Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, Inc.

The second edition of the BARCS Scoop has been released! Get it here, or contact us to be added to the Scoop mailing list.

The first BARCS E-News "Scoop" is now available! The Scoop is BARCS e-newsletter, updating supporters on the happenings at the Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter. With these email notices, we aim to inform the Baltimore Community about BARCS, including news, events and fundraisers, services, available animals, and ways you can help BARCS through donations or volunteering. Please check out the BARCS Scoop or contact us to be added to the Scoop mailing list.

Our new Annual Fund letter has hit the streets. Show your support for BARCS and the homeless animals in Baltimore by sending in your donation today!

BARCS is offering 2-for-1 adoption of cats from now through December. Adopt two cats for the price of one!

As of Monday, October 29th, 2007, BARCS has new hours of operation. The most up-to-date shelter hours can always be found in the Hours of Operation section of our contact page.

The BARCS fundraiser at Mt. Washington Tavern was a huge success! We raised over $2,500 for our shelter! A special thanks to the local celebs that helped us promote the event and those that came out to celebrate BARCS:

• Duff Goldman and Mary Alice from Charm City Cakes & "Ace of Cakes" on The Food Network
• Justin Berk, Jamie Costello, and Denise Dory from WMAR-TV
• Maynard and Ed Norris from WHFS and "The Ed Norris Show"
• Joy Freedman from Baltimore Dog Magazine
• Patrice Harris from Fox 45
• Mark Viviano, ESPN Radio

Additional thanks goes to Cesar Millan, whose company donated 2 tickets to his seminar on Sept 30th and Duff and Mary Alice for donating a designer cake for our silent auction, and of course the Mt. Washington Tavern for hosting us. The Food Network filmed a segment for "Ace of Cakes" at the event and it should air some time in January. We will keep you posted. BARCS would also like to thank all of the volunteers, supporters, and those who donated to make this a very special, memorable event. We couldn't have done it without you!

BARCS Executive Director, Jennifer Mead, Rescue & Programs Coordinator Debby Rahl, and Volunteer Meredith Ruxton appeared today on the Marc Steiner Radio Show on WYPR (88.1). Listen to the interview as they discuss BARCS and the shelter's upcoming fundraisers.

BARCS Announces New Fund to Help the Most Needy Animals! Read the press release!

Each year, the Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter (BARCS) receives hundreds of animals that are seriously sick or injured and in need of immediate medical attention.

With your help, we can give innocent pets another chance at life. It's a critical situation in need of immediate attention. Please help us help them today!

04/13/2007

BARCS would like to thank the students at Towson University and Villa Julie who volunteered to make videos for BARCS. The Towson video is a documentary, and the Villa Julie segment is a promotional piece on BARCS' accomplishments and goals. The videos are available in two downloadable formats and also on YouTube for in-browser viewing. Choose whichever one suits you best!

The Xvid/MP3 videos are smaller and are a better choice if you think you will be able to play them (Xvid is available for free), or would be willing to install the necessary codec. If you are unsure, you should download the larger MSMPEG4 files which should be playable in any media player.

YouTube Videos

• Towson Documentary
• Villa Julie Promo

Downloadable Videos

• Towson Documentary - 87 MiB (Xvid/MP3)
• Towson Documentary - 123 MiB (MSMPEG4/MP2)
• Villa Julie Promo - 100 MiB (Xvid/MP3)
• Villa Julie Promo - 144 MiB (MSMPEG4/MP2)

The gray-and-white kittens asleep in a furry tangle in the lobby of the city's animal shelter don't know how lucky they are.

A few years ago, chances are they would have been euthanized rather than cleaned up and given cute, seasonal names such as Ichabod and Pumpkin... Read the rest.

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Thanks to all for making our 2nd Annual – BARCStoberfest 2006 – a great success. Check out some pictures and the list of people and businesses that participated.

Now it is easier than ever to donate to BARCS! Using PayPal, you can make a safe, secure donation or subscription to BARCS online.

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"Professor of Paws" will be offering training classes for you and your dog at BARCS. Read our flyer to learn more about this special offer and how you can sign up. We have also posted some photos of our first class for you to check out!

BARCS is helping the Earth and earning money by collecting used paper products, ink cartridges, and old cell phones. Please download our Paper Retriever and Cartridge Recycling flyers for more information on how you can donate your used items.

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The photos from BARCStoberfest 2005 have been posted. You can view them on the BARCStoberfest page.