Benefit aids people who help pets.Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard Even if you can't take in yet another homeless dog or cat, you don't need to feel guilty: This week will be Wine-Styles of Eugene's third annual benefit to raise awareness about 11 nonprofit organizations in the Eugene-Springfield area that provide services to the four-footers. The weeklong event includes a pet-food drive with FOOD for Lane County to collect dog and cat food to help homeless families staying in shelters feed their pets. Each day this week, WineStyles will feature two organizations, with educational materials, demonstrations, fundraising - and entertainment and wine tasting Noun 1. wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place wine tasting n → degustación f de vinos . The south Eugene business in the Woodfield Station shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at 29th Avenue and Willamette Street will split 10 percent of all sales during the week among the featured organizations, as well as half of the proceeds collected from its animal-themed wine tastings. In addition, a wall of photos of adoptable animals will be displayed during the week in the courtyard next to the nearby Radio Shack See RadioShack. electronics store. Local animal welfare agencies say that even family pets - and the organizations dedicated to looking out for them - are affected by the current economic downturn, with many people forced to give up their pets as they lose jobs and housing. "When money is tight, pets become an unaffordable un·af·ford·a·ble adj. Too expensive: medical care that has become unaffordable for many. un luxury for some people," Brie Malarkey ma·lar·key also ma·lar·ky n. Slang Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive: "snookered by a lot of malarkey" New Republic. , a WineStyles co-owner, said in a news release announcing the fundraising event. "For those of us who can afford to help, this is a time when rescue organizations and other nonprofits need our support the most." In addition to all the other activities during the week, WineStyles will give one of its T-shirts to everyone who donates $10 for pet food or brings $10 worth of pet food to the food drive. WINESTYLES HELPs PETS WineStyles will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. MONDAY Special activities: Therapy teams, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; silent auction; live music with Bajuana Tea 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Featured organizations: PAAWS PAAWS Pet Anti-Aging Wellness System PAAWS People Advocating Animal Welfare Services (Moorhead, Minnesota) (People and Animals Who Serve) and FAN TUESDAY Special activities: Touchable artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , birds and literature; live music with Satori sa·to·ri n. Buddhism A spiritual awakening sought in Zen Buddhism, often coming suddenly. [Japanese.] Noun 1. Bob, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Featured organization: Cascade Raptor Center WEDNESDAY Special activities: Information table Featured organizations: Bearen Foundation and Pro-Bone-O THURSDAY Special activities: Silent auction; therapy dogs, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; presentation, "How to Become a Therapy Dog Team" Featured organizations: FETCH (therapy dogs) and Banners Blood Bank (for dogs) FRIDAY Special activities: Comedy Night featuring Lee Ann Jasheway-Bryant, 7 p.m. Featured organizations: Willamette Animal Guild (WAG) and Stop Pet Overpopulation overpopulation Situation in which the number of individuals of a given species exceeds the number that its environment can sustain. Possible consequences are environmental deterioration, impaired quality of life, and a population crash (sudden reduction in numbers caused by Today (SPOT) SATURDAY Special activities: Dogs in the Shop photo op for small donation; live music - Ali Losik, noon to 2 p.m.; Ben Bochner, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.; John Baumann, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Featured organizations: Save the Pets and West Coast Dog & Cat |
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