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Spay Day 2010 is coming! The 16th annual Spay Day will be Tuesday, February 23. The annual event, held the last Tuesday of February, was originally started by the Doris Day Animal League (DDAL) in 1995. The event became a program of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in 2006 when they joined forces with DDAL. 

During the month of February, events and activities take place throughout the nation and around the world to inspire people to spay and neuter pets and feral cats. Organizations that participate in a Spay Day event are eligible to take part in the Online Pet Photo Contest that begins Wednesday, January 20. 

I wanted to let all our amateur photo buffs know about this contest a little early so they could begin snapping pictures now. On January 20, you can upload a photo and enter the contest. People can then vote for your photo by purchasing a minimum of five votes at $1 per vote or $5. When you upload your photo, you can designate Black and Orange Cat Foundation to receive the photo’s vote money. So the better your photo, the more votes (and money) we can receive. Or you can also pass the word that you’ve entered a photo and that the vote money comes to us so others will vote for it. The winning photographers will also win prizes, too. The last day to enter the contest with a picture will be February 26 and the last day to vote will be March 4.

To find out more about the contest, visit the site: Online Spay Day Photo Contest

Our Spay Day event is a “Spay-ghetti” dinner being held on Saturday, February 20 in conjunction with the Humane Society of Madison County. The dinner will be from 5-7 (or 8, we haven’t quite decided) p.m. at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church’s Parish Activity Center (the PAC), located at 670 West Main Street in Plain City (behind the fire station). We’ll have spay-ghetti, with or without meatballs, salad, rolls, and a beverage. We also plan to have a bake sale of “human” desserts, as well as delicious dog treats. The proceeds from this event will allow us to host a low cost spay and neuter clinic at the Humane Society of Madison County’s new “Neuterville” surgery suite.

To find Spay Day activities in your area (if you can’t come to Plain City for our “Spay-ghetti” Dinner), visit the Spay Day Web site and put in your zip code at the bottom of the page to find activities near you: Spay Day Events

If you’d like to get involved in a Spay Day event near you by volunteering, donating, or even taking animals in for low cost spay and neuter, visit Spay Day 2010.

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