Castor & Pollux[R] Dog Cookies Earn Editors' Choice Honors.GOOD BUDDY[R] "Mimi's Favorite" cookies tabbed as one of year's top new products for dogs CLACKAMAS, Ore. -- Castor & Pollux Pet Works([R])has been recognized for introducing one of the top new products for dogs in DOG FANCY Dog fancy is a branch of the hobby of animal fancy. Dog fancy includes pet dog ownership, dog showing, dog breeding and dog sports. Please help [ improve this article] by expanding this section magazine's 2009 Editors' Choice awards. DOG FANCY is the world's most widely-read dog magazine. Castor & Pollux was recognized for innovation, creativity and originality o·rig·i·nal·i·ty n. pl. o·rig·i·nal·i·ties 1. The quality of being original. 2. The capacity to act or think independently. 3. Something original. Noun 1. in introducing GOOD BUDDY "Mimi's Favorite" Mac & Cheese cookies, a lighthearted light·heart·ed adj. Not being burdened by trouble, worry, or care; happy and carefree. See Synonyms at glad1. light homage to 13-year-old Freekibble founder Mimi Ausland and one of her favorite meals. With the sale of each box of the dog cookies, Castor & Pollux donates a meal to Freekibble, a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. dedicated to raising meal donations for hungry shelter pets. Beyond donating meals based on cookie cookie File or part of a file put on a Web user's hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration data, to make it possible to customize information for visitors to a Web site, to target Web advertising, and to keep track of the products a user wishes to sales, as Freekibble's founding sponsor, Castor & Pollux provides a steady stream of monthly meal donations to shelters. Over the past year, Castor & Pollux has donated about 750,000 meals to Freekibble-supported shelters. "We're all pet parents ourselves, so feeding pets in need is rewarding in and of itself. The Editors' Choice award is icing on the cake," said Shelley Gunton, Castor & Pollux co-founder and "Top Dog." "It's a major commitment for a small company like ours, but the shelters need the support, and it's been a joy to work with Mimi and her family at Freekibble." About Castor & Pollux Pet Works Founded in 2000, Clackamas, OR-based Castor & Pollux Pet Works is the leader of the pack in organic and natural pet products, featuring the ORGANIX([R]) and Natural Ultramix([R]) lines of food and treats. For the third consecutive year, Castor & Pollux recently was named to Inc. magazine's Top 500/5000 list. The company celebrates the love of pets in the family, and is committed to feeding pets in need. Since its founding, Castor & Pollux has donated more than $600,000 in food, financial aid and volunteer time to organizations including Freekibble, Guide Dogs for the Blind This article is about the guide dog school in the United States. For the British charitable organization, see The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Guide Dogs for the Blind , Project Pooch Project POOCH (POOCH is an acronym for "Positive Opportunities, Obvious Change with Hounds") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that aims to rehabilitate incarcerated youths by actively training difficult-to-adopt dogs. , and AniMeals. Castor & Pollux Pet Works 1-800-875-7518 www.castorpolluxpet.com |
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