-shirt Sale, going on throughout the Cruise on the East side of the Old Courthouse this Thursday [August 28, 2008] (For more, plus photos, click Read more)

First Annual "Ride for Paws" Poker Run and Benefit is Saturday September 13, 2008, with proceeds to go to the Porter County Animal Control and Adoption Center in Valparaiso, a no-kill shelter of adoptable animals as of May 2008

Registration at Harley Davidson of Valparaiso starts at 9:30 am, first bike out at 11am, last bike in 5 pm

"Cause for Paws" Benefit is at Pepe's in Valparaiso featuring live music, beer garden and family-friendly section -- free admission for "Ride for Paws" poker run riders, five-dollars for non-riders

For more information call the Porter County Animal Shelter at 219-465-3550

From Homeless Pet Awaremess: We are a shelter, rescue, foster and animal control networking group trying give the NWI area a one stop site to find their local organization. 

Here is the website:
http://homelesspetawareness.googlepages.com

We are having a Fund Raiser to promote the website and raise awareness of the homeless pets' plight and solutions:

"Swinging for the Shelters"
DJ'd big band music, dancing, contests
Dog and Cat adoptees on hand!
$5 to get in
September 26th, 2008, at 6pm
Whiting Park Pavilion, Whiting, Indiana
contact Karen (219) 473-0049

From Humane Society of Hobart: July is over and we too suffer from the "dog days of summer." Our supply of donated dog/puppy, cat/kitten food has dwindled to a critical low. We are experiencing an inordinate number of "owner surrender" due to the economy, and the number of strays arriving from both Porter and Lake Counties is at an all time high. Donations of Purina (or other) dry dog/puppy chow as well as cat/kitten chow will be greatly appreciated. Donations may be brought to the Humane Society of Hobart, 2054 East State Road 130, Hobart, Indiana any day between noon and 4:00 PM (also our web site http://www.hobarthumanesociety.org lists items from our "wish list.")

Upcoming event -- Humane Society of Hobart is holding a Used Book Sale at the shelter September 6th and 7th

From Last Chance Rescue: Maya is about 1 1/2 years old. She loves attention. She’d be best in an loving, adult home as the only pet.  She is spayed and up to date on shots. For more information please telephone us at (219) 677-2961 and/or email us at pengels12@comcast.net. View our other adoptable animals at http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/IN325.html  Click "Read more" to see Maya