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  The MCSPCA Weekly Announcement for the week of January 8,1996
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This information is also presented in our web page.  There is also a 
map, and pictures of most of the cats which we have available for 
adoption.

Just point your web browser to:  

http://www.thomtech.com/mmedia/dahbour/spca/main.htm

The homepage has a new look!  It will be undergoing major construction 
over the next month, so check it out.

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Here are SOME of the cats we currently have available for adoption.  You 
will probably notice that there have been VERY few adoptions over the 
last month.  We have been adopting kittens, but the adults have not been 
getting homes.  If you would like to foster one of these beautiful 
animals, please call 301-948-4266, or visit at the next open house which 
will be on December 30, 1995 (there is no adoption this weekend).

Name             Birthday  Sex     S/N  Breed  Color
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Allie            3/94      Female  Y    DSH    Black & White
Arctic           2/95      Male    Y    DSH    Silver Tabby
Ashley           ~1/87     Female  Y    DMH    Blue Cream Torti 
Ashley II        ~6/90     Female  Y    DSH    Blue Cream Calico
Beamer           ~11/94    Male    Y    DSH    Gray Tabby
Buttons          ~11/87    Female  Y    DLH    Black
Christopher      ~11/93    Male    Y    DSH    Brown Tabby & White
Fellini          ~6/90     Female  Y    DSH    Brown Tabby
Ginger           1/90      Female  Y    DSH    Calico
Ivory            ~11/85    Male    Y    DSH    White
Kelly            5/93      Male    Y    DSH    Black
Kitty Miguel     ~6/91     Female  Y    DSH    Smoke
Kuyo             ~6/87     Male    Y    DSH    Red Tabby
Midnight         4/93      Male    Y    DSH    Black 
Miss Jane        ~6/92     Female  Y    DSH    Torti
Petra            ~6/85     Female  Y    DSH    Calico
Puca             ~6/85     Female  Y    DSH    Tabby
Smokey           ~3/89     Male    Y    DLH    Black & White
Star             ~11/93    Female  Y    DSH    Brown Tabby
Tilly            ~6/92     Female  Y    DSH    Black
Velvet           ~11/93    Female  Y    DSH    Black
Ticky Wicky Woo  ~6/87     Male    Y    DSH    Black and White

Surprisingly, we still have a several KITTENS!  We usually don't have 
quite so many this late in the year.  They need homes quickly.

The kittens aren't listed here because there are so many and they get 
adopted much quicker than the adults.

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Open House Schedule

The MCSPCA holds Open Houses Saturdays from 1:00 - 4:00 in the 
afternoon. Here is a schedule of upcoming Open Houses. I will try to 
always make sure that the next few Open Houses are posted here, so if 
you are planning on coming, please check this list.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO OPEN HOUSE ON DECEMBER 23!  We try to 
discourage people from giving pets as presents for many reasons.  

Saturday, January 13, 1996 -- 1PM to 4PM
Saturday, January 20, 1996 -- 1PM to 4PM
Saturday, January 27, 1996 -- 1PM to 4PM

AND on Saturday, January 13, 1996 from 1 to 4, we will be having an Open 
House at P.T. Moran's in Weiss Festival Shopping Center on Muddy Branch 
Road!  Come on by!

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A little about us...

Founded in 1973, the Montgomery County Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals is the only "no-kill" animal shelter in the 
Washington, DC area. The MSCPCA provides shelter, food, and medical 
care to about 40 cats at any one time. Unfortunately, our shelter is 
too small for dogs, but we do keep a list of people who have dogs to 
adopt and do telephone referrals for these dogs. We hold adoptions for 
cats every Saturday from 1-4 PM or by appointment. Potential adopters 
may visit the cats and find help making that special match.

Still other cats are helped through our foster network, where 
volunteers open their hearts and homes to cats needing special 
attention. The MSCPCA also runs a low cost spay/neuter program for both 
dogs and cats, helping to reduce the area's staggering number of 
unwanted animals.

Run entirely by volunteers and funded solely through private donations 
and fundraising activites, the MCSPCA in 1994 took in 368 cats, placed 
348 cats and kittens, facilitated hundreds of low cost spay/neuters, 
and handled hundreds of telephone referrals.

Even though we are called the Montgomery County SPCA, we serve the 
entire Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC area.  Don't let our name 
fool you, it doesn't matter where you live, you can come and adopt a 
cat from us.  We have adopted animals to people from Pennsylvania all 
the way to West Virginia.  We also take in animals from the whole 
MD/VA/DC area.

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Contact Info

Visit our web site at:

http://www.thomtech.com/mmedia/dahbour/spca/main.htm

The phone number for the MCSPCA is 301-948-4266.

Our mailing address is:

Montgomery County SPCA
P.O. Box 637
Washington Grove, Maryland 20880

We are located in Washington Grove, Maryland which is a town right next 
to Gaithersburg.  The address of the shelter is:

Montgomery County SPCA
402 Chestnut Road
Washington Grove, Maryland 20880


Here are the directions:

Take 270 to the Shady Grove Road exit.  Take Shady Grove Road 
North/East.  Shady Grove Rd. will cross Rt. 355 (Frederick Ave.).  Turn 
left onto Oakmont Ave.  Turn right at the stop sign and cross the 
railroad tracks.  Veer left onto Railroad Street.  Turn right onto 
Chestnut Road. The MCSPCA is in a small gray building at the third stop 
sign on Chestnut Road.  The address is 402 Chestnut Road.

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We are ALWAYS looking for volunteers and foster homes.  If you would be 
willing to volunteer your time, PLEASE call us.  If you would be 
willing to foster a cat in your home, PLEASE call us.  We are in 
desperate need of foster homes for the cats.  They really thrive when 
they are not confined to a cage.  Our phone number is 301-948-4266.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN NEED OF A COPY MACHINE.  IF YOU HAVE A COPY MACHINE 
WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RUNS OF A THOUSAND COPIES OR MORE (NOT A 
PERSONAL COPIER OR A 4PPM COPIER), PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING IT TO THE 
MCSPCA.  WE ARE A NONPROFIT 501C3 ORGANIZATION, AND ALL DONATIONS ARE 
TAX DEDUCTIBLE AS CHARITABLE DONATIONS. 

And remember, we are not affiliated with the Montgomery County Animal 
Shelter or the Humane Society.  We receive no funding from the 
government, nor from any corporate entity, not even the ASPCA.  We are 
funded completely by private donations.  Your donation really means a 
lot to us.  Please send all donations to (and mention that you saw this 
posting on the internet!):

Montgomery County SPCA
P.O. Box 637
Washington Grove, Maryland 20880

Thank you.