Help the animals, please...

My sister is raising money for the Humane Society - she willing be walking at the Bark in the Park this weekend in Forest Park.

She has the 'support' of her classroom at school - but her students are toddlers and up until this point have filled her jar with LOTS of pennies.


You may or may not know that our sweet dogs were rescued by the Humane Society of Missouri from a nasty hoarding situation. They were the last two left in their litter of 9 - with only two that did not survive. They were a week old and the mother had already died when officials went in to the property.

The Humane society is pretty awesome - as are all of the pet rescue and adoption shelters in
St Louis! (and the country).

Not only do these caring people advocate for animals (through community education, legislative pressure, etc) but they also walk the walk by caring for these animals! Stray Rescue of St Louis will even take in pit bulls -

Here are some of my favorite animal protection sites:
http://www.hsmo.org/ - Humane society of Missouri
http://www.aspca.org/ - American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.strayrescue.org/ - Stray Rescue of St Louis
http://www.idausa.org/ - In defense of Animals
http://www.maal.org/ - Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation

There are many others - the APA - is one I forgot!

So - give them your money! :)
Here is a link to my sister's donation site - please help if you can. You can donate online in a pretty simple manner -
In case you need to look for her name:
Stefanie Hammond

http://member.hsmo.org/site/TR/Events/General?px=1522905&pg=personal&fr_id=1040

Home Eco store - hmm?

My really great friend Meghan told me about this really great store called Home Eco, down in the cool new "SoHa" - South Hampton, for those of you who have never heard of SoHa.

I hope to head to the store soon and then post a review for you - you know selection, price, "cool-ness" - I'm a good judge of that kinda stuff.

Here is what they have to say for themselves:

Home Eco is St. Louis’s first environmentally friendly home products store serving eco-conscious consumers with the latest selection of organic cotton and hemp apparel, bedding, rugs, home furnishings, gifts, housewares, books, art from recycled materials, locally produced artisanal soaps, candles, stationary from recycled paper and more in addition to recycling bins, composting supplies, rain barrels, solar ovens and other renewable energy products.


Whaaaat? Organic? Locally produced? Recycled? Is this too good to be true? (I hope I can afford to shop here) Solar Ovens? (What the heck is a solar oven? I have much to learn about saving the world, it appears!)


Here is the pertinent info:

Home Eco is at 4611 Macklind Ave.

St. Louis, MO 63109

314-351-2000 fax 314-351-2003

info@home-eco.com

Hours

Wed., Fri. & Sat. 9-5

Tues. & Thu. 11-7

Closed Sun. & Mon.

They also have an email list, if you like that sorta thing... it's pretty cool.