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Alliance Events Spark Pet Adoptions in April

A Cause for Paws volunteer Grace Lerner and Mookie kept an eye out for Mookie's perfect adopter during the adoption festival at St. Paul's. Click here to check out Mookie's profile if you think you're the one for her!

Despite lingering wintry weather, pet adoptions heated up in April at two Mayor's Alliance Pet Adoption Festivals in NYC.

The first event, at St. Paul the Apostle Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side on April 9, drew pet-seekers and interested passersby who couldn't resist stopping to get a warm nose-rub from the many wonderful dogs greeting them on the sidewalk outside the church. Inside, cat-lovers discovered paradise, surrounded by cats and kittens of all shapes and sizes. And NYC Rabbit Rescue and Rehab warmly greeted visitors hoping to adopt a house rabbit.

Maddie made her NYC debut at the adoption festival at St. Paul the Apostle Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side on April 9th.

Maddie made her NYC debut at the adoption festival at St. Paul the Apostle Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side on April 9.

Maddie, the six-foot Schnauzer mascot for Maddie's Fund, made her NYC debut at the event, greeting New Yorkers on the street and posing for photos with children of all ages. (Maddie's Fund, the Pet Rescue Foundation, recently awarded a $15.5 million grant to the Mayor's Alliance to transform NYC into a no-kill community.)

Three weeks later, on April 30, seven dogged Alliance Participating Organizations joined Maddie in Astoria Park, Queens, for a soggy but warm-spirited adoption fair. Despite the weather, adopters showed up in the park and quite a few cats and dogs (and a rabbit) met their new families there.

Sophia

Black Lab, Sophia (top), found a home at the Mayor's Alliance Pet Adoption Festival at Astoria Park on April 30, but Husky mix, Crystal (middle), and white German Shepherd mix, Noah (bottom), are still looking for adoptive families. Click on their pictures for more information on adoption!

Sophia, an eight-year-old black Lab mix who was found on a Bronx street and ended up at NYC AC&C, was one of the first dogs to leave Astoria Park with her new family.

Crystal, one of Bobbi and the Strays' adoptable dogs at Astoria Park, whose beautiful blue eyes were on the lookout for her new forever home, sadly didn't find one at the event. So this beautiful, stoic Husky mix, who recently lost a leg to cancer, will remain in foster care with Ted and Grace, her loving foster family, until a caring adopter comes along. (Click here or e-mail Bobbi and the Strays at Bobbicares1@aol.com for more information about adopting Crystal.)

Sweet, affectionate Noah, a white German Shepherd mix, was found tied to a dry cleaning machine and rescued by Bobbi and the Strays. Although Noah came to Astoria Park seeking his new family, he's still looking. (Click here or e-mail Bobbi and the Strays at Bobbicares1@aol.com for more information about adopting Noah.)

In addition to staging adoption events in April, the Mayor's Alliance maintained a two-day presence at EarthFair outside Grand Central Station. Volunteers distributed literature and talked with hundreds of people about shelter adoptions, spaying and neutering, and other animal topics. Pace University students Corie Beniasians and Eva Leung were among the volunteers who helped make the event a huge success.

Corie and Eva were among the Pace University volunteers who staffed the Mayor's Alliance table at the Earth Day New York EarthFair outside Grand Central Station on April 22 and 23.

Plenty more adoption events around the city are scheduled throughout the coming months. We hope you'll join us — to adopt, to volunteer, or just to show your support. Click here for information about upcoming Alliance events.

About Maddie's Fund

Maddie's Fund, The Pet Rescue Foundation (www.maddiesfund.org), is a family foundation funded by PeopleSoft Founder Dave Duffield, and his wife, Cheryl, to help create a no-kill nation. The first step is to help develop programs that guarantee loving homes for all healthy shelter dogs and cats throughout the country. The next step will be to save the sick and injured pets in animal shelters nationwide. Maddie's Fund is named after the family's beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in 1997.