Partners in Success

-Jennifer Zhang

News alert! I'm so proud and excited to announce that Sirius Republic has partnered with East Bay SPCA to give some special-needs animals a second chance at life.

Club Second Chance is a wonderful and necessary program that East Bay SPCA created to promote the adoption of special-needs dogs and cats. This program provides necessary medical treatments, specialized behavioral training for animals with special conditions. It also help in giving older dogs and cats a chance to find loving homes.

To help support this program and save lives, Sirius Republic has teamed up with East Bay SPCA by offering special discounts to Second Chance Club adopters.

As a Second Chance Club adopter myself, this program is dear to my heart! My very own lovely Sally, a Chihuahua mix, was in poor condition when her previously family gave her up to the shelter. She was missing her right eye and suffering from cataracts in her left eye. She was extremely fearful and stressed. Thanks to the program, she went through surgery to permanently close up her right eye lids to prevent future infections and found a foster home while healing from her surgery. Today she's a happy girl who behaves as if she had 20/20 vision!

To see adoptable animals in Second Chance Club, visit http://eastbayspca.org/adoptableanimals/clubsecondchance.cfm

For the Love of Animals

by Jennifer Z

This is colossal; the East Bay SPCA is turning 135 years old!

As a longtime volunteer at this organization, I see the efforts, dedication and love its staff members put into their work and understand how important and necessary animal rescue groups are to our communities.

On a weekly basis, I help walk, socialize and train the many dogs who temporarily call the shelter home and us their family. Some get adopted right away while others wait patiently day after day. The exciting news almost always come when I show up for my volunteer shift one day, my favorite long-term resident dog is not there because he/she has just found a new, loving home! Nothing is more positive, inspiring, and encouraging than to see dogs that were once neglected or abused get a second chance at love and a home to call their own.

To celebrate East Bay SPCA's 135^th birthday, another volunteer and I are creating an exhibit showing the organization's 135 years of service via historic pictures, heartwarming stories and interesting artifacts. The exhibit will be on display at the organization's Oakland shelter from now until the end of April and then will be on display at its Tri-Valley shelter in Dublin, CA. Come and check it out!

The Oakland Tribune did a cover story on us and below is a link to the article:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_12110789?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com