97.3 The Eagle radio personality, Stephanie Taylor soothes her cats on their way to the vet with a specialized musical CD.  Her car no longer sounds like a Meow Mix commercial!  

Hello Bargain Shoppers,

Join us for a couponing class with “Frugal” Jena, Wednesday, June 27, 6:00 p.m. here at The Peninsula SPCA.  Jena will provide a 30 page couponing tutorial booklet to help you maximize your savings!  Admission is $10 for registered couponers and $20 for non-registrants (just in case friends ask/want to attend with you).  Please bring your payment in cash, check or credit card to the class that evening.
Click here to register for Frugal Jena's couponing class.
Click here to enter "Couponing For Paws SPCA Challenge"

For more information, contact Leslie Magner, Community Outreach Coordinator, 757-595-1399 ext 104 or leslie@peninsulaspca.org.  

New Couponing for Paws SPCA Challenge 

Newport News, VA- The Peninsula SPCA is seeking couponers of every skill level to enter the new “Couponing for Paws SPCA Challenge” for the animals. This challenge welcomes participants to clip those coupons for the animals. “Couponing for Paws SPCA Challenge” will open early registration online at www.peninsulaspca.org  on Thursday, June 7^th, 2012 at 9 a.m. and registration is free.

The early registration will allow our participants to prepare their couponing strategy before the official launch of “Couponing for Paws SPCA Challenge” on Monday, July 9, 2012 and end on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 5 p.m.  The registrants that enter the challenge will start their shopping for the animals.

Couponers will bring donations into the Peninsula SPCA and earnings will be recorded every Friday until Friday, August 3, 2012.  Two winners will be decided in two categories.  First, by calculating the total retail value of product donated.  Secondly, the greatest overall savings of product donated.  One winner for each category will win TWO free human tickets to Fur Ball 2013 ($500 value) at the Hampton Roads Convention Center February 2, 2013.  Valid store receipts must be submitted with donations and all donations are tax deductible for participants.  

The Peninsula SPCA is always in need of everyday supplies for daily operations including paper towels, cleaning products, trash bags, laundry detergent, and office supplies.  Most importantly, the Peninsula SPCA is always in need of dog and cat food, kitten and puppy chow, canned food, cat litter, and delicious treats for our animals.  A donation wish list will be posted weekly with up-to-date needed supplies online at www.peninsulaspca.org. 

“The Peninsula Community is very supportive in donating many items for our animals. However, we have hundreds of cats and dogs in our care daily. We may go through 1,000 lbs. of dog food in any given week and approximately 250 lbs. of cat litter in a day.  This challenge was created to encourage a fun way to donate items for animals!” says Vicki Rowland, Director of Marketing and Programs.

For more information, contact Leslie Magner, Community Outreach Coordinator at 595-1399 ext 104 or leslie@peninsulaspca.org.

Busch Gardens' Happy Tails

Happy Tails is a new program that provides two complimentary single-day tickets to Busch Gardens for every successful dog or cat adoption from the Peninsula SPCA.  The Peninsula SPCA wants to take that extra step to say we appreciate the community’s choice to adopt from our shelter.           

Busch Gardens incorporates a variety of shelter animals in its wildly popular "More Pet Shenanigans" show. Through daily performances, the park’s animal trainers show what is possible when working with these ambassadors of their breed.

”We are pleased to work with an organization like the Peninsula SPCA that is so dedicated to the well-being of animals in the Hampton Roads community. Our goal with the Happy Tails program is to encourage adoption of these great animals that need a loving home,” said Jay Tacey, Busch Gardens’ zoological manager.

Tickets will be issued at The Peninsula SPCA the day of adopting their new family member.  Admission vouchers are good for one year from issue date and Christmas Town admission is excluded.  

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Have Fun Helping the Animals

Looking for fun things to do in Hampton Roads this month? How about fun things to do that also benefit animals? The Peninsula SPCA is still selling tickets to the 2012 Paws For A Cause Dog Walk & Festival on May 20th 2012. The festival and walk will be held from 12-4pm at the Mariner's Museum Park, located at 100 Museum Drive in Newport News, Virginia. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.peninsulaspca.org/dogwalk/.

You can also still purchase your Paws For A Cause Raffle tickets and be entered to win an amazing trip to the Grand Bahamas! This trip, worth $2,600, includes a week long stay at Island Seas Resort in the Grand Bahamas. You could also win a Toni Henkel Designer handbag, worth $445, a Holman's Photography Package worth $400, a Mrs. Bones Collar and Leash set worth $100, a gift basket of toys and treats worth $50, and a Nautical Dog Treat with Gift Certificates worth $32.50. Any of these prizes could be yours for only a $5 raffle ticket! Buy your ticket today at https://peninsulaspca.wufoo.com/forms/2012-paws-for-a-cause-dog-walk-and-festival-raffle/.

Still looking for something fun to do while helping the animals? Consider Yappy Hour at the Red Star Tavern in City Center of Newport News. This event will take place on May 17th beginning at 7pm. All proceeds will benefit the Peninsula SPCA Paws For A Cause fundraiser.

 Have fun while you help the animals!

Win Tickets to Cesar Millan

Do you need help or inspiration on how to better connect and communicate with your dog?

Do you love to watch the TV show "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan?

You can now win two pairs of tickets to see Cesar Millan, the world-renowned dog behavior specialist and co-creator and star of the popular television show, "Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan"!

See Cesar Millan in person on April 7 at 8pm and learn how to be the pack leader and other useful tips!

Even better, you can win two pairs of tickets from the Peninsula SPCA!



Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Tickets may be puchased by phone, online or feel free to stop by the Peninsula SPCA at J. Clyde Morris Blvd in Newport News.

Tickets will be available for pickup at the Peninsula SPCA Friday, April 6, until 6:00 p.m. or Saturday, April 7 from 10 - 6:00 p.m.

For more information regarding Cesar Millan tickets, call Leslie Magner at 595-1399 ext 104.

Stuck in Limbo

Limbo is a second timer here at the Peninsula SPCA, but through no fault of his own! We wish we could say that after coming to the shelter for the first time, Limbo was adopted by a wonderful family and is happily adored in his new home. We thought, and Limbo thought, after being adopted the first time, that he was on his way to his forever home.

However, Limbo was dealt yet another blow in his short life when he was brought in to the Peninsula SPCA as a stray after he was adopted. We waited for his adopter to come claim him, but they never showed. Now poor Limbo is stuck back in limbo again, hoping that his next adoper is the one that will keep him safe and loved forever!

Please give this puppy a chance! Limbo is such a fun, playful young dog. He will be the perfect companion for the owner who likes to take lots of walks and make new human and dog friends at the dog park!

Limbo is just over a year old and is a medium sized black and white American Pit Bull Terrier, so he is very open to training and he is young enough to forget his dissapointing start in life. Please come take Limbo out of limbo and give him the chance he deserves!